6-Day Northern Circuit Safari in Tanzania with Serengeti and Ngorongoro

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro/ Arusha Airport, you will be welcomed by a representative from Africa’s Wild Wonders. After introductions, you will head straight to your accommodation in Arusha for an overnight reminiscence of the adventure ahead.

Accommodation: Pazuri Inn or Similar

Standard Room on Bed & Breakfast Basis

After breakfast, we depart for Tarangire National Park. The park is named after the Tarangire River, which flows through its heart and serves as a vital lifeline, especially during the dry season when it becomes an important refuge for wildlife, most notably elephants.

Characterized by massive baobab trees, sweeping plains, and lush riverine corridors, Tarangire is famous for its impressive elephant herds, offering a wild and authentic safari experience. The park is also a birdwatcher’s paradise, with over 500 recorded species. Other wildlife often seen on game drives includes lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, wildebeest, and more.

Enjoy a full-day game drive with a picnic lunch. Following a day of adventure, you’ll head straight to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay.

Accommodation: Eileen's Trees Inn or Similar

Standard Room - Full board

After breakfast, we depart for Serengeti National Park.

Arriving around midday, your safari begins right away in the area the Maasai call the "serengit," meaning the land of endless plains. The Serengeti boasts one of the highest concentrations of wildlife in Africa, including lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, rhinos, giraffes, hippos, and crocodiles. Every year, vast herds of herbivores migrate for about 800 kilometers in search of water and food.

The park is one of Africa’s most important protected areas and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site for over forty years. Its ecosystem supports more than 1.5 million wildebeests, hundreds of thousands of zebras, gazelles, and impalas, along with over 2,700 lions, 1,000 leopards, 500 cheetahs, and large groups of elephants, giraffes, and ostriches.

After Lunch and an extensive game drive, we head for our luxury partner lodges for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Tukaone Serengeti Camp or similar

Standard tent - Full board

After breakfast, we will head out for a full-day game drive in Serengeti National Park. The Seronera Valley is famous for its wildlife year-round. You can often see carnivores like hyenas, lions, leopards, and cheetahs on the park’s rocky outcrops, where they watch for prey on the plains. The area is also home to many animals, including buffalo, giraffes, hippopotamuses, impalas, topis, warthogs, and zebras. In the evening, we will have dinner and spend the night at our chosen tented camp.

Accommodation: Tukaone Serengeti Camp or similar

Standard tent - Full board

After an early breakfast, you’ll head out to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You will enjoy an en route game drive as we continue towards the Ngorongoro Crater.

Starting at about 2,286 meters above sea level, you’ll descend roughly 610 meters to reach the crater floor, which sits at around 1,600 meters. This huge caldera, once an active volcano, now covers about 304 square kilometers and spans nearly 19 kilometers.

More than 30,000 animals live here year-round. This is one of the few places in Africa where you might see all of the "Big Five" together, as well as ostriches, hippos, hyenas, warthogs, flamingos, and zebras. Ngorongoro Crater is also one of the best places in the world to spot the endangered black rhino in the wild. The only animal you won’t find here is the giraffe.

After a full day of spotting wildlife, you’ll return to your lodge for a relaxing dinner and a restful night.

Accommodation: Eileen's Trees Inn or Similar

Standard Room - Full Board Basis

After breakfast in the morning, we depart for Lake Manyara National Park. This remarkable park is nestled between the dramatic escarpment of the Great Rift Valley and the sparkling soda lake that gives the park its name.

Though relatively small, Lake Manyara National Park boasts an impressive diversity of landscapes, from lush groundwater forests to open acacia woodlands. Lake Manyara National Park is famous for its tree-climbing lions, a rare and captivating sight, as well as large troops of baboons, elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, and an astonishing variety of birdlife. Flocks of flamingos periodically blanket the lakeshore in soft pink hues, adding to the park’s enchanting atmosphere.

After enjoying a picnic lunch and an extensive game drive, we head back to Arusha and straight to the airport for your departure flight, marking the end of our epic adventure.