8-Day Mid-Range Migration Safari Northern Serengeti

This is the moment you’ve been waiting for: your Tanzanian safari starts here. You have so much to look forward to and we’ll get your trip underway as soon as we give you an introduction to our team and explain what lies ahead. Spend some time in Arusha, both the gateway city for most safaris in northern Tanzania and a fascinating place to explore. Enjoy good restaurants, streets filled with energy and so many snapshots of vibrant Tanzanian city life. It’s everything you look for in an urban pit stop.

Discover elephants, baobab trees, and magic of Tarangire. Drive from the hotel in the morning to Tarangire National Park which is 2-3 hours, 120km). Full day game drive in the wild you will enjoy the large elephant herds, often seen bathing, feeding, or moving along the river. Iconic Baobab trees, some hundreds of years old, dot the landscape the Predators and other wildlife like Lions, Leopards, Cheetahs, and hyena roam the park, herds of wildebeest, zebras, impalas, giraffe, and buffalo are common. Over 500 bird species can be spotted, including fish eagles, storks, and lilac-breasted rollers, the river attracts wildlife during dry season; perfect for observing animals in a serene setting. Then we will set Picnic Lunch in the bush where you get the sighting of animals or we go back to the lodge. After lunch we drive back to the lodge booked by us, where you get dinner and overnight.

Explore the Ngorongoro Highlands, the high-altitude forests that cover the landscape close to Ngorongoro Crater. The climate here is much cooler than elsewhere in northern Tanzania, and the views of craters and mountains can be spectacular. Watch also for wildlife, including lions, buffaloes and even leopards, in the forests.

Your first sight of Ngorongoro Crater is likely not one you’ll easily forget. As seen from the crater rim, this natural bowl, both vast and intimate, is one of Africa’s most beautiful natural features, stretching 19 green kilometers (12 miles) from one side to the other. Down in the crater itself, you’ll explore an astonishingly rich, self-contained ecosystem that is protected by high
crater walls. Here, lions and hyenas hunt wildebeest and Grant’s gazelle within sight of elephants and black rhinos. Your day spent here will reveal a surprising
variety of habitats, from the Lereal Forest and salty Lake Magadi to the plains that rise and fall gently all across the valley floor. Exploring the Central Serengeti means experiencing acacia trees silhouetted against a backdrop of endless savannah. The wildlife viewing here is excellent and big cats are always a possibility.

Return to the Central Serengeti to further explore this impressive place.

On your visit to the Northern Serengeti, there’s a good chance that you will see big cats, elephants and more. Just as special as the animals you’ll see is the scenery you’ll get to explore. Far more so than elsewhere in the park, the north is dominated by rolling hills, mixed with grasslands and light forests. There’s also the Mara River which marks Tanzania’s border with Kenya.

Your Tanzanian safari draws to a close, and we’re sure that you will have enjoyed it as much as we have.