Giraffes running across plain in Serengeti

Great Northern Parks

Name: Great Northern Parks
Brand: Follow Alice
SKU: 988995202
Price: 3985 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (12 reviews)

Trips/Tanzania Safari

6 days

This itinerary combines the very best game-spotting opportunities with unparalleled scenery and sights. You'll have the chance to see the truly expansive Serengeti, the Great Migration, the Big Five, Ngorongoro Crater, Olduvai Gorge, and more!

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Tarangire National Park

Today we kick things into high gear with a safari drive in Tarangire. This is a beautiful park with a distinctly different look and feel to Serengeti. Here you have all of the Big Five, save the rhino. In the dry season, the thirsty animals flock to the river, creating a scene that's chock-full of animals! The elephant herds of the park are a huge drawcard, as they can number into the hundreds!

elephant calf Tarangire, Top 10 attractions in Tanzania

Day 2: Ngorongoro Crater rim

After an early breakfast, we head to the Serengeti. It's a long day of driving, with some of the road being quite bumpy. But we stop en route to stand on the rim of the majestic Ngorongoro Crater and marvel at the breathtaking view below. Continuing through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, we pass Maasai villages and see plenty of wildlife, such as giraffes, wildebeests, hyenas and more. Our destination for the night is our camp within the vast plains of the central Serengeti.

Ngorongoro Crater rim walk with Lake Magadi landscape in distance

Day 3: Northern Serengeti

Today's game drive takes us into the northern Serengeti, a quieter section of this famous park. Look out for the massive herds of wildebeest, zebras and antelopes making dangerous crossings of the croc-infested Mara River during the Great Migration. These are chaotic scenes that have to be seen to be believed! Also see if you can spot lions, leopards, hyenas and other predators who track the herds looking for a kill. Since this is Big Five country, you might also be lucky and spot some rhinos, buffaloes and elephants.

Safari vehicle in the Serengeti, what is the Serengeti famous for?

Day 4: Great Migration

Today we enjoy another epic game drive. Did you know that the name serengeti comes from the Maasai word for ‘land of endless plains’? The views as we drive are of gorgeous rolling hills, granite outcrops, open savannah and acacia woodlands. Apart from the Big Five, the park also boasts the like of cheetahs, elands, giraffes, warthogs, servals, hyenas, jackals, topis, impalas, oribis and porcupines.

Day 5: Olduvai Gorge

We head southeast towards Ngorongoro Crater today, enjoying another great safari drive in the Serengeti on the way. It's a long drive today, but en route we have the option of stopping at Olduvai Gorge, one of the most important paleoanthropological sites in the world. In the evening we settle into the lodge on the rim of Ngorongoro Crater, surrounded by thick, lush rainforest. Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for wildlife hiding in the surrounding vegetation, as the animals are most certainly there!

Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater safari

It's an exciting day today: we drive down into the 600 m-deep Ngorongoro Crater! This is something that's on every self-respecting traveller's bucket list. The roads zigzags down through the forested crater wall, and you should be on the lookout for leopards. We then enter the grasslands and woodlands of the crater floor, where there's a super-abundance of wildlife, including lions with unusually dark manes.

Pur. Lion among purple flowers in Ngorongoro Crater

Inclusions

Price Includes

Professional, English-speaking safari guide and driver

A private safari car with pop-up roof and all petrol (fuel)

All game drives

All park fees

All meals

All accommodation

Price Does Not Include

Airfares

Tanzanian visa

Traveller’s insurance

Airport transfers

Tips

Alcohol and soft drinks

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Gallery

Black rhino and calf standing in grassland in Kenya

Zebras and flamingoes in Ngorongoro Crater

Wildebeests grazing in Maasai Mara, Kenya, with setting sun

FAQs

What is the Northern Circuit?

The Northern Circuit refers to the game parks of northern Tanzania. These are the most popular Tanzanian parks for safari, having the highest concentration of wildlife. The parks include the famous Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti, as well as some lesser-known but incredibly rewarding parks like Lake Manyara and Tarangire.

What's so special about Ngorongoro Crater?

Ngorongoro Crater is a massive, 20 km-wide caldera that has become a haven for wildlife. It has no human settlements. From the rim of the crater, you're too far away to see any animals, but when you drive down into the crater on a safari drive, you discover the area is teeming with all kinds of wildlife. In fact, the crater has Africa's highest density of lions. It's also home to 7,000 wildebeest, 6,000 black-spotted hyenas, and 4,000 zebras.

Where can I see the Great Migration?

The two primary places to see the Great Wildlife Migration are Serengeti National Park in Tanzania and Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. We discuss where the herds of the migration tend to be during each month in Best time to visit Serengeti National Park. You might also be interested in reading Kenya vs Tanzania – which offers the better safari?

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