6 Days Safari Northern Circuit Safari Arusha National Park, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro

Overview

Highlights of Northern Tanzania parks, Arusha, Tarangire, Manyara, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Tanzania Northern Camping Safaris for 6 Days, this is a Tanzania Wildlife budget safari that will take you to visit 5 of the Northern Great protected places of Tanzania for 1 night in Arusha park, 1 night in Tarangire, 1 night in Manyara, 1 night in Serengeti and 1 night in Ngorongoro. Spending one night at each destination may be due to the time limits to our clients such as Students, volunteers NGO staff among others. Therefore, this is the chance to visit many places in 6 days. All the parks are home to small and large animals and different species of birds and reptiles, accommodation budget camping sites.

Day 0: Arrival

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro airport, you will be met by your driver and transferred to your accommodation in Arusha town. Settle into your accommodation, ready to start your safari proper in the morning.

Day 1: Arusha National Park

Journey Time and Distance: To Arusha National Park 45 minutes
Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro airport, you will be met by your driver and transferred to your accommodation in Arusha town. Settle into your accommodation, ready to start your safari proper in the morning.

Day 2: Arusha – Tarangire National Park

Journey Time and Distance: Arusha – Tarangire 1:15 hrs
In the morning at 0830hrs pick up from your hotel in Arusha and drive on tarmac road 120km to Tarangire National Park for game drives. Lunch picnic there after lunch continues with afternoon game viewing in the park, a home to Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Buffalo, Tree climbing Python, Zebra, Oryx, Impala and more than 450 species of birds have been observed. Lunch picnic and there after proceed with afternoon game viewing before the drive takes you for dinner.

Day 3: Tarangire National Park – Serengeti National Park

After finishing up a good breakfast, you will head out towards the Serengeti National Park and travel in the midst of the never-ending plain grasslands. The Serengeti is arguably the most impressive wildlife sanctuary in the world. You will have an afternoon game drive in the endless plains of the Serengeti for a chance to see the great herds of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles or a pride of lions lounging in the shade. A picnic lunch will be done during the day-long game drive itself. The eventful day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your camp.

Day 4: Serengeti – Ngorongoro Crater

Journey Time and Distance: Serengeti – Ngorongoro crater rim 3:00 hrs
After breakfast, you will have a morning game drive in Serengeti National Park. Later depart for Ngorongoro Crater Rim with picnic lunch. Ngorongoro Crater is the largest collapsed volcanic crater in the world and fourteen kilometers of isolated natural beauty. Ngorongoro Crater is
surrounded by a ring of extinct volcanoes and the floor, dotted with watering holes, shelters some 30,000 animals. The eventful day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your camp.

Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater

Journey Time and Distance: Serengeti – Manyara 3:00 hrs
After an early breakfast, descend to the crater floor for a game drive (5 hours). You can expect to see lions, elephants, Zebras, Hippos, Flamingos, Jackals, Rhinos Antelopes, and many birds. The birds seen here include eagle, vulture, and flamingos in the Crater Lake, stork, bats, giant vulture, sacred ibis, Kori bustard, blacksmith plover, long-necked heron, and the cattle eagle. Post the picnic lunch at the beautiful Hippo pool, you will begin a steep ascent to the top exit of the crater. With a 2hr drive left to your accommodation in Karatu, the day will come to a close. Freshly made delicious dinner is kept ready for you at your camp. All these days of the safari will have you quite tired and a good rest is essential. The next day you will begin the last leg of your safari.

Day 6: Lake Manyara – Arusha

Journey Time and Distance: Manyara – Arusha 1:30 hrs
The final day of your safari will begin as usual by 8 AM after a luscious breakfast. The destination for today is Arusha via Manyara National Park where you will have a half day game drive. As you enter the national park by 9 AM, lush forests of Acacia and Mahogany trees begin to set the mood for what is waiting ahead. The game drive will go on till mid-afternoon with a small break for a picnic lunch. During the game drive watch out for buffaloes, giraffes, impalas, baboons and the blue monkeys. Another spectacle of the Lake Manyara National park is the tree climbing lions, however spotting them is a game of luck. In the right season, you can see the shoreline turning pink with millions of flamingos flocking there. By mid-afternoon, you will branch out and head towards Arusha where you will be dropped off to your preferred location by about 6PM in the evening. With an incredible experience and loads of memories to cherish, this is the time you bid goodbye to your team.

Departure day: Arusha – Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO)

After breakfast, you can go for an optional Arusha town tour to visit the Cultural Heritage gallery, the Maasai market, before transfer to Kilimanjaro airport to check-in for your departure Flight.