Overview
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This 5-day safari experience showcases the very best of Tanzania’s Northern Circuit, visiting Tarangire National Park, Serengeti National Park (two nights), Ngorongoro Crater, and Lake Manyara National Park. The journey offers diverse landscapes, excellent wildlife viewing, and comfortable budget–midrange accommodations.
Guests stay at Eileen’s Trees Inn in Karatu and Osinon Camp in the Serengeti, both well-located for safari activities and known for their warm hospitality. Highlights include elephant herds and baobab trees in Tarangire, extensive game drives across the Serengeti plains, a spectacular descent into the Ngorongoro Crater, and the scenic beauty of Lake Manyara with its rich birdlife and tree-climbing lions.
This itinerary is ideal for travelers seeking a complete safari adventure with great value and varied destinations.
- You visit
- Arusha(Start) TarangireSerengetiNgorongoroLake Manyara Arusha(End)
- Highlights
- Wildlife safaris
- Vehicle used
Day 1: Arusha – Tarangire National Park
After breakfast in Arusha, depart for Tarangire National Park, famous for its large elephant herds, seasonal river, and ancient baobab trees. Enjoy a game drive with opportunities to see lions, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, and diverse birdlife.
A picnic lunch will be served inside the park. In the late afternoon, drive to Karatu for dinner and overnight at Eileen’s Trees Inn.
Lunch, Dinner
Eileens Trees Inn
Day 2: Karatu – Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, travel through the scenic Ngorongoro Highlands en route to Serengeti National Park. Enjoy an en-route game drive upon entering the park, with chances to spot elephants, buffalo, lions, cheetahs, and vast herds of plains game.
Arrive at Osinon Camp in the afternoon. After check-in, relax before dinner and overnight at the camp.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3: Full Day in Serengeti National Park
Spend a full day exploring the endless plains of the Serengeti, with morning and afternoon game drives or a full-day safari with picnic lunch. The park is renowned for its high concentration of predators and the seasonal Great Migration.
Return to Osinon Camp in the late afternoon for relaxation, dinner, and overnight.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4: Serengeti – Ngorongoro Crater
After an early breakfast, depart the Serengeti and drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for a half-day game drive, one of Africa’s most spectacular wildlife experiences.
The crater floor is home to the Big Five, including the endangered black rhino, along with hippos, flamingos, and large herds of wildebeest and zebras. Enjoy a picnic lunch near the hippo pool.
In the afternoon, ascend the crater and drive back to Karatu for dinner and overnight at Eileen’s Trees Inn.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Eileens Trees Inn
Day 5: Karatu – Lake Manyara National Park – Arusha
After breakfast, depart for Lake Manyara National Park, a scenic and compact park located at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment. Enjoy a game drive through groundwater forests, open plains, and lakeshore areas.
Wildlife highlights include elephants, buffalo, giraffes, hippos, flamingos, and the famous tree-climbing lions. After a picnic lunch inside the park, drive back to Arusha, arriving in the late afternoon.
Breakfast, Lunch
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