4 Days The Best of the Northern Circuit Safari in Tarangire, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro, Tanzania

Day 1: Arusha - Tarangire National Park

Today you drive from Arusha to Tarangire National Park for an excellent game viewing. Tarangire is a small park which offers some excellent sights. Generally, in the dry seasons, Tarangire comes alive as wildlife and birdlife congregate on the Tarangire River, which is a permanent source of water.

You spend the night in a camp beautifully set inside the park with stunning views and a unique atmosphere. Dinner and overnight at Kizumba Campsite.

Day 2: Game drive in Serengeti National Park

You head towards the Serengeti National Park. En route, enjoy game drives. There is an opportunity to visit Olduvai Gorge. It is within this steep-sided ravine that Louis and Mary Leakey made some of the world’s most important archaeological discoveries in the 1950s – pre-booking visit will be required.

After lunch, you drive into the Serengeti itself and the rest of the afternoon is spent game viewing in the vast plains that are broken only by stands of acacia trees and the occasional kopje. In December, January, and February normally you will be able to meet the migration with large herds of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle.

There are always plenty of resident animals, such as giraffe, buffalo, and elephant, and many large predators such as lion, cheetah, and leopard. Dinner and overnight at Seronera Campsite.

Day 3: Another full day game drive in Serengeti National Park / Ngorongoro

After breakfast, enjoy full day game drives in this wonderful park, rising early to make the most of your time. Your driver-guide will choose the best spotting locations for the time of year. The game drives from the wide-open plains to the kopjes: these volcanic rocky outcrops provide protection and shelter for a wide variety of animals and from the top, you can look out across the vast grasslands of the Serengeti.

This diverse and interesting landscape will provide an ultimate game viewing, you will hopefully see all of the plain animals such as elephants, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, lions and if you are lucky the elusive leopard and cheetah, as well as huge number of interesting birdlife, from the elegant secretary birds to the flightless ostrich. In the afternoon, continue to Ngorongoro for dinner and overnight at Simba Campsite.

Day 4: Game drive in Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha

After breakfast, drive to Ngorongoro Crater with picnic lunch boxes and descend into the crater which is one of the most densely crowded game areas in the world, home to nearly 40,000 animals. Here, you’ll have a good chance of seeing the big five: lion, leopard, rare Black Rhino, buffalo and elephants.

Along with the big five, you will also see herds of wildebeest, zebra and Thomson’s gazelle, after five hours of game drive, then drive back to Arusha town. Drop off. End of services.

This safari starts from Tarangire National Park, and will take you to Serengeti National Park, and the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania.

Tarangire National Park

The permanent water supply of the park means that during the summer, the animal population here rivals that of the Serengeti with wildebeest, zebra, eland, elephant, hartebeest, buffalo, gerenuk, fringe-eared oryx, and flocks of birds of many different species. Prime game viewing months are between September and December.

Serengeti National Park

The Serengeti is one of the world’s last great wildlife refuges. This vast area of land supports the greatest remaining concentration of plain game in Africa, on a scale unparalleled anywhere else in the world. The name comes from the Maasai ‘Siringet’, meaning endless plains.

Ngorongoro Crater

The views at the rim of Ngorongoro Crater are sensational. On the crater floor, grassland blends into swamps, lakes, rivers, woodland, and mountains, all a haven for wildlife, including the densest predator population in Africa. The crater is home to up to 25,000 large mammals, mainly grazers, gazelle, buffalo, eland, hartebeest, and warthog.

Daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner are included. Vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals are served.

You may take an optional activity to visit Maasai cultural village for an additional cost.

• One day game viewing in Tarangire
• One en-route, one afternoon, and one full day game drive in Serengeti
• One 5-hour game drive in Ngorongoro Crater with picnic lunch
• 3 nights accommodation as per the itinerary
• Camps on full board / or cook
• Road transportation in 4wd land cruiser safari vehicle
• Tents and other camping gears if required
• Park entrance fees and crater service fees
• English-speaking guides available for the safari

• Visit to Masai cultural village
• All international flights / local flights and taxes
• Visa fees, travel and personal accident insurance
• Excursions, services and activities not mentioned in this program
• Personal expenses e.g. laundry, telephone calls, drinks, tips, and gratuities

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 14% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.