8 Days | 7 Night - Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater & Serengeti
The northern circuit is the home of the classic safari experince from the endless short-grass plain of serengeti to the dense river lying forest of Tarangire to the lushy blended ecosytem of Ngorongoro an abundance of wildlife the perfectly capture the safari experince.
Day-by-day Itinerary
After breakfast you will drive to Tarangire National park, Tanzania’s third largest national park and sanctuary for an unusually heard of elephant population. Majestic baobab trees are an interesting feature of the park, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. Animals concentrate along the Tarangire River, which provides the only permanent water supply in the area. There is a great diversity of wildlife including lion, leopard, and cheetah and up to six thousand elephant. In the evening drive back to Lodge/campsite.
After breakfast you will drive for Serengeti with lunch box (en route game drive), evening game drive in Serengeti, in search of large predators and gentle herbivores in which they feed. Dinner and overnight at Lodge/campsite.
Today you have full day game drive of Serengeti; your driver guide will take you out far way looking for Serengeti Great Migration. Can also expect to see lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, monkeys, baboons, hippos, rhinos, antelopes and many birds and other species. You will have lunch there and come back to the lodge in sunset time. Dinner and overnight at Lodge/campsite.
Today after early breakfast you will have another game driving early in the morning so as to see nocturnes and other animal that turn back from hunting, other hunting and other who eat wet grass. Later on the day you will drive to Ngorongoro with optional to visit Maasai boma or Olduvai George. Dinner and overnight at Lodge/campsite.
After breakfast you will descend into the crater for a wonderful game drive (with a picnic lunch) inside the Ngorongoro Crater. As very few animals migrate in and out of the crater with its 2000 ft. high walls the Ngorongoro Crater has the highest wild animal density worldwide. Among the species are lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, hippos, flamingos, jackals, rhinos, antelopes, many birds and other species. You might expect to see the ‘Big Five’ in one day. Dinner and overnight at Lodge/campsite.
After breakfast depart to Lake Manyara National Park. Nestling at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, the park, and home to tree-climbing lion, colorful birds, Buffalo, Elephant, Giraffe, Impala, hippo and others. Later on the day you will drive to Arusha/Moshi, for overnight.