1 open-topped toilet tent is provided for up to 7 pax. Dining is in a mountain mess tent, with aluminum roll-up dining tables & aluminum backed chairs. You will carry your own picnic lunch box in your daypacks, to eat en route.Ĭamping details: The camp at Acacia Camp includes: mountain sleeping tents with ridge-rest mattresses (2 per pax), sleeping bags with fleece liners, pillows with pillow cases. Notes: The Maasai trekking guide carries a VHF hand-held radio for emergency contact uses. You arrive at about 3pm to the campsite for snacks and drinks. The private campsite is set under yellow-barked acacia trees, with a stunning view of the top of Lengai. We continue on a cattle trail downward into scrub-woodland and groves of yellow barked Acacia (Fever Trees). We walk down into the small village of Nayobi, a center of trading 'center'for the local community. Along the road we pass Maassai women walking to the crater rim with donkeys in search of long grass to cut for their cows, and for roofing for their bomas (huts). The top of Ol Doinyo Lengai juts into the sky, its steep slopes piercing the horizon created by the highlands atop the Rift Valley Escarpment wall. The walk leads us upwards along the crater rim, then steeply downward steeply on a foot trail along a ridge looking out over the highlands to the north. Donkeys will carry your light bag (for one night only), plus the sleeping bags and sleeping pads to the next campsite. Large bath towels are provided.ĭay 2: Hike from Empakai crater to the Rift Valley At 8+ pax, there are 2 toilet tents and 2 shower tents. 1 toilet tent and 1 shower tent is provided for up to 7 pax. Dining is in a mountain mess tent, with dining tables & backed chairs. Bottled mineral water is optional for each person (10 liters per person for the entire trip is recommended).Ĭamping details: The camp at Empakai includes: 2m x 2m dome sleeping tents with bed frames, 3” foam mattresses, sleeping bags with fleece liners, pillows with pillow cases. For the walk to Empakai Crater floor, you will carry your own picnic lunch box in your daypacks, to enjoy at the lakeside. Notes: When you arrive at Empakai, there will be 4 staff present, including 1 driver/camp-hand, 2 cooks, and the Maasai trekking guide, there to greet you. Pool and comfortable lounge with an excellent bar and dinner menu, complemented by staff who are friendly and attentive. Meru (the 5th highest mountain in Africa, at 4,655 m). Overnight at a uniquely designed and owner-managed lodge just a few minutes from Arusha town, situated in private grounds within a quiet residential area known as Sekei, with views of Mt. Meeting of the group, presentation of the program and group dinner. Pick-up from airport or bus terminal and transfer to the hotel.
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