5 Days Safari Northern Circuit of Tanzania

Day 1: Arrival in Arusha

1. Arusha
   8h
   Upon arrival at the airport (Kilimanjaro International Airport-JRO or Arusha Airport-ARK), you will be met by your personal driver guide or representative who'll drive you to your accommodation. You'll spend the night in Arusha waiting for your adventures to start on the following day.

Day 2: Arusha to Tarangire National Park (120 km Approximately 2 Hours’ Drive)

1. Tarangire National Park
   8h · Admission ticket included
   After breakfast at your accommodation in Arusha, depart for Tarangire National Park. It is Tanzania's third-largest national park and sanctuary for an unusually large 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 lions, leopards, cheetahs and up to six thousand elephants. You'll enjoy game drives with a picnic lunch. After lunch and an extensive game drive inside the park, we will drive straight to your accommodation for dinner and your overnight stay.

Day 3: Ngorongoro Crater to Serengeti National Park (85 km Approximately 2 Hours’ Drive)

1. Ngorongoro Crater
   8h · Admission ticket included
   After breakfast, drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for game viewing. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the largest unbroken calderas on the planet with over 25,000 wild creatures in the caldera. It has more prides per capita than anywhere on earth. The Ngorongoro Crater is a breathtakingly beautiful setting and the best place in East Africa to see the Big Five, lions, leopards, black rhinos, elephants, and buffalo. It is one of the world’s most astonishing and the 8th wonders of the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The black rhino can easily be sighted in the crater. Think of another place in the world where you can see such a unique setting with diverse scenery, prolific wildlife and birdlife, it's an ecosystem like no other. In the afternoon, ascend the crater and drive straight to Serengeti to your accommodation for dinner and your overnight stay.

Day 4: Serengeti National Park to Karatu (175 km Approximately 2hrs 15mins Drive)

1. Serengeti National Park
   8h
   Early morning after breakfast, you will continue exploring the vast Serengeti with its endless plains looking for the big cats. The Serengeti hosts the largest mammal migration in the world and is a popular destination for African safaris. It is the migration for which Serengeti is perhaps most famous. Over a million wildebeest and about 200,000 zebras flow south from the northern hills to the southern plains for the short rains every October and November. They'll then swirl west and north after the long rains in April, May and June. So strong is the ancient instinct to move that no drought, gorge, or crocodile-infested river can hold them back. After lunch, you will drive straight to your accommodation in Karatu for dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 5: Lake Manyara National Park to Arusha (124 km Approximately 2hrs 20mins Drive)

1. Lake Manyara National Park
   8h
   After breakfast at your accommodation, drive to Lake Manyara National Park for a game viewing drive with a picnic lunch. The park’s varied habitat attracts a wide variety of African animals, including one of Africa’s largest concentrations of elephants and Manyara’s famous tree-climbing lions. You'll also see large flocks of flamingos, attracted by the algae in the lake. You will have lunch at a picnic site and afterward, further game viewing. Later, you'll drive back to Arusha or at the airport to catch your flight to the next destination.

• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels