Safari simply means “journey” in Swahili.  This safari is an intense crash-course of Tanzania’s Northern Circuit safari experienced over five days. During this time, we will visit two of the most thrilling, world-renowned national parks – N’gorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara. Between these two awe-inspiring parks, we will experience such naturally-occurring phenomena as a soda-lake and parts of the Great Rift Valley (just to name a few) in addition to the encyclopedic amount of wildlife roaming about the confines of said parks.

Tentative Itinerary:

Day 1. Head to Lake Manyara for full day safari with picnic lunch. Although one of the smaller Tanzanian parks (325 sq.kms) in the Rift Valley, Manyara National Parks boasts a large lake. During the months of July through April, the lake waters are tinged pink from the hundreds of greater and lesser flamingos who feed there. Other features of the park include its stable herds of elephants and buffalos, enormous troops of baboons and its famous tree-climbing lions. 

Day 2. Transfer to Seronera in the middle of the Serengeti. Picnic lunch and wildlife observation. This is the most famous game park in the world and encompasses nearly 15,000 sq. km.  It is unrivaled anywhere for its seasonally shifting concentrations of herbivores. Nearly 1.5 million wildebeest, 500,000 gazelle and 250,000 zebra completes a cyclical annual migration within the ecosystem between November and June. The Serengeti is also known for its large prides of lion, cheetah, wild dogs and leopard.

Day 3. Morning safari in the Serengeti. Afternoon transfer to the Ngorongoro Crater for overnight on the crater rim. 

Day 4. After breakfast, we will arise to an early-morning safari before traveling to the Ngorongoro Crater in the afternoon.

The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is located on the far east area of the Serengeti and contains four distinct habitats – all offering unparalleled game-viewing opportunities year-round. Some of the phenomenal safari experiences include such epic observations such as the Great Migration – tens of thousands of zebra and wildebeest stampeding across the Serengeti. Also contained within Ngorongoro area are world-renowed archeological sites of Laetoli where some of the oldest proof of human existence can be found – footprints over 3.6 million years old.

Day 5. Voyage to Tarangire National Park for a full day’s safari.  Native land to a vast number of elephants (in upwards of 1000), Taragrine National Park offers numerous chances to observe lions, cheetahs, and leopards in addition to its massive diversity of wildlife as wll as the symbolic Baobab tree. Tarangire National is an ornithologist’s paradise, offering a variety of feathered species, including some of the most aggressive birds of prey flapping their expansive wings over the famously-varied fauna rich in birds of prey and an incredible diversity of avifauna. The day concludes with a return-trip to Arusha.