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Karatu transfer to Lake Eyasi
How to get to Lake Eyasi:
From Kilimanjaro (JRO), it’s approximately 4 hours on a tarred road to Karutu and another hour to Lake Eyasi.
By Air
Manyara Airstrip is the closest to Lake Eyasi, which takes around 40 minutes to fly from Arusha and two hours from Manyara to Lake Eyasi.
Lake Eyasi Visit /Experience
The Hunt
Safari-goers are especially welcome to stay overnight in the area and be closely engaged in the Hadzabe’s daily life and rituals. They will graciously show you how they hunt – creating bows strung with giraffe tendon. You can accompany them as they track small game or join the women as they forage for fruit or collect honey.
Then enjoy their traditional dances, delving into a unique cultural experience, all happening along the shores of the beautiful lake.
The Experience
A visit to Lake Eyasi can provide a firsthand cultural experience unlike any other you’re ever likely to encounter. This large saline lake on the floor of the Great Rift Valley is the home of several bushmen tribes – one of the few places in Africa where traditional tribal life continues as it has for thousands of years.
Here you can meet and even follow along with the Hadzabe people, hunter-gatherers, who live by bow hunting and gathering local fruits and honey as they have in this region for 10,000 years. Lake Eyasi also supports other bushmen communities like the Tindiga, who have also lived off this land for centuries.
Another group you may meet, the Datooga, are excellent silversmiths and trade their crafted spears with the Hadazbe for animal skins and meat.
Like these traditional people, you can explore this region by foot, going on hikes and taking notice of Lake Eyasi’s incredible world of birdlife. A visit to this unusual area is the perfect complement to your safari.
A Birding Paradise
Unlike many of the surrounding regions, Lake Eyasi has a tropical climate, dotted with doum palms where you may see Fisher’s lovebirds nesting.
Other avian life to look for on the lake’s shores: flamingoes, gulls, white pelicans, yellow-billed storks, avocet, and African spoonbill.
Where is lake Eyasi located?
The lake lies about 75 km (46 mi) southwest of the Ngorongoro Crater and 100 km (62 mi) south of Serengeti National Park.
Lake Eyasi Climate
Unlike the Serengeti and Ngorongoro highlands, Lake Eyasi can be warm. Daytime temperatures average around 25 °C (77 °F). The two rainy seasons occur from March to May and from September to November. During the months from June to October, there is very little and sometimes no rainfall.
Best time to Visit Lake Eyasi
The dry season affords the best time to view wildlife as they gather at distinct watering holes. But you can visit the local bushmen at any time of the year.
You visit Lake Eyasi if you want to get acquainted with the life of the Hadzabe tribe. The presence of these traditional bushmen is of great significance for the region. Walking is the most important activity here.
Spend a day with the Hadzabe tribe and go for a hunt.
These are the Bushmen who live here by hunting with bows and arrows and collecting wild berries and fruits. These are the last heirs of the parents who took their first steps here, along the Rift Valley, about two hundred thousand years ago.
You can also visit the Datoga tribe. This is a tribe that forges copper and aluminum into bracelets, knives and other tools. They also trade these products with the Hadzabe.
Best Cultural Experiences
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