TANZANIA PEOPLE & LAND HISTORY TRIPS

For those seeking a challenge, 

*Walking Safari on Ngorongoro Highlands!

What is a Walking safari? This active morning, day & evening activity puts the guests closer to nature. With an armed ranger and a local Maasai hiker, you will have a chance to be close to nature by viewing wildlife while on foot away from your vehicle.

*Walking through this well-developed trail takes approximately half an hour to forty minutes ascent and twenty-five minutes to half an hour descent. This attraction can be visited any time of the year, with much emphasis during the dry season (June through December). Visiting can be part of the long walking safari to Empakaai Crater and beyond the conservation areas.

Start from $2000 per person sharing

*Places to go - The Olmoti Crater, Empakai Crater, Oldoinyo Lengai & Lake  Natron

Cultural & walking Safari

Our walking safari in Emboreeti Village near Tarangire National Park takes you on a journey through the Valley of the Maasai people. Walk along the banks of the seasonal rivers, trekking on the Oldoinyo Sambu mountain, explore ancient geological formations, Flora and Fauna identification, and be part of the village's most ambitious rewilding project about conservation. 

Oldoinyo Sambu is a mountain near Emboreet village, approximately twenty kilometers from the village center. One of the mountain’s many characteristics is that it is the highest peak in the village area. In the Maa language, oldoinyo means “mountain,” while sambu is a mixed color with brown and white stripes.

It is believed that it is an ancestral area with a very deep hole at the top, with caves in which our ancestors hid during tribal wars for centuries immemorial. With its diverse flora and fauna, it is rich in traditional medicines and has the best pastures during the dry season, with wild fruits for both livestock and people. Wildlife abounds, and some places bear the names of their dominant species, as in the case of Loosirwai, meaning “place of the eland.” The mountain is an attraction to people who love nature, with a spectacular viewpoint at the top that one can climb up to and enjoy the ecosystem

Explore lesser-known destinations with Yao Tanzania Safaris. Our expert guides will take you to hidden gems and off-the-beaten-path locations that are not on the typical tourist itinerary. Get ready for a one-of-a-kind adventure. 

OLDUVAI

The Olduvai Gorge is the most iconic archaeological site in Tanzania and, doubtless, the world. The site was officially recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. 

For about three million years before the formation of the gorge, the region was a low area that was periodically occupied by a large, saline lake known as Lake Olduvai.  Massive volcanic eruptions from the Ngorongoro Volcanic Highlands to the south and east deposited massive amounts of volcanic ash and pumice (pyroclastic material) in and around the lake. 

During this time, the lake and surrounding areas were home to some of our earliest hominid ancestors. The gorge formed around 30,000 years ago as a result of tectonic activity associated with the East African Rift, which resulted in the formation of the Olbalbal Depression to the east. 

SHIFTING SANDS

The black dunes that occur in the eastern Serengeti Plain near the Olduvai Gorge hominid site within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania are mainly identified as volcanic dunes. The migratory dunes, also known as the Shifting Sands, are located at least twelve kilometers north-west of the Museum at Olduvai Gorge and nearly two kilometers from the Gorge's bank.

It is one of the most spectacular moving ash dunes in the world, gradually blown westward across the plains at a rate of approximately 15 to 29 meters annually, and has scoured lighter portions of the ash from the area, leaving behind the heavier, colored, iron-rich minerals that formed the dune. It is a remarkable crescent-shaped black dune made of volcanic ash from the active Oldoinyo Lengai, reaching exactly 5 meters in height and stretching 100 m (328 ft) long along its curves. The dunes are composed of highly magnetic volcanic ash, which holds the sand particles together, justifying why the granules of the dunes aren’t blown away by winds. What makes it stand out is the fact that it occurs as a solitary, isolated dune. Such dunes are typically found in huge dune formations. 

Nasera Rock in Ngorongoro.

The Nasera rock is situated about 20 kilometers North of Olduvai Gorge. It’s just a few kilometers off the shifting sand behind Gol Mountain. It is a spectacular, 50-meter (165 feet) high inselberg located in the southwestern part of the Gol Mountains. The name is a Maasai-inspired word, ‘’Naasira,’’ which means striped, written or drawn. The drawings are said to be made by the Maasai Nasera rock during ancient times when they used the area as temporary settlements or hiding burrows.

*These rocks are of the same age as those present in the South Hills and the Bao Site (859-500 mya). It might be the only known biggest fully exposed and complete inselberg in the region. 

The site has been internationally recognized for decades through its archaeological resources that have been excavated since the 1930s

Lake  Natron

Lake Natron is a mineral-rich soda lake in northern Tanzania, at the border with Kenya. It's a breeding ground for hundreds of thousands of lesser flamingo despite the highly alkaline state of the striking red waters. It sits below Ol Doinyo Lengai, a soaring active volcano in the Rift Valley. Trails lead from the lake to the Engare Sero waterfalls, which flow over craggy rocks into a natural pool.

Ololosokwani Village & The majesty Serengeti (The great Migration Mara River Crossing )
Ololosokwani Village is located in the foothills of Northern Tanzania, on the Eastern edge of the Serengeti National Park. The landscape has sections of thick forests, but is mostly savanna, with wide canopied acacia trees spread across grasslands. It is green and lush during the rainy months (April, May, November, and December), but in between seasons of rain, long droughts make the land dry and barren. The region is home to an array of African wildlife - elephants, lions, leopards, cheetahs, zebras, antelopes, giraffes, and buffalo can all be found in the lands surrounding the village.

All the above destinations operating in private fly camping facilities & Tented lodges.

These are private trips