4 Days 3 Nights Hadza Bushmen Tribe Lake Eyasi Safari

This 4-day Classic Tanzania road safari combines exciting wildlife encounters in one of the parks on Tanzania’s famous Northern Safari Circuit with a cultural tour to the hunter-gatherers in East Africa, the Hadzabe. 

Beginning and ending in Arusha, the tour starts with a visit to one of Tanzania’s parks for game drives. Choose between Lake Manyara National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, or Tarangire National Park.

Next, we visit the Hadza tribe (also known as the Watindiga or Wahadzabe), who are a Bushman people living in small communities along the shores of Lake Eyasi in Central Tanzania. They are considered the last true hunter-gatherers of Africa.

The Hadzabe do not farm or own livestock; the women collect berries, fruits, and tubers, and the men hunt. Only about 300 Hadzabe live traditional lifestyles in camps within the Great Rift Valley area. Hadzabe society is unstructured and does not follow rules and hierarchies.

The men make their own bows out of animal tendons and use poison made out of local plants. These resourceful people also use plants to repel insects, heal cuts, cure snake bites, and make medicine. During your visit, you have the opportunity to participate in hunting in the bush, an unforgettable and authentic experience.

We also visit their neighbors, the Datoga tribe. These pastoralists are also skilled blacksmiths. They collect metal scrap and cleverly process it into bracelets, arrowheads, and knives. You also have the opportunity to visit one of the huts in the village. Here you can watch the women grind corn to make flour, from which bread is later baked.

Tarangire National Park is Tanzania’s top Northern Safari Circuit game park, named for the Tarangire River which flows through the park. During the dry season, the river attracts large numbers of various animals. Tarangire National Park is well known for its diversity, beauty, a large elephant population, and tree-climbing lions. 

Lake Manyara National Park is part of Tanzania’s Northern Safari Circuit and is famous for its large elephant population, tree-climbing lions, and huge flocks of flamingos numbering in the thousands. The game park is dominated by Lake Manyara, an alkaline soda lake that attracts a staggering diversity of birds.

In addition to the tree-climbing lions and large elephant herds that Manyara is famous for, the park is home to an abundance of hippos, as well as plenty of buffalo, zebras, and wildebeest. The Park also hosts large numbers of baboons and monkeys, as well as banded mongooses, klipspringers, lions, leopards, giraffes, bushbuck, impala, and warthogs. 

Ngorongoro Crater, also known as Africa’s Garden of Eden, is a massive caldera spanning an impressive 18 km in diameter with walls as high as 600m. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is home to the densest mammalian population in Africa, with around 25,000 large animals.

The diverse habitats found on the fertile crater floor support a variety of wildlife, including elephants, monkeys, hyenas, jackals, and herds of zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, and other antelope species.

Day-to-day Safari Itinerary

Day 1: Arusha – Drive to Lake Manyara National Park or Ngorongoro Crater, or Tarangire National Park
Day 2: Drive to Lake Eyasi for the Hadza Cultural Walking Tour
Day 3: Walking with Hadza in Lake Eyasi Bush
Day 4: Drive back to Arusha

Day 1: Arusha – Drive to Lake Manyara National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, or Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, depart by road to one of the best game parks on Tanzania’s famous Northern Safari Circuit. Choose between Lake Manyara National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, or Tarangire National Park. 

Lake Manyara National Park is well known for the tree-climbing lions, the soda ash lake that attracts thousands, pink flamingos, one of Tanzania’s biggest elephant populations, and breathtaking scenery! 

Ngorongoro Crater, also known as Africa’s Garden of Eden, is a massive caldera spanning an impressive 18 km in diameter with walls as high as 600m. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is home to the densest mammalian population in Africa, with around 25,000 large animals.

Tarangire National Park is Tanzania’s top Northern Safari Circuit game park, named for the Tarangire River which flows through the park. During the dry season, the river attracts large numbers of various animals. Tarangire National Park is well known for its diversity, beauty, a large number of elephants, and tree-climbing lions. 

Meal Plan {Lunch & Dinner

Day 2: Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, or Tarangire – Drive to Lake Eyasi for the Hadza Cultural Walking Tour

A lovely drive takes us to the small town of Karatu, which lies on the outer edge of the Ngorongoro Crater, and then to Lake Eyasi via a very rough 2-hour trail.  The road circumnavigates the Ngorongoro Crater and heads southwest to Mongola Village.

Here you will have contact with local tribesmen and gain an impression of the Barabaig, Hadza, and San tribes. The Hadza number just under 1000. Some 300 to 400 Hadza live as hunter-gatherers, much as their ancestors have for thousands, or even tens of thousands, of years; they are the last functioning hunter-gatherers in Africa.Our accommodations are at one of the accommodations situated on the shores of Lake Eyasi.

Luxury Accommodation: Kisima Ngeda Camp
Budget Accommodation: Camping at Chemchem (Spring Water) near the village of Mongola

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 3: Walking with Hadza in Lake Eyasi Bush

0545 Hours: This morning you’ll drive to the dwellings of the famous Hadzabe tribe in the bush for cultural interaction. Join the Hadza tribe to forage, eat while foraging, and bring back some honey, fruit, or wild game when available.

While traditionally considered an East African branch of the Khoisan peoples, primarily because their language has clicks, modern genetic research suggests that they may be more closely related to the Pygmies.

Get the opportunity to walk with them and watch how they hunt or collect honey and insects.

Luxury Accommodation: Kisima Ngeda Camp
Budget Accommodation: Camping at Chemchem (Spring Water) near the village of Mongola

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 4: Drive back to Arusha

After saying farewell to the village tribesmen, return to Arusha, visiting Makuyuni/Mto wa Mbu.

Meal Plan {Breakfast}

4 Days 3 Nights Hadza Bushmen Tribe Lake Eyasi Safari Includes

✓ All park entry fees
✓ Meals and accommodation as per itinerary
✓ All accommodation as noted in the tour program
✓ Services of a professional, English-speaking safari guide
✓ 1 night at either Ngorongoro Crater or Tarangire or Lake Manyara National Park
✓ Transport and wildlife drives in a 4 Wheel Drive Land Cruiser/ Land Rover with a photographic roof hatch

Notes

* Choose to visit one of the parks for one night; Lake Manyara National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, or Tarangire National Park

4 Days 3 Nights Hadza Bushmen Tribe Lake Eyasi Safari Excludes

✗All Airport transfers
✗ International airfare & flights
✗ All items of a personal nature
✗ Travel insurance, Visa, and Passport fees
✗ Gratuities for safari guide and camp staff
✗ Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and beverages in lodges

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