Active Safari

Northern Tanzania:

Hikes in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area:

• Incorporate a morning or afternoon walk along the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater or extend the walk for a multi-day trek. More info
• Trek to Lake Natron from Olmoti or Empakai Craters, a three to four day undertaking through Maasai country. Your camp gear and supplies are carried on Maasai donkeys. Your vehicle awaits you in Natron. More info

Trekking to Lake Natron

• In Natron, hike to waterfalls, to the lake, or climb 2878 meter high Mount Lengai, Tanzania's last active volcano.
• Trek to Ndutu area from Endulen village, a two day venture, or begin at Maasai village of Naibartat and walk for one long day. From this direction it is all downhill.
• Climb 3130 meter high Mount Lemagarut (also known as Makarot) using the special camp of Ilmisigiyo as a base camp. Afterwards, take two days to hike down an old rift escarpment to Lake Eyasi with armed ranger and Maasai support. More info
  
  

  Mount Makarot is not Kilimanjaro, but I found it just as scenic and as interesting a climb. Personally, what I found intriguing was the fact that I had to be accompanied by an armed ranger because of the wildlife that can be encountered on the mountain. Turned out that the ranger and his rifle came in handy too when he fired it to scare away Cape buffalo! We didn't know the buffalo were there until we came right up on them. One warning shot ought to have worked, but in our case two buffalo didn't want to move from hiding—hence the ranger's need to fire five rapid shots into the air. (This likely won't happen to you so don’t worry :-).) I am pleased to be able to recommend this super climb even though the million dollar view from the top of Makarot was obscured by cloud.
  	William Jans, Vancouver, BC

Other:

• Explore the Lake Eyasi area on foot with vehicle support. Lake Eyasi area is home to the Datoga and what remain of the Hadzabe people. More info
• Explore the Yaeda Valley east of Lake Eyasi - home to the Hadzabe people too - on foot with vehicle support.
• Integrate walking safari with your wildlife safari to Tarangire National Park by staying on the park’s eastern borders with the Maasai Steppe.
• Incorporate mountain biking and lunch in Mtu wa Mbu village, gateway to Lake Manyara National Park.
• Incorporate canoeing on Duluti or Momella Lakes in Arusha National Park, a good pre-safari activity. More info
• Combine a wildife and culture safari with daily yoga and meditation practice. More info
• Combine a climb of Mt Kenya in Kenya with a wildlife safari to the Northern Serengeti at the time of year when the wildebeests pass from Tanzania into Kenya's Maasai Mara. More info

Southern Tanzania:

• Take a boat safari on the Selous Game Reserve's Rufiji River.
• Take a walking safari with an armed ranger in the Selous Game Reserve and in Mikumi National Park.
• Take a day hike to the Sanje Waterfalls in Udzungwa National Park. Longer hikes in the park are available too.
• Travel the Kilombero River, Tanzania's largest wetlands and special for its birdlife, in a traditonal dugout to the border of the Selous Game Reserve. More info

Ask me if you are interested in any of these active safari ideas. Not all operators offer these activities, or do them as well.