Day 1: Arusha
Arrive at the airport, & transfer to your accommodation at a local baby home. Enjoy a welcome dinner this evening.
Day 2: Arusha
This morning, learn more about the baby home project during a brief orientation. Take a tour of the facility, & assist with feeding the infants & young children afterward. Enjoy lunch with the other volunteers & the staff. Spend the afternoon assisting the staff with various activities & duties.
Day 3: Arusha
Spend the day volunteering at the local baby home. Volunteer activities may include changing diapers, bathing, & spending time interacting with the children.
Day 4: Arusha
Spend the day volunteering at the local baby home.
Day 5: Arusha
Spend the day volunteering at the local baby home.
Day 6: Arusha
Spend the day volunteering at the local baby home.
Day 7: Arusha
Visit a local organization that conducts efforts in women development, including education & disease awareness. You’ll sit in on a lecture while at the facility. After lunch, visit a local clinic.
Day 8: Arusha
After breakfast, you’ll head to an organization for young women. Upon arrival, attend an orientation meeting. This afternoon you’ll participate in leading workshops. Workshop topics include hygiene & child care.
Day 9: Arusha
Travel to Arusha National Park to enjoy its spectacular wildlife. This experience is unique, as you’ll observe the flora & fauna from a canoe. Enjoy lunch in the bush today. Afterward, hop in a 4 x 4 safari vehicle, & take off on an exciting game drive.
Day 10: Arusha – Karatu
Leave Arusha this morning, & head to a Maasai community situated in Karatu. Here you’ll have the opportunity to meet with a local midwife. Enjoy lunch. Afterward, shadow the midwife during her afternoon visits to homes within the communities.
Day 11: Karatu – Ngorongoro – Serengeti
Discover the natural wonders found within the Ngorongoro Crater. Enjoy a game drive, followed by lunch beside the hippo pools. This afternoon you’ll have another opportunity to observe some of the area’s many mammal species on a game drive. Native mammals include wildebeest, jackals, zebras, lions, & rhinos. Arrive in Serengeti National Park before dusk. Relax as you admire the sun set this evening.
Day 12: Serengeti
Today you will set out on a game drive, with a possible chance to observe the great migration in action.
Day 13: Serengeti – Ngorongoro – Arusha
Before breakfast, enjoy a safari game drive, & watch the sun come up (optional). Observe impalas, elephants, leopards, & other wildlife on a morning game drive after breakfast. Have lunch in the bush, & head back to Arusha afterward. On the way back, you may choose to stop at the Olduvai Gorge paleoanthropological site. Enjoy dinner & an overnight stay in Arusha.
Day 14: Arusha – USA
Spend the morning at your leisure. Optional activities include a tour of the Cultural Heritage Center & a trip to check out a local recycling project. Later today, transfer to the airport, & board return flight home.