Eight Days Experience of this safari. A Yoga & Safari Retreat in Tanzania
On this once- in-a- l lifetime trip, you will re-center yourself with yoga practices while experiencing the Maasai culture, African arts and the most beautiful wildlife and nature of East Africa.
DAY 1
Welcome to Tanzania
We pick you up from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) where our Maasai staff will be waiting for you to transfer you to Arusha. You have dinner and overnight in picturesque Garden Suites which is also a coffee plantation. Upon your arrival an expert with give you a relaxing spa.
DAY 2
Travel Day: Karatu - Mto Wa Mbu village
8:00 Coffee, tea, freshly squeezed juice 8:30 - 9:30 Morning yoga in a tropical garden 10:00 Breakfast. After breakfast, you drive to Karatu. On the way you stop in mto wa mbu and you go trekking to Wiwaleni waterfalls in Mto Wa Mbu village. You eat a picnic lunch at the waterfalls. Then you visit a Chagga- village where we see how Chagga people make traditional banana beer and we have banana beer tastings. We also visit a local banana plantation and meet local farmers. You will get an inside look into Chagga culture and traditions. We return to your lodge for an evening yoga practice and dinner. 17-18 Evening yoga in a tropical garden 20:00 Dinner
DAY 3
Trave Day: Karatu -Tarangire National Park
Today you’ll wake up early for breakfast. Today you head to Tarangire National Park which is famous for its incredible diversity of landscapes, large herds of elephants, majestic and ancient Baobab trees, birding, and authentic safari atmosphere. Unspoiled Tarangire is dominated by the impressive valley of the Tarangire River. You have a picnic lunch by the river. You return to your lodge for relaxing evening yoga and dinner. 17-18 Evening yoga in a tropical garden 20:00 Dinner
DAY 4
Tarangire - African Arts in Mto wa Mbu
8:00 Coffee, tea, freshly squeezed juice 8:30 - 9:30 Morning yoga in a tropical garden 10:00 Breakfast Today you discover African arts by attending two visual culture workshops. No prior knowledge or skill is required! The first workshop is painting with a local artist who tells us about Tinga Tinga visual painting tradition. After lunch, you join an African dance workshop where you have fun by learning rhythms and dancing with Ngoma drums in Manyara kibaoni in the middle of mto wa mbu and karatu. 17-18 Evening yoga in a tropical garden 20:00 Dinner
DAY 5
Maasai village
8:00 Coffee, tea, freshly squeezed juice 8:30 - 9:30 Morning yoga in a tropical garden 10:00 Breakfast Today you spend all day in an authentic local Maasai homestead (boma). You have a unique chance to stay in a boma and explore the fascinating pastoralists' lifestyle and join their everyday life, for example, joining women to fetch firewood or water. You have a picnic lunch in the Maasai village and you return back to the lodge in the afternoon for your relaxing evening yoga practice. 17-18 Evening yoga in a tropical garden 20:00 Dinner
Travel Day: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
After early morning breakfast, we continue towards Ngorongoro Conservation Area which is on the UNESCO's World Heritage List. Welcome to one of the natural wonders of the world! The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest intact caldera from a long extinct volcano, Ngorongoro, which is home to about 25,000 wild creatures, including 45 black rhinoceros, which live within the safety of the caldera walls. There are 7,000 wildebeests, 4,000 zebras, 3,000 eland, and 3,000 Grant's and Thomson's gazelles. You will have a memorable day in the Crater. You have a picnic lunch by the hippo pool and return to our lodge for relaxing yoga practice and dinner. 17-18 Evening yoga in a tropical garden 20:00 Dinner
Relaxing Day
7:00 Coffee, tea, freshly squeezed juice 7:30 - 8:30 Morning yoga in a tropical garden 09:00 Breakfast After breakfast, you have a full day time to relax by the pool or read a book in the tropical garden. 17-18 Evening yoga in a tropical garden 20:00 Dinner
Travel Day: Kilimanjaro Airport
8:00 Coffee, tea, freshly squeezed juice 8:30 - 9:30 Morning yoga in a tropical garden 10:00 Breakfast After breakfast, we say goodbyes for our lovely lodge as we head to Arusha. On the way back to the airport, we can stop in local souvenir shops. We arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) in the afternoon around 5 pm. You can book an evening flight.
