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Northern Circuit Adventure
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2010)
- Member Of:
- TATO & TTB
- Tour Types:
- Small & medium group tours (Budget & mid-range)
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $195 to $580 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
Email Andrew Fraser | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect Safari Experience (and more)
Quite simply faultless, from start to end.
Michael was an absolute delight to deal with, not only organising a terrific safari, but also buses from Nairobi and to Dar, as well as additional nights' accommodation as needed.
The safari itself was incredible. Everyone on the tour (a terrific group of six well-matched people in a very spacious jeep) asked the same questions: Why on earth do people pay for fancy dan safaris? And how on earth do fancy dan safaris cost so much more? We had a similar jeep to the posh people; everyone had a great view; we had a wonderful driver; good food; and we saw all the animals we could have wanted (the exception being a leopard that came down from its tree while we were beetling along the road to find where it had been spotted).
For those wondering (as I was): the accommodation was great. Not what I'd call budget. The first two nights were in a permanent campsite, which meant it was pretty close to a hotel. Private tent with shower/loo under a permanent wooden roof (it looked awesome), plus food cooked in the restaurant there. The other nights were tented under the stars, but with a nice mattress and pillow provided. We had help putting the tent up (took a grand total of about five minutes) and everything was taken down and packed up for us while we were out on a game drive. I much preferred the tented experience to what I assume a lodge is like: felt a lot more adventurous, but was comfy enough. No spiders/snakes/scorpions etc.
I half-assumed the reviews of Northern Circuit Adventure were too good to be true, and that I'd have my girlfriend shouting at me for booking us on a cramped bus ride through jam-packed roads somewhere near the Serengeti with someone on a megaphone shouting that there was a lion somewhere in the distance.
But nope, we had an absolutely perfect time. Honestly could have expected or asked for more. I would highly highly hiiiighly recommend to anyone else. Save yourself a lot of stress, and just go with Michael's operation. They offer the 'standard' park itineraries that you'll see in tons of places, and they provided a faultless safari experience. I really can't expect that anyone else is better.
Thank you to Michael, Elias and Musa.
SE
Email Cecilia | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Caping Safari
Our family (mother, father and 2 children - 13 and 14 years old) were on camping safari and slept in small tents in Serengeti and Ngorogoro and we didn´t miss a thing! Mike (the owner) took good care of us from the arrival in Arusha airport to the flight back from Arusha. He is extremely service minded and he helpful. Our guide and chef then took good care of us on the safari trip. We saw Big Five and of course and a lot of other animals, we learnt a lot about all animals and at dinner time our guide also told us "scary" safari stories, very exciting especially for the kids! The food was also very good. And our chef was also a very nice guy! They both made the safari to a very nice trip. I can also really recommend the tent safari, you feel very close to the nature and it is really exciting at night time! We also want to recommend you to go with Northern Circuit Adventure.
Email Sarah | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A fantastic experince all round!
We had a fantastic time with our driver, Alias, and Sweetbart the chef, who looked after our every needs. Great game, food, company and memories to last forever!
US
Email Joshlyn | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible private safari with the amazing Dennis!
After much research and consideration, my sister and I booked a private safari with Northern Circuit, and it was incredible. Michael was always available to connect about the itinerary and would answer all questions very thoroughly. We did a custom experience with lodges and tented camps instead of budget camping, and it was perfect. Sure, we could have roughed it, but honestly it was so great to end the day at a nicer place. Since we had never been to Africa before, there were a lot of unknowns, and everything worked out great. I am so impressed with Northern Circuit Adventure's professionalism. They really know everything about safariing, and we were well taken care of and in very good hands. Dennis was our guide for the 4 days 3 nights and he is simply the best and made our experience such a good one. We spend hours and hours with this man and he truly became a friend. The only thing I would change about our experience is to go for longer because it was so incredible (I'd say 6 or 7 days would be ideal). So grateful for the once in a lifetime experience with Northern Circuit Adventure!
CZ
Email Michaela | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very well organized and professional
It was our first safari, we were looking for a local company to organize our trip and Northern circuit was an excellent choice! Michael was answering all of our questions quickly and everything turned out the way he'd said. For a reasonable price we visited four national parks, our driver and guide (Livingstone) was a real professional - he knew a lot about animals and always tried to look for their hideout, not to mention he could spot them easily even without binoculars. Our chef (SweetBart) always prepared delicious meal, he tried to customize the menu to our group. The Land cruiser was comfortable and the tents for sleeping were also all right. Livingstone and SweetBart speak very well English, therefore it was easy to communicate with them. Both of them are very friendly and easy going, it was really pleasant to chat with them during the day or in the evenings. After the safari, Michael drove us personally to the airport, he truly cares about the clients and you can see he has a lot of passion for what he does. I would recommend this company to everyone who looks for a well organized safari for a good price and high quality service!! :)
DE
Email Steffen | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Unique Experience
My English is not so good but I try to write this review as good as possible. We are a family from Germany with two children at the age of 7 and 15 years. We booked an eight day safari with Northern Circuit Adventure including the northern national parks (Arusha, Tarangire, Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro). We found that company because of a positive review in a travel Guide. Furthermore we wanted to book a smaller local company because we expected that they would take more care of our individual desires. To keep in contact with Michael the owner of the company was very easy. He made us a very good offer. He offers us also to postpone the journey in the case we would not travel due to Corona.
The company picked us up from the Kilimanjaro Airport and brought us to our hostel. The day after we went to Michaels office to talk about some details of our safari. And at the following day Livingston our driver and guide picked us up with a well maintained off-road vehicle. Eventually a unique safari experience started because
-Livingston was a very good, experienced and prudent driver. At no time we had any fear that an accident could happen. Even facing very bad roads we had always arrived our sites in a good and healthy condition.
-Livingston has actually very good eyes. He even discovered animals with his bare eyes which we only saw with binoculars. So we were able to to see rare animals like the tree climbing lions at Lake Manyara, leopards at Tarangire or rhinos in the Serengeti.
-I noticed that Livingston knows the wild animals very well and he loves them. At no time he was chasing the animals for a short photo contrary to many drivers we saw during the journey. He even asked us for patience when he stayed longer at a certain place and often it was worthwhile. So we saw cheetahs and lions chasing wildebeest and zebras or we were in the middle of the herd of elephants.
-Livingston has very good nerves. Everyone travelling with children knows that they easily get tired and annoying but Livingston has always managed to keep them happy and interested.
If possible I recommend you to choose Northern Circuit Adventure. Everything was organised and carried out in the way we agreed on beforehand. The relationship between the driver, the company owner and us was up from the beginning very heartful and Michael even give us a bottle of red wine for a romantic evening at the edge of the Ngorongoro Crater.
Since in particular the small Tanzanian local companies are suffering from the Corona-Crisis and getting no governmental support at all I advise you to choose that company. You will not regret that!!!
IE
Email Alex | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Reactive
Amazing! Second time we decide to come.
Michael is always reactive and carefully listens to your needs to provide the best experience possible.
The first time was perfect, the second time was even better!
CA
Email Antony and Emilie from Quebec | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Northern Circuit Adventure they allowed us to live a once in a lifetime experience!
Thank you for everything, we had a wonderful 4 days safari in Tarangire national park, Serengeti national park and Ngorongoro Crater. Our guide/driver Issac and our cook Ben were amazing. We saw almost all the animal we wanted to see except the black rhino, but it doesn't matter. Thanks to Northern Circuit Adventure for this memorable safari.
CA
Email Peter, Nicole, Naomi & Catia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Experience of a lifetime!
We just completed a 5-days safari where we went to Tarangire National Park, Serengeti National Park, and Ngorongoro Crater. Mike, who organized the trip, was very good at communicating with us and the choice of itinerary & accommodation was perfectly tailored to our request.
Our guide was Elias and our cook was Gabriel, and we couldn't be happier with our experience! They did an outstanding job of making sure that we were satisfied, comfortable, and safe. Our journey had some setbacks - our camp got flooded after a storm, and our wheel broke on the rough roads of Serengeti - but in both cases they acted very quickly and effectively to arrange us an alternative accommodation or transportation. Not everyone in a similar situation was as lucky…
The food prepared by Gabriel was amazing (and perfectly ‘digestible’ even for a sensitive European stomach)! We also spent one day with Merinyo - both he and Elias were excellent guides, fun and providing lots of information. We saw a full spectrum of African animals ranging from lizards to leopards (in addition to many many lions…) and our car was well networked with other ones so we never missed out when something important was going on.
Thanks to Mike, Elias, Gabriel and Merinyo, our safari adventure was experience of a lifetime!
Asante Sana,
Nicole, Naomi, Catia (from Canada) and Peter (from Slovakia)
SE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic Safari
I couldn't have asked for more! The safari was fantastic!
3 days safari, we visited Tarangire, Ngorongoro and Lake Manyara. Saw all the animals we dreamt of (only the leopard hide to well), elefants, lions, buffelo, hippos, monkeys, giraff, even rhino! Our safariguide was very good, and we loved his sence of humor:) combined to his respect for the animals and nature, he contributed to make this trip excellent. The only thing I think could be better, was the food (both lunch and dinner)...
Next time I come to Tanzania for safari, I'll contact you again.