Simanjiro District is south of Arusha that shows the Tanzanian rural life, starting with Wa Arusha people cultivating closer to Mt. Meru and entering Maasai pastoralist range-lands the further south you drive, a very important calving area for Tarangire wildebeest and zebra in February and March Simanjiro wilderness area.
Today’s stage will be one of the most special moments of the holidays as we’ll be driving through the Simanjiro community wilderness area A circular route through which we will cross different ecosystems, On the way we will have the opportunity to see Maasai herders with their cattle.
We will have the opportunity to see a lot of zebras along the way. Also, in less quantity we will see wildebeest, Grant gazelles, jackals, ostriches as well as Giraffes Also on this day we’ll have the opportunity to visit one of the weekly Maasai Market in one of these village we go through such as Sukuro, Narakauo and finally to Loibosieret village which is going to be our base for 2 nights. We will be served our picnic lunch along the way on the plains thereafter we will drive to our Private Camp which is adjacent to the South Eastern border of Tarangire National Park. Wildlife densities are generally low except seasonally when Tarangire ungulates migrate through, however, with luck some special and less common species can be seen Fringe Eared Oryx, Greater and Lesser kudu, Wild Dog and Striped Hyena in addition to more common species such as impala, hartebeest, giraffe and seasonally lion, elephant, buffalo, wildebeest & zebra. Dinner and Overnight at Namayana Camp.