Big Five Luxury Safari in Tanzania: Multi-Day Northern Circuit Adventure

Embark on a thrilling and luxurious Big Five safari adventure in Tanzania. Immerse yourself in the stunning landscapes of the Northern Circuit, exploring Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, and Lake Manyara. Experience outdoor adventures, cultural tours, and delicious meals. Book now!

Duration: 7 days
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Drive from Moshi to Tarangire National Park

Tarangire National Park - Drive from Moshi /Arusha to Tarangire National Park in the morning. Tarangire is traversed by the Tarangire River, which never dries up completely. Being the only water source during the dry season, it draws hundreds of animals to the park, making wildlife and bird viewing spectacular. The landscape is varied, with grassy savanna plains, swamps, hills, and spectacular baobabs. Enjoy a full day in the park with game viewing.
Overnight Highview Hotel Hotel (with lunch, dinner & breakfast) or Similar

Drive from the Highview Hotel to Lake Eyasi

Lake Eyasi - You will see great birdlife along the shore, and location alone makes it a great place to spend a couple of nights. Also, the meadows along the lake shores and forest are home to a wide variety of wildlife including leopard, hippos, a variety of monkeys, various birds, greater and lesser flamingoes, storks, and pelicans. Several pleasant, private campsites are located in forest clearings by the lake, and these provide grassy tent spaces and shower facilities made mostly from local materials. Drive back to the Highview Hotel or similar hotel for your overnight - full board.

SERENGETI | SERENGETI SAFARI LODGE

Serengeti National Park - Head out after breakfast for the drive to Serengeti National Park. “Serengeti” is derived from the Maasai language, meaning “endless plain.” En route to the Serengeti, you can visit a Masaai Village, a perfect place to explore the Maasai culture and even participate in some tribal activities.
Or visit Olduvai Gorge, known as the Cradle of Humanity; the Museum is a testament to the long journey that humanity has made from its humble roots in East Africa to its current state as the dominant species on earth. Enjoy a game drive en route to your camp.

Overnight at Serengeti Safari Lodge (with lunch, dinner & breakfast) or Similar

SERENGETI | SERENGETI SAFARI LODGE

Serengeti National Park - Relax for a full day in the Serengeti – unequaled for its beauty and home to the Great Wildebeest Migration. The huge herds of plains game, such as wildebeest, zebra, and antelope, dominate the park, while the attendant predators, such as lion and cheetah, are to be found amongst the many kopjes scattered across the plain. Its landscape varies from open grass plains in the south, savanna with scattered acacia trees in the center, hilly, wooded grassland in the north, to extensive woodland and black clay plains to the west.

Overnight at Serengeti Safari Lodge (with lunch, dinner & breakfast) or Similar

NGORONGORO | HIGHVIEW HOTEL

Ngorongoro Crater - Enjoy a morning game drive en route to Ngorongoro Crater. Descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for game driving and exploration. The crater is 600m deep, 16km across, and 265 sq km in area. Enjoy the spectacular scenery and game viewing in what has been described as the world’s eighth wonder.
Many of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhinos can be seen grazing on the open grassland of the crater floor, surrounded by some of the 20,000 large animals that occupy the crater, including lion, cheetah, eland, zebra, and gazelle. Flamingos, among other bird species, can often be seen feeding at Makat Soda Lake. Afternoon drive to your lodge for your overnight stay.

Overnight Highview Hotel (with lunch, dinner & breakfast) or Similar

Drive to Lake Manyara National Park

Lake Manyara National Park - The drive from the Highview Hotel to Lake Manyara National Park takes about 30 Minutes. After having a Picnic lunch in Manyara, you start a late afternoon game drive, which is the best time to view animals in this park. When you approach it from the east, the Rift Valley escarpment looms on the horizon forming an impressive backdrop to the lake. In the tall trees of the ground water forest, monkeys leap from branch to branch, and on the escarpment, elephants stand in the shade. Other animals frequently seen are zebras, impalas, monkeys, giraffes, buffalos, hippos, and others. In the late afternoon, drive back to the Springlands Hotel in Moshi.

KILIMANJARO AIRPORT | DEPART

Kilimanjaro International Airport - Enjoy a morning of leisure before your transfer to Kilimanjaro airport for your flight home.

What's Included
  • All-inclusive full board accommodation (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) on safari
  • 24/7 support from our Moshi office during the safari
  • Professional English-speaking driver/guide
  • All park and entrance fees included
  • Game drives in a custom-built 4x4 Safari Land Cruiser
  • Inclusive of current Government taxes and levies
  • Complimentary bottled water in safari vehicles
  • Ngorongoro Crater car supplement included
  • Transportation in 4x4 vehicles with viewing roofs for the best safari experience
What's Not Included
  • Internal or International flights
  • Transfers to and from the airport
  • Balloon excursion (US$600 pp)
  • Entry visa to Tanzania.
  • Travel and health insurance
  • Gratuities to your guide, hotel staff, and porters
  • Meals, drinks, and excursions not described in the itinerary
  • Any other items of a personal nature, laundry, telephone and postage
Additional Information

Be immersed in Tanzania’s great outdoors Tour on this full-Multi-days tour to Northern Circuit
–ideal for Outdoor Adventures, culture, vultures and active travellers in the region. Start off on Visit Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Lake Manyara also by Explore Cultural Tours. This comprehensive tour also includes round-trip transportation from your Arusha hotel, plus Breakfast, lunch and Dinner (Full Board).

  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Compass23457943433
Mar 10, 2024
Zara is #1 in Tanzania! - My mother and I have had the most tremendous safari experience with Zara Adventures. We went to Tarangire, Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater. Our guide, Rashid, handled everything very professionally and was extremely pleasant and kind. All the Zara-staff has been so delightful, helpful and welcoming. We give our warmest recommendations to Zara Adventures and urge everyone interested in a unique and sublime safari, to contact Zara and let them plan the perfect program :)
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Joelms8788gw
Sep 15, 2023
Only happiness - Excellent experience The visit to the parks was perfect The wild camp experience is great to discover In short, great stay Super well organized In short, the best
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Mamedina9
Sep 7, 2023
Fantastic Holiday Vacation - We are now safely back home, sorry it took a bit long to review this wonderful safari holiday with one of the best guides - Shabaan. There is no doubt that this is the most romantic trip we've done together and we owe it all to the excellent planning and flawless execution. Shabaan played a great part in making our adventure special with his, friendly nature, humility and passion to give us what we wanted. He drove the vehicle responsibly, keeping us captivated with his narration of everything about wildlife, Tanzania and life in general. He knew when to give us our privacy and in the end he'd become part of the gang. We found the camps and lodges booked very good. They were great hosts with comfortable rooms and nice food. Ngorongoro Wild Camp stood out as our favourite place. I am really excited that we could be doing another trip to Tanzania in January
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Beng_bengx
Sep 1, 2023
Amazing Experience - Must be the most amazing trip we have ever done in Africa. Been to Rwanda and Uganda but Tanzania is really special. Hamisi and his team at the office did a fantastic job of putting together such a flawless trip. Our guide Makala did not disappoint. Always punctual with the vehicle cleaned and fridge stocked with water. His vast knowledge of Serengeti, Tarangire and Ngorongoro was clearly evident. He knew just about everything we asked about. All the lodges that we stayed at were excellent, comfortable and served great food as well as cocktails. Overall Zara Tours made our trip an amazing experience.
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Voyage2023extra
Aug 24, 2023
EXCEPTIONAL SAFARI - Our safari went very well thanks to our guide Eliudi who is very competent, kind and who allowed us to see as many animals as possible, including the big five. A big thank you to him for these exceptional moments. Head full of memories and magnificent photos. the organization was perfect.
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Nickjl67
Aug 17, 2023
An amazing experience - Had such an amazing time in Tanzania on Safari thanks to Zara tours . They were very reliable and took us to some fantastic places. A massive thank you to our guides Hamza and Peter an absolute credit to the company! They were like family come the end of our 6 day Safari 🙏
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Lara
Jul 17, 2023
An amazing week discovering the Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, and Tarangire thanks to Zara Tours and Ally - This was an amazing trip, made unforgettable thanks to Zara Tours. They are well organized and attended to our every need. And we lucked out with Ally, the experienced guide we spent several days with. He knows the roads, the animals, the best spots, how to keep us--and the animals--safe. And he is obviously passionate about the animals. He takes his role of both showcasing them and protecting them seriously. That didn't prevent him from making sure we all enjoyed ourselves. He did everything in his power to ensure we'd see all Big 5, and all the others, including the sweetest babies, as well as the crazy Tarangire vervet monkeys. Thank you for a great week discovering some of the world's most beautiful country!
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Bonnielindwell
Jul 6, 2023
The Best Family Safari - We had to get the best when we decided to treat our young family to a safari in Tanzania. We talked to a couple of high rated operators and decided to go with Zara Tours because they best understood what we were looking for and had the best offer. Closer scrutiny of the company revealed that they have a longstanding reputation of great service. We were given an amazing guide Godfrey who was not only knowledgeable but a great host and passionate about safari. He spoke a good mix of German and English, great with the kids that we all loved him. It was really great to enjoy such special moments with him. We are all very happy with Zara Tours and will be definitely using this company again.
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Razackd2023
May 12, 2023
Zara Tour Gave us the experience of nature - The safari was so amazing, I have been there for some days but I loved the experience I got from there where by the guide treated us very nicely. Zara keep up you are the best the jeep was so cool ❤️
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Tur2019
Apr 15, 2023
A very special safari tour - We have had a fantastic tour. We was at the safari in the beginning of the rain season. Of cource we have a bit rain but we saw all the baby animals. We saw the migration. We had an exceptional guide, Issa, who get us safe and quick to all the fatastic views. He also teached us about the animals and the National parks Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Tarangire. It was great. We got excelent food with good taste. The Safari was a very special trip for us all 6 peoples in the age from 21 years to 60 years.
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