7 Days A Signature Northern Tanzania Luxury Safari

This 7-day luxury+ safari allows you to experience the highlights of the Northern Safari Circuit. You will experience breathtaking wildlife in the midst of some of the most diverse landscapes; monkeys in the forest, lions in trees, elephants amongst acacias and a huge variety of animals inside a collapsed volcano. You will also visit the world-famous Serengeti National Park. The landscapes are breathtaking and the variety and volume of wildlife you will see are unforgettable.

Tour Highlights.

  • Marvel at the huge number of elephants in Tarangire
  • Exclusive accommodation that blends with an ultimate wilderness experience
  • Explore the Ngorongoro Crater, one of the wonders of Africa
  • Unrivalled Big 5 game viewing

Day by day

Day 1:
Arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport

Welcome to Tanzania

Once you set foot in Tanzanian soil, you will immediately be embraced by the friendly nature of the people. Outside our representative awaits with a broad simile to welcome you, and accompany you to the lodge where you will receive heartfelt welcome. During the journey, you will catch a glimpse of Tanzania amazing landscape, and perhaps the ever presence Impressive Mt. Kilimanjaro. Upon arrival, we will be provided with a briefing for your entire safari.

Destination: Arusha

Meal included: D

Accommodation: Arusha Coffee Lodge

Day 2:
Arusha to Tarangire National Park

Breakfast: At the lodge.

Morning: We’ll board our safari vehicles and depart for Tarangire, Tanzania’s third-largest national park. Along the way, we’ll stop to visit to a local Maasai market, where you might get to sample local fare and interact with locals using the Swahili words and phrases you’ve learned so far on your adventure.

After arriving at the gates of Tarangire National Park, we’ll set off on a game-viewing drive. With nine distinct vegetation zones ranging from grassland to woodland, from deep gully vegetation to scattered rocky hilltops, Tarangire offers a diverse geological landscape, as well as diverse wildlife—including the largest recorded concentration of breeding bird species in the world. Baobab trees dot the landscape, and the valley of the Tarangire River dominates the entire scene.

Lunch: We will enjoy a picnic lunch in the park.

Afternoon: After lunch, we’ll continue our game-viewing drive to witness the wildlife of Tarangire National Park. Afterwards, we’ll head to our lodgings, a permanent camp in the midst of the wilderness.

Dinner: At the Camp.

Evening: You are free to remain in the lounge area or retire to your room, and rest to be ready for tomorrow’s discoveries

Destination: Tarangire National Park

Meals included: B L D

Accommodations: Oliver’s Camp or Similar

Day 3:
Game viewing in Tarangire National Park

Breakfast: At the camp.

Morning: Game viewing in Tarangire National Park for. The variety of wildlife here is excellent, from lion, cheetah, zebra, and Cape buffalo to a wealth of birdlife. Elephants are plentiful here, traveling in large herds that are not often seen elsewhere in Africa. After several hours of game viewing, we’ll depart the park, and head to the Ngorongoro highlands.

Lunch: You will have picnic lunch.

Afternoon: Afterwards, we’ll head to our lodgings, a permanent lodge in the midst of the Ngorongoro highlands.

Evening: You are free to remain in the lounge area or retire to your room, and rest to be ready for tomorrow’s discoveries

Destination: Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Meals included: B L D

Accommodations: Lions paw camp or Similar

Day 4:
Ngorongoro Crater Tour to Serengeti National Park

Breakfast: At the camp.

Morning: We drive through the Ngorongoro conservation before descending, 610 meters down to the grasslands of the crater floor, an area of about 265 square kilometers. Despite its small size, the Crater is a Big 5 country and the openness of the terrain means easy and rewarding game viewing. You will spend the day exploring the crater floor, stopping to picnic on the grasslands amidst the grazing herds. Formed by a massive volcanic eruption, the world’s largest intact and un-flooded caldera provides a year-round home to an astonishing 25,000 large mammals including black rhino, wildebeest, and zebra along with Africa’s densest concentrations of hyena.

The Crater’s forests shelter elephants and buffalo, and its wetlands are home to hippos and flamingos while lions, jackals, leopards, and caracals make up the full range of predators. After lunch, you leave the crater behind and drive to the Serengeti National Park.

Lunch: Picnic in the sight of hippos

Afternoon: We’ll reach our carefully selected tented camp by mid-afternoon and you’ll have time to settle in before dinner.

Dinner: At the Lodge.

Evening: You are free to remain in the lounge area or retire to your room, and rest to be ready for tomorrow’s discoveries

Destination: Serengeti National Park

Meals included: B L D

Accommodations: Four Season lodge or Similar

Day 5:
Explore the Serengeti National Park

Breakfast: At the camp.

Morning: We’ll set out to explore the vast expanse of the Serengeti, where the wildlife sightings are typically at their peak in the early mornings and late afternoons, when the temperature cools. The multitude and diversity of wildlife species in this huge protected area are unrivaled anywhere on the planet. Serengeti, in fact, is the Maasai word that means “endless plain.” We’ll return to camp in between game-viewing drives for lunch.

Lunch: At the main dining.

Afternoon: After time to relax, we’ll head out on our afternoon game-viewing drive. Our guides will again help us identify the more elusive animal species, such as bat-eared fox and golden jackal, as well as rare birds like the purple grenadier and the red-cheeked cordon bleu. See if you can spot the odd-looking Secretary bird or the elegant grey crowned crane.

Dinner: At the main dining.

Evening: You are free to remain in the lounge area or retire to your room, and rest to be ready for tomorrow’s discoveries

Destination: Serengeti National Park

Meals included: B L D

Accommodations: Four Season Lodge or Similar

Day 6:
Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Highlands

Breakfast:  At the lodge.

This morning is set aside for game drives in the Serengeti. The Serengeti boasts an abundance of wildlife such as impalas, buffalos, crocodiles, and hippos. In addition to the iconic landscapes, you have a good chance of encountering predators and you may see lions, cheetahs and leopards. It is a truly life-changing experience.
Lunch: Picnic in the wilderness,

Afternoon: (Optional) we’ll visiting the Oldupai gorge, and learn about the origin of human kind, and some time at the museum.

Dinner: at Plantation Farm Lodge

Evening: You are free to remain in the lounge area or retire to your room, and rest to be ready for tomorrow’s discoveries

Destination: Ngorongoro Highlands

Meals included: B L D

Accommodations: Plantation Farm Lodge

Day 7:
Ngorongoro Highlands to Arusha

Breakfast: At the lodge.

After 30 minutes of drive we’ll enter Lake manyara National Park, one of the smallest parks in Tanzania, named after the huge lake which covers a third of the parks area. Yet, Lake Manyara is the park with the greatest diversity of habitat than most huge parks, and a great array of wildlife.

You may find yourself in thick woodlands where elephants feast, and lions are lurking among tree brunches. Drive past muddy pools full of hippos, and mysterious jungle where baboons, and monkeys rule. The lake side where thousands of vibrant flamingoes, pelicans, and storks make their summer home.

Lunch: picnic overlooking the Lake,

And don’t forget the impressive 400-Meters – deep Rift Valley Escarpment. A crack in the earth that stretches for a thousand kilometers across East-Africa.

Afternoon: Drive back to Arusha, where your guide will drop you at the airport for your own-ward connection.

Suggestion.

You can extend your holiday with a visit to the crystal clear waters of the tropical Island of Zanzibar or Pemba.

Destination: Lake Manyara National Park

Meals included: B L 

Accommodations: No accommodation

Included

  •  Airport transfer before, and after the safari
  • Safari according to the itinerary
  • Transportation on a well- maintained 4×4 safari Land cruiser
  • UNLIMITED Game drives
  • Well-trained safari guide
  • All accommodations as per itinerary
  • Meals according to the itinerary
  • Unlimited Mineral water on game drives
  • Tea and coffee stop on game drives
  • All National Park Fees

Excluded

  • International flights
  • Airport taxes
  • All meals and drinks not specified
  • Tips and gratuities
  • Items of a personal nature
  • Travel insurance.

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