11-Day Northern Active Safari

• A transfer from the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Tarangire National Park

Our guide will pick you up early in the morning from your hotel, and brief you about what will be covered on the day. The journey from Arusha will open your eyes to the beauty and color of Tanzania land. Our guide will keep you informed about all the important details and what is to be expected on this day. After arrival at the park, all formalities will be handled and your adventure to wild Tarangire begins. In Tarangire, elephants are very popular and can be easily spotted throughout the park, the ancient baobab trees are also scattered everywhere in the park, so you will head to all the spots with animals like zebras, antelopes, lions, giraffes, and buffalos. Lunch will be offered in one of the picnic sites located in the park, and more time for wildlife viewing will be after your lunch. After a full day of game drive in Tarangire, you will be transferred to Karatu for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Tarangire National Park

Best Time To Visit July to November (Animals come to the Tarangire River)

High Season June to October (The park is full of visitors)

Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Tarangire NP

ElephantAbundant

GiraffeCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

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HippoCommon

HyenaOccasional

LeopardRare

CheetahRare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

Accommodation:

Eileen's Trees Inn

• Mid-range lodge located in Karatu (Town)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Ngorongoro Crater

You will have an early start to the day to ensure that you complete the route for the day which combines a grand game drive with a picnic lunch in the crater. Animals often migrate in and out of the crater due to its inflated walls. This means you are proficient in spotting every member of the Big Five within one day.
The Big Five includes buffalos, elephants, rhinos, lions and leopards. Some of the other wildlife that you can expect to see include zebras, hippos, wildebeest, and hyenas. The craters also exhibit a large-scale bird population counting geese, storks, and vultures. You will be pleased by the view of lovely flamingos on the Soda Lake. Our guides are highly professional and will thrill you with their capability to track down animals. This is a skill that a book cannot teach you and that a selected few can perform. Your trip will come to an end in the late afternoon and you will proceed back to the lodge.

Main Destination:

Ngorongoro Crater

Best Time To Visit June to October (Wildlife viewing is best)

High Season Most of the year – July to March (Expect crowds)

Best Weather June to October (Rainfall is little to none)

Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater

Black RhinoCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

HyenaAbundant

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ElephantCommon

HippoCommon

LeopardOccasional

GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Eileen's Trees Inn

• Mid-range lodge located 1-2hr drive from Ngorongoro Crater

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, your driver-guide will pick you up, and your safari will commence. You'll drive to Serengeti National Park, and transit through Ngorongoro Conservation Area, one of the most beautiful natural wildlife safari sites in the world and an exceptional place to interact with people from the Masaai community.
You'll enjoy a picnic lunch at Naabi Gate followed by a game drive in the Serengeti. Later in the afternoon, you will drive to the lodge in the Serengeti National Park for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park

Best Time To Visit January to February and June to October (Different areas are best at different times)

High Season July to March (The Seronera area is crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Wildlife in Serengeti NP

ElephantCommon

LionCommon

CheetahCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

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GiraffeCommon

HippoCommon

HyenaCommon

LeopardOccasional

Black RhinoVery Rare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Accommodation:

Tukaone Serengeti Camps

• Mid-range tented camp located inside Serengeti NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, you'll enjoy a full-day game drive in the Serengeti National Park (morning and afternoon game drive). Serengeti means “endless plains” in the Maasai language and this 6,900 sq. mile (18,000 sq. km) park is inhabited by more than 2 million large animals including more than a million wildebeest, hundreds of thousands of plains zebras, and Thomson’s gazelles. Your overnight stay will be at your booked campsite or lodge.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park

Accommodation:

Tukaone Serengeti Camps

• Mid-range tented camp located inside Serengeti NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, you will enjoy a full-day game drive in the Serengeti National Park (morning and afternoon game drive). The park is inhabited by more than 2 million large animals including more than a million wildebeest, hundreds of thousands of plains zebras, and Thomson’s gazelles.

Your overnight stay will be at your booked campsite or lodge.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park

Accommodation:

Tukaone Serengeti Camps

• Mid-range tented camp located inside Serengeti NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Lake Natron

Our guide will pick you up early in the morning, and the journey to Lake Natron will commence. Lake Natron is a destination that very few travelers visit. With flamingo-filled lakes, ancient hominoid footprints, and active volcanoes, Natron is a stunning region reserved for the adventurous. A truly wonderful region. This is an area well off the beaten track, consisting of a near-pristine forest reserve and extensive grass plains interspersed with mountains, rocky hills, and even a live volcano— Ol Doinyo Lengai, with an extremely steep climb— but reach its peak and you are rewarded with breathtaking views over Ngorongoro, Kilimanjaro and all the volcanoes of the Rift Valley! ‘Mountain of God’ in Maasai. The scenery is phenomenal; some of the most spectacular in Africa. The area is also notable for its location on village land rather than within a game reserve or national park that prohibits human settlement.

Main Destination:

Lake Natron

Accommodation:

Maasai Giraffe Eco Lodge

• Budget lodge located near Lake Natron

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Lake Natron

Early morning walking to the lake shore for sunrise and flamingo viewing. Afterward, you will walk back to the camp around mid-morning for breakfast. In the evening, you will hike Ol Doinyo Lengai, with an extremely steep climb —but reach its peak and you are rewarded with breathtaking views over Ngorongoro, Kilimanjaro, and all the volcanoes of the Rift Valley!
The scenery is phenomenal; some of the most spectacular in Africa.

Main Destination:

Lake Natron

Accommodation:

Maasai Giraffe Eco Lodge

• Budget lodge located near Lake Natron

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Lake Natron

You will have a relaxed morning and in the afternoon you will drive to the starting point. Then, you walk to the waterfalls which is one hour and 45 minutes. This trail is quite basic as it is only five kilometers in distance. However, the trail crosses the river a number of times. I highly suggest water shoes or even using hiking boots and getting them wet.

Main Destination:

Lake Natron

Accommodation:

Maasai Giraffe Eco Lodge

• Budget lodge located near Lake Natron

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Mto wa Mbu

You will enjoy your morning breakfast, after which your day will start with an en-route game drive to Mto wa Mbu. On the way, you will be able to enjoy the game drive with a lot of wildlife habitats such as giraffes, zebras, gazelles, and wildebeest. You will arrive at Mto wa Mbu for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Mto Wa Mbu (Town)

Accommodation:

Fanaka Safaris, Campsites & Lodges

• Budget lodge located in Mto wa Mbu (Town)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Lake Manyara National Park

You'll begin your exciting day by getting breakfast in your accommodation and proceed to Lake Manyara National Park. The park attracts a wide variety of animals including tree-climbing lions, elephants, the endangered African wild dog, large troops of baboons, and flocks of flamingos that can be spotted decorating the beautiful lake and more than 400 other bird species.
As the blazing mid-day sun keeps bathing the land, wildlife viewing will proceed. Later, you will head back to Mto wa Mbu for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Lake Manyara National Park

Best Time To Visit June to October (Easier to spot animals)

High Season July to March (The northern section gets crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP

ElephantCommon

GiraffeCommon

BuffaloCommon

ZebraCommon

WildebeestCommon

HippoCommon

Show more

LionOccasional

HyenaOccasional

LeopardRare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Accommodation:

Fanaka Safaris, Campsites & Lodges

• Budget lodge located just outside Lake Manyara NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Cultural Tour

After breakfast, your cultural tour will begin. A visit to a Masai village is an interesting experience. When you arrive in the village, children and adults greet you with songs and dancing. At certain times, you will be welcomed in one of the homesteads of the village. The village huts are made of cow dung and clay plastered over stalk frames. This is pretty handy, the Maasai keep cattle herds and the dung is always rich and freely available. One of the hosts will give you an insight into the life of the Maasai.
Some may not speak English, but our guide will interpret you so that the story can be exchanged. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about the history and lifestyle of this community. You can ask as many questions as you like. After that, your trip to Arusha will commence. You'll be dropped off at your hotel.

Main Destination:

Arusha (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• A transfer back to the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.