5-Day Majestic Northern Tanzania Safari
This tour will take you to top three Tanzania National Parks in the Northern circuit. This is our most popular safari itinerary in the Northern circuit. Majestic Tanzania is home to many of nature’s most spectacular creations. Among them – The Ngorongoro Crater – the largest crater in the world, and a vast amphitheater teeming with game. The Serengeti Plains – home to an estimated 3 million animals covering an estimated 3 million animals covering an area of 12,950 square kilometers.
Day 1
Kilimanjaro-Lake Manyara
You will be picked by your private jeep from Kilimanjaro Airport or Arusha Airport and transfer to Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge for your hot lunch.
Enjoy your game at Lake Manyara National Park has a wonderful mosaic of different habitats, which attracts a whole host of animals including a high density of elephants. Look out for monkeys, antelopes, zebras and hippos too. There are also lions and some have developed the unusual behavior of climbing trees for their afternoon snooze. However, they have not mastered the art of dragging their kill high into the branches, as the leopard is so adept at doing. Bird life is fascinating at Lake Manyara and numbers are at their peak during the rainy season when seed-eaters, insect-eaters and waterbirds thrive. Pelicans, storks, geese, herons and cormorants share their water world with migrant flamingos, which come and feed on the algae rich water and turn the crystalline edges of the soda lake a vibrant pink.
Main Destination: Lake Manyara National Park
Best Time to Visit June to September (easier to spot animals)
High Season July to March (Northern section gets crowded)
Best Weather June to October (few showers of rain)
Accommodation: Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge – Luxury lodge located just outside Lake Manyara NP
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- Drinks not included
Day 2
Lake Manyara-Serengeti
Depart with your picnic lunch boxes for Serengeti National Park. Making a game driving on the Serengeti plains, searching for the migration, the largest concentration of plains game (wildebeest, zebra and gazelle) to be found anywhere in the world. Also the predators (lion and cheetah) and the scavengers (hyena and jackals) together with elephant, buffalo, giraffe, warthog and many other species of both big and small game. Enjoy your game drive with your private jeep till late evening.
Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
Best Time to Visit June to February (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)
Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge – Luxury lodge located inside Serengeti NP
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- Drinks not included
Day 3
Serengeti National Park
This morning’s African adventure begins with an exploratory game drive through Tanzania’s oldest and most recognized National Park, the Serengeti. This location offers the most expansive game viewing in Tanzania. From predators to prey, great herds of grazing herbivores to tactically cunning packs of carnivores, life on the plains of the Serengeti can best be defined as a complete “circle of life.”
Spend today searching out Impala, one of Africa’s most beautiful and graceful animals. Previously thought to be part of the gazelle tribe, Impalas have been found to be so different that they are now classified as their own sub-family status. Leopards, cheetah, lions and wild dogs prey on impala. Impala can reach running speeds of approximately 50 to 55 mph (80 to 90 km/h) to escape its predators.
Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge – Luxury lodge located inside Serengeti NP
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- Drinks not included
Day 4
Serengeti-Ngorongoro
You are provided with a personalized, experienced tracker-guide and private transportation today whilst exploring around the Ngorongoro National Park grounds.
Explore one of the most recognized wildlife conservation areas in Tanzania today. Depart your camp or lodge in a privately driven vehicle, along with a local expert guide, for approximately a 20 to 30 minute drive towards the Ngorongoro Park Gate. It will then take you another 20 minutes to reach the crater rim itself. The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest inactive, intact, and unfilled volcanic caldera. This geological masterpiece was formed as a result of an extremely large volcanic explosion which caused the volcano to collapse in on itself, thus creating a crater. The crater floor also boasts one of the highest carnivore densities in the world including large prides of lions, packs of hyenas and solitary predators like cheetahs and jackals.
Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
Best Time to Visit June to September (General 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)
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge – Luxury lodge located on the crater rim of Ngorongoro
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- Drinks not included
Day 5
Ngorongoro-Arusha
Descend to the rim of the crater for your game viewing. A keen eye and expertly recommended search patterns from your guide may help you spot some of the less common species like leopards, servals, and bat-eared foxes. Drop off at the Airport.
Main Destination: Arusha
Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- Drinks not included
End of tour
- Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
- You’ll be dropped off at the airport.
Our package is inclusive of:
1. A 4WD vehicle dedicated for supplies and transfers
2. A professional guide who speaks English well
3. A professional chef who will prepare 3 meals a day as well as snacks
4. Camping facilities (Tents, Tables, Chairs, Mattresses, Sleeping bags, Cutlery etc.)
5. Paid Park and camping fees
6. Bottled Water throughout the course of your journey
7. Paid taxes
8. Airport transfers
9. Accommodation before and after the walking tour
Our package is exclusive of:
1. Tips (recommended $10 per person per day to each crew and $15 per person per day to Guide)
2. Travel insurance
3. All items of personal nature
4. Beverages and Laundry except where shown.
Tanzania best destination
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire is one of the most beautiful regions in Tanzania; it is stunning here, both in dry and wet season. It is also home to some of the largest herds of elephant in Tanzania.
Ngorongoro Crater
Tarangire is one of the most beautiful regions in Tanzania; it is stunning here, both in dry and wet season. It is also home to some of the largest herds of elephant in Tanzania.
Zanzibar
Surrounded by beautiful white sand beaches, a barrier reef, and chanting tropics, this exotic spice island is a jewel within the paradise that is the Indian Ocean.
Serengeti National Park
Arguably Africa’s most famous National Park, the Serengeti is one of the birthplaces of safari. The fact that it’s home to the ‘The Big 5’ and ‘The Great Migration says it all.
Lake Manyara National Park
Tanzania’s most famous lake, this beautiful watering hole is where you will see a sea of pink as it inhabits thousands of Flamingo’s and over 400 species of birds.
Selou Game Reserve
Located in southern Tanzania and far from the madding crowds, the Selous Game Reserve is Africa’s largest game reserve and one of our favourite wildlife viewing areas.