This 5-day Tanzania safari takes you deep into the wilderness by experiencing the most incredible parks on the northern circuit of Tanzania. You will visit parks like Lake Manyara famous for its birds, Tarangire National Park famous for its giant baobab trees as well as large African elephants, Ngorongoro Crater which is a World Heritage Site, as well as “the endless plains” of the Serengeti. You will stay at midrange lodges or tented camps.
After pleasant arrival at the airport, you will be welcomed by our company representative. After a short introduction of himself and a short briefing about your epic safari adventure, you will then catch your flight to the northern Serengeti “Kogatende”. Enjoy full-day game drives in the Northern Serengeti National Park and witnessing the dramatic Mara River, the word Serengeti comes from the Maasai word “Siringet” which means “the endless plain”. You will spend time in the north part of Serengeti and the popular area in the entire reserve known as “the big cat capital of Africa.” You will also see other animals including elephants, giraffes, impala, waterbuck, hippo, reedbuck, buffalo, and baboon. Serengeti is a place rich in lions, leopards, and cheetahs which can be spotted on one-day game drives. After a whole day of game experience your evening leisure, dinner, and overnight will be at your accommodation.
On this day you will be driving to the central Serengeti while gaming on the route, The Serengeti is the habitat for an abundance of wildlife, such as impalas, buffaloes, crocodiles and hippos but is more well-known for its great migrating herds of zebras and wildebeest (depending on their location and time of your trip). The animals’ trek is determined by the rainfall and varies from year to year. Apart from the migrating herds, you may see predators such as leopards, cheetahs, and lions. Dinner and your overnight will be at your accommodation.
After an early breakfast, you will head out for an en-route game drive through the Serengeti. You might be able to spot animals before embarking on your journey to Ngorongoro Crater. This UNESCO World Heritage Site formed millions of years ago is 600m deep and covers roughly 260sq km. Due to its dense animal population of approximately 25 000, the crater offers the best game viewing of all the parks in Tanzania. You will arrive at the crater rim before lunch. You will descend into the crater and in a matter of minutes, you will be able to see wildebeest, zebras, gazelles, elephants and some of more than 500 bird species in the area. With a little bit of luck, you might catch a glimpse of the endangered black rhino through the grass. After having a picnic lunch which will be carried from your accommodation in Serengeti, you will have a full afternoon inside the crater. After that, you will head to your accommodation in Karatu for dinner and your overnight stay out of the crater.
After breakfast at the hotel, depart for Tarangire, 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. In the evening you will drive back to Arusha for your onward destination at either Zanzibar or back home. We will work with your plan according to your update as you share it with us.
