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Tanzania · Safari
The journey
Join this 6-day safari through Tanzania's famous northern circuit, visiting Tarangire National Park, Serengeti National Park, and the Ngorongoro Crater. Discover vast savannah plains and the Crater Highlands while looking out for buffaloes, impalas, gazelles, hartebeests, elands, African elephants, and more. Experience the quintessential African safari as you admire remarkable wildlife and stunning skies along the way.
The vast number of baobabs will catch your eye as you enter Tarangire National Park.
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Pick up from Kilimanjaro/Arusha airport.
Drive to your hotel in Arusha for check-in, then head into Arusha town to explore, depending on your arrival time. Arusha City is situated at the foot of Mount Meru and is the most famous gateway to Tanzania's Northern Safari Circuit.
Overnight at Green Mountain Hotel.
Pick up from your hotel after breakfast, then drive to Tarangire National Park for morning game viewing.
Have a picnic lunch, then continue with an afternoon game drive. The vast number of baobabs will catch your eye as you enter Tarangire National Park. The gently rolling countryside is dotted with these majestic trees, which seem to dwarf the animals feeding beneath them.
Drive to your hotel in Mto Wa Mbu town.
Overnight at Fanaka Lodge.
After breakfast, depart for Serengeti National Park via the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Stop at the Ngorongoro Crater "viewpoint."
Continue to Serengeti National Park.
Have an afternoon game drive in the park, then stop at the picnic site for lunch. The Serengeti is known as one of the best wildlife sanctuaries in the world and is especially renowned for the migration of animals.
After lunch, continue game viewing on the way to your hotel.
Overnight at Kisura Tented Lodge in the park.
After breakfast, enjoy game viewing on the way out of Serengeti.
Drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, where you will overnight.
Overnight at Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge on the crater rim.
After breakfast, drive down into the Ngorongoro Crater. Also known as the eighth wonder of the world, this heritage center shelters one of the most beautiful wildlife havens on earth. Ngorongoro has over 20,000 large animals, including some of Tanzania's last remaining black rhino, protected within its rim. You will have morning game viewing in the crater followed by a picnic lunch.
After lunch, enjoy a game viewing drive on the way out, then drive out of the crater through the Ngorongoro Crater rim forest back to Arusha town.
Overnight at Green Mountain Hotel in Arusha town.
After breakfast, drive to Arusha town to explore or continue to Kilimanjaro International Airport for departure, depending on your flight time.
Where this trip takes you
baobab-dotted Tarangire National Park, vast savannah plains of Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, Arusha at the foot of Mount Meru
The route
The fine print
Pick up from Kilimanjaro/Arusha airport
Safari lodges based on full-board accommodation
All reserve and park entrance fees as per the itinerary
Ngorongoro Crater entrance fee as per the itinerary
Ngorongoro Crater service fee
Services of an English-speaking Tanzanian guide/driver
Game drives in a safari-built vehicle
Complimentary mineral drinking water daily while on safari
Meals as per the itinerary
Flights into Kilimanjaro and out of Kilimanjaro
Internal flights from Kilimanjaro to Zanzibar
Extras at the lodges and hotel, i.e. drinks, laundry service, etc.
Tips for the Tanzanian guide/driver
Visa entry fee into Tanzania
Logistics
Your 6 days finish where they began, in Arusha.
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