THE SAFARI
Our seven-day safari is the perfect reward after such an intense physical and emotional experience. While on safari, our days will start early, even before breakfast with walks and hikes. We will finish late in the evenings around campfires within earshot of wildlife. The itinerary is as follows:

Day 1 and 2: Camping in the Oldonyo Sambu Wilderness area.
Day 3 and 4: Wildlife viewing in Tarangire National Park - camp.
Day 5 and 6: Camp Yaida Valley - Hadza hunter/gatherers.
Day 7: Camp on rim of Ngorongoro Crater, game drive in crater and then back to Moshono.
Note: subject to change

Oldonyo Sambu Wilderness Area
Oldonyo Sambu Wilderness Area is a critical component of the Tarangire National Park ecosystem. This wilderness area project was started by Dorobo projects in 1991 through a partnership with the Maasai village of Emboret. The land holds mystery in its myriad topographies and its diversity of vegetation. Unexpected encounters with wildlife species are frequent in the thick bush. This area produces close encounters with the ever-elusive wild dog and stealthy greater kudu. While here, we will have the advantage of being able to explore by foot, free of the typical restrictions that are in place in many of the National Parks. We will be able to spend a lot time hiking and taking in many of the small details that would have been missed if we were driving around in a Landrover. Don't worry, we will be accompanied by local guides and Dorobo staff so we won’t get lost while wandering the majestic terrain.

Kudus

Tarangire National Park
Tarangire lies to the south of the large open grass plains of southern Maasailand and is the best-kept secret on the northern safari circuit. It offers wonderful panoramic views of wide savannah grasslands dotted with open acacia woodland and studded with large Baobab trees. The density of game is second only to the crowded Ngorongoro Crater.
This is a year-round park with distinct seasons offering different experiences; from dusty, dry and baking with animals clustered around the rapidly reducing river, to the fecund, green season full of newborn animals and chattering birds.
Tarangire is a dry season refuge for many migratory animals (elephants, wildebeest, zebra, gazelles, eland and buffalo) that spend many months of the year outside the park on traditional grazing corridors linking Tarangire with other protected areas.
We will be arriving during the park’s peak time, as July is the start of the dry season in Tanzania. The river running through northern Tarangire is the only stable and permanent water source in the area, causing the area to fill up with wildlife during the dry season. This will give us a perfect opportunity to spend time observing the incredible diversity of large mammals and birds found in this area.

Zebras

Yaida Valley
The Yaida Valley is a remote rift valley to the south of the Ngorongoro Highlands. This cultural wilderness is steeped in ancient traditions and ways of life. It also, however, represents a clear example of the threat imposed upon Indigenous peoples within the country. The Yaida Valley is home to the Hadza, a small group of hunter-gatherers and the Datoga pastoralist. Research shows that the Hadza are the earliest human group to have settled in Tanzania, and unfortunately the Yaida Valley and its surrounding areas are the last stronghold for the tribes who have lost much of their original lands to pastoralists and agricultural tribes. Amazingly, even with outside pressure, the Hadzas have remained relatively intact as a society and culture. Dorobo Safaris and the Hadza partnered together in the 1990s to create an ethical tourism project. The project's main focus is connecting tourists with Hadza villages to promote awareness of issues concerning them and their culture. In this way, we will be able to interact with the men of the community and learn from them about their cultural and natural history. One morning we will go and visit a Hadza bush camp with women and children and spend time walking out in the fields gathering food with them. It has been said that those who visit are invariably enchanted by the Yaida Valley, touched by the ancient Hadza lifestyles and fascinated by the Datoga, who walk to their own drummer.

Yaida Valley

Ngorongoro Crater
The famous Ngorongoro Crater is a World Heritage Site situated at the eastern edge of the Serengeti in northern Tanzania. The crater is the largest unbroken ancient caldera in the world. Nearly three million years old, the once-volcanic Ngorongoro is now considered “Africa’s Garden of Eden” – a haven for a diversity of wild game where sighting of lions, elephants, wildebeests, zebras, rhinos, Thomson’s gazelles and buffalos are everyday occurrences.

• World Heritage Site since 1979
• Largest unbroken volcanic caldera in the world
• Phenomenal game-viewing
• Sparkling soda lake
• Considered by some as the Eighth Natural Wonder of the World

The Ngorongoro Conservation area is also the only protected area where the government allows the Maasai to continue to live. During our time here we will be camping in the crater itself, living and breathing the cultural and natural beauty that make many people consider it to be the Eighth Natural Wonder of the World.