8 Days Exploring Tanzania Northern Circuit National Parks

Day 1: Arrival - Arusha

1. Arusha Region
   2h
   On your arrival at Kilimanjaro International airport, you’ll be met by our representative and then transfer to Arusha for overnight. Spend the day at leisure. On your way from the airport, you will have a chance to get a view of the highest mountain in Africa (The roof of Africa) Mount Kilimanjaro if the weather will be clear.

Day 2: Arusha – Tarangire National Park

1. Tarangire National Park
   7h
   After morning breakfast, your safari guide will pick you up and start a journey by departing Arusha and heading to Tarangire National Park for a full day game viewing. Once you reach at the entrance gate of Tarangire National Park you will be surprise with a warm welcome from huge troops of baboons as well
   
   as the park consist a large number of herds of elephants almost 300 elephants can be seen at the park, nevertheless you can also spot other wild animals such as pride of lion, leopard, African cape buffalo, giraffe, gazelle, waterbuck, warthog, hippo, wildebeest etc. After full-day game drive in Tarangire National Park, you’ll be driven to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Karutu To Serengeti National Park (SERONERA)

1. Serengeti National Park
   3h
   We’ll take an early breakfast, as we’ve got a big day of exploration and adventure ahead of us!
   
   It’s a nearly four-hour drive to the Serengeti Park gates, but you will break up the drive with the below optional activities.
   
   Maasai boma visit: 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.
   
   Then we will continue with the scenic drive towards the Serengeti. Along the way, we’ll pass through the mist-shrouded rainforests of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area where you might be lucky enough to glimpse cape buffalo, baboons, or even elephants and leopards in the dense undergrowth.
   
   . You will have a delicious lunch at the Serengeti National Park picnic area, it’s time to explore the Serengeti itself. Witness Africa’s iconic savannah landscape and be amazed by the sheer number of animals at these grassy plains
2. Mto wa Mbu
   30m
   Maasai boma visit: 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.

Day 4: Serengeti National Park (KOGATENDE)

1. Serengeti National Park
   17h
   After breakfast, we will drive across the plains of Togoro and through the Mbuzi Mawe kopjes (small
   hills) as we make our way into the park’s northern reaches.
   
   Along the way, you’ll have the opportunity to see the Serengeti’s diverse scenery as you pass through wooded hills, tumbledown kopjes, and the wide open savannah. Your drive will show you everything from the diminutive dik-dik to towering elephants and giraffes.
   
   Upon arriving in the Kogatende region, you’ll go out in search of both the Wildebeest Migration and the
   famous Big Five. Late evening drive to the tented camp for dinner and overnight

Day 5: Serengeti National Park (KOGATENDE)

1. Serengeti National Park
   1 day
   After breakfast, we’ll start our game drive around the Kogatende area, searching around the kopjes looking for carnivores and the large migration groups that will be preparing to cross the Mara River into Kenya.
   
   Home to large numbers of hippos and Nile crocodiles, the Mara River is the last major obstacle standing between the Wildebeest Migration and the relative safety of the Masai Mara. If you’re patient and a little lucky, you may even get to witness the death-defying crossing itself where wildebeest and zebras brave the river’s currents and crocodiles in an attempt to reach safety on the opposite bank.
2. Mara River
   1h · Admission ticket included
   we’ll start our game drive around the Kogatende area, searching around the kopjes looking for carnivores and the large migration groups that will be preparing to cross the Mara River into Kenya.
   
   Home to large numbers of hippos and Nile crocodiles, the Mara River is the last major obstacle standing between the Wildebeest Migration and the relative safety of the Masai Mara.

Day 6: Serengeti – Ngorongoro Conservation Area

1. Serengeti National Park
   5m
   After breakfast, we get right on the road back towards Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
   
   Our drive takes us back through a different route, offering plenty of opportunities to spot the animals that eluded you on day two. As far as the eye can see, you’ll spot thousands upon thousands of animals in herds; wildebeests and zebras migrating together, tall and graceful giraffes, jumping antelopes and gazelles, the powerful African elephant and the most respected group of animals: the predators. You will have the chance to spot lean cheetahs and shy leopards, foraging hyenas, and last but not least, the king himself; the lion.
2. Olduvai Gorge
   1h · Admission ticket included
   When we reach Ngorongoro you will visit the Olduvai Gorge Museum: Sometimes known as the Cradle of Mankind, the Olduvai Gorge Museum commemorates some of the oldest evidence of human habitation ever found. Here you can see some of the oldest fossil evidence in the world of human habitation, visit the Olduvai Gorge Museum to learn more about the human journey, and take in the stunning views of this stark gorge country.

Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater – Arusha

1. Ngorongoro Crater
   7h · Admission ticket included
   considered by some to be the Eighth Wonder of the World. When you get your first glimpse of this vast, verdant caldera from the panoramic viewpoint, you’ll soon understand why it has earned such a lofty reputation.
   
   Home to over 120 species of mammal including the fabled Big Five, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area is one of the most sought-after safari destinations in the world. It’s a particularly good place to see the endangered black rhinoceros enjoying a lonely meal out on the grass plains, as well as a place to see large numbers of hippopotamus enjoying the cool water.
   
   From the comfort of your open-top vehicle, you’ll be able to observe and photograph some of Africa’s most recognizable faces. The crater is home to a large number of predators including lions, leopards, cheetahs, jackals, and hyenas, as well as a large population of wildebeest, zebras, antelope, Cape buffalo, and more. It is truly one of Africa’s premier safari destinations.

Day 8: DEPARTURE

1. Kilimanjaro Region
   30m
   This is a day of leisure and if interested your guides will guide you for a town tour in Arusha town. After everything then Your tour guide will drive you to Kilimanjaro international airport for your flight back home.
2. Arusha Region
   4h
   This is a day of leisure and if interested your guides will guide you for a town tour in Arusha town. After everything then Your tour guide will drive you to Kilimanjaro international airport for your flight back home.

• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness