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7 Days - Tanzania Northern Circuit Safari

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Trip Highlights

Location

  • Arusha
  • Lake Manyara National Park
  • Ngorongoro Crater
  • Tarangire National Park
  • Serengeti National Park

Activities

  • Game Drives
  •  Maasai Boma Visit

DAY 1

Arusha to Lake Manyara 

On arrival at the Kilimanjaro International Airport you will be personally met and escorted by one of the SafariHQ guides to your accommodation in the Lake Manyara Area.  

Overnight at Accommodation

 

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Migunga Tented Lodge - Basic
Nestled in a quiet corner of the northwest of the lake, Migunga Tented Camp is only 5 minutes from the entrance of Lake Manyara National Park, which spread out across the Great East African Rift Valley, dominating a vast landscape. Often called Tanzania’s water wonderland due to the large number of birds and animals the lake supports, Lake Manyara National Park is also famous for its tree climbing lions. Migunga is nestled away in a quiet corner of 35 acres of acacia forest and consists of 19 semi-luxury permanent tents on raised platforms with attached bathrooms and a private veranda.  While undergoing recent renovations a new wood and thatch main building was built and houses the restaurant, bar and reading area. All the tents are discreetly placed around a central glade, offering shade and privacy while still only a short walk to the restaurant and bar. Location Located 5 minutes from the entrance of Lake Manyara National Park.
Lake Manyara Serena Lodge
Lake Manyara Serena Lodge - Comfort & Comfort Plus
Standing high on the edge of a towering terracotta escarpment with panoramic views over Lake Manyara, Lake Manyara Serena Lodge offers a unique blend of tranquility and picturesque beauty. Grouped around a central ‘vanishing horizon’ pool. Rooms are spacious and comfortable.
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Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge - Luxury
In the centre of a coffee plantation, surrounded by monumental trees, Arusha Villa is a perfect place to start (and end) your safari. Six large and luxurious rooms and two family rooms. Four beautiful located garden view rooms. Hike through the coffee and meet the local people in the nearby villages .

Accommodation:  B- Migunga Tented Lodge | C- Lake Manyara Serena Lodge | CP-  Lake Manyara Serena Lodge | L- Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge

DAY 2

  Lake Manyara National Park  to Serengeti National Park

After an early breakfast  you will be driven to Lake Manyara National Park Stretching for 50km’s along the base of the 600 metre high Rift Valley Escarpment, Lake Manyara is a scenic gem, with a setting described by Ernest Hemingway as the “loveliest I had seen in Africa”.  The compact game-viewing circuit through Manyara offers a virtual microcosm of the Tanzanian safari experience. The park is world famous for it’s tree climbing lions which you may be lucky to observe.  Other highlights include flamingos, elephant, giraffe, large buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, baboons and blue monkeys.  In the afternoon, drive to the Serengeti National Park.

  O/N Serengeti National Park in chosen accommodation

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Thorntree Camp - Basic
ThornTree Camp is a basic tented safari camp permanently located in the central Serengeti National Park. The camp is open year round; offering traditional Tanzanian hospitality and great food. The entire camp is powered by solar including hot water and electricity.
Tarangire Sopa Lodge
Serengeti Sopa Lodge - Comfort
Sopa Lodge Serengeti is nestled amongst  the acacia woodland on the edge of the escarpment overlooking the plains of the south-western Serengeti National Park. The lodge consists of 69 standard rooms.  All rooms have 2 queen size beds and are tastefully furnished with local fabrics and artwork. The rooms feature a private lounge with mini bar, en-suite bathroom and a private veranda with stunning views over the Serengeti plains, extending as far as the eye can see.
Serengeti Serena Lodge
Serengeti Serena Lodge - Comfort & Comfort Plus
Centrally located adjacent to the famous western corridor and Grumeti River, Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge has been designed to blend seamlessly into the landscape. A series of traditional ‘rondavels’ are widely spaced throughout the grounds, which are cooled by groves of acacia trees and watered by sparkling streams. On the very edge of the ridge is an infinity pool, which looks over the seemingly endless plains of the Serengeti.
Ole Serai Luxury Camps Moru Kopjes
Serengeti Ole Serai Moru Camp - Luxury
This Luxury Camp is ideally located within Central Seronera area of the famous Serengeti National Park around the famous Moru Kopjes and Lake Magadi. The Camp site is perched between the Rongai Hills & Nyaroboro Hills, a few metres away from the banks of the Mbalageti / Seronera River having an abundant variety of resident wildlife (including all the Big 5) as well as a Hippo Pool located only a few metres away from the camp.

Accommodation:  B- Serengeti Thorntree Camp | C- Serengeti Sopa Lodge | CP-  Serengeti Serena Lodge | L- Serengeti Ole Serai Moru Camp

DAY 3

Serengeti National Park

Rise early in the morning for a full day of exploring the Serengeti National Park. Tanzania’s oldest and most famous National Park, also a world heritage site and proclaimed a 7th world wide wonder, The Serengeti is famed for its annual migration, when some 6 million hooves pound the open plains in search of fresh grazing.  The Serengeti offers amongst the most scintillating game viewing in Africa.  Expect to see great herds of buffalo, elephant, giraffe, topi, eland, hippo, leopard, wildebeest, zebra and much, much more.

O/N at accommodation of choice

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Thorntree Camp Serengeti - Basic
ThornTree Camp is a basic tented safari camp permanently located in the central Serengeti National Park. The camp is open year round; offering traditional Tanzanian hospitality and great food. The entire camp is powered by solar including hot water and electricity.
Tarangire Sopa Lodge
Serengeti Sopa Lodge - Comfort
Sopa Lodge Serengeti is nestled amongst  the acacia woodland on the edge of the escarpment overlooking the plains of the south-western Serengeti National Park. The lodge consists of 69 standard rooms.  All rooms have 2 queen size beds and are tastefully furnished with local fabrics and artwork. The rooms feature a private lounge with mini bar, en-suite bathroom and a private veranda with stunning views over the Serengeti plains, extending as far as the eye can see.
Serengeti Serena Lodge
Serengeti Serena Lodge - Comfort Plus
Centrally located adjacent to the famous western corridor and Grumeti River, Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge has been designed to blend seamlessly into the landscape. A series of traditional ‘rondavels’ are widely spaced throughout the grounds, which are cooled by groves of acacia trees and watered by sparkling streams. On the very edge of the ridge is an infinity pool, which looks over the seemingly endless plains of the Serengeti.
Ole Serai Luxury Camps Moru Kopjes
Ole Serai Moru Kopjes - Luxury
This Luxury Camp is ideally located within Central Seronera area of the famous Serengeti National Park around the famous Moru Kopjes and Lake Magadi. The Camp site is perched between the Rongai Hills & Nyaroboro Hills, a few metres away from the banks of the Mbalageti / Seronera River having an abundant variety of resident wildlife (including all the Big 5) as well as a Hippo Pool located only a few metres away from the camp

Accommodation: B- Serengeti Thorntree Camp | C- Serengeti Sopa Lodge | CP-  Serengeti Serena Lodge | L- Serengeti Ole Serai Moru Camp

DAY 4

 Serengeti National Park  to Ngorongoro Crater

Enjoy a morning game drive in the Serengeti, home to the greatest concentration of large mammals on earth. Expect to spot a large variety of wildlife including cheetah, wildebeest, lion, giraffe, dik dik, impala, gazelle, buffalo and hippo. It is not uncommon to encounter an elusive leopard, numerous lion, in fact the Serengeti has the highest number of lion of any national park in Africa with a staggering population exceeding 2500 lion.

After an early lunch back at camp, you will continue on game viewing until you reach the Ngorongoro Conservation area for O/N stay in your accommodation of choice.

Rhino Lodge
Rhino Lodge - Basic
The Rhino Lodge is located in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a few hundred meters from the crater rim. The Rhino Lodge offers quality and affordable accommodation in a spectacular setting. It is the perfect location from which to explore the Ngorongoro Crater and it surroundings. The lodge has 24 rooms, with en-suite bathrooms and hot showers. Each room has its own veranda where guests can relax while enjoying the forest view.
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Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge - Comfort
Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge boasts large, well-equipped rooms with breathtaking views of the crater floor far below. All suites are centrally heated and the bar and dining room feature large log fires in the evenings. The Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge has the best views of any of the Crater’s lodges and also has the quietest access route to the Crater floor.
Ngorongoro Serena Lodge
Ngorongoro Serena Lodge - Comfort Plus
Ngorongoro Serena Lodge is constructed from local river stones and camouflaged with indigenous vines. Designed to blend completely into the landscape, it is entirely invisible from the floor of the Crater 600 metres below.
Ngorongoro Oldeani Lodge
Ngorongoro Oldeani Lodge - Luxury
A 5 star colonial lodge situated on a picturesque hill with spectacular views onto Oldeani Mountain and the Ngorongoro Crater Rim.

Accommodation:

B- Rhino Lodge | C- Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge  | CP-  Ngorongoro Serena Lodge | L- Ngorongoro Oldeani Lodge

DAY 5

Ngorongoro Crater

Enjoy a picturesque drive as we descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for a day of game viewing.  Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera. Forming a spectacular bowl of approximately 265 square kilometres, with sides up to 600 metres deep, it is home to approximately 30,000 animals at any one time.

Ngorongoro Crater is home to the very last few black rhino and one of the only places in East Africa you can see the BIG 5 in one park. Chances of encountering leopard and cheetah are good, and the always majestic black maned lion. Many flamingos can also been seen on the soda waters of Lake Magadi. Ascend the crater in the early afternoon as we make our way to a nearby Maasai Boma for a village tour before retiring to our accommodation for another night stay. 

Rhino Lodge
Rhino Lodge - Basic
The Rhino Lodge is located in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a few hundred meters from the crater rim. The Rhino Lodge offers quality and affordable accommodation in a spectacular setting. It is the perfect location from which to explore the Ngorongoro Crater and it surroundings. The lodge has 24 rooms, with en-suite bathrooms and hot showers. Each room has its own veranda where guests can relax while enjoying the forest view.
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Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge - Comfort
Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge boasts large, well-equipped rooms with breathtaking views of the crater floor far below. All suites are centrally heated and the bar and dining room feature large log fires in the evenings. The Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge has the best views of any of the Crater’s lodges and also has the quietest access route to the Crater floor.
Ngorongoro Serena Lodge
Ngorongoro Serena Lodge - Comfort Plus
Ngorongoro Serena Lodge is constructed from local river stones and camouflaged with indigenous vines. Designed to blend completely into the landscape, it is entirely invisible from the floor of the Crater 600 metres below.
Ngorongoro Oldeani Lodge
Ngorongoro Oldeani Lodge - Luxury
A 5 star colonial lodge situated on a picturesque hill with spectacular views onto Oldeani Mountain and the Ngorongoro Crater Rim.

Accommodation:
B- Rhino Lodge | C- Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge  | CP-  Ngorongoro Serena Lodge | L- Ngorongoro Oldeani Lodge

DAY 6

Ngorongoro crater to Tarangire National Park

Today we will make or way to the picturesque Tarangire National Park for an adventure packed day of game driving.  Tarangire National Park is home of the giants. Its  characteristically known for its giant baobab tress, some of which are well over 1000 years old and of course the other most spectacular feature of Tarangire is its large elephant population. In fact, it has the largest population of any park in northern Tanzania. These gentle giants abound in excess of 3,000. Explore the Tarangire River in search of Wildlife. We will stop at one of the many picnic sites for lunch but beware of the naughty monkeys who are always on the lookout for a nice lunch box.

O/N stay at accommodation of choice

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Tarangire Whilstling Thorn Camp - Basic
The camp accommodates up to 20 guests in spacious, canvas tents under grass-thatched ramadas, giving them an aesthetically pleasing look. Each tent has an ensuite bathroom with flush toilet and luxurious hot showers.
Tarangire Sopa Lodge
Tarangire Sopa Lodge - Comfort & Comfort Plus
Hidden amongst the kopjes and surrounded by ancient baobab trees, lies Tarangire Sopa Lodge. The lodge consists of 75 rooms, all with a private lounge and mini bar.
Tarangire Kuro Treetops Lodge
Tarangire Kuro Treetops Lodge - Luxury
Indulge in lavish luxury at the Tarangire Kuro Treetops Lodge, nestled deep within the heart of the National Park. The Lodge is strategically located atop an elevated Kopje hill, overlooking the Tarangire River and the Silale valley

Accommodation:
B- Tarangire Whistling Thorn Camp | C- Tarangire Sopa Lodge | CP-  Tarangire Sopa Lodge | L- Tarangire Kuro Treetops Lodge

DAY 7

Tarangire National Park  to Arusha

Today we will continue game viewing en-route through the Tarangire National park and head back to Arusha Coffee Lodge for lunch before being transferred to Kilimanjaro International Airport where the safari concludes. heading back to Arusha in the later stages of the afternoon where your safari concludes.

INCLUDED:

  • Lodge Accommodation 6N 
  • Meals – 6 Breakfasts, 6 lunches, 6 dinners
  • Game drives
  • Maasai Boma Village 
  • Arusha Coffee Lodge
  • Vehicle fees 
  • Park & Concession fees 
  • Guide fees 
  • AMREF Airlift 
  • Coffee & Tea 
  • Water daily 
  • Return Airport or hotel transfer 

EXCLUDED:

  • Guide Tips 
  • Additional activities not listed in inclusions 
  • Personal items required
  • Alcoholic beverages

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