8-Day Tanzania Northern Circuit Safari with Lake Eyasi Visit

Your safari will begin by 8:00 am in the morning with a pick-up from your hotel at Moshi or Arusha. The Tarangire National Park is extremely famous and special for its diverse landscape and nine different vegetation zones. As you begin your game drive, you will be welcomed by the ancient and gigantic Baobab trees, which make even animals like the giraffe look tiny. The game drive goes on till about late afternoon and includes a small stop for a picnic lunch. The 3,000 sq km park gets its name from the Tarangire River that flows through it. The river attracts a lot of diverse animals and you should be able to spot many elephants, giraffes, lions, antelopes and zebras. If it’s your lucky day, you might be able to spot the tree-climbing python and the long-necked gerenuk. The Tarangire National Park has the highest concentration of elephants, which offers a unique chance for you to observe interactions between elephant families. Your overnight stay will be at the Camp.

The excitement for today will be quite high as you make your way into the most celebrated wildlife park in the world—the Serengeti. The Serengeti houses the glorious “Big Five” (elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion and leopard). Along with the “Big Five”, a very pleasant sighting would be one of Africa’s most beautiful animals—the impala. The Serengeti ecosystem supports the greatest remaining concentration of plains game in Africa. The legendary Serengeti National Park is the most renowned safari destination for its incredible population of lions and leopards. The central portion of the Serengeti, known as the Seronera area, is one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park. It features the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. The eventful day ends with a heavy dinner at a campsite in the northern or central part of the park.

Starting by 8:00 a.m. after a filling breakfast, you will explore the central portion of the Serengeti National Park today and move towards the northern part of the park. You will do the game drive towards the Kogatende region, which will offer mild action from the resident game. As you approach the northern part of the Serengeti, you will notice the terrain change from the usual plain grassland to a more hilly and broken terrain. The northern region offers a variety of resident game, such as zebras, topis, gazelles, buffaloes, leopards, and lions. A picnic lunch will be done during the day-long drive itself. Based on the time of your arrival, you will be able to spend a few hours by the Mara River. The eventful day ends with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest at a campsite in the northern or central part of the park.

As usual, you will finish a good breakfast and begin your day by 8:00 a.m. In the months between mid-June and October, migration can be found in this region. From mid-June to October, the Mara River in this region offers the most dramatic river crossing of the great migration. Fierce, deep, and heavy, the river takes an enormous toll on the migrating wildebeest. Watching the wildebeest surging through the torrential flow, some drowning, and a few falling prey to lurking crocodiles is an unforgettable sight. If it’s your lucky day, you can witness this natural wonder and watch nature take its course. During the full-day game drive, you will have a stop where you can have your picnic lunch. You will spend the night at a campsite.

Tracing the great migration, you might even move towards the Lobo valley. The pristine Lobo Valley is scattered with woodlands, plains, hills and famous granite Kopjes. It offers an enormous amount of big cat game, with lions, leopards and cheetahs in plenty. During the dry season, the permanent water sources in the valley attract plenty of resident and migratory animals, resulting in excellent game viewing. Overnight at a campsite.

Today, you will head south towards the central Serengeti. The four-hour drive to the Centre of Serengeti will offer a game. The drive south from the Mara River valley takes you through hill country, the Lobo area, woodlands, and then back into the Seronera terrain. The central portion of the Serengeti – known as the Seronera area, is one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park. It features the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. As you make your way into the Seronera region, you will begin to notice the hilly and broken terrain altering into plain grasslands. In Seronera, one must really look out for the many lion pride that thrive in this region. The interactions and survival of these lion prides provide an excellent game-viewing experience all year round. A picnic lunch will be done during the day-long drive itself. Overnight at Campsite area.

Lake Eyasi is Located in the Great Rift Valley southwest of the Ngorongoro Crater. It is Water levels experience dramatic changes with the seasons. As early as 5 a.m., our driver will be ready to escort you for your day adventure. Everyone will have their own favourite cultural experience today. But perhaps your lasting memory will be of the Hadzabe hunter’s gatherers; their lifestyle will make you ponder how uncomplicated, though not easy, life can be. We will first experience a hunting trip with the Hadzabe, the last hunter’s gatherers in Tanzania, before receiving a welcome from different tribes, the colourful Datoga people. You will also see a local blacksmith practising his craft, fashioning pots and weapons from scrap metal. After an action-packed morning, you will drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area/Karatu Village for our evening rest and overnight.

After breakfast, you’ll depart for Lake Manyara with a lunch box in hand. Once we finish our game drive here, you will be transferred to Arusha for your overnight stay. Lake Manyara is famous for its arboreal lions, which hide among the tree branches, and the numerous baboon colonies that populate the forest. The baboons will accompany you along the road from the moment you enter the park! back to Arusha Town.