Northern Tanzania holds the country's best-known parks within a few hours' drive of each other — Tarangire's elephant herds and baobabs, Lake Manyara's tree-climbing lions, the vast Serengeti plains, and the wildlife-dense floor of the Ngorongoro Crater. It is the classic safari circuit, and for good reason.
Every safari we sell is private: your own 4x4 with a pop-up roof, your own professional guide, and a route built around what you want to see rather than a fixed group schedule. Shorter three-day trips work as a taster; the longer circuits give time to properly settle into each park.
Accommodation ranges from public campsites with a full crew to luxury tented camps and high-end lodges, and can be mixed within a single trip. Tell us your budget and pace and we will build the route around it.
Safari itineraries
Game drives in the northern parks, then white sand and warm water on the coast.
The full northern circuit at an unhurried pace, in high-end lodges and luxury camps.
Luxury lodges, a flight to the coast, and nothing at all to organise in between.
The shortest trip that still feels like a real safari — baobabs, elephants and the crater floor.
Three parks, comfortable lodges, and a full day inside the Ngorongoro Crater.
The classic northern route, with two nights in the Serengeti to make the distance worth it.
Timed and routed around the herds — Ndutu in calving season, the north for the river crossings.
Public campsites and a full crew, for travellers who would rather spend the budget on days than on thread count.
Shorter drives, family rooms, and guides who are genuinely good with children.
A longer version of our most popular trip, with four nights on the coast instead of two.
Beach first, safari second — settle in on the coast, then fly to the Serengeti before heading home.
Everything: the northern circuit end to end, the crater, Lake Eyasi and a week's worth of coast.
A short, complete taste of the northern circuit — Tarangire's elephants and baobabs, then a full day in the Ngorongoro Crater — bookended by flights to and from Zanzibar.
Tarangire's elephants, an afternoon with the Hadzabe and Datoga near Lake Eyasi, a bicycle ride through Mto wa Mbu, then the Ngorongoro Crater.
A Maasai village visit, two days around Tarangire from a tented camp, a village bicycle tour, and the Ngorongoro Crater.
Tarangire's elephants, a day and a night game drive through Lake Manyara, then a full day inside the Ngorongoro Crater.
The full northern circuit in five days: a Maasai village, a night under canvas in Tarangire, a village bicycle tour, day and night game drives in Lake Manyara, and the Ngorongoro Crater.