The 6 Days Tanzania Northern Circuit Budget Tour is a short awesome safari tour package that takes you to explore the Northern Circuit where you will visit all the best national parks found on the northern circuit of Tanzania including Tarangire National Park on the first day, followed by visiting the Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti National Park on the third day and end a visit to Lake Manyara Park. This trip starts and ends in Arusha.
Trip Highlight of the 6 Day Tanzania Northern Circuit Budget Tour
Day 1: Pick up in Arusha – Hotel
Day 2: Transfer to Tarangire National Park
Day 3-4: Explore Serengeti National Park- Full Day Game Drive
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater
Day 6: Lake Manyara National Park and Arusha
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in Arusha
On day 1 of the 6 Days Tanzania Northern Circuit Budget Tour, you will be welcomed to Tanzania by our safari driver representative who will pick you up from the Airport and drive you to your hotel in Arusha. If time allows, you will hopefully prepare for the adventure of a lifetime in busy Arusha – Arusha is an essential part of safari life in northern Tanzania and most visitors pass through at some stage. Dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: Dinner ‘’Breakfast and lunch not included’’
Day 2: Arusha City and then Tarangire National Park
Wake up meet and greet your driver guide after your delicious breakfast, and take you through a short brief introduction as you drive to Tarangire National Park for a game drive and a picnic lunch. After the game drive, you will continue to Karatu for dinner and overnight.
The park’s name derives from the Tarangire River, which crosses through it and is the only water source that supplies wild animals here during the dry season. Tarangire National Park is famous for its vast numbers of elephants, baobab trees, and unique tree climbing African pythons.
Meal plan: All meals included
Day 3: Karatu and then transfer to Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, you will drive up into the fabulous regions of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. As you drive there, you will have a great chance to stop and encounter the great view of Ngorongoro Crater. Then, transit through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area to the Serengeti – entering the park’s south.
Serengeti is truly spectacular a famous home for its wide-open grasslands, which allow perfect wildlife sightings. Whilst it hosts abundant wildlife, it is perhaps best known for its annual great migration event –where millions of wildebeest, zebra and antelope move in an annual pattern, constantly looking for fresh grazing. The migration can be found during any given month; you just need to know where to look.
Depending on what time of year you visit, you may get a spectacular chance to witness one of the ‘’great Seven wonders of the Natural World’’
You will have an en–route lunch and overnight at a campsite in the middle of the bush.
Meal plan: All meals included
Day 4: Full Day Explore in Serengeti National Park
On this day, you will have an early morning breakfast, after driving to the park for both morning and afternoon game drives in Serengeti National Park. You will enjoy a perfect exploration of the Serengeti plains with the help of your guide.
Serengeti National Park lies in northern Tanzania and is a World Heritage Site that occupies an area of about 15,000 kilometers. The park is home to over 2 million herbivores 4,000 lions, 1,000 leopards,550 cheetahs and various 500 bird species. Serengeti is home to massive herds of migratory wildebeest and zebra during the dry season. More so, the Northern Serengeti also supports vast resident wildlife animals including lion, elephant, hippo, giraffe, crocodile and the unique oribi antelope.
Meals: All meals included
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater and Karatu
After morning breakfast, you will wind your way towards Ngorongoro Crater, hopefully enjoying more attractions on the way.
The Ngorongoro Crater, concealed by the steep volcanic walls, is also a pristine wilderness with sweeping savannah, acacia woodland pockets, glistening lakes and swamps. More fact, the crater was established when a large volcano exploded and collapsed in on itself 2 to 3 million years ago.
The descending down into the crater is worth an adventure. Once you reach the crater floor, you will quickly find yourself amongst large numbers of wildebeests, zebra, and gazelle and hosts over 500 bird species.
The crater provides the best chance of viewing the endangered black rhino which even can be spotted in the open grassland.
Meals; All meals included and drinking water
Day 6: Transfer to Lake Manyara Park/game viewing and back to Arusha
After breakfast, our professional safari driver guide will pick you up from your hotel or lodge and continue a drive to Lake Manyara National Park for game viewing and a picnic lunch. After the game drive, transfer to Arusha or Kilimanjaro Airport, where the safari will end.
Lake Manyara National Park covers an area of only 330 square kilometers, of which up to 200 square kilometers is made up of the lake when water levels are high.
Lake Manyara is a unique location for bird watching and a good area to find elephants, giraffes, zebras, baboons, warthogs, buffalos and plenty of tree climbing lions. During your game drive, you should get out of your vehicle at the hippo pool to stretch your legs and observe the hippos here.
Meals and drinks; Breakfast and lunch –Drinking water
End of the 6 Days Tanzania Northern Circuit Budget Tour.
Tour Price Included;
All park fees
All activities
All accommodation
A professional driver/guide
All transportation
All taxes /VAT
Meals
Drinks
Tour Excluded;
International flights
Roundtrip transfer
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
Tips
Personal items like travel insurance, visa fees, Souvenirs
The government imposed an increase in taxes
Some meals
