Optional adventures

Seven ways to deepen the trip.

Seven optional adventures, each one folded into the safari you are already taking. A flight at sunrise, an hour on foot, a village visit, a drive after dark, a day for the children, a night in Arusha before the plains, a morning with the birds.

Two balloons drifting over the treeline in early light

01

Balloon Safari

A safari from the sky. Collected before dawn, an hour or so floating freely, then breakfast under an umbrella acacia.

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A guided group walking the Ngorongoro crater rim above the lake

02

Walking Safari

Tracks, droppings, plants and rock, read at walking pace. The hidden secrets of the bush are not visible from the truck.

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The Maasai adumu jumping dance

03

Cultural Tourism

Village visits to tribes still holding to their own customs, the Hadzabe among them, along Lake Eyasi an hour from Karatu.

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Craft stalls and shoppers in an Arusha market

04

Arusha Layover

An extra night before the plains. Time to shed the jetlag and to see the town that every safari leaves from.

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A leopard on a branch in the dark

05

Night Safari

Aardvark, porcupine, pangolin, civet and bush-baby, found by spotlight in the hours the day drives never reach.

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A child shooting a bow and arrow with a Maasai guide

06

Kids Wild Adventures

A kids programme folded into the safari days, ending in a football match with the lodge staff team. Bring sports shoes.

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A red-and-yellow barbet on a termite mound

07

Bird Watching

Colourful birds, birds of prey, waterbirds and seasonal migrants, from savannah and wetland to forest, lake and mountain. Early mornings are best.

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