Trip information:

Visit Oldonyo Lengai, the active volcanic mountain

Price: US$1792 per person traveling alone 
US$1180 per person (Two people traveling) 
US$985 per person (Four people traveling)

Customize: This package can be customized
Country: Tanzania
Duration: 6 days
Persons: min (1)max (4)
Accommodation: Mixed
Activities: Hiking, Mountain Climbing

Details

From Moshi or Arusha it is better to allow 2 days for the trip – 6 hours to drive from Moshi to
Lake Natron for dinner and overnight.

Day 1:

Drive from Moshi to Arusha, game drive, and overnight at Ngosek guest house in Ngare sero source – a magnificent rock amphitheater with springs gushing out of rock faces.

Day 2:

10.30 PM Drive to the base of the climb, ascend to the summit (maximum 6 hours), and if it’s possible, descend into the active crater then walk down. Lunch at Ngare sero and drive back to Moshi/Arusha town.

The cost of the trip is $270usd per person.

Standing at 2,878 meters above the Soda Ash Lake Natron, the Mountain of GOD is famous to the Maasai community that inhabits the area, Mountain Oldoinyo Lengai is situated in the Ngorongoro highlands and the African Rift valley about 120 kilometers Northwest of Arusha, Tanzania.

Since the past ancestors, the Holly Lengai has been used by Maasai for their prayer to their GOD known as NGAI. Odoinyo Lengai is the only active volcano in the world that erupts natro carbonatite lava which is cooler than other lavas about (510 degrees C) compare to the temperatures of basaltic lavas (1,100 degrees C) with less silicon.

The Mountain frequently does minor eruptions and forms cone-like structures to its crater base.While on the summit of Mountain Oldoinyo Lengai one can sight clearly the Soda Lake Natron which accommodates and consist of good nesting sites for different bird species especially the Flamingos, pelicans and geese more than 350 different types are recorded to date.

Unlike others two highest Mountains, Lengai takes about six to seven hours to the summit crater. Also the Mountain is an ideal place for a working safari escort by the Maasai guides with weapons tourist can sight wild animals like olive baboon, velvet, monitor lizard, hyenas, lion, leopard, jackal, Grants gazelle, impala and zebra.

Nearby are the Maasai BOMAS which gives you a chance to interact with the indigenous learn about their cultures, taboos and traditions.

The prices Include:

•  Full board accommodation
• Transport
• All parks entrance fees
• Ranger and guide fees and allowances
• Activities as per the itineraries

Prices Excludes:

 Accommodation on the first night before safari and last night after safari in Arusha
town book with us for the prices listed below:

Standard Accommodations:-

•  ***Impala Hotel: 
  US$50 per person per night sharing on half board basis and US$65 per person per night
  single room supplement on half board basis
•  **WCT lodge 
  US$35 per person per night on half board basis
  Deluxe Accommodations:-
•  Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge 
  US$85 per person per night sharing on half board basis and US$125 per person 
  per night single room supplement on half board basis
• The New Arusha Hotel 
  US$80 per person per night sharing on half board basis and US$125 per person per
  night single room supplement on half board basis
  1. Airport transfers, book with us for US$60 per vehicle (6 seats) per transfer.
  2. International flights
  3. Tips and drinks
  4. Sleeping bags