Tanzania Northern Circuit Mid-range Safari

Our driver guide will wait for you at Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha Airport to greet and warmly welcome you to Tanzania. Afterward, he will transport you to Arusha, where you will relax at Planet Lodge and await the big reveal tomorrow.

Main Destination:

Arusha (City)

Accommodation:

Arusha Planet Lodge

Mid-range lodge located in Arusha (City)

Meals & Drinks:

Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)

Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

You will meet our representative after breakfast in the morning, and they will give you an overview of your Tanzanian safari. After that, you will travel to Tarangire National Park. With a total area of over 2,600 square kilometers (1,000 square miles), Tarangire National Park is the sixth-largest national park in Tanzania. Vast herds of elephants, baobab trees, and tree-climbing pythons are the main draws of Tarangire. After lunch at the lodge, you will go on a game drive in the afternoon. Savor the first day of your wildlife excursion. You return to the lodge later in the evening.

Main Destination:

Tarangire National Park

Best Time To Visit

July to November (Animals come to the Tarangire River)

High Season

June to October (The park is full of visitors)

Best Weather

June to October (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Tarangire NP

Accommodation:

Farm of Dreams Lodge

Mid-range lodge located 1-2hr drive from Tarangire NP

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

After breakfast, drive through the Olduvai Gorge and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area on your way to Serengeti National Park. The park is 14,763 square kilometers (5,700 square miles) and includes rivers, trine forests, woodlands, grasslands, plains, and savannahs. The park is located in the north of the nation, contiguous with the Masai Mara National Reserve on the borders of Tanzania and Kenya. We will take a game drive through the Serengeti Central Areas once we reach Serengeti National Park. Then, we will drive to Central Serengeti Luxury Camp for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park

Best Time To Visit

January to February and June to October (Different areas are best at different times)

High Season

July to March (The Seronera area is crowded)

Best Weather

June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Wildlife in Serengeti NP

Accommodation:Central Serengeti Luxury Camp

Mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti NP

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

After spending the entire morning seeing wildlife on the vast plains of the Serengeti, we will have lunch at a picnic area inside the park around 1:30pm. We will then carry on with our game drive until nightfall. Most people are familiar with the Serengeti because of the yearly migration that crosses the vast savannah grasslands. Thousands upon thousands of animals, mostly wildebeest, as far as the eye can see, make for an amazing spectacle. In addition to the wildebeest, other notable inhabitants of the Serengeti are cheetahs, leopards, and lions, some of which stay on the central plain and migrate with the latter. We will return to Central Serengeti Luxury Camps for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park

Accommodation:

Central Serengeti Luxury Camp

Mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti NP

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

After spending the entire morning seeing wildlife on the vast plains of the Serengeti, we will have lunch at a picnic area inside the park around 1:30pm. We will then carry on with our game drive until nightfall. Most people are familiar with the Serengeti because of the yearly migration that crosses the vast savannah grasslands. Thousands upon thousands of animals, mostly wildebeest, as far as the eye can see, make for an amazing spectacle. In addition to the wildebeest, other notable inhabitants of the Serengeti are cheetahs, leopards, and lions, some of which stay on the central plain and migrate with the latter. We will return to Central Serengeti Luxury Camps for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park

Accommodation:

Central Serengeti Luxury Camp

Mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti NP

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

Drive from the Serengeti to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area after breakfast. The incredible Ngorongoro Crater, the largest unbroken caldera in the world, is recognized as a World Heritage Site. The crater dominates with 600-meter (2,000 feet) high cliffs that offer a sharp drop into an open area covering about 246 square kilometers (95 square miles). Amidst vast herds of zebra and wildebeest, you might spot anything from elephants to lions and, if you are lucky, the nearly extinct black rhino. Drive later to spend the night at the camp on the crater rim.

Main Destination:

Ngorongoro Crater

Best Time To Visit

June to October (Wildlife viewing is best)

High Season

Most of the year – July to March (Expect crowds)

Best Weather

June to October (Rainfall is little to none)

Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater

Accommodation:

Ang'ata Ngorongoro Camp

Mid-range tented camp located less than 1hr drive from Ngorongoro Crater

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

After breakfast at 5:50am, we depart at 6:00am for a six to seven-hour game drive in the crater. On the crater floor, we will encounter the community of people living in this World Heritage Site and enjoy a picnic lunch. All year long, the Ngorongoro Crater offers fantastic game viewing. Because there is always plenty of grazing and water available, the wildlife in this area has a permanent population. Drive back to Farm of Dreams Lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Ngorongoro Crater

Accommodation:

Farm of Dreams Lodge

Mid-range lodge located 1-2hr drive from Ngorongoro Crater

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

Tanzania's Lake Manyara is a freshwater lake. Thousands of bird species call Lake Manyara home at different times of the year. The flamingoes surround the lakeshore to form a shimmering pink zone. Ostriches, egrets, herons, pelicans, and storks are among the other birds seen here. It is the park's most noticeable landscape! Depending on how long we have to spend in Lake Manyara National Park, we will go on a full-day game drive. We will make our way to Arusha Planet Lodge in the evening to have dinner and spend the night there.

Main Destination:

Lake Manyara National Park

Best Time To Visit

June to October (Easier to spot animals)

High Season

July to March (The northern section gets crowded)

Best Weather

June to October (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP

Accommodation:

Arusha Planet Lodge

Mid-range lodge located in Arusha (City)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

After breakfast at the lodge, we will leave for Arusha because this will be your last day in Tanzania. From there, we will transport you to Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha Airport per your flight schedule so you can catch your flight home.

Main Destination:

Kilimanjaro Airport

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)

Non-alcoholic drinks