6 Days Tanzania Northern Circuit Safari
The well-established ‘Northern Circuit’ safari offers some of the world’s most diverse safari experiences, consisting of National Parks, game reserves, conservation areas and private concessions. You will explore 6 days wildlife safari in Tanzania Northern Circuit starting off with Arusha National Park, the home to notably different coloured lakes named Momella and the 3km wide Ngurdoto Crater. Proceed to Tarangire which is known for it’s Savannah plains, the immense herds of elephants amounting to 300 and migratory wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, impala, gazelle, hart beest and eland crowding the shrinking lagoons of river Tarangire marks the start of your six days safari expedition. Then jump to Lake Manyara National Park, an impressive park and one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment where you will witness the tree climbing lions, astonishing variety of birds, and wallowing hippos. There after you will proceed to Serengeti National Park. Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. We head to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring 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. From Serengeti we will take you down to Ngorongoro Crater.
The Ngorongoro Crater, is one of the most densely crowded African wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals including some of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhino. Another big draw card to this picturesque national park is its huge population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard. Making your way from the rim of the crater to Serengeti through the adventurous roads of the hollowed-out Ngorongoro, while seeing animals, birds, and reptiles along the way. You will come close to the Maasai culture as you will pass by one of their bomas have a time to see the huts try their garments and experience the culture.
The best and most recommended landing time at Kilimanjaro International Airport is between 04h00 – 08h00.
Details
Travel Duration: 1 Hr
Main Activity: Game Drive
Meal Plan: Full Board
Accommodation: Forest Carnival Hotel.
First day of your 6 Days Tanzania Safari adventure in Tanzania. You will commence the Northern Circuit Safari by traveling to Arusha National Park. Upon your arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport with your morning Flight, you will meet our Driver Guide and proceed to Arusha National Park, arriving in time for a game drive with your Picnic lunch. The game drive will mostly be along the shores of Lake Momella and through the bronzed bush where the Ngurduto Crater Buffaloes, waterbucks, giraffes, warthogs, zebras and Gazelle reside throughout the year. The elusive leopards and elephants tend to be shy at Arusha but there is a chance of spotting them. Renowned for flawless memories, the Northern Circuit Safari offers more than the most exquisite game drives. Education and exploration are on the agenda, we will set out on foot. The stroll is a chance to feel the sensation Africa vibrant pulse through the soles of your feet and experience the bush at its core. You will be accompanied by an armed ranger for the walk. He will guide you through the luscious forest up to the crystal waterfall and lead you to the area for viewing the black and white colobus monkeys. After late afternoon proceed back to Arusha Town for dinner and stay overnight at Forest Carnival Hotel
Travel Duration: 2 Hrs
Main Activity: Game Drive
Meal Plan: Full Board
Accommodation: Kudu Lodge & Campsite
After breakfast we drive to Tarangire National Park, arriving in time for a game drive with your Picnic lunch in the Park. The Park is in the northern Tanzania, just south of Lake Manyara. Located slightly off the main safari route, Tarangire National Park is a lovely, quiet park in Northern Tanzania. It is most famous for its elephant migration, birding and authentic safari atmosphere. The game viewing from July to October is exceptional, but for the remainder of the year the majority of game migrates out of the park, onto the floor of the Rift Valley and to the grazing grounds of the Masai steppe. This is a protected area of colossal baobabs, grassy plains and huge herds of elephant. The park is one of the most underrated of Tanzania’s attractions, receiving just a fraction of the Serengeti’s visitors, which means more space and exclusivity for those who do make it to Tarangire. As well as 300-strong herds of elephant, visitors will find big groups of buffalo and healthy populations of lion and leopard. During the dry season, Tarangire has the highest concentration of mammals in the country. There are wild dog and rare antelope such as gerenuk, plus more than 550 species of birds to spot throughout the year. Tarangire National Park in the Northern Tanzania is really an ideal park for those who want to explore beyond game drives. Walk through the savannah to study the smallest creatures and learn about tracking animals. Dinner and stay overnight at Kudu Lodge & Campsite on full board basis.
Main Activity: Game Drive
Meal Plan: Full Board
Accommodation: Kudu Lodge & Campsite
After breakfast, we drive to Manyara National Park. Located in the northern part of Tanzania, Lake Manyara National Park is 126 kilometers west of Arusha Town. The park covers an area of 330 sq km / 125 sq mile including a lake surface of 230 sq km / 89 sq miles. This impressive park is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake (covering two-thirds of the park) at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment. The park’s varied habitat attracts a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa’s largest concentrations of elephants, Manyara’s famous tree-climbing lions, as well as large flocks of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake. The large number of birds found in Lake Manyara National Parks differs basing on one habitat to another. Often; you will be able to see huge flocks of pelicans and pink flamingoes on the lake, while close to the park borders and floodplains you will enjoys views of many egrets, stilts erons, spoonbills, stalks and other waders. The woodlands equally will reward you with great bird views thanks to the so much water around. But the more interesting species will be viewed in the evergreen forests; for example, crowned eagles, crested guinea fowl and the silvery cheeked hornbills. Dinner and overnight stay on full board basis.
Travel Duration: 3 Hrs
Main Activity: Enroute Game Drive
Meal Plan: Full Board
Accommodation: Kon Tiki Serengeti
After early breakfast, we drive to Serengeti National Park via Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) with game drive en-route, arriving in time for game drive with picnic lunch in the park. The Serengeti National Park is Africa's most famous. Renowned for its incredible concentrations of predators and the Great Migration of two million grazers, a safari here is guaranteed to be exceptional. The endless grassy plains are amongst the richest grazing grounds in the African bush, and therefore home to the largest herds and the highest concentrations of predators on the planet. The vast plains of Serengeti National Park, comprising 1.5 million hectares of savannah, the annual migration of two million wildebeests plus hundreds of thousands of gazelles and zebras - followed by their predators in their annual migration in search of pasture and water – is one of the most impressive nature spectacles in the world. The biological diversity of the park is very high with at least four globally threatened or endangered animal species: black rhinoceros, elephant, wild dog, and cheetah. It’s the only place where you can witness millions of migrating wildebeest over the Acacia plains, it’s the cradle of human life, and probably the closest to an untouched African wilderness you will ever get. Serengeti National Park is a World Heritage Site teeming with a huge variety of wildlife: over 2 million ungulates, 4000 lions, 1000 leopard, 550 cheetahs and some 500 bird species inhabit an area close to 15,000 square kilo meters in size. Dinner and stay overnight on full board basis
Main Activity: Enroute Game Drive
Additional Activity: Maasai Boma
Meal Plan: Full Board
Accommodation: Kudu Lodge & Campsite
After early breakfast, we take a morning game drive in Serengeti National Park to look for leopards, cheetahs, buffaloes, lions, elands, wild dogs, monkeys, baboons, rhinos and various types of antelope to name but a few. The park is renowned for its incredible concentrations of predators and the Great Migration of two million grazers. A safari here is guaranteed to be exceptional. With our picnic lunch on our hands, we proceed down to Ngorongoro Conservation Area for the Maasai Boma tour while enjoying enroute game drive. Masai culture is intricate and fascinating. Roles are determined by age, wealth and position in the community. Men are warriors and herders, and cattle play a central role in their lives. The more cattle, the wealthier the warrior and his wealth then enables him to take multiple wives. Herds are large and warriors constantly wander on the mountain and surrounding plains seeking pastures for their animals – often camping out. We will pay a visit to one of the famous Maasai bomas, where you'll have the opportunity to witness (and participate in) traditional Maasai dance, tour an authentic Maasai village, and even do a little souvenir shopping at the local market. Maasai live in Bomas which are built by Women by using mud, sticks, grass and cow dung. Fetching water and firewood is also part of their daily activities. Children spend their days playing around the boma and are taught to tend livestock while they are still very young. To help them grow strong, children are given a mixture of cow’s milk, blood and urine. After the fully detailed information we drive to the Lodge for dinner and overnight.
Tour Duration: Half Day
Main Activity: Crater Tour
Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch
After breakfast, you meet your Driver Guide and proceed to Ngorongoro Conservation for the crater tour with your picnic lunch. This is the only National Park in Tanzania which accommodates lion, elephants, hyena ..etc.. and Maasai People in one place. In fact, any Northern Tanzania safari should ideally include a visit to Ngorongoro Crater. It is one of the most beautiful natural wildlife safari sites in the world and an exceptional place to interact with people from the Maasai tribe. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) in northern Tanzania is home to one of the most spectacular safari experiences on the continent and the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera and home to the highest density of big game in Africa. Ngorongoro is justifiably one of the continent's most famous safari destinations. Being part of the Serengeti ecosystem – Ngorongoro is definitely one of the Tanzania’s must-see places – the landscape of this 829,200-hectare UNESCO World Heritage Site ranges from short-grass plains, grazed by dazzles of zebra and large herds of wildebeest, to placid crater lakes and volcanic peaks wreathed in cloud. The famous Ngorongoro Crater — one of the new Seven Natural Wonders of Africa and the feature from which the NCA takes its name — This is the world’s largest inactive and empty volcanic caldera, formed 2 to 3 million years ago. Around 25,000 large animals live in the 30,000-hectare crater, including lion, black rhino and elephant. Spend this day on safari in the crater and pause for a special lunch with us in the bush. After the tour we drive to Airport to catch your flight.
If you are flying out of Tanzania, the most recommended Airport reporting time is from 19h00, so that you can have enough time to
relax and travel to Kilimanjaro International Airport to catch your flight back home. For the domestic flight, the best time is from 14h00.
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Tanzania |
| Included |
- Parks entry fees, concession fees, crater fee, VAT 18% and Tourism Development Levy,
- The Experienced and knowledgeable English-Speaking Safari Guides,
- 4x4 Safari Land Cruisers with pop-up roof for game viewing,
- All meals for safari (Breakfast, lunch + dinner) as per the Itinerary,
- 1 Binocular for each vehicle during game drive,
- Unlimited bottled water for the entire trip on safari,
- All Pick-up and Drop-off in Tanzania,
- All accommodations as mentioned in the itinerary or similar for the entire trip,
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