7 Days Kenya and Tanzania Cultural Tour is your ultimate cultural safari that takes you through the most popular tribes in Kenya and Tanzania, and communities to take part in a number of activities and experience a whole different and authentic cultural experience. Get to live and learn more about the Maasai tribe, Kikuyu of Kenya, hunt with the Hadzabe and Datoga tribes of Tanzania, as well as cycle through communities and get to see the typical African lifestyle as it unfolds.
This 7 Days Kenya and Tanzania Cultural Tour starts in Nairobi Kenya and ends in Arusha Tanzania. Note that this 7 Days Kenya and Tanzania Cultural Tour can be customized to fit your schedule, and also your preference with a possibility to include game viewing in Serengeti National Park, Amboseli national Park or even Ngorongoro Conservation Area among others.
Summary Itinerary of 7 Days Kenya and Tanzania Cultural Tour
Day 1: Pick up, Luo Cultural Experience
Day 2: Bomas of Kenya
Day 3: Drive to Arusha Tanzania
Day 4: Visit the Maasai Tribe in Tanzania
Day 5: Morning with the Maasai, Cycling in Mto wa Mbu
Day 6: Hunt with the Hadza and Datoga Tribes, Visit Maasai Bomas in Ngorongoro Crater
Day 7: Departure
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Pick up, Luo Cultural experience
You will be picked up from the airport or hotel in Nairobi where your guide will welcome you for your safari. You will also have a short briefing about your safari before embarking on a transfer to enjoy the Luo Cultural experience. Thereafter, you shall drive to your hotel for dinner and an overnight stay at the Le Maison Royale Hotel.
Day 2: Bomas of Kenya
After breakfast at the hotel, you shall have visit the Bomas of Kenya to explore the 23 major tribes of Kenya, and their homesteads. You shall visit their homesteads, and get to see tribes of Kenya like the Kikuyu, Luhya, Taita, Maasai, Kamba, among others. Return to the hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 3: Drive to Arusha Tanzania
After breakfast at the lodge, you shall proceed for a transfer to Arusha Tanzania, passing through the Namanga border. Your guide in Tanzania shall drive you to the hotel, check in and relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay. If you are up for it, you can venture out for a nightlife experience in Arusha.
Accommodation: Tulia Boutique Hotel and Spa
Day 4: Visit the Maasai Tribe
You will have breakfast at your lodge ahead of your drive to the Maasai community. Get to spend the day with the locals, learning about their culture and way of life. Do various activities with them, and get to camp within their community with a night filled with folklore from the Maasai tribe. Camp with the Maasai people
Day 5: Morning with the Maasai, Cycling in Mto wa Mbu
Wake up with the Maasai people, and get to enjoy the early morning activities with them including taking the cows out for grazing, milking and others. After breakfast, you shall drive to Mto wa Mbu, from where you shall enjoy a cycling experience. You shall cycle in the plantations, driving through the local communities as you see how the locals live, away from urbanization. You shall drive to Lake Eyasi, a scenic soda lake that lies at the base of the Eyasi escarpment of the Western Rift Valley wall, just near the vicinity of Datoga tribe.
Accommodation: Tindiga Tented Lodge
Day 6: Hunt with the Hadza and Datoga
Wake up early and depart the village for a local hunting experience with the Hadzabe and Datoga tribes. This is not a mere performance, you shall engage in the typical hunting experience. The locals shall demonstrate the procedure, before you proceed to engage in the real hunting experience. Drive to Karatu and enjoy your lunch at the lodge. In the afternoon, drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and visit the Maasai Bomas. Enjoy a game drive as you drive to the Maasai Bomas, seeing a variety of animals. Return to the lodge thereafter, relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation: Karatu Tented Lodge
Day 7: Departure
After having breakfast at the lodge which you shall enjoy at leisure, you shall proceed for a transfer to Arusha to catch an outbound flight, or dropped off at your hotel of stay in Arusha, bringing your safari to an end.
End of 7 Days Kenya and Tanzania Cultural Tour
Price Includes;
- Airport transfers
- Hotel/lodge accommodation for the duration of the safari
- Transportation during the safari
- Professional safari and tour guide / driver during safari
- All activity fees mentioned
- All meals on the safari
- Border crossing fees
- Drinking water in the safari vehicle
- Government taxes
Price excludes;
- Items of personal nature
- International and local airfares
- hotel accommodation before / after the safari
- Entry visas
- Travel insurance
- Tips and gratuities
- anything else not included in the itinerary
