6 Days Tanzania Northern Circuit Experience

6 Days Tanzania Northern Circuit Experience

This is a short tour that covers all the famous attractions in The northern circuit of Tanzania. It is the best in spotting the big 5

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) - Arusha Town

Stop At: Arusha, Arusha, Arusha Region
You will be picked up from the Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to your hotel for overnight.
Duration: 12 hours

Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Kia Lodge, a 3-star hotel or similar.

Day 2: Arusha town - Lake Manyara National Park

Stop At: Arusha, Arusha, Arusha Region
Your guide will pick you up from KIA Lodge after your breakfast and start off your tour in Arusha where you will going to a place with better view of Mount Kilimanjaro to take as many photos as you wish.
Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Manyara Region, Manyara Region
You will then drive off to Manyara town for lunch at Migunga or similar. Manyara Region is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the town of Babati.
Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Lake Manyara National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Arusha Region
Afternoon after you have had your lunch you will go for a game drive at Lake Manyara National Park. Lake Manyara National Park is a protected area in Tanzania's Arusha and Manyara Regions, situated between Lake Manyara and the Great Rift Valley. It covers an area of 325 km2 (125 sq mi) including about 230 km2 (89 sq mi) lake surface. More than 350 bird species have been observed on the lake.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Migunga Lodge, a 4-star hotel or similar.

Day 3: Ngorongoro Crater Tour

Stop At: Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Arusha Region
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a protected area and a World Heritage Site located 180 km (110 mi) west of Arusha in the Crater Highlands area of Tanzania. The area is named after Ngorongoro Crater, a large volcanic caldera within the area. The conservation area is administered by the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority, an arm of the Tanzanian government, and its boundaries follow the boundary of the Ngorongoro Division of the Arusha Region.
Duration: 1 day

Stop At: Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Tanzania
The main feature of the Ngorongoro Conservation Authority is the Ngorongoro Crater, the world's largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera. The crater, which formed when a large volcano exploded and collapsed on itself two to three million years ago, is 610 metres (2,000 feet) deep and its floor covers 260 square kilometres (100 square miles). Estimates of the height of the original volcano range from 4,500 to 5,800 metres (14,800 to 19,000 feet) high. The crater floor is 1,800 metres (5,900 feet) above sea level. The crater was voted by Seven Natural Wonders as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa in Arusha, Tanzania in February 2013. The Ngorongoro volcano was active from about 2.45 to 2 million years ago.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge, a 4-star hotel or similar

Day 4: Ngorongoro Conservation Area - Serengeti National Park via Olduvai Gorge

Stop At: Olduvai Gorge Museum, Olduvai, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Tanzania
The Olduvai Gorge or Oldupai Gorge in Tanzania is one of the most important paleoanthropological sites in the world; it has proven invaluable in furthering understanding of early human evolution. A steep-sided ravine in the Great Rift Valley that stretches across East Africa, it is about 48 km (30 mi) long, and is located in the eastern Serengeti Plains in the Arusha Region about 45 kilometres (28 miles) from Laetoli, another important archaeological site of early human occupation. The British/Kenyan paleoanthropologist-archeologist team Mary and Louis Leakey established and developed the excavation and research programs at Olduvai Gorge which achieved great advances of human knowledge and world-renowned status.
Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Serengeti National Park, Serengeti National Park
After lunch you will enter the Serengeti National Park and start your game drive. The Serengeti National Park is a Tanzanian national park in the Serengeti ecosystem in the Mara and Simiyu regions. It is famous for its annual migration of over 1.5 million white-bearded (or brindled) wildebeest and 250,000 zebra and for its numerous Nile crocodile and honey badger.
Duration: 15 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge, a 4-star hotel or similar

Day 5: Serengeti National Park Tour

Stop At: Serengeti National Park, Serengeti National Park
In this day your will spend the entire day in search of wildlife with the aim to spot all the big 5. The Serengeti National Park is a Tanzanian national park in the Serengeti ecosystem in the Mara and Simiyu regions. It is famous for its annual migration of over 1.5 million white-bearded (or brindled) wildebeest and 250,000 zebra and for its numerous Nile crocodile and honey badger.
Duration: 1 day

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge, a 4-star hotel or similar

Day 6: Flight to Arusha town and Transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)

Stop At: Arusha, Arusha, Arusha Region
You will be transferred to the airstrip in Serengeti for a 1hour morning flight to arusha for lunch. Arusha is a city in East Africa's Tanzania, located at the base of volcanic Mt. Meru. It's a gateway to safari destinations and to Africa's highest peak, 5,895m Mt. Kilimanjaro, lying some 100 kilometers northeast and to the west lies Serengeti National Park, home to wildlife including lions, rhinoceros, giraffes and leopards. Later your will be driven to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your flight back home.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.