Olduvai Camp
Travel Blogs from Serengeti National Park
How You Get to Africa
August 12 – August 13
It took over 24 hours to get to our
hotel in Arusha, Tanzania after leaving Brad and Megan’s apartment
in Heidelberg. Here’s the timeline:
- Aug 12, 4:45 pm: Brad and Megan
pick us up and take us to the Heidelberg train station.< …
Olduvai Gorge
We completed our hike and arrived at Olduvai Tented Camp at 5pm. Had a fine evening and spent the 27th touring Olduvai Gorge area. Olduvai Gorge is a 200 foot deep dry wash in pure desert climate. We visited the museum located on the rim, toured in the gorge itself and saw several sites presently under excavation. After lunch in the bottom of the …
Olduvai, Ngorongoro Crater
Simonandalison stayed here on May 14, 2011 during their trip titled: Simonandalison's Great Adventure.
Cradle of mankind to Seronera
This is our first camp of the trip. But this is not like staying a three-man pop-up tent at Glastonbury. It's a cabin, with double bed and en-suite. It just so happens that most of the walls are made of canvas. The camp is run by locals, including some Masai. Apparently, as the camp is in a Masai area we are their guests on their land, rather than …
Day 3
... on camera :(. We were then taken into the masai houses. They are made from sticks, mud, and cow dung - lovely! They are very very small and dark and hot. They sleep six people and are smaller than my room at home. Each house makes jewellery and crafts to sell and make money, so I bought two bracelets as a thank you for showing us their home. There are 120 people in this village, and lots of young children. So they have built a small school where one of the masai men teach the ...
Location
Search for more deals in Serengeti National Park
TripAdvisor Reviews Olduvai Camp Serengeti National Park
Traveler Photos Olduvai Camp Serengeti National Park
