The Great North Safari-this is one of our premier safaris touching Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater hence offering the best of Tanzania’s wildlife safari combined with cultural experience.
Iterinarary Brief:
Day 1: Arrival Arusha Tanzania
Day 2: Arusha | Tarangire NP
Day 3: Tarangire NP | Serengeti NP
Day 4: Serengeti National Park (Full Day)
Day 5: Serengeti National Park | Ngorongoro Crater | Karatu Town
Day 6: Lake Manyara Cultural Tour | Arusha
Day 7: Departure
Day 1: Arrival Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
On arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) or Arusha Airport (ARK) which caters for domestic flights, you will be met by our representative who will drive you to your accommodation in for Arusha.
Day 2: Arusha| Tarangire National Park
Early morning breakfast at your hotel and meet with your safari guide for briefing then with packed lunches depart for Tarangire National park. Arrive Tarangire for mid-morning game drive of Tarangire National park. Famed for its large number of elephants and the huge Baobab trees Tarangire also is a home to other cats i.e the Leopard, the cheetah and the Lion or other wild game 13h00: Lunch at a picnic site at the Tarangire National park
Afternoon game drives as you transfer to the camp or lodge where you are booked for dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Tarangire National park| Central Serengeti
Early morning breakfast at the camp or lodge and depart for Central Serengeti, brief game drives as you exit the park. This drives takes you through the Manyara region as you ascend the Great Rift Valley past Karatu town and with game drives en-route the Ngorongoro conservancy.
12h30: Lunch at a picnic site on the way to Serengeti
Afternoon game drives in search of more wildlife as you transfer to your campsite or lodge located at central Serengeti for dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Serengeti National Park
Early morning after breakfast, we depart to Serengeti National Park. The Serengeti is truly spectacular. It is famous for its vast open grasslands which allow for excellent sightings of wildlife. The Serengeti is Tanzania’s oldest National Park and it is also one of the oldest ecosystems on earth. Its climate and vegetation have remained largely untouched for millions of years. Whilst the Serengeti boasts abundant wildlife, it is perhaps best known for the annual Great Migration and the presence of the big cats including lions, leopards and cheetahs as well as an incredible endless plain. Vast numbers of wildebeest; accompanied by large numbers of zebra and antelope move in an annual pattern, constantly seeking fresh grazing. The precise timing of the Migration is entirely dependent upon the rainfall patterns each year.
After Lunch and an extensive game drive, we head to your camp or lodge located in Serengeti for dinner and overnight.
Day 5: Serengeti | Ngorongoro Crater |Karatu
After early breakfast depart for Ngorongoro crater with packed lunches. You will descend down the crater which is almost 600m deep. The Crater was created when a large volcano exploded and collapsed in on itself two to three million years ago. It is famous for both its geological delights and for being a natural reserve which is home to some of the densest large mammal populations in the whole of the African continent. The drive down the into the Crater is an adventure in itself and when you reach the Crater floor, you quickly find yourself amongst large numbers of wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, and more than 500 bird species. The Crater provides you with the best chance of seeing the endangered black rhino, which can sometimes be spotted in the open grasslands. After Lunch and an extensive game drive inside the crater, we head for our comfort partner lodges in Karatu for dinner and overnight.
Day 6: Manyara & Mto Wa Mbu Village Cultural Tour | Arusha
Breakfast and leave your hotel for Manyara and “Mto wa Mbu” cultural tours, a walk through banana and rice fields as you learning about local methods of farming and interact with locals.
12h00: Local traditional lunch at one of the women’s homes
A further afternoon tour as you board the jeep for a transfer to Arusha town where you are booked for dinner and overnight,
Day 7: Departure
Breakfast at the hotel and wait to be picked up for a transfer to the airport where you will catch your departure flight home| further holiday destination.