Classic Tanzania, northern circuit safari

Day 1: Arusha Kilimanjaro

Arrival in Arusha in the afternoon at the international Airport of Kilimanjaro where you will meet our representative and you will be transferred to your hotel in Arusha. Dinner at your leisure.

Olasiti Lodge (comfort) or Arusha Coffee Lodge (deluxe)
Bed and Breakfast

Day 2: Arusha – Manyara National Park

After breakfast meet your guide and begin your journey to Manyara National Park. Along the way you will cross the small town of Mto Wa Mbu, a colorful town with a beautiful mix of ethnicities, the actual town hosts 50 tribes. Lake Manyara is a lovely scenic park on the road from Arusha to the Ngorongoro Crater. The lake itself takes up much of the park, leaving a strip of land where various game concentrate. It is home to a diverse set of landscapes and wildlife. For example, there is the grassy floodplain, contrasting with the intimacy of the forest, where visitors can enjoy the expansive views eastward of the jagged blue volcanic peaks across the silvery reflection of the soda lake. Further out on the floodplain, a narrow belt of acacia woodland is the favoured haunt of Manyara’s legendary tree-climbing lions and impressively tusked elephants. These lions love to climb the trees and relax on the branches, an unusual behaviour for these animals that they carry out for hours here! Other wildlife in the area includes leopards, buffalos, hippos, antelopes, giraffes and more. Don’t forget! Lake Manyara is also a birdwatcher’s paradise as it is possible to see flamingos, pelicans and more than 380 other bird species.
You will stop for a picnic lunch and in the afternoon you will be continuing your journey to Karatu. This small town is the access point to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, this is one of the most famous spots in Tanzania, the area spans vast highland plains, savanna, savanna woodlands, forests and tea and coffee plantations. Many of the lodges organize guided visits of the plantations. Arrival at the lodge late in the afternoon, dinner and overnight stay.

Ngorongoro Farm House (comfort) or Plantation Lodge or Gibb’s Farm (deluxe)
Full board

Day 3: Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Serengeti National Park

After breakfast at the hotel departure to the Serengeti National Park. This road is different comparing to the Ngorongoro landscape, it’s arid and wild, dotted with suggestive Masai Villages. Depending on the time, you will stop at Olduvai Gorge for a short visit to the little museum. The exhibits at the Olduvai Gorge Museum are centered around the paleoanthropological research and artifacts that has come from the surrounding area Access the Serengeti from Naabi Hill Gate; not far from here you will stop close to a group of Kopjes, it is possible to climb on top of a hill and enjoy the incredible landscape on the Serengeti plains. Picnic lunch. Arrival at the camp, accommodation and enjoy a bit of relax. Dinner inside the tented restaurant.

Kati Kati Camp (comfort) or Dunia Camp (deluxe)
Full board

Day 4: Serengeti National Park

Today will be totally dedicated to the game viewing inside the park. Picnic lunch during the safari and dinner at the camp. The The Serengeti National Park covers over 14.700 sq km and is the largest national park in the country. It hosts the largest mammal migration in Africa in which approximately 2 million wildebeests, 1 million zebras and hundreds of thousands of impala and gazelles migrate a distance of over 800 km. These animals migrate throughout the year in search of fresh grazing and higher quality water. The Grummet and Mara Rivers are the most difficult points in the migration for these animals. Each one, driven by the same ancient rhythm, strives to fulfil its instinctive role within the inescapable circle of life. The result is a three week bout of territorial conquests, mating and survival of the fittest as 40 km long herds of animals plunge through crocodile infested waters and pass through predator territories where hiding lions and other predators wait for one wrong move.

Kati Kati Camp (comfort) or Dunia Camp (deluxe)
Full board

Day 5: Serengeti National Park – Ngoronogoro Crater

After breakfast departure to the Ngorongoro Crater. At the “Crater View Point” (2.216m of altitude) you can admire the most amazing and spectacular view and if the weather is clear you will enjoy a stunning view of the vast ‘caldera’. This area is populated by mammals (wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, antelopes, hippos, elephants and a small number of black rhinos) and predators like lions, easy to spot on dry season, leopards and cheetahs not as easy to see. (It is not allowed to be inside the crater for more than 6 hours a day). Back to the lodge in the afternoon, situated in a panoramic location on the crater’s rim. At the lodge you will enjoy a beautiful dinner.

Ngorongoro Serena Lodge (comfort) or &Beyond Crater Lodge (deluxe)
Full board

Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater – Tarangire National Park

After breakfast hit the road destination Tarangire National Park: the most loved park by elephants. Picnic lunch on the way to the park. Arrival at Tarangire in the afternoon and explore the park. Back at the camp for dinner and accommodation.
The National Park covers an area of 2600sq km, is crossed by the homonymous Tarangire River, the only source of water for wild animals during dry season, which creates the most diverse vegetation: a hilly landscape is dotted with vast numbers of baobab trees, dense bush and high grasses.
During the dry season thousands of animals like elephants, kudu, lions cheetahs and leopards migrate to the Park to find water, this is the best season to visit Tarangire.

Tarangire River Lodge (comfort) or Oliver’s Camp or Tarangire Tree Top (deluxe)
Full board

Day 7: Tarangire National Park – Arusha

Breakfast at the camp and hit the road to the International Airport in Arusha for your flight to your next destination or back home.