9-Day Tanzania Northern Circuit Mid-Range Safari

Lake Manyara Ngorongoro Crater Serengeti Tarangire

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Overview

Duration:9 days 7 nights
Travelers:2 - 15 guests
Language:English

Embark on a 9-day Northern Circuit safari, exploring Tanzania’s most iconic national parks and conservation areas. This all-inclusive adventure offers unmatched opportunities to witness and interact with Africa’s magnificent wildlife, from lions and elephants to zebras and giraffes.

Along the way, you’ll experience the unique landscapes and vibrant cultures of northern Tanzania. Enjoy city excursions in Arusha, exploring local markets, the Maasai Market, museums, and cultural centers, with opportunities to taste traditional foods. Journey through Tarangire, Lake Manyara, the vast Serengeti, and the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater, capturing unforgettable wildlife encounters and stunning scenery at every turn.

Itinerary

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Day 1 Arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha Airport

Day 2 Tarangire National Park

You will meet our representative after breakfast in the morning, and they will give you an overview of your Tanzanian safari. After that, you will travel to Tarangire National Park. With a total area of over 2,600 square kilometers (1,000 square miles), Tarangire National Park is the sixth-largest national park in Tanzania. Vast herds of elephants, baobab trees, and tree-climbing pythons are the main draws of Tarangire. After lunch at the lodge, you will go on a game drive in the afternoon. Savor the first day of your wildlife excursion. You return to the lodge later in the evening.

Day 3 Tarangire to Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, drive through the Olduvai Gorge and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area on your way to Serengeti National Park. The park is 14,763 square kilometers (5,700 square miles) and includes rivers, trine forests, woodlands, grasslands, plains, and savannahs. The park is located in the north of the nation, contiguous with the Masai Mara National Reserve on the borders of Tanzania and Kenya. We will take a game drive through the Serengeti Central Areas once we reach Serengeti National Park. Then, we will drive to Central Serengeti Luxury Camp for dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 4-5 Serengeti National Park

After spending the entire morning seeing wildlife on the vast plains of the Serengeti, we will have lunch at a picnic area inside the park around 1:30pm. We will then carry on with our game drive until nightfall. Most people are familiar with the Serengeti because of the yearly migration that crosses the vast savannah grasslands. Thousands upon thousands of animals, mostly wildebeest, as far as the eye can see, make for an amazing spectacle. In addition to the wildebeest, other notable inhabitants of the Serengeti are cheetahs, leopards, and lions, some of which stay on the central plain and migrate with the latter. We will return to Central Serengeti Luxury Camps for dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 6 Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater

Drive from the Serengeti to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area after breakfast. The incredible Ngorongoro Crater, the largest unbroken caldera in the world, is recognized as a World Heritage Site. The crater dominates with 600-meter (2,000 feet) high cliffs that offer a sharp drop into an open area covering about 246 square kilometers (95 square miles). Amidst vast herds of zebra and wildebeest, you might spot anything from elephants to lions and, if you are lucky, the nearly extinct black rhino. Drive later to spend the night at the camp on the crater rim.

Day 7 Ngorongoro Crater

Day 8 Lake Manyara National Park

Tanzania's Lake Manyara is a freshwater lake. Thousands of bird species call Lake Manyara home at different times of the year. The flamingoes surround the lakeshore to form a shimmering pink zone. Ostriches, egrets, herons, pelicans, and storks are among the other birds seen here. It is the park's most noticeable landscape! Depending on how long we have to spend in Lake Manyara National Park, we will go on a full-day game drive. We will make our way to Arusha Planet Lodge in the evening to have dinner and spend the night there.