4-Day Classic Northern Circuit Serengeti Safari Tanzania

4-Day Classic Northern Circuit Serengeti Safari Tanzania

Tanzania flag Tanzania 4 Days / 3 Nights Mid-Range Private
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Offered by Serengeti Scent Adventures
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From $1,740 per person
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Tour Overview

What Makes This Safari Stand Out

Our 4-Day Classic Northern Circuit Safari offers a compact journey through three of Tanzania’s most iconic national parks, departing directly from Arusha with Serengeti Scent Adventures’ expert local guides. This northern Tanzania safari combines the distinctive landscapes and wildlife of Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater within a highly efficient four-day itinerary.
  • Duration4 Days
  • Tour StartArusha
  • Tour EndArusha
  • Transport4x4 Safari Vehicle
  • Travel StylePrivate
  • Tour ComfortMid-Range

Where You'll Go

Safari Route Map

An approximate route through this itinerary's destinations, day by day.

Experience Types

Included Safari Activities

Pricing

Group Size & Age Pricing

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Group Size Adult (per person) Child (per person)
1 Person $1,740 N/A (solo)
2 People $1,740 $640
3 People $1,740 $640
4 People $1,740 $640
5 People $1,740 $640
6+ People $1,740 $640
Age Policy: Adult: 18+ years Child: 0-17 years Free Child: 0-0 years

Day By Day

4 Day Itinerary

Day 1 Tarangire National Park Main Destination: Tarangire National Park

Depart your Arusha hotel at 7:00 AM and drive southward through the beautiful Arusha highlands toward Tarangire National Park. Enter through the main northern gate for a game drive through the park’s ancient baobab landscape, searching for elephant herds, giraffe, lion, leopard, buffalo, zebra and wildebeest along the Tarangire River. Enjoy a bush picnic lunch, an afternoon game drive and a sundowner stop before dinner and overnight in the Tarangire area.

Accommodation
Tarangire Simba Lodge Lodge Mid-range
Inside Park Tarangire National Park
Meals BreakfastLunchDinner Drinks Beer & WineBottle WaterSoft Drinks
Day 2 Full Day Tarangire Exploration Main Destination: Tarangire National Park

Enjoy a full day exploring the diversity of Tarangire National Park. A dawn game drive follows the Tarangire River, with opportunities to search for lion prides hunting on the open floodplain and African wild dog packs in the remote Boundary Hill area. After a bush picnic lunch beneath an ancient baobab tree, continue with an afternoon game drive through the northern Lemiyon area and Silale Swamp before a sundowner stop, dinner and overnight in the Tarangire area.

Accommodation
Tarangire Simba Lodge Lodge Mid-range
Inside Park Tarangire National Park
Meals BreakfastLunchDinner Drinks Beer & WineBottle WaterSoft Drinks
Day 3 Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro Crater Rim Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, depart Tarangire for Lake Manyara National Park and enjoy a morning game drive through the groundwater forest, searching for black and white colobus monkeys, blue monkeys and tree-climbing lions. Visit the hippo pools and enjoy a bush picnic lunch overlooking the lake. After lunch, ascend the Rift Valley escarpment toward the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and arrive at the crater rim for a view of Ngorongoro Crater at sunset before dinner and overnight.

Accommodation Outside Park Ngorongoro Crater
Meals BreakfastLunchDinner Drinks Beer & WineBottle WaterSoft Drinks
Day 4 Ngorongoro Crater and Return to Arusha Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater

Descend early into Ngorongoro Crater for a game drive at first light. Search the crater floor for black rhinoceros, lion prides, buffalo herds, spotted hyena clans, hippo pools, flamingo flocks on Lake Magadi and elephant bulls. After a bush picnic lunch on the crater floor, ascend in the early afternoon and drive back to Arusha, arriving approximately 6:00 to 7:00 PM.

Accommodation No overnight accommodation for this day.
Meals BreakfastLunch

What Is Covered

Inclusions & Exclusions

What's included
Park Fees
Domestic Flights
All Shown Activities
Meals & Drinks As Specified Day By Day
Accommodation During Safari
Professional Guide/Driver
All Listed Transport
All Taxes/VAT
Hotel Transfers
Not included
International Flights
Accommodation Before/After Safari
Staff Tips
Personal Expenses (Travel Insurance, Visa Fees Etc.)
Government Tax/Fee Increases
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