What a highlight!

Head out in the helicopter for an incredible journey along the Rift Valley of Tanzania with some short breaks to soak in the view and a couple of longer stops for brunch and coffee/drinks. Fly over the incredible Lake Natron with the active volcano Ol’Donyo Lengai and see pink swarms of Flamingoes from above. Have a stopover walking along a river and cool off in the waterfall’s natural pool. Fly past the famous Ngorongoro Crater and then down into Lake Eyasi to see its incredible color patterns and striking escarpment. Back into Mwiba Lodge for late lunch.

After an afternoon game drive, your destination is the fly-camp in time for a sundowner at a private spot in the reserve. Enjoy dinner cooked over the campfire before retiring to the stargazer tents. Enjoy a full night sky with thousands of stars and no artificial light pollution. The unit consists of stargazer tents which are made with transparent netting for walls and roof for you to fully immerse the sounds and sights of the bush around you. They are furnished with camping cots, which are fitted out with a thick mattress, pillows, sheets and cosy blankets. In terms of facilities, there is a separate long drop toilet, and the shower is a bucket-shower rigged up under a nearby tree. Hot water for showers will be heated over a wood fire, and be ready for evening or morning shower.

A visit to Mwiba Wildlife Reserve affords guests the unique opportunity to spend time with four different tribes as they go about their daily lives.

The Sukuma are a Bantu speaking people and are the largest of Tanzania’s ethnic groups. The word “Sukuma” refers to the people of the north. Pay a visit to a Sukuma medicine man, who is the equivalent of a modern day homeopath and treats illnesses symptomatically. He invites you into his circular mud home to see the various shells and plant matter that are used as a medium for freshly collected actives that he makes into a concoction.

The Datoga, also known as the Mang’ati, which comes from a Maasai term meaning “enemy” is a proud, fierce warrior tribe, considering themselves to be the oldest tribe in Tanzania. (Although both the Maasai and the Hadzabe will also make claim to this). They are nomadic herders, depending largely on cow and goat meat and milk for their diet.

The Maasai are the fierce warriors and proud pastoralists. They are seen as defying modern culture to protect their customs and traditional way of life, however many initiations and rituals are slowly eroding due to outside influences.  Believing that all cattle on earth once belonged to them, they still occasionally go on raids to retrieve their stolen herds.

Witness the Hadza way of life, your private guide and tracker will take you on a half day trip to the nomadic Hadza hunters who are moving through the wilderness around the Lake Eyasi. Upon finding them, you may have the opportunity to accompany them as they forage for their vital food sources: tubes, honey, berries, birds and bush meat. If you are interested to learn more about the last hunter-gatherer tribe check out our unique experience, where you can stay 2 nights close to a Hadza family.