Mid-Range Northern Circuit

5-Day Best of Mid-Range Northern Circuit

$1705-1735 USD

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Safari summary

This 5-day lodge and tented camp safari allow us to experience the highlights of the Northern Safari Circuit. We'll experience breathtaking wildlife in the midst of diverse landscapes; monkeys in the forest, lions in the trees, elephants amongst the acacias and a huge variety of animals inside a collapsed volcano. We'll also visit the Serengeti, home to some 3 million animals. These spectacular grass plains offer the best opportunity for viewing cheetah, leopard, and lion, in the true wild.

About this tour

	Tour type	Custom, tailor-made, private
	Main focus	Game drives
	Activity level	Easy activity
	Best months	All months
	Countries	Tanzania
	Parks	Lake Manyara Ngorongoro Crater Serengeti Tarangire

Fine details

Safari highlights

Cultural visits—orphanages, markets, schools
Photography safari—with professional guide
Self-drive safari

What’s included?

Accommodation
Airport transfers
Laundry
Meals
Park fees
Private vehicle and driver

What’s not included?

All drinks
Hot air balloons
Internal flights
International flights
Premium alcoholic beverages
Tips and gratuities
Visas

Itinerary

Day 1 - Arrival in Arusha

You will be picked up from the airport by Foster & K Africa representative and conveyed to your accommodation in Arusha. There you will spend the night, relax, and prepare in anticipation for the adventures to come.

Day 2

Tarangire

Tarangire, best known for its elephant families, savannah, iconic baobab trees, and seasonal swamps, is so named for the life-giving Tarangire River. Animals gather at the river and giraffe, bushbuck, and hartebeest, are often seen. The park, also home to buffalo, zebra, and wildebeest, all of whom are closely attended by a range of predators, Simba the King, and his cousin, the leopard.

Day 3

Ngorongoro Crater

Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest volcanic caldera. Almost 20 km wide, approximately 600 m deep and known for its large variety of wildlife, the caldera, formed at the explosion of a volcano some three million years ago, was once taller than Kilimanjaro. As a self-contained paradise, the caldera hosts an abundance of the finest animal life on the planet. In addition to the Big Five, the various springs attract animals such as wildebeest, gazelle, reedbuck, and more than 500 bird species.

Day 3

Serengeti

The Serengeti is the habitat for an abundance of wildlife, such as impala, buffalo, crocodile and hippo. However, it is more well-known for its great migrating herds of zebras (two hundred and fifty thousand), wildebeest (one and a half million), and antelope (half a million). The animals’ trek is determined by the rainfall and varies from year to year. Apart from the migrating herds, we may see predators, such as leopard, cheetah, and lion, plying their rough trade.

Day 4

Lake Manyara

After breakfast, we'll make the short drive to Lake Manyara National Park. Manyara, a relatively small but diverse park, 120 km west of Arusha, is so named for the shallow salt lake that occupies a good 70% of the park's land. Flooding and drying seasonally, this soda lake is home to thousands of flamingos and over 500 other bird species.On our exploration of the park we will see monkeys, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, buffalo, elephants, and with some luck, lions lounging in the trees.

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