7 Day Tanzania Northern Circuit Fly-in Safari

Day 1: Fly to Serengeti National Park – Evening Game Drive

You’ll depart from Arusha in the morning for your flight to the Serengeti National Park. Sit back and relax as Tanzania’s stunning landscape unrolls beneath you. Upon your arrival in the Serengeti, your driver and guide will meet you and you’ll commence a day long exploration of the Serengeti National Park. You’ll chase the vast herds of zebras and wildebeest, look for lions sunning themselves on rocks, spy shy leopards in acacia trees, and marvel at the majesty of elephants and giraffes as they graze.

Our accommodation options for this safari depend on your package type preference, We are happy to recommend top-notch lodge/ Camp options upon inquiry

Day 2-3: Safari Game Drives in Serengeti

On these two days, you will wake early for a sunrise game drive on the Serengeti, which offers you the best opportunity to see predators in action. You’ll also have the chance to see a stunning Serengeti sunrise as the rising sun seems to set fire to the savannah.

Wildlife populations double during the migration season, but outside of the migration season, wildlife populations are still some of the densest on the African continent year round. They include substantial populations of plains game including buffalo, giraffe, and warthog; as well as a wide range of antelope species including dik dik, bushbuck, waterbuck, eland, impala, and topi. With so many prey animals available all year round, predators can manage smaller territories.

Big cat viewing is superb in this region of the Serengeti. Cats include lion, leopard, and cheetah. There are actually twelve different lion prides living within driving distance of the river. Not to be forgotten, the smaller cats such as caracals, servals, and African wild cats definitely make their presence known.

Day 4: Fly from Serengeti to Ngorongoro via Lake Manyara

After breakfast, transfer to the airstrip for a flight to Lake Manyara. You will take along picnic lunch boxes from our lodge/Camp in Serengeti. At arrival Lake Manyara Airstrip, you will be met by our driver guide and drive to Lake Manyara National park for game drives. In the late afternoon, drive to the lodge. Arrive and check in at the lodge, followed by dinner and overnight at The Manor at Ngorongoro.

Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater Tour

Today you’ll depart early on a morning game drive down into the crater. Discover the diverse areas of forest, swamplands, lakes and open grasslands in this volcanic caldera that’s home to the densest concentration of wildlife in Africa. There is good game viewing year-round, as most animals do not leave the crater. You might also spot Maasai tribesmen guiding their cattle down the steep crater walls to graze. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 6: Drive Ngorongoro to Tarangire Park

After breakfast you will be picked up from our booked lodge/camp for the drive to Tarangire National Park. This park is often referred to as “home of elephants” you have a great chance to spot elephants in large groups gathering around the Tarangire River. Other animals to be spotted include leopards, lions, giraffes and even tree climbing pythons. Dinner and overnight stay at our booked Accommodation in Tarangire National Park.

Day 7: Morning Game Drive in Tarangire – Transfer Back to Arusha

We spend half this day  on morning game drives in the  impressive Tarangire National Park, Tanzania’s 3rd largest national park and sanctuary for an unusually large elephant population. Majestic baobab trees are an interesting feature of the park, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. Animals concentrate along the Tarangire River, there is a great diversity of wildlife including lion, leopard, cheetah and up to six thousand elephant. At noon we will have a lunch break the embark on a drive after which we will bid farewell to Tarangire National Park to embark on a drive back to Arusha to mark the end of our safari.