6-Day Northern Circuit Safari — Tarangire, Serengeti & Ngorongoro

Arusha · Ngorongoro Conservation Area · Serengeti National Park · Tarangire National Park

6-Day Northern Circuit Safari — Tarangire, Serengeti & Ngorongoro

6 days / 5 nights · Private tour

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Duration
6 days5 nights
Tour format
Private tourCustomisable
From
$2,950per person
Starts
Arusha
Ends
Arusha
Country
Tanzania

Overview

The journey at a glance

Category

Safari

Travel styles

AdventurePhotographyWildlife

Six days across the parks that made Tanzania famous, at an unhurried pace and with two nights on the Serengeti plains.

The classic northern circuit, run at a pace that leaves time to actually watch things happen. We start in Arusha, drop south into Tarangire for the baobabs and the elephant herds, then climb the Rift wall past Lake Manyara and on to the central Serengeti for two full nights. The trip finishes on the Ngorongoro crater rim and descends into the caldera on the final morning before returning to Arusha. A private vehicle and guide throughout, with a window seat guaranteed for every traveller.

Best time to travel
June to October for the plains; January to March for calving in the south.
Accommodation
Mid-range lodges and permanent tented camps, all with private facilities.
Transport
Pop-up roof 4x4 Land Cruiser with a window seat guaranteed for every traveller.
Meals
All meals on safari. Drinking water throughout.

Where you go

Route

  1. Day 1 Arusha
  2. Day 2 Tarangire National Park
  3. Day 3-4 Serengeti National Park
  4. Day 5 Ngorongoro Conservation Area
  5. Day 6 Arusha

Good to know

Tour features

Private tour Between 2 and 6 travellers.
Safari Listed as a safari trip.
Runs year round Departures are not limited to one season.
Can be customised Ask the operator to change accommodation, days or destinations.
Can start any day Not tied to fixed departure dates. Subject to availability.
Age requirement Minimum age 6
Getting around Pop-up roof 4x4 Land Cruiser with a window seat guaranteed for every traveller.
Meals All meals on safari. Drinking water throughout.
Quoted, not booked online The operator prices your dates and group, then confirms directly.

On this trip

Photographs

Guests watching an elephant from an open-roofed safari vehicle on a track beneath acacia trees A group of travellers standing at the foot of an enormous baobab, their safari vehicle parked alongside A young lioness lying in the shade at the base of a tree A cheetah sitting upright in dry grass beneath thorn scrub A red-billed hornbill perched on a bare branch Guests and crew eating lunch together at a long table under the trees in the bush

The itinerary

Day by day

Day1 Arrive in Arusha Arusha

Met at Kilimanjaro International and driven to Arusha. Trip briefing with your guide over dinner, and an early night before the drive south.

Activities
Arrival · trip briefing
Accommodation
Tulia Boutique Hotel
Meals
Dinner
Travel
About 1 hour from JRO
Day2 Tarangire National Park Tarangire National Park

South to Tarangire for the baobabs and the largest elephant herds in the north. Afternoon game drive along the river, where the herds gather in the dry months.

Activities
Game drive
Accommodation
Serian Tarangire Camp
Meals
All meals
Travel
150 km · About 2 hours 30 minutes
Day3 Into the Serengeti Serengeti National Park

Up the Rift wall and across the Ngorongoro highlands, dropping onto the plains in the afternoon with a game drive as we go.

Activities
Game drive · transit through Ngorongoro
Accommodation
Tamba Tented Lodge
Meals
All meals
Travel
320 km · Most of the day
Day4 Central Serengeti Serengeti National Park

A full day on the plains with a picnic lunch out in the park — the day that justifies the two nights. Time to sit with what you find rather than drive past it.

Activities
Full day game drive · bush picnic
Accommodation
Tamba Tented Lodge
Meals
All meals
Day5 Serengeti to the Ngorongoro highlands Ngorongoro Conservation Area

A last morning drive on the plains, then east to the crater highlands and the farmland around Karatu.

Activities
Morning game drive
Accommodation
Ngorongoro Coffee Lodge
Meals
All meals
Travel
220 km · About 5 hours
Day6 Ngorongoro crater, and back to Arusha Arusha

Descend into the caldera at first light for the morning on the crater floor, then up the far wall and back to Arusha for onward flights.

Activities
Crater descent
Meals
Breakfast, lunch
Travel
190 km · About 3 hours 30 minutes

On the ground

Activities & transport

Arrivaltrip briefingGame drivetransit through NgorongoroFull day game drivebush picnicMorning game driveCrater descent

Getting around. Pop-up roof 4x4 Land Cruiser with a window seat guaranteed for every traveller.

Where you stay

Accommodation & meals

  1. Night 1 Tulia Boutique Hotel Arusha Dinner
  2. Night 2 Serian Tarangire Camp Tarangire National Park All meals
  3. Nights 3–4 Tamba Tented Lodge Serengeti National Park All meals
  4. Night 5 Ngorongoro Coffee Lodge Ngorongoro Conservation Area All meals
  5. Day 6 End of tour Arusha Breakfast, lunch

Mid-range lodges and permanent tented camps, all with private facilities.

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Destinations on this tour

ArushaNgorongoro Conservation AreaSerengeti National ParkTarangire National Park

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