9 Days Tarangire, Manyara & Serengeti Safari: Northern Circuit Highlights is a Tanzania safari package that takes you to the most popular northern circuit safari parks. You will visit Tarangire, Manyara, and Serengeti National Parks, and what is a northern circuit safari without Ngorongoro Crater? You will get to enjoy extended game drives, walking safaris, cultural tours, and so much more while on this 9 days safari in Tanzania.
This 9 Days Tarangire, Manyara & Serengeti Safari: Northern Circuit Highlights is available for booking all throughout the year, starting and ending in Arusha, Tanzania.
Detailed 9 Days Tarangire, Manyara & Serengeti Safari: Northern Circuit Highlights
Day 1: Arrival
Once you arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) or Arusha Airport (ARK), our driver will meet you at the arrivals section. Proceed to drive to your hotel of stay in Arusha, with en route stops, say to the mall/forex/bank or telecom shops, should you need any of the services possible. Once at your hotel, check in and relax. Dinner and an overnight stay at the hotel.
Meal Plan: Dinner
Day 2: Tarangire Game Drive
Your Tanzania safari guide will meet you at the hotel lobby. After a brief and introductions, proceed to drive to Tarangire National Park with your packed lunch in hand. Tarangire National Park is a great introduction to the Tanzanian wilderness, giving you a chance to see 4 of the big five animals. Tarangire National Park is famous for hosting large herds of elephants, as well as giant baobab trees that are more than 100 years old, some large enough to be able to hide in!
While on your game drive in Tarangire, which is punctuated with a picnic lunch stop, enjoy the scenery and amazing wild game viewing. Later, drive to Mto wa Mbu for your lodge stay. Check in, relax, and enjoy dinner and an overnight stay later.
Accommodation: Twiga Lodge and Campsite for Budget, Heritage Manyara Safari Lodge for Mid-range, Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge for Luxury.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 3: Lake Manyara Game Drive and Guided Walking Safari
This little park in Tanzania, though small, is a beauty to visit, to see the different animals, especially the famous tree-climbing lions, birds, zebras, and more. A guided walking safari is a unique and beautiful way to explore this park, following animal tracks in the company of armed ranger guides. A guided walking safari allows you a chance to come up close with nature. Return to the lodge thereafter; relax as you wait for your dinner and an overnight stay as above.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 4: Drive to Serengeti National Park, Game Drive
After a relaxed breakfast at the lodge, with your lunch box, drive to Serengeti National Park. Drive through rolling landscapes from Mto wa Mbu to Central Serengeti, driving through Ngorongoro Conservation Area as well. Enjoy an afternoon game drive in Central Serengeti, looking out for wild game like elephants, lions, cheetahs, buffaloes, zebras, wildebeests, giraffes, hippos, hyenas, leopard, black rhinos, among so many others. Look out also for the abundant birdlife in Serengeti.
Drive to your accommodation in Serengeti thereafter. Check in, relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation: Robin Serengeti Camp for Budget, Central Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp for Mid-range, Serena Serengeti Safari Lodge for Lower-Luxury.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 5&6: Game Drives in Serengeti National Park
Spend these 2 days exploring the vast plains of Serengeti National Park on game drives. Look out for not just the different animals but also birds and the sheer beauty of the endless plains of the Serengeti, dotted with acacia trees and kopjes. Breakfast is enjoyed at the camp/lodge, and lunch is had over a picnic in the wilderness.
Chase the sunsets as you drive back to your lodge: dinner and an overnight stay as above.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 7: Drive to Ngorongoro, Ol Duvai Gorge Visit, and Maasai Bomas
Check out of your accommodation in Serengeti and, with your packed lunch, drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, which is considered the “Garden of Eden” by many and is listed among the 8 natural wonders of Africa. Enjoy an Ol Duvai Gorge visit for a tour around the museum and learn about the findings of early man. After a picnic lunch, also visit the Maasai Bomas for a cultural immersion. Drive to your lodge thereafter. Check in and relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation: Karatu Safari Lodge and Campsite for Budget, Hhando Coffee Lodge for Midrange, Ngorongoro Oldeani Mountain Lodge for Upper-Luxury.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 8: Ngorongoro Crater Drive
After breakfast at the lodge, with your packed lunch, proceed to descend the Ngorongoro Crater for a full day game drive. Look out for all the big five animals and all the different wildlife species in Ngorongoro Crater. The crater floor is very vast, and spending a full day here shall allow you a chance to cover more ground. Enjoy a picnic lunch in the Ngorongoro Crater.
Look out for birds as well while on your Ngorongoro Crater drive. Thereafter, return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay as above.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 9: Departure
After a relaxed breakfast, proceed to drive back to Arusha with a drop off at the airport or hotel of stay in Arusha. This ends your 9 Days Tarangire, Manyara & Serengeti Safari: Northern Circuit Highlights.
Meal Plan: Breakfast
Price Includes:
- 4×4 Safari Land Cruiser with fuel
- Full-time English-speaking Guide/Driver.
- All accommodation as indicated in the itinerary
- All national park fees
- All meals on the safari
- All game viewing activities are specified
- Concession and crater fees
- Government taxes
Price excludes:
- Flights and visas
- Personal expenses like drinks, laundry, telephone calls, and other items of a personal nature.
- Optional excursions and activities not listed in the itinerary
- Tips and gratuities
- Anything else not included in the itinerary
