10 Days Tanzania Northern Circuit Safari | Serengeti & Ngorongoro Safari Adventure

Day 1: Arrival in Arusha – Welcome to Tanzania

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be welcomed by your professional safari guide and transferred to your hotel in Arusha.

Relax after your journey while enjoying views of Mount Meru and preparing for your incredible Tanzania safari adventure.

Depending on arrival time, enjoy optional city tours, local markets, or cultural visits.

Accommodation and Meals
Accommodation: Luxury / Mid-range Hotel in Arusha
Meals: Dinner

Day 2: Arusha – Tarangire National Park Safari

After breakfast, depart for Tarangire National Park, famous for its giant baobab trees and massive elephant herds.

Enjoy your first exciting game drive while searching for elephants, lions, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, buffaloes, leopards, and numerous bird species along the Tarangire River.

The park offers breathtaking scenery and one of Tanzania’s highest concentrations of wildlife during the dry season.

Later, transfer to your safari lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation and Meals
Accommodation: Safari Lodge / Luxury Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 3: Tarangire – Lake Manyara National Park

After breakfast, continue to Lake Manyara National Park, a scenic park located along the Great Rift Valley escarpment.

Lake Manyara is famous for its lush groundwater forests, flamingos, hippos, and the rare tree-climbing lions often seen resting on acacia branches.

Enjoy a full-day game drive through forests, open plains, and lakeshore habitats while spotting elephants, monkeys, zebras, hippos, and hundreds of bird species.

Later, proceed to your lodge for relaxation.

Accommodation and Meals
Accommodation: Safari Lodge / Tented Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 4: Lake Manyara – Central Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, begin your journey toward the legendary Serengeti National Park.

Drive through scenic highlands and conservation areas while enjoying spectacular landscapes and wildlife sightings along the route.

Arrive in the Serengeti in time for an afternoon game drive across the endless plains filled with predators and herbivores.

Search for lions, cheetahs, elephants, leopards, hyenas, giraffes, and large herds of wildebeests.

Accommodation and Meals
Accommodation: Luxury Safari Camp / Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 5: Full Day Serengeti Safari Experience

Spend a full day exploring the incredible ecosystems of Serengeti National Park.

The Serengeti is one of Africa’s greatest wildlife destinations and home to the Great Wildebeest Migration. Depending on the season, witness thousands of wildebeests, zebras, and gazelles moving across the plains in search of fresh grazing.

Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives while tracking predators including lions, leopards, cheetahs, and hyenas.

Picnic lunch will be served in the wilderness surrounded by spectacular African scenery.

Accommodation and Meals
Accommodation: Luxury Safari Camp / Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 6: Northern Serengeti Exploration

Today continue your safari adventure through different regions of the Serengeti ecosystem.

Explore river systems, kopjes, and open grasslands while searching for crocodiles, hippos, elephants, and predators. Depending on migration timing, you may witness dramatic river crossings and intense wildlife action.

The Northern Serengeti offers excellent wildlife viewing with fewer crowds and breathtaking landscapes.

Accommodation and Meals
Accommodation: Safari Lodge / Luxury Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 7: Serengeti – Maasai Cultural Experience

After breakfast, enjoy a final morning game drive before visiting a traditional Maasai village near the conservation area.

Learn about Maasai traditions, dances, livestock culture, and their close relationship with wildlife and nature. This cultural encounter offers valuable insight into one of East Africa’s most iconic communities.

Later, continue to your lodge near the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Accommodation and Meals
Accommodation: Lodge near Ngorongoro
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 8: Ngorongoro Crater Safari Adventure

Today descend into the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera and one of Africa’s best wildlife destinations.

The crater floor is home to an incredible concentration of wildlife including black rhinos, lions, elephants, buffaloes, zebras, hippos, hyenas, and flamingos.

Enjoy a full-day game drive while exploring forests, grasslands, swamps, and soda lakes within this UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Picnic lunch will be served inside the crater.

Accommodation and Meals
Accommodation: Lodge near Ngorongoro
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 9: Ngorongoro Highlands – Arusha

After breakfast, enjoy a scenic drive back to Arusha through beautiful highland landscapes and local villages.

Depending on time, visit local craft markets, coffee plantations, or cultural centers before checking into your hotel.

Relax and reflect on your unforgettable Tanzania safari experience.

Accommodation and Meals
Accommodation: Hotel in Arusha
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 10: Departure from Tanzania

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel before transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your departure flight.

Depending on your flight schedule, optional activities can be arranged including shopping, coffee tours, or short excursions around Arusha.

Your unforgettable Tanzania Northern Circuit Safari officially comes to an end.

Meals
Breakfast

The best time for this safari is during the dry seasons from June to October and January to March when wildlife viewing is excellent and the Great Migration can be experienced in different regions of the Serengeti ecosystem.