Lake Eyas cultural Tour 3 days Safari

Lake Eyas cultural Tour 3 days Safari

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.

The Hadzabe bushmen live in this region, as do the Datoga and Mbulu tribes. 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. Everything they use is made from local materials, including their bows which are strung with giraffe tendon and their arrows which are coated in lethal poison. Their language resembles that of Kalahari bushmen tribe (who were featured in the 1980 film ‘The Gods Must Be Crazy’) with clicking noises used.

Itinerary

Day 1: Arusha to Lake Eyasi

Pass By: Lake Eyasi, Karatu Tanzania
Depart from Arusha at 8:00am to Lake Eyasi with a short stopover

Route in Karatu town, near Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Karatu is the urban centre of the homeland of the agricultural Iraqw indigenous people. Arrive to Lake Eyasi I time for lunch. After lunchTake a tour of Lake Eyasi and enjoy an afternoon canoe ride across the lake to see different species of bird e.g pellicarn,flamingo etc,and you may see different activities such as fishing activities proceed at lake shores.Overnight at any of Campsite or a lodge.


Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Camp

Day 2: Lake Eyasi - Hadzabe ,Datoga ,and Maasai

Pass By: Lake Eyasi, Karatu Tanzania
Early breakfast at 6:00am then proceed, early morning tour to the

Hadza people. The Hadza are one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer tribes in Africa and have a population of less than 1000 people. Only300-400 still live traditionally. You will have the opportunity to make a rubbing stick fire using the hand twirling method. Sit down with the women and children as they gather around a camp fire, Discussing domestic matters as they prepare something to eat and drink. Enter a makeshift grass hut and learn about their survival methods and way of life. Spend the next hour or two hunting with the Hadza, using only bows and arrows and hunting dogs. Return to their camp to participate in a dance. Finally before parting you will have a lesson in archery using the Hadzabe’s hand crafted bows and arrows.

Return to camp or our lodge for brunch then depart for a tour of the

Blacksmiths, a sub-tribe of the Datoga. The Blacksmiths weld brass and Aluminum into bracelets, necklaces and other intricate objects then trade them with the Datoga and Maasai. You will have the opportunity to ignite a fire on the forge using air bags made from cow hide before Proceeding for a tour of the Datoga.

Take a tour of a Datoga homestead (gheid). The Datoga are semi-nomadic Cushitic pastoralists similar to the Maasai. The women still wear traditional garments made from rust-coloured cow hide covered in red ochre. Their skirts have long fringes and colourful beads and they wear brass bracelets and necklaces. The men wear blue or red striped or checked blankets (shuka) wrapped around their bodies. Enter the Datoga hut and learn about their way of life as you enter their sleeping and living quarters and have a chat. You will also enter the cattle corral where livestock are kept. Like the Maasai the Datoga place precedence on cattle which are central to their subsistence and social structures. After your tour you will return to your lodgings. Spend the afternoon relaxing,then at visit a local school or take a short walk to the onion plantations(farm activities),and short walk to the village to see local alcohol made by maize, walk to the lake and Climb big rock near the lodges or campsite for sunset or sundown around 6;00pm start to return to our lodge or camp for dinner, taking shower etc

On the next Day you will be transferred to Arusha


Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: camp

Day 3: Lake Eyas - Arusha

Pass By: Lake Eyasi, Karatu Tanzania
You will be transferred to Arusha to proceed to the next destination. or transferred to the airport to connect with your flight back home.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.