Seven days is the sweet spot for northern Tanzania: enough time to give Tarangire two full days, spend a morning with the farming communities of Mto wa Mbu, cover real ground in the Serengeti, and still descend into the Ngorongoro Crater without rushing.
You travel in a private 4×4 with a pop-up roof and your own guide throughout, staying in comfortable tented lodges positioned close to the action — overlooking Tarangire, up in Karatu and on the crater rim itself.
A scenic drive south-west to Tarangire, famous for its giant baobabs and the largest elephant herds in northern Tanzania. Lunch on arrival, then an afternoon game drive along the river.
A whole day to work the Tarangire River, where the dry season concentrates elephant, lion, eland and fringe-eared oryx, and over 500 bird species have been recorded.
A morning with the farming communities of Mto wa Mbu — irrigation plots, banana groves and the local craft workshops — before continuing up to Karatu for the night.
Climb through the Ngorongoro highlands and out across the short-grass plains as green hills give way to golden savanna. Picnic lunch en route and an afternoon game drive on arrival.
A sunrise start and a full day covering different zones of the park — following the migration if it's in range, or working the Seronera Valley kopjes for lion, leopard and cheetah.
A final morning game drive on the plains before travelling back east to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, arriving on the crater rim in time for sunset.
An early descent onto the crater floor for elephant, lion, black rhino and flamingo among 25,000 large animals in a 260 km² caldera, then the afternoon drive back to Arusha.
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Request a QuoteThe circuit runs Arusha → Tarangire → Mto wa Mbu → Karatu → Serengeti → Ngorongoro Crater → Arusha.
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