5 Days Ol Doinyo Lengai Hike, Empakai Walk, and Ngorongoro Crater Safari

5 Days Ol Doinyo Lengai Hike, Empakai Walk, and Ngorongoro Crater Safari. This 5-Day Ol Doinyo Lengai, Empakai Walk, and Ngorongoro Crater Safari is an adventurous Tanzania safari package that you can book to experience not only Tanzania’s wildlife game viewing, but also to summit the Ol Doinyo Lengai and walk the Empakai while enjoying scenic views. You can customize this 5-Day Ol Doinyo Lengai Hike, Empakai Walk, and Ngorongoro Crater Safari to fit your schedule, such as adding Lake Manyara National Parks or the highly sought-after Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.

5 Days Ol Doinyo Lengai Hike, Empakai Walk, and Ngorongoro Crater Safari

Day 1: Transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Game Drive, and Walking Safari

You shall be met by your driver guide at the airport or hotel of your stay in Arusha and be briefed about your safari. After that, your driver guide will transfer you to the Ngorongoro Conservation Crater, where you will enjoy a game drive and a walking safari, allowing you to get up close and personal with various park animals under the guidance of a ranger guide. Enjoy amazing views of the crater rim.

You will return to your lodge after the walking safari for dinner and an overnight stay.

Accommodation: Hhando Coffee Lodge

Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner

Day 2: Morning Ngorongoro Crater Drive, Empakai Crater Walk

After breakfast at your lodge, you will embark on a game drive around the Ngorongoro Crater, searching for various wildlife species such as eland, zebras, warthogs, wildebeest, buffalos, and elephants. You will also enjoy the beautiful views surrounding the crater and keep an eye out for flamingos along the shores of Lake Magadi.

Have your picnic lunch at the rim of the crater. At 2:00, descend to the Crater Lake. You can walk around the lake and enjoy the beautiful scenery with flamingos at the shore of the lake. Animals like monkeys and bushbucks can be spotted sometimes. Ascend to the rim of the crater before 6:00 pm. The walking is approximately 1 hour one way.

Walking time: 2 hours maximum

Distance: approximately 5 km*

Accommodation: Public Camp

Day 3: Empakai to Acacia

7:30 am, after your breakfast, load the donkeys and start your walk to Empakai bush camp through Naiyobi Maasai village. On this day, you can have a beautiful view of the active volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai, Lake Natron, the Rift Valley escarpment, and Maasai village. Have your picnic lunch at Acacia Camp or any suitable place recommended by your walking guide.

Walking time: 5 hours

Distance: 17 km*

Accommodation: Acacia Camp

Day 4: Drive to Lake Natron Area, Ol Doinyo Lengai Ascent

Enjoy breakfast at the camp. After, proceed to Lake Natron. Get to plant a tree to compensate for your carbon footprint. Plant a moringa tree and return to the lodge and relax. Lunch and dinner will be at the lodge.

The climb of this active volcano takes place at night. Departure from the camp is around 11 pm. You will start climbing around midnight, and you will be at the top around 5 a.m. You can rest while waiting for the beautiful sunrise to finally admire the wide plain of Serengeti that will stretch in front of you.

The descent must be done before it gets too hot, because the sun heats up very quickly the slopes composed of volcanic ash. The roundtrip takes 10–11 hours.

Accommodation: Maasai Giraffe Eco Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

5 Days Ol Doinyo Lengai Hike, Empakai Walk, and Ngorongoro Crater Safari — Ol Doinyo Lengai Ascent

Day 5: Descent, Departure

You will descend and return to the lodge at approximately 11am. Freshen up and enjoy a late breakfast. Afterwards, check out and, armed with a packed lunch, embark on a transfer back to Arusha, where you will be dropped off at either the airport or the hotel where you are staying. This brings your safari to an end.

Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch

End of 5 Days: Ol Doinyo Lengai Hike, Empakai Walk, and Ngorongoro Crater Safari

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