5 Days Tanzania Northern Circuit Safari

• The best balance of coverage and pace on the northern circuit
• A complete, unhurried day inside the Serengeti
• Easy to upgrade to luxury camps or extend to Zanzibar

• Two nights in the Serengeti
• Full-day crater descent
• Baobab landscapes and elephant herds in Tarangire
• Sunset drives with your private guide

This safari visits Tarangire National Park, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater.

1. Day 01

   Arusha → Tarangire National Park

   We drive through Maasai grazing land to Tarangire National Park, a landscape of enormous baobabs and a permanent river that draws great herds of elephant. Game drives follow the river valley, with excellent chances of lion, giraffe and a remarkable variety of birds.

2. Day 02

   Tarangire → Serengeti National Park

   We drive through Maasai grazing land to Tarangire National Park, a landscape of enormous baobabs and a permanent river that draws great herds of elephant. Game drives follow the river valley, with excellent chances of lion, giraffe and a remarkable variety of birds.

3. Day 03

   Full Day in the Serengeti

   The Serengeti opens out in front of you: short-grass plains, granite kopjes and horizon in every direction. We spend the day tracking predators and plains game with your guide, pausing for a picnic lunch in the shade before the light softens into a golden afternoon drive.

4. Day 04

   Serengeti → Ngorongoro Highlands

   The Serengeti opens out in front of you: short-grass plains, granite kopjes and horizon in every direction. We spend the day tracking predators and plains game with your guide, pausing for a picnic lunch in the shade before the light softens into a golden afternoon drive.

5. Day 05

   Ngorongoro Crater → Arusha

   We descend more than 600 metres onto the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater, a contained world of grassland, forest and soda lake. The density of wildlife here is extraordinary — lion, elephant, buffalo, hippo and flamingo, with a genuine chance of black rhino.

• Comfortable lodges and permanent tented camps
• En-suite rooms with hot water and mosquito nets
• Upgrades to luxury camps available on request

All meals on safari.

• ✓Private 4x4 safari vehicle with pop-up roof and English-speaking guide
• ✓All national park and conservation area entry fees
• ✓Accommodation as specified in the itinerary
• ✓Meals as indicated in the day-by-day programme
• ✓Drinking water throughout the safari
• ✓Airport transfers in Arusha or Kilimanjaro
• ✓Government taxes and levies

• —International flights and Tanzanian visa
• —Travel and medical insurance
• —Alcoholic and soft drinks unless stated
• —Optional activities such as balloon safaris and night drives
• —Tips for your guide and lodge staff
• —Personal items, laundry and telephone charges

Year-round, with peak game viewing June to October