8 Days Lodging Group in Spectacular Northern Circuit
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8 Days Lodging Group in Spectacular Northern Circuit
All our 8-day Africa wildlife safaris, tours, holidays and travel packages, specifically include the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the world famous Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. This specific Africa safari and travel itinerary has been designed for visitors with more time on hand for longer safari or travel tours. It specifically includes the Arusha NP, Tarangire NP & Lake Manyara NP. The tour has been designed to offer you a total Tanzanian northern circuit safari experience with Cultural Villages Added
The tour starting and ending point is Arusha
The tour starts at 07hrs 00
The tour ends at 18hrs 00
124.7 km, 2 hrs 24min
Early After breakfast drive to Lake Manyara national park from Arusha, it is well known by its abundance of birds, There are also different varieties of Trees which include Sausage trees, umbrella trees, baobabs and palms, Lake Manyara hosts over 400 species of birds, some example are pink Flamingo, Yellow-Billed storks, heroin and corkscrew, it is a small park with mammals including Zebras, Lions, Baboons, Impala, wildebeest, hippos, elephants and buffaloes, it is the perfect place to rest and tranquility because it guarantees you a relaxing ambience to enjoy, The word Manyara comes from the word “Maa” which is the language of Maasai which is the tree plants used to create hedges, Two-third of the park is alkaline lake, so the place is mostly submerged in alkaline water, if you are adventurous, thrill-seeking and nature-loving person this is heaven for you, Dinner and Overnight at Kizumba Campsite.
132 km, 3 hrs 5 min
Leave Campsite after breakfast in our opened roof 4wd Headed to Endless Plains of Serengeti, you will expect to see a wide diversity of wildlife found within the park. Also, the park host the greatest show on the planet. Because of its biodiversity and ecological significance, the park has been listed by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization as UNESCO world heritage sites. The Maasai people had been grazing their livestock in the Serengeti which was named “Open plains” when the first European explorer Austrian Oscar Bauman visited the area in 1892. In the afternoon you will reach the destination of the day, Dinner and Overnight at Seronera Campsite.
We do an after breakfast game viewing drive along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River, and which is good for possible Lion, Thomson Gazelle, Topi, Ostrich and Cheetah sightings. The Visitor Centre close to the Serengeti Seronera Lodge and public campsites, is well worth a visit after the morning’s game drive. The center also has a shop where cold drinks and snacks can be purchased, as well as a picnic area and information trail up and around a nearby kopje. We will enjoy a relaxed picnic lunch at the center in the shade of the giant acacia trees.
In the afternoon we will follow the Kopjes Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes, which usually attracts a number of lions and some formidably large cobras. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting wildlife in the dry seasons – including lions, which like to wait for animals coming to drink. Dinner and overnight stays at Seronera campsite.
113km, 2 hrs
A morning game drive at Serengeti National Park, all three biggest cats are easily seen. Lions are everywhere and are often found on kill. Cheetah is very common in the Southern Plains. Leopards can often be found lazing in big trees along the Seronera River. Great Herd of Buffalo, a smaller group of Elephant and Giraffe and thousands upon thousands of Eland, Topi, Kongoni, Impala and Grants Gazelle are resident of Serengeti by any time of the year. Later after Launch you will drive in the direction of Ngorogoro crater. As soon as you have reached the Edge of the crater, you will have a remarkable view of this impressive natural wonders, dinner and overnight at Simba campsite.
139.1km, 2 hrs 53min
After smelling early morning coffee all your senses will be involved and experiencing the thrill of kill to chill of a morning game drive. Estimated 7,000 wildebeest, 4,000 zebras, 3,000 eland, 3,000 gazelles, 600 hyena, 200-300 elephants, over 60 lions, 30 rhinos, and many others. In all over 25,000 wild creatures call the Ngorongoro Crater home. For friends of the winged ones, look no further. Within this caldera you will find 500 bird species, Ostriches, kori bustards, secretary bird and more. Visit from November to April and witness the myriad migratory birds that take up residence here. Indigenous tribes are permitted to live in a conservation area and local Maasai graze their livestock on the crater floor in harmony with nearby Herds of Buffalo and Wildebeest. Later we drive to Kizumba campsite which is far from Tarangire more than 30 minutes.
154.1 km, 2 hrs 33min
We enjoy an early morning game drive in the Tarangire National Park, The beauty of the park will offers you an unparalleled game viewing you have never seen and during the dry season Elephants abound, Families of the ancient trunks of Baobab trees and strip acacia bark from the thorn trees, Breathtaking view of the Maasai steppe and mountain in the south makes a stopover at Tarangire a memorable experience, you can see herds and group of animals like Elephant, followed by Zebras, Buffalo and oryxes who venture from Maasai to the Tarangire in search of water, There are also few Lions prowling around looking for unexpecting preys around the jungle, There are more breeding species of birds found in Tarangire national park than anywhere else on the planet, Therefore from here Nothing left unseen on your 6 days tour. Later you will drive back to Arusha with the full stories to tell.
After having your breakfast you will be picked up from your hotel and driven 1o miles to Arusha National Park gate, welcomed by Colobus Monkeys on your walking safari accompanied by rangers in the mountain slopes of Meru which are swathed in tropical rainforest. It’s a unique eco-system that attracts thousands of animals and birds. After a tasty lunch you’ll hop in the Land Cruiser for a game drive that will take you through a wider scope of the park, including the lakes of Momella and the Ngurdoto Crater, and you’ll most likely spot buffalo, waterbuck, giraffe, warthogs, zebra and gazelle. You will be back to the airport or hotel later in the evening.
You will be collected from your hotel 06:30am, taking a direction to Moshi, Upon arrival on the village office you will register and get informative briefing, Then after you will have short walk to the waterfall approximately 40min to the Materun falls, on your way to the falls you will learn about Local cultural life. Later afternoon after observing the 80M high waterfall you will come back at the village for chagga Local food and coffee experience. Local food is typically Chagga food and aside you will have Rice/Pilau prepare with a lot of fruits from the village. Experiencing the traditional coffee processing technique and participating in making organic coffee
Then after a late afternoon, you will take a root to Hotspring, The road to the hotspring is very bumpy and windy, so driving take more than 1 hour. During the trip you can enjoy the wonderfully scenery and see the authentic Tanzania life. When we arrive the Hot springs you can swim, relax and enjoy the sun. Later evening you take your road back to your Hotel at Arusha.