We’ll meet you at Mt Kilimanjaro International Airport and transfer you to Arusha. You’ll have plenty of time to adjust to your surroundings and meet your fellow travellers before we get together for dinner to discuss the next 12 days and the role that Dr Jane Goodall has played in wildlife conservation here in Tanzania.

Meals: Dinner

Accommodation: Guest House

Today we will experience first-hand the diverse and sometimes challenging work of the Roots and Shoots programs in Tanzania, which started in 1991. We will have the option to visit the heart-warming Donkey Project or one of the more established programs in a local secondary school.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Guest House

Among the most striking of all the landscapes in East Africa, the Tarangire National Park is home to an array of magnificent Baobab trees, as well as a host of elephants, zebras and lions, and the mighty Tarangire River. Today we get to explore the many waterways, swamplands and forests of this mighty park before we head into the famous Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area to camp on the crater rim.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Comfortable camping Crater Rim

We will leave at dawn for a game drive you will never forget, on the floor of the stunning Ngorongoro Crater. This incredible volcanic crater was formed over three million years ago and was designated as a National Park in 1979. The crater is home to the largest elephants in Tanzania and the only park where you’ll find the black rhino.  After a morning packed with wildlife viewing, we’ll head west towards the Serengeti. On the way we will visit Ol Duvai Gorge and explore the amazing archaeological finds that expanded our knowledge of human evolution. Ol Duvai is where Jane’s story began as she was employed by Louis Leakey in 1960 and sent to Gombe Streams to study chimpanzees and their possible link to human evolution. Once we arrive in the Serengeti there will be time for a late afternoon game drive before settling into our campsite for a night under the Serengeti stars.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Comfortable Camping Central Serengeti

We’ll make an early start for a spectacular dawn game drive. Return to camp for breakfast, before heading back out for a full day of wildlife spotting. Today youll begin to understand just how expansive and diverse Serengeti National Park is. With significnat populations of lion, cheetah, leopard and of course the famous wildebeest and zebra herds, Serengeti never disapoints. Tonight we’ll spend a second night under the magnificent Serengeti sky.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Comfortable Camping Central Serengeti

After an early morning game drive we will leave the Serengeti and start heading to western Tanzania. As we drive we will pass through small villages, stunning rock formations and striking landscapes. We will overnight in the small town of Kahama.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Hotel

Today we will make an early start to reach Kigoma. We pass along back roads and through untouched landscapes to reach Kigoma on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. The lake is the longest in the world and one of Africa’s great lakes with its beautiful fresh water and stunning vistas.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Hotel

This morning we will visit Roots and Shoots Kigoma. The Roots and Shoots program has more than 2000 members in Tanzania alone and now operates in over 130 countries world-wide to inspire students to become caring and empowered citizens of the world. The program builds on the legacy of Jane Goodall by encouraging students to take an interest in and action to support wildlife, people and the environment around them. After a morning with Roots and Shoots Kigoma, we will travel by boat on Lake Tanganyika to Gombe Streams National Park. Finish the day with a discussion on the lake shore about the history of JGI at Gombe and current and future research programs.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Tented Camp

Today will be an unforgettable day as we trek to find Jane’s troop of chimpanzees in Gombe National Park. This is one of the few places in the world where you can see chimpanzees in their natural habitat. It is a truly magical experience watching wildlife in their own environment, especially as these are the very chimpanzees that Jane studied during her pivotal research.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Tented Camp

This morning we’ll be taken on a guided tour of the JGI research facilities at Gombe National Park. We’ll get to meet the researchers and students who have committed their time to continue Jane’s work. We will then head to Kigoma to catch a flight across this magnificent landscape to Dar Es Salaam.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: JGI Forest Camp

We’ll have the opportunity today to learn more about the wonderful work the ‘Roots & Shoots’ organisation is doing in the Pugu forest. Locals work together throughout the clubs here to identify local problems facing their surrounding environments, animals and communities. You’ll learn about the local community and the work of the organisation, and leave with a greater appreciation of the unique challenges facing those living in this part of the world. You might even plant a tree and give a bit back to this unique forest area.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: JGI Forest Camp

Today we say goodbye to Tanzania as we prepare for onward travels or our journey home. We hope you have gained a greater understanding of the incredible work of the Jane Goodall Institute, particularly through the Roots and Shoots program.

Meals: Breakfast

+ Optional Balloon Safari Serengeti National Park (approx US$600)

+Accommodation upgrade: not sure if camping is for you? There is an opportunity to upgrade to one of the permanent tented camps in central Serengeti and lodge in Ngorongoro Crater. Just ask us. (Subject to additional cost and availability.)