7-Day Northern Tanzania Classic Safari

Relaxed Morning breakfast and enjoy a relaxed mid-morning time at the Mvuli Ngorongoro Lodge before starting your drive back to Arusha. On Arrival, you will be dropped at your hotel, airport or location of choice within Arusha.

As you walk out of Kilimanjaro International Airport, your personal guide greets you with a big smile: 'Karibu Tanzania - welcome to Tanzania!' The guide takes you straight to your hotel, where you can relax and take in the African atmosphere. The next day your guide takes you on an exclusive, private safari that allows you to travel at your own pace. Enjoy the luxury of your own safari jeep and take the liberty to stop and watch the animals as long as you like!

Early morning breakfast then check out for your drive to the close-by Lake Manyara National Park for a full day game drive. Lake Manyara National Park is a compact yet diverse park nestled at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment. It’s known for its stunning landscapes, which include lush forests, wetlands, and the alkaline Lake Manyara itself. The park is famous for its tree-climbing lions, a rare behavior seen here, as well as large flocks of flamingos that flock to the lake, particularly during the wet season. Wildlife enthusiasts will also encounter elephants, giraffes, zebras, and a variety of bird species, making it a great spot for both wildlife and birdwatching. Lake Manyara's combination of varied ecosystems, striking scenery, and rich biodiversity makes it a must-visit park, offering a unique and scenic safari experience.

Early morning breakfast then start your safari with a visit to Tarangire National Park, renowned for its large herds of elephants and striking baobab trees. As you drive through the park, you will encounter a variety of wildlife, including giraffes, zebras, lions, and various bird species. Spend two nights exploring Tanzania’s most unique and underrated wildlife destinations. The park is known for its striking landscape, featuring vast savannahs dotted with iconic baobab trees and the Tarangire River, which attracts large herds of elephants, especially during the dry season. The park is a haven for wildlife, including zebras, giraffes, buffaloes, lions, leopards, and over 500 species of birds. Its varied habitats—ranging from grasslands to woodlands—provide a diverse environment for both predators and prey. Tarangire is also renowned for its peaceful atmosphere, offering a more intimate safari experience compared to other major parks in the region. It’s a perfect spot for those looking to see elephants in large numbers and enjoy a quieter, less-crowded safari experience.

After breakfast depart for Serengeti National Park, en-route game drive, picnic lunch and afternoon a short game drive in Serengeti Park. The legendary Serengeti Plain is your destination today (210 km), a vast rolling plain whose sparse vegetation allows for some of the best wildlife viewing in the world. The annual migration of wildebeest and zebra is one of the park’s great attractions, but throughout the year the Serengeti is excellent for seeing predators such as lion, leopard and cheetah, along with elephant, giraffe, hyena, hippo, rhino, and many varieties of antelopes and birds.

Early morning breakfast then check out for your drive to Ngorongoro. Enjoy a short en-route morning game drive out of Serengeti. Viewing is often best early in the day. Big cats and other predators always capture the imagination. Arrive at Nabii gate and continue our journey through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and up into the more mountainous terrain around the Crater rim. As the low clouds clear from the Crater rim we take the journey down to the floor of the ancient caldera, Ngorongoro, for the chance to see more wildlife including the Big Five – lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo. We spend the morning in this perfectly intact volcanic caldera and the world’s largest extinct volcano. On the Crater floor we find a garden of Eden full of all the wildlife for which Africa is famous – rhino, hippo, lion, elephant, hyena, buffalo, zebra, gazelle, impala, wildebeest, ostrich, flamingo, and many, many more. Plain’s game peacefully grazes. Hippopotamus are found lolling in the pools and Lake Magadi can be rimmed with the pink of greater and lesser flamingo. After exploring the crater, you will exit the crater and drive to Karatu Area where you will spend the night.

The Serengeti is the heart of the African safari experience, where every game drive feels like an adventure and the wilderness is at its purest and undisturbed. It is renowned for its sweeping landscapes, where vast golden plains stretch to the horizon. This open landscape offers incredible views, and the chance to watch wildlife roam freely is an experience unlike any other. It is home to a wealth of wildlife, including the Big Five (lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, and rhino). It boasts one of the highest concentrations of big cats in Africa, including large prides of lions, leopards stalking the trees, and cheetahs racing across the open plains in pursuit of prey. Aside from the Big Five, the Serengeti is home to vast herds of giraffes, zebras, impalas, and wildebeests, while predators such as hyenas, cheetahs, and wild dogs patrol the land. The park is also home to an astounding variety of bird species, including vultures, eagles, and flamingos around the seasonal lakes. Central Serengeti (Seronera) is known for its vast, open plains and abundant wildlife, making it an ideal location for game drives year-round. The Central Serengeti is particularly renowned for its rich concentration of predators, including lions, leopards, cheetahs, and hyenas, as well as the iconic wildebeest and zebra herds that are part of the Great Migration. The Seronera River that flows through this area is a lifeline for wildlife, attracting large numbers of animals during the dry season, especially elephants, buffaloes, and various antelope species.