9 Cultural Tours in Karatu That You Shouldn't Miss

Tourists hardly know this wild, still nearly unexplored landscape, and you will be particularly impressed of it. Lake Eyasi is a mildly alkaline lake stretching for about 50 km (31 miles) to the southwest. To the northeast, as far as your eyes can see, the horizon is dominated by the impressive Crater Highlands, to the north the plains of the Serengeti. This area is inhabited by small groups of bushmen – the Hadza and Watindiga. who live in groups hunting with bow and arrows and gathering roots, tubers and wild fruits much as humankind lived in the Stone Age.Over 100 years ago, when the stronger Masai tribes moved into the Ngorongoro and Serengeti, the tribes made the area around Lake Eyasi their home. Another interesting tribe in the area is the Datoga. These are the last remaining tribes of bushmen in East Africa. Since we are in contact with these natives since many years, they permit to accompany us and show us their daily life and hunting methods

Inclusions: Lunch, Bottled water, Private transportation, Parking Fees

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HADZABE In the morning clients will join the Hadzabe and interact with them, and learn so many stuff like how to make fire by using two dry sticks, the way which has been used for thousands of years. The Bushmen will teach them how to use their bow and arrows, collecting some tubers, roots, and fruits with the women or join the men on hunting. Hunting is done in the morning; clients will follow the hunters behind and see how the hunting is done. The honey gathering is part of it, but depending on the season as the honey gathering is done in the rainy season. DATOGA Once they are done with the Hadzabe Bushmen, they will join the other tribe called Datoga, who resemble the Maasai in culture. These people are also a blacksmith, as they make weapons such as arrowheads and knives which they trade with the Bushmen. Tourists can see how they make all those stuff (arrowheads, spears, knives, bracelets, etc), also how they grind maize with stones, how they melt bras, copper or aluminum.

Inclusions: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast, Accommodation included: 1 night, Private transportation, All Fees and Taxes, Entry/Admission - Lake Eyasi

Exclusions: Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase), Gratuities

This 2 days safari to lake Eyasi is ideal for cultural tour lovers and after doing your wildlife tours. This tour gives you the chance to interact with the hadza community for hunting and cultural exchange. These are hunters and gatherers for honey and insect in the bush. Lake Eyasi is a seasonal shallow endorheic salt lake on the floor of the Great Rift Valley at the base of the Serengeti Plateau, just south of the Serengeti National Park and immediately southwest of the Ngorongoro Crater in the Crater Highlands of Tanzania. The lake is elongated, orientated southwest to northeast, and lies in the Eyasi-Wembere branch of the Great Rift Valley. During the dry season the lake may dry up almost entirely, especially in drier years, so that Datooga herders and Hadza foragers will cross the lake on foot, but in El Niño years it may flood its banks and attract hippopotamus from the Serengeti. It is a seasonal stop for migrating flamingos.

Inclusions: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Lunch, Overnight accommodation, Driver/guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off

Exclusions: Gratuities, Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)

The Hadza bushmen are the last remaining group of san/bushmen (nomadic hunter-gatherer people) in Tanzania. All other such groups are in southern Africa. The Hadza probably only number around 1300 people, but only 300 or so people still follow a traditional hunter-gatherer lifestyle. They speak in the distinctive click-based language which they share with their distant southern cousins. But they are considered to be completely isolated and not genetically connected to any other group. A small minoroity still keep to their original ways and you can join them as they go hunting or forage for plants to eat. Yes this intersection between tourism and a way of life is not completely natural. But it does allow them to earn some money to supplement their traditional way of life in the 21st century.

Inclusions: Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch, Breakfast, Dinner, All Park fees., All activities of dame drive and (walking safari if indicated in itinerary), All accommodation during safari. (camping, mid range or lodge), A professional driver/guide.( English, Spanish, French), All transportation.

Exclusions: All things of personal nature, Tips and gratitude for driver Guide and safari cook, Travel insurance, Visas, International flights

The tour will further take you to the Serengeti National Park, into the heart of wild Africa, a massive wilderness of 14500 square km, where everyday brings a new landscape and a new adventure. You will visit the Lake Manyara National Park, one of Tanzania's most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a shallow but huge soda lake, at the foot of the Great Rift Valley's western escarpment. The tour also includes a visit to Lake Eyasi a salt lake situated between the Rift Valley's Eyasi escarpment and the Kidero Mountains. The area around Lake Eyasi is inhabited by the Hadzabe bushmen, some of the last remaining hunter-gatherers on the African continent.

Inclusions: Lunch, Lunch, Lunch, Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch, Lunch, Lunch, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Dinner, Dinner, Dinner, Breakfast, Dinner, Dinner, Private safari guide., Private 4*4 safari jeep with pop up roof for game viewing., 3 delicious meals a day., Camping equipment including tents, kitchen utensils, tables, chair, mattresses., Transfer in both directions between airport and Moshi.

Exclusions: Tips and gratuity to your safari driver/guide, Lunch, dinners, drinks at your hotel., Personal expenses [e.g. laundry, telephone, beverage e.t.c]

A great opportunity to visit local tribes and experience first-hand their way of life. This tour also offers the chance to see a wide range of wildlife species. This tour can be customised depending on the client's interests.

Inclusions: Dinner, Lunch, Lunch, Breakfast, Lunch, Breakfast, Dinner

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An exceptional opportunity for those interested in both wildlife and African culture. The tour includes visits to local tribal communities where travellers will have the chance to experience tribal village life first hand. The tour provides wildlife game drives where a wide range of wildlife can be viewed. This tour can be customised depending on the client's interests.

Inclusions: Breakfast, Dinner, Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch, Lunch, Lunch, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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A visit with the Bushmen is worthwhile and they will graciously show you where and how they live and hunt. They subsist entirely off the bush and by bow hunting.

Inclusions: Lunch, Bottled water, Private transportation, Park Fees

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Our 6-day Safari to specifically include the Tarangire National Park, the bushmen of Lake Eyasi, Olduvai Gorge and Museum, Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater. This tour has been designed to include the historic Olduvai human footprints dating back nearly 2 million years. Serengeti is one of the most famous parks in the world and the ultimate destination for game drives or witnessing the astounding, annual Great Migration. Boundless plains punctuated with spiky acacia trees, Serengeti kopjes, hippo and crocodile-laden rivers, and a landscape home to the Big Five (lions, leopards, rhinos, buffalo, and elephants) with more than 475 bird species–it’s no wonder the Serengeti precedes its reputation as a wildlife haven. Finally the magical Ngorongoro Crater with its own lion prides and rhinos completes a safari of a lifetime.

Inclusions: Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast, Breakfast, Lunch, Breakfast, Lunch, Lunch, Lunch, Breakfast, Dinner, Dinner, Dinner, Dinner, Lunch, Breakfast, All Park and Entry Fees

Exclusions: All extra meals and drinks at the hotels, Gratuities