Serengeti and Ngorongoro

7 days—The full northern circuit, unhurried: two nights on the crater rim, Oldupai Gorge and three Serengeti nights

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Safari summary

Seven days is the point at which the northern circuit stops being a checklist. Two nights in each base, no day spent entirely in the car, and enough time to go back to something that was good.

Two nights in every base — you unpack twice, not five times. A full crater morning and a full Oldupai afternoon. Three Serengeti nights, so a good sighting can be revisited. The most complete version of the circuit we run.

Every TopaTanzania safari is private: your own 4x4 Land Cruiser with a pop-up roof and your own Maasai guide, with nobody else put in your vehicle. The itinerary is a starting point, so the length, route, pace, camps and dates can all be changed.

Where: Ngorongoro Crater, Oldupai Gorge, central and southern Serengeti. Best time: All year; strongest June–October and December–March.

Price from US$3,950 per person sharing; your written quotation is the binding figure for your dates.

About this tour

	Tour type	Custom, tailor-made, private
	Main focus	Game drives
	Activity level	Easy activity
	Best months	January, February, March, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
	Countries	Tanzania
	Parks	Ngorongoro Crater Serengeti

What’s included?

Accommodation
Airport transfers
Meals
Park fees
Private vehicle and driver

What’s not included?

All drinks
Internal flights
International flights
Tips and gratuities
Visas

Itinerary

Arusha to the crater rim

Ngorongoro Crater

Up through Mto wa Mbu and the escarpment, on to the rim by early afternoon, and the first view of the caldera. (Approx. 4 hours' driving; Rim viewpoint.)

The crater floor

Ngorongoro Crater

First light on the descent road and a full morning on the floor — Lerai forest, Munge stream, the Magadi shore. Up before the crowds. (06:30 descent; Full morning on the floor.)

Oldupai, then the plains

Ngorongoro Crater | Serengeti

The gorge in the morning, with the museum and the excavation sites, then down onto the short-grass plains and into the park. (Oldupai Gorge; Approx. 4 hours' driving.)

Seronera Valley

Serengeti

A full day on the river circuit and the kopjes: the most reliable predator country in the park, worked properly. (Dawn departure; Full-day game drive.)

South, or wherever is working

Serengeti

Toward the Ndutu and Kusini country if the herds are there, or back to the valley if the valley is better. Your guide decides on the morning. (Flexible routing; Full-day game drive.)

Last full day

Serengeti

A dawn drive, a slow middle, and a final evening on the plains. (Dawn and evening drives.)

The road home

Serengeti

First light, breakfast, then out through Naabi Hill and back to Arusha — or the midday flight, if you would rather not repeat the drive. (Game drive until 09:00; Arusha by approx. 18:00.)

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