6-Day Luxury (plus) Northern Circuit Safari $5,715 to $5,750 USD (PER PERSON)

You will be picked up from the airport by a Makanga safari representative and conveyed to your accommodation in Arusha where you will overnight, relax, and prepare in anticipation of the adventures to come. Gran Melia is a luxury hotel of calm and aesthetic pleasure.

Accommodation:Gran Melia Arusha

• Luxury hotel located in or near Arusha

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)

• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

In the morning you will be collected from your lodgings in Arusha by our personal safari guide. We set out for Tarangire National Park on a good tarmac road across gently rolling Maasai plains with scattered acacia trees. As we zip along we pass many Maasai in their colourful dress walking on the roadside, riding bicycles, herding cattle and driving donkey’s carts. Tarangire National Park, well known for its large elephant herds, is also host to a multitude of other creatures. From the open roof of our state of the art safari jeep we experience the seasonal swamps, savanna and life giving Tarangire River, endeavoring to encounter a multitude of creatures, from zebra to wildebeest, buffalo, elephant, and giraffe, to name a few. It is possible we will glimpse lion stalking prey or leopards watching, relaxing in the trees above.
you will drive to one of our carefully selected luxury partner lodges for dinner in a tasteful restaurant, a pool at hand to soothe us, and a most capacious.
Accommodation: Gibb's Farm

• Luxury lodge located in or near Karatu District
Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included

• All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

After breakfast, you will continue towards the fertile highlands where wheat and corn are grown by the Iraqw people. Along the way we'll pass through the mist-shrouded rainforests of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area where you might be lucky enough to see baboons, or even leopards and elephants in the dense undergrowth. Passing through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you will be able to see the breath-taking Ngorongoro Crater before traveling onwards to the Serengeti National Park, which you will reach by midday. The Serengeti National Park is the largest park in Tanzania with diverse landscapes and habitats, such as grassy plains, swamps, lakes, savannah and mountains. After an extensive game drive, you will drive to your accommodation where you will enjoy dinner and an overnight stay.

Accommodation:Lemala Nanyukie

• Luxury+ tented camp located inside Serengeti NP
Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included

• All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

You will spend a full day in this incredible place, exploring the park, its animals and incredible landscapes. The Serengeti is the habitat for an abundance of wildlife, such as impala, buffalo, crocodiles and hippos, but is more well-known for its great migrating herds of zebras and wildebeest. The animals’ trek is determined by the rainfall and varies from year to year. Apart from the migrating herds, you may see predators, such as leopards, cheetahs and lions.

Accommodation:Lemala Nanyukie

• Luxury+ tented camp located inside Serengeti NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included

• All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

After breakfast, you will drive to the Ngorongoro Crater; the world’s largest volcanic caldera. It is almost 20km wide, approximately 610 m deep and is known for its large variety of wildlife. In addition to the Big Five, the various springs attract animals such as wildebeest, gazelles, reedbucks and more than 500 bird species. At a picnic site you will have lunch before enjoying some more game viewing in the crater.
After your afternoon game drive, you will head to spend the night at nearby lodge on the crater rim.

Accommodation: & Beyond Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

• Luxury+ lodge located on the crater rim of Ngorongoro Crater
Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included

• All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

Early risers are rewarded with breathtaking views of the rising sun over the crater’s edge. After a hearty breakfast, we rumble down the adventurous track into the crater. This UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of the Seven Wonders of Africa, formed about 3 million years ago, is 610 m deep, and covers roughly 260 sq km. Due to its dense animal population of approximately 25,000 ungulates, the crater offers the best game viewing of all the parks in Tanzania. In a matter of minutes, we will be able to see wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, elephant, and some of the more than 500 bird species inhabiting the area. With a little bit of luck, we may even catch a glimpse of the endangered black rhino through the grass.

After an extensive game drive and a picnic lunch, we leave the crater in the afternoon to travel back to Karatu. We will stay in one of our hand-picked, quality, mid-range partner lodges.

Accommodation:Eileen's Trees Inn

• Mid-range lodge located outside Ngorongoro Crater

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included

• Drinks not included

After breakfast, we drive to our final destination on this epic safari - Lake Manyara National Park. This relatively small but diverse park, 120km west of Arusha, is named for the shallow salt lake which covers a good 70 percent of the park's surface area. Flooding and drying with the seasons, the soda lake is home to thousands of flamingos as well as over 500 other bird species.

During our exploration of the park, we will see monkeys, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, buffalos, elephants, and with some luck, lions lounging in the trees. The park is known for its diverse landscapes, not only the open grassy plains, but also primate-filled woodlands and baobab dotted cliffs. After another memorable game drive, our adventure comes to an end. We return to Arusha in the late afternoon, filled with images of the African wild to last a lifetime.

Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)

• Non-alcoholic drinks

End of tour

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.

• You'll be dropped off at the airport.