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8-Day The Best Northern Circuit Wildlife Tour

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Journey Snapshot

🗺 Tanzania ⏱ 8 days 🚙 4x4 Pop-up Roof

Arusha National Park

Overview Day by Day Rates Inclusions Getting There Offered By

Kitano Tour and Safari - All-Inclusive Northern Circuit Safari Experience the best of Tanzania's Northern Circuit with Kitano Tour and Safari. This exceptional safari can be described as an all-inclusive Northern Circuit adventure, taking you to some of Tanzania's most remarkable national parks and wildlife destinations. Your journey includes Arusha National Park, Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park, and the Ngorongoro Crater. Each destination offers a unique wildlife experience, from breathtaking landscapes and diverse ecosystems to unforgettable encounters with Tanzania's iconic animals. One of the highlights of this safari is the rare opportunity to see groups of Tanzania's three big cats - lions, leopards, and cheetahs. With an itinerary covering some of the country's richest wildlife areas, there is also a high chance of encountering the Big Five: lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and rhinoceros. With Kitano Tour and Safari, this all-inclusive Northern Circuit safari combines adventure, wildlife, spectacular scenery, and unforgettable experiences into one extraordinary Tanzanian journey.

Route

Start	Arusha National Park (Day 1)
Day 2	Tarangire National Park
Day 3	Lake Manyara National Park
Day 4	Serengeti National Park
Day 5	Serengeti National Park
Day 6	Serengeti National Park
Day 7	Serengeti then Ngorongoro Highlands
Day 8	Ngorongoro Crater
End	Arusha National Park

Tour Features

Day 1 :Arusha National Park Day 2 :Tarangire National Park Day 3 :Lake Manyara National Park Day 4 :Serengeti National Park Day 5 :Serengeti National Park Day 6 :Serengeti National Park Day 7 :Serengeti then Ngorongoro Highlands Day 8 :Ngorongoro Crater

Activities & Transportation

Route: Arusha National Park
Duration: 8 day
Getting around: 4x4 safari vehicle (pop-up roof)
Transfers: airport pick-up & drop-off can be included

Accommodation & Meals

Day

Accommodation

Meals

1

Green Mountain Hotel Budget hotel located in Arusha (City)

All meals included All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

2

Kankari Lodge Mid-range lodge located 1-2hr drive from Tarangire NP

All meals included All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

3

Kankari Lodge Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Lake Manyara NP

All meals included All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

4

Shuhudia Adventure Camp Mid-range tented bush camp located inside Central Serengeti NP

All meals included All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

5

Shuhudia Adventure Camp Mid-range tented bush camp located inside Central Serengeti NP

All meals included All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

6

Safari Haven Serengeti Camp Mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti NP

All meals included All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

7

Kankari Lodge Mid-range lodge located in Karatu (Town)

All meals included All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

8

No accommodation

All meals included All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

Day by Day

Day 1 Arusha National Park

⏱Morning 🏨Green Mountain Hotel Budget hotel located in Arusha (City) 🍽All meals included All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

After being welcomed to Arusha, in the morning, you will begin your safari to Arusha National Park. The entrance gate of Arusha National Park leads into the forest of inhabited blue monkeys and colourful turacos and trogon - the only place on the northern safari circuit where the acrobatic black-and-white colobus monkey is easily seen. In the midst of the forest stands the spectacular Ngurdoto Crater, whose steep rocky cliffs enclose a wide marshy floor dotted with herds of buffalo and warthog. While in Arusha National Park, you will be able to enjoy the view of Mount Meru by walking close to it for about 2 to 3 hours with an armed ranger who will be accompanying you throughout. Although elephants are uncommon in Arusha National Park, and lions are absent altogether, leopards, spotted hyenas, giraffe, buffalo, and many other animals may be seen. In the evening, you will be transferred back to Arusha in your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay at Venus Premier Hotel.

Day 2 Tarangire National Park

⏱Morning 🏨Kankari Lodge Mid-range lodge located 1-2hr drive from Tarangire NP 🍽All meals included All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

After breakfast in the morning, you'll board a 4x4 Land Cruiser safari vehicle and set off for a safari to Tarangire National Park. This park boasts the highest population density of elephants in Tanzania, with herds of up to 300 elephants digging into the dry riverbed for underground streams. You'll also encounter migratory wildebeests, zebras, buffaloes, impalas, gazelles, hartebeests, and elands. Tarangire offers the greatest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti ecosystem, making it a prime hunting ground for predators. It's one of the few places in Tanzania where you can regularly spot dry-country antelope, such as the stately fringe-eared oryx and the unique long-necked gerenuk. After a full day of game drives, you will be transferred to your booked lodge in the evening for dinner, a warm shower, and your overnight stay.

Day 3 Lake Manyara National Park

⏱Morning 🏨Kankari Lodge Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Lake Manyara NP 🍽All meals included All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

After breakfast in the morning, your driver-guide will pack a picnic lunch in a 4x4 safari jeep. You'll then have a short drive to your destination for the day: Lake Manyara National Park. Although one of Tanzania's smaller wildlife reserves, Lake Manyara boasts an incredible diversity of landscapes and wildlife. Bird lovers will especially enjoy the sight of hundreds of pink flamingos and yellow-billed storks flying around the lake. The park is also famous for its unique tree-climbing lions, large groups of baboons, blue monkeys, buffaloes, wildebeests, zebras, and giraffes. After a full day of game viewing, you'll be transferred to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

Day 4 Serengeti National Park

⏱Morning 🏨Shuhudia Adventure Camp Mid-range tented bush camp located inside Central Serengeti NP 🍽All meals included All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

Your driver-guide will now take you to Serengeti, undoubtedly one of the best-known wildlife sanctuaries in the world. Very well known for its endless plains named by the Maasai as Serengeti, Serengeti National Park is most likely the best wildlife sanctuary in the world. It is home to hundreds of lions, cheetahs, leopards, giraffes, elephants, buffalo, millions of wildebeests, thousands of zebras, gazelles, and thousands of birds, to mention a few. The park is world-famous for the great migration of over a million wildebeests and thousands of zebras. Let me not blow the trumpet, but allow you to see more than what we are explaining. You will have the game drive till the evening, when you will be transferred to your booked camp for a warm shower, dinner, and your overnight stay.

Day 5 Serengeti National Park

⏱Morning 🏨Shuhudia Adventure Camp Mid-range tented bush camp located inside Central Serengeti NP 🍽All meals included All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

Waking up in the Serengeti is marvelous. You will be able to hear various sounds of birds and different wild animals, together making the total completion of the sound of Serengeti and the real African beauty. Today, you will have a whole day game drive to the most wonderful place in the world. On this day, you will have the option to take a balloon safari, which is taken very early in the morning. Balloon safaris not only allow you to see thousands of wildlife in a short moment but alsoallow you to enjoy the unique safari of using a balloon instead of a normal safari vehicle. If you opt for the normal safari vehicle, you will still have a whole day game drive till late in the evening, when you will be transferred to the camp for a warm shower, dinner, and your overnight stay.

Day 6 Serengeti National Park

⏱Morning 🏨Safari Haven Serengeti Camp Mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti NP 🍽All meals included All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

Today, you will go beyond central Serengeti. Depending on the month you visit, you can visit a different area. For example, from December to March, you can go to the south Serengeti, from April to June west Serengeti, and from July to October, you can visit the North Serengeti. Nevertheless, depending on your interest, you can discuss with the guide about the animals you are interested in seeing so that he can transfer you to the areas with those animals. You can visit as far as you can. Later, you will be transferred to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 7 Serengeti then Ngorongoro Highlands

⏱Morning 🏨Kankari Lodge Mid-range lodge located in Karatu (Town) 🍽All meals included All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

After breakfast, you will continue with the game drive in this rare place on this planet. You will have a half-day game drive to spot some animals that you may not have seen for the last two days. After viewing several animals and saying bye to one of the most wonderful places on this planet, you will be transferred to Ngorongoro for dinner and an overnight stay at your booked lodge.

Day 8 Ngorongoro Crater

⏱Morning 🏨No accommodation 🍽All meals included All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

On this day, you will be heading to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. After breakfast, you'll start a safari to your destination of the day with picnic lunch boxes. After registration, you'll descend to the crater for an enchanting game viewing drive. Known as 'the eighth Wonder of the World', the Ngorongoro Crater is one of Africa's best-known wildlife arenas. The UNESCO World Heritage Site offers a unique biosphere, which has remained virtually unchanged since the dawn of time. Deep within the crater, enclosed by towering walls, some 25,000 large mammals wander the plains, lakes, and forests of the land. During your game drive inside the crater, you will most likely see black rhinos, leopards, wonderful black-maned lions, and many flamingos. Later, you will be transferred to Arusha.