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7 Days Standard Lodge Safari with Lake Natron

Duration

7 Days

Max People

6

Min Age

4+

Pickup

(JRO) Airport

Tour Overview

Overview

The Discover Northern Tanzania safari package offers an immersive experience through the renowned Northern Circuit game parks. You will visit key destinations including Serengeti National Park, famous for the Great Migration, and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, known for its stunning crater filled with diverse wildlife.

Additionally, you will explore Lake Natron, a serene yet remote landscape home to flocks of flamingos, and the scenic Tarangire National Park, where vast herds of elephants roam the swamps and savannahs. Lastly, the trip covers Lake Manyara National Park, known for its diverse habitats, from its alkaline lake to the towering escarpment, providing a home for tree-climbing lions and other wildlife.

This journey through various ecosystems will offer you unparalleled wildlife viewing and picturesque landscapes.

Tour Experience

Is This Trip for Me?

Yes ! This tour is designed for anyone, you can book this tours as solo traveler, couple & also Tanzania Giants Tours offers this tour to small & large groups who are willing to travel together. Do not hesitate to contact us and our specialist will be ready to help you plan your holiday to Africa.

Tour Itinerary

Tour Plan

1 Arrival Day

You will be picked up from Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to your hotel in either Moshi or Arusha. There, you will meet your guide, who will brief you on the details of your upcoming safari. All the essential information about the safari will be provided by your guide.

Hotel check-in begins at 12:00 PM. Overnight at the hotel.
Note: No meals are included.

2 Moshi/Arusha to Tarangire National Park to Karatu

You will be picked up from your hotel in Moshi/Arusha at 07:00 hrs and transferred to Tarangire National Park to begin your game viewing experience. This magnificent park is renowned for its large baobab trees, abundant wildlife, including one of the largest elephant populations in the country, and a wide variety of bird species.

After your tour of the park, you will be transferred to your lodge in Karatu, where you will spend the night.

Overnight at the Lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner included.

3 Tarangire National Park to Lake Natron

After breakfast, you will depart from the area around Tarangire National Park and head to the multicultural village of Mto wa Mbu. From there, you will journey along a spectacular yet bumpy gravel road that follows the Rift Valley Escarpment, with the majestic Ol Doinyo Lengai, the “holy mountain” of the Maasai, visible in the distance.

Today’s destination is the traditional Maasai village of Ngare Sero, located in the hot and dusty Rift Valley. From a distance, you may catch glimpses of the pink glow of flamingos as they breed and feed by the lake. As the sun sets, you will embark on a guided walk with a Maasai guide to a nearby waterfall. After taking in the natural beauty of the area, you will return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Overnight: At the lodge
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

4 Lake Natron to Serengeti National Park

After an early start, you will travel along adventurous dirt tracks with breathtaking views as your vehicle climbs out of the Rift Valley, reaching the grassy plains of the Serengeti by midday. In Maasai, Serengeti means “endless plains,” and you will truly find the grassland savannah stretching to the horizon, dotted with grazing animals. The Serengeti is a must-see park for anyone planning a trip to Tanzania. It is the park where the greatest wonder of the world, “The Annual Migration of Wildebeest,” takes place, as millions of animals march in search of fresh pasture and water, often risking their lives and the lives of their calves. After your game viewing, you will overnight at your lodge in the northern part of the park.

Overnight at the Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included

5 Serengeti National Park

Following breakfast, you will spend the entire day on a game drive in Serengeti National Park, enjoying lunch at a picnic spot along the way. Depending on the time of year, you may have the chance to witness the great migration, which includes hundreds of thousands of wildebeests, zebras, and Thomson’s gazelles.

During the short rainy season in October and November, these herds typically move from the Kenyan Masai Mara through the northwest of the Serengeti to the plains in the south. After the long rainy season in April, May, and June, the herds gradually travel back through the western and northwestern parts of the Serengeti. Due to fluctuations in rainfall, this timetable can change, resulting in the animals migrating at different times and along different routes.

Your guide will do his utmost to locate the animals and ensure you can observe them from the best vantage points in the national park. Naturally, the migration also attracts predators, and with some luck, you might witness a kill in action.

You will spend the night at the same lodge.

Overnight: Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner included.

6 Serengeti National Park to Ngorongorp Conservation Area

Dawn is an excellent time to observe wildlife, so you will wake up early to join a morning game drive. Afterward, you will return to the lodge for breakfast before heading out for another game drive in the park. In the Seronera region, you will often see wildebeests and zebras in close proximity to lions and other predators, such as leopards and cheetahs.

After a picnic lunch, you will continue your journey toward the Ngorongoro Conservation Area for an overnight stay.

Overnight : Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner included

7 Ngorongoro Conservation Area to Karatu

Rise and shine! After breakfast at daybreak, you will drive down into the crater. Inside the world’s largest caldera, you will encounter a diversity of wildlife, ranging from black rhinos, Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelles, lions, and leopards, to elephants and mountain reedbucks in the forests on the slopes. You might also spot buffaloes, spotted hyenas, and some of the more than 500 bird species in the area. After an extensive game drive and a picnic lunch, you will leave the crater in the afternoon and travel to your lodge in Karatu.

Overnight will be spent at the Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included.

8 Karatu to Lake Manyara National Park to Arusha/Moshi/Airport

Lake Manyara National Park is home to over 400 bird species, primate-filled forests, and grassy plains. A large area of the park is covered by the alkaline Lake Manyara, which hosts colonies of flamingos and other water birds. In addition to giraffes, hippos, wildebeests, and impalas on the grassy plains, you might see lions lounging in the trees and elephants feeding on acacias in the woodlands. While the forest near the lake is filled with noisy troops of blue monkeys, extended baboon families hang around the roads. After the game drive, you will return to Moshi in the late afternoon.

Overnight at the Hotel
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch Included

9 Rest at the Hotel and Transfer to the Airport

Hotel check-out is at 11:00 AM. If you need a late check-out due to an overnight flight, you can extend your hotel stay until 6:00 PM for an additional fee.

Tour Include/Exclude

  • Pick up and drop off from Kilimanjaro International airport.
  • 2 nights of hotel Accommodation before and after safari (breakfast included)
  • Transportation in a 4×4 Toyota Land cruiser with pop-up roof
  • Professional and Experienced English-speaking safari guide
  • All national park fees;
  • All accommodation in safari lodges under your program
  • Three meals per day on safari;
  • Bottled drinking water throughout the tour
  • Medical kit;
  • Binocular
  • All mentioned activist as per itinerary
  • Tanzania Visa
  • International and domestic flights
  • Tips and gratuities
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal Expenses (e.g. laundry, telephone, beverages, etc.)
  • Meals not listed in the itinerary
  • Liquors, beers and bottled beverages

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$3,100 / Person

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