2 Days Tanzania Safari and Art Therapy

You'll depart from Arusha after breakfast for the drive to Lake Manyara National Park. The journey takes approximately two hours, but we'll pass through the market town of Mto Wa Mbu along the way. This agricultural and fresh produce market is a melting pot of local cultures and a souvenir hunter's paradise. After a brief stop at the village market, you'll enter Lake Manyara National Park. The park is truly a photographer's playground and offers some of the best game viewing in the world. You can expect to see many of Africa's most well-known animals, with the tree-climbing lions a particular treat. These proud predators lounge in acacia trees practically begging to photographed. Bird-watchers will find Lake Manyara is an absolute delight, with a huge variety of birds on display in the park. Even the novice can expect to be amazed by large flamingo flocks, circling birds of prey, and the brightly colored lilac breasted roller. You'll then retire to your chosen accommodation for dinner and a good night's rest.

>>> After breakfast, you'll depart for Ngorongoro Crater; sometimes considered as the 8th Wonder of the World. Home to over 120 species of mammal including the fabled Big Five, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area is one of the most sought-after safari destinations in the world. It's a particularly good place to see the endangered black rhinoceros enjoying a lonely meal out on the grass plains, as well as a place to see large numbers of hippopotamus enjoying the cool water. From the comfort of your open-top vehicle, you'll be able to observe and photograph some of Africa's most recognizable faces. The crater is home to a large number of predators including lions, leopards, cheetahs, jackals, and hyenas, as well as a large population of wildebeest, zebras, antelope, cape buffalo, and more. It is truly one of Africa's premier safari destinations. After the thrills and excitement of the day, you will have a picnic lunch by the park's famous hippo pool. Thereafter, you will drive back to Arusha/Moshi.

  OVERNIGHT AT ARUSHA

>>>Once your Safari is finished you will be transferred to the hotel where the art therapy workshops will take place. Once you arrived at your hotel you can relax and have a nice dinner. You will also meet with the art therapist who will explain everything you need to know regarding the next days.

What is Art Therapy:

Art therapy is an integrative mental health and human services profession that enriches the lives of individuals, families, and communities through active art-making and creative process. In this order, several artistic mediums can be used. For example, we will use: Paint (watercolor, acrylic), markers, pencils, clay, collage, or even music or writing. Art allows to exteriorize, to take a step back, and to see certain situations from a new perspective. Art also allows people to re-motivate themselves, to rediscover their dreams and desires. When you are in harmony with yourself, you can deploy all your abilities to accomplish absolutely everything that you want. And allowing a person to reconnect with himself, through art therapy, is to open to him the doors to all the possibilities.

For whom is Art Therapy:

Art therapy is for everybody. It is for children, adults and for the seniors. It is for people who need to relax, who are searching for well-being and for those who want to reconnect to themselves. It is also for people going through a difficult episode in their life (loss, hospitalization, illness, etc.). No artistic notion is necessary, even if you have never painted you can assist and enjoy our Art Therapy sessions. If you want to reconnect with yourself, to relax, Art therapy is for you. It brings calm, relaxation and allows you to refocus on yourself. It is an ideal complement for your trip in Tanzania. You will leave with a new outlook on yourself.

Program: For the morning you can choose one of the following activities or you can book a private session of Art Therapy. Of course, you can also just stay and relax at the lodge.

The activities are the following:

- One hour of Art Therapy in a private session. For this private session you will choose between different workshop (watercolor, acrylic, markers, clay or writing);
- Materuni Waterfall half day Trip;
- Chemka Hot Spring half day Trip.

After lunch, in the afternoon, you will have a sharing session of Art Therapy. Each session will start and end with a few minutes of meditation. Generally, the workshop will be split in two exercises but sometimes, depending to the exercise, you can have one exercise per session. Each exercise takes place in three parts: Explanation, realization and discussion. We remind you that it’s not mandatory to have some artistic skills. The aim of these workshops is to relax and to reconnect yourself to your desires and emotions. At the end of the workshop, you will enjoy a drink with a small collation. At the end of the day, you can have a dinner at the hotel, or we can book for you a dinner to another delicious restaurant in town.

>>>For the last day, depending to the time of your flight, you can book a last private session of Art Therapy in the morning or enjoy a last sharing Art Therapy session if you flight is late in the evening / night. Our driver will drive you to the airport according to the time of your flight.