8 Days Northern Tanzania Safari

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport, you will be met by our representative/driver who will be with you throughout the safari. He will then assist you with the transfer to your hotel in Arusha, assist you with the hotel check-in and brief you on your program ahead. Overnight accommodation at Ilboru Safari Lodge (BB).

This morning depart for Tarangire National Park which Tanzania’s best-kept secret on the northern safari circuit. Named after a nearby river called Tarangire, it has the same attractions as the parks up-north- the only difference is that this place is not usually as crowded as the other ones. Hot lunch will be served at lodge or camp, following check in, depart for an afternoon game viewing drive in the park returning later as the sun sets.

This is a year-round park with distinct seasons offering different experiences, from dusty, dry and baking with animals clustered around the rapidly reducing river, to the fecund green season full of new-born animals and chattering birds. Overnight accomodation is at Sangaiwe Tented Camp (FB).

This morning depart to the famous Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area which features rolling plains, lakes, craters, mountains and dormant volcanoes. You will arrive at lodge in time for lunch. Enjoy an afternoon at leisure with an optional visit to the Masai village to learn about their unique culture. You the transferred for accommodation at Bougainvillea Safari Lodge (FB).

After breakfast, you will enjoy the grasslands, swamps, forests, saltpans, a fresh water lake and a glorious variety of birdlife. Here too are all the members of the ‘Big Five’ (lion, elephant, rhino, leopard and buffalo) as well as a large cast of plains game and one of Africa’s densest populations of predators. Enjoy a picnic lunch on the crater floor before climbing back up and driving to your next lodge in time for relaxation before dinner. Accommodation will be at Bougainvillea Safari Lodge (FB).

After breakfast, you will drive crossing into the neighboring Serengeti National Park with picnic lunch boxes. Stopping en route at Ol Duvai Gorge. Arrive at your camp or lodge in time to relax and enjoy a classic safari supper. Overnight accommodation will be at Serengeti Kati Kati Camp.

Enjoy a full day game drives (meals taken in true safari style ‘in the bush’) in the vast and sensational Serengeti, which covers 14,763 sq km of endlessly rolling savannah. Venue for ‘the greatest wildlife show on Earth’, the annual migration of over one million wildebeest, the park is also renowned for its lions, cheetahs, zebras, giraffes and plains game. Overnight accommodation at Serengeti Kati Kati Camp (FB).

After breakfast drive to the beautiful Lake Manyara, a shallow alkaline lake that shimmers in a cleft in the Great Rift Valley.  Enjoy lunch and check in at your lodge. Then later enjoy an afternoon game viewing in Lake Manyara National Park famous for its tree climbing lions. Later return to your lodge for dinner and overnight. Accommodation is at Manyara Wildlife Safari Camp (FB).

Drive to Arusha. Following lunch, you will spend time doing last minute shopping then later you will be transferred to Kilimanjaro airport for your flight back home.