7 Days Tanzania Northern Circuit Safari is a 7 Days private Tanzania safari that follows Arusha, Moshi, Tarangire, and Serengeti. It is planned for travelers who want a well-paced itinerary with strong game viewing, sensible driving days, and enough time in each area to enjoy the landscapes rather than only passing through them.
The route brings together two of the country’s most rewarding wildlife areas. The Serengeti gives you wide-open plains, predator country, and long game drives, while the Ngorongoro Crater adds concentrated wildlife viewing in a compact and dramatic setting. When Tarangire or Lake Manyara are included, the trip also gains elephant herds, baobab scenery, forest edges, and rich birdlife.
Throughout the safari, you travel with a private driver-guide in a dedicated vehicle and stay in accommodations that match the overall style of the package. The day-by-day flow is designed to keep travel practical, maintain comfort, and give you proper time in the locations that matter most on the itinerary.
What stands out most about this trip is how balanced it feels in practice: Visit Lake Manyara, the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and Tarangire 7 Days Tanzania Northern Circuit Safari A 7 days Tanzania safari will take you to…
7 Days Tanzania Northern Circuit Safari takes you through Tanzania's most celebrated national parks. Each day is a different landscape, a different wildlife encounter.
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Day 1: Drive to Lake Manyara or Tarangire, afternoon game drive
Drive from Moshi or Arusha to either Lake Manyara National Park (best December to May) or Tarangire National Park (best June to November) with a picnic lunch en route and an afternoon game drive. Both parks are outstanding with many photography opportunities.
On this 7-day safari, you have the built-in opportunity to see both reserves no matter what time of year you go. Lake Manyara National Park, rimmed by the scenic 600-meter cliffs of the Rift Valley escarpment, protects a large alkaline lake and is home to a wildlife-rich savannah-forest mix.
It makes an outstanding introduction to Africa’s wildlife, with elephants, wildebeest, giraffes, buffalo, zebra, impala, waterbuck, and waterbuck roaming the park in healthy numbers while lions are also present. Tarangire National Park is famous for its huge herds of elephant and baobab trees.
Throughout the dry season, thirsty antelope and elephants trek hundreds of kilometers to drink at the Tarangire River.
Meals included: Lunch, Dinner
Budget/Mid-Range Accommodations: Endoro Lodge
Mid-Range Accommodations: Escarpment Luxury Lodge
Luxury Accommodations: Tarangire River Camp
Elite Accommodations: Lemala Tarangire Camp
Tarangire River CampLuxury · Lunch, Dinner Budget/Mid-Range Accommodations: Endoro Lodge Mid-Range Accommodations: Escarpment Luxury Lodge Luxury Accommodations: Tarangire River Camp Elite Accommodations: Lemala Tarangire Camp -
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Day 2: Game drives, guided walks, or biking
Today explore more of the area, either on a full-day game drive with your safari guide into either Tarangire or Lake Manyara, or try an active or cultural half-day activity. Local activities include a Zipline, cultural hike, biking to the Lake Manyara shoreline, Mto wa Mbu village tour, Tinga Tinga painting class, or a coffee tour.
Ideally, these are done as a half-day morning tour with a relaxing afternoon.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Budget/Mid-Range Accommodations: Endoro Lodge
Mid-Range Accommodations: Escarpment Luxury Lodge
Luxury Accommodations: Tarangire River Camp
Elite Accommodations: Lemala Tarangire Camp
Tarangire River CampLuxury · Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Budget/Mid-Range Accommodations: Endoro Lodge Mid-Range Accommodations: Escarpment Luxury Lodge Luxury Accommodations: Tarangire River Camp Elite Accommodations: Lemala Tarangire Camp -
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Day 3: Drive to the Serengeti, afternoon game drive
Drive 3-4 hours to the Serengeti. Once through the park gate, begin your afternoon game drive.
Enjoy a picnic lunch at the Visitor’s Center. See all the great wildlife that makes the Serengeti so understandably famous, then arrive at your safari lodge in time to freshen up, relax a little, and have dinner.
Arguably Africa’s greatest national park, the Serengeti (meaning “endless plains”) is a massive park and home to a yearly migration of more than a million wildebeest, 200,000 zebra, and 300,000 Thomson’s gazelle undertaking their long trek to new grazing grounds. In return, a wealth of predators including lions, leopards, cheetahs,s and hyenas also inhabit the region.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Budget/Mid-Range Accommodations: Serengeti Halisi Camp
Mid-Range Accommodations: Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp
Luxury Accommodations: Kubu Kubu Tented Camp
Elite Accommodations: Lemala Ewanjan Camp (Seronera)
Kubu Kubu Tented CampLuxury · Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Budget/Mid-Range Accommodations: Serengeti Halisi Camp Mid-Range Accommodations: Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp Luxury Accommodations: Kubu Kubu Tented Camp Elite Accommodations: Lemala Ewanjan Camp (Seronera) -
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Day 4: Serengeti national park, full-day game drive
Today enjoy a full-day game drive in the Serengeti or a morning and afternoon game drive with a break and rest in between back at your safari lodge. You also have the option of a scenic hot air balloon safari early this morning at extra cost.
The fabulous Serengeti is a singular safari destination in Africa. The oldest and largest intact land-based ecosystem in the world, the Serengeti is celebrated for its wealth of leopards and lions.
Serengeti, meaning ‘endless plains,’ is home to the largest annual overland migration of mammals in the world, with over a million wildebeest, 200,000 zebra, and 300,000 Thomson’s gazelles along with a range of other antelope species gradually undergoing an over 800-km long trek seeking new grazing grounds.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Budget/Mid-Range Accommodations: Serengeti Halisi Camp
Mid-Range Accommodations: Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp
Luxury Accommodations: Kubu Kubu Tented Camp
Elite Accommodations: Lemala Ewanjan Camp (Seronera)
Kubu Kubu Tented CampLuxury · Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Budget/Mid-Range Accommodations: Serengeti Halisi Camp Mid-Range Accommodations: Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp Luxury Accommodations: Kubu Kubu Tented Camp Elite Accommodations: Lemala Ewanjan Camp (Seronera) -
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Day 5: Serengeti national park, full-day game drive
Today explore more of this famous wildlife reserve with your safari guide. The Serengeti provides incredible wildlife viewing year-round with the “great migration”.
The crucial characteristics of the Serengeti ecosystem have changed little in over a million years. Serengeti’s boundless plains are sprinkled with wooded hills, towering termite mounds, rocky kopjes, and rivers lined with acacia trees.
Big cats and a huge host of grazing animals roam freely, but here you also can see other unique species like mongoose, hyrax, warthog, bat-eared fox, jackals, bushbabies, monkeys, baboons, and much more.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Budget/Mid-Range Accommodations: Serengeti Halisi Camp
Mid-Range Accommodations: Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp
Luxury Accommodations: Kubu Kubu Tented Camp
Elite Accommodations: Lemala Ewanjan Camp (Seronera)
Kubu Kubu Tented CampLuxury · Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Budget/Mid-Range Accommodations: Serengeti Halisi Camp Mid-Range Accommodations: Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp Luxury Accommodations: Kubu Kubu Tented Camp Elite Accommodations: Lemala Ewanjan Camp (Seronera) -
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Day 6: Drive to Ngorongoro, optional visits to Olduvai Gorge and Maasai village
This morning, drive from the Serengeti to the Ngorongoro highlands, enjoying wildlife viewing within the Serengeti National Park as you gradually make your exit. Departing the park, you have several optional visits available at extra cost, either to the Olduvai Gorge or a Maasai village (or both).
Continue onwards to your lodge tonight situated near the Crater or on the Crater rim itself. The Olduvai Gorge delivers substantial evidence of the earliest signs of humankind, with rare hominid footprints preserved in solid rock from 3,600,000 years ago.
There are many authentic Masaai villages in the area to visit. Here you have a chance to get to know authentic Maasai families and see what real life is like for the locals.
You can visit homes, watch traditional dances, and purchase homemade jewelry.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Budget/Mid-Range Accommodations: Rhino Lodge
Mid-Range Accommodations: Ngorongoro Serena Lodge
Luxury Accommodations: Gibbs Farm
Elite Accommodations: Lemala Ngorongoro Tented Camp
Gibbs FarmLuxury · Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Budget/Mid-Range Accommodations: Rhino Lodge Mid-Range Accommodations: Ngorongoro Serena Lodge Luxury Accommodations: Gibbs Farm Elite Accommodations: Lemala Ngorongoro Tented Camp -
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Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater, half-day game drive, Return to Arusha City Airport
Wake early and join your guide for a sunrise game drive in the Ngorongoro Crater. Due to official park regulations, game drives are limited to about 6 hours, but this gives us plenty of time to take in the sweeping scenery and impressive wildlife found here.
The Ngorongoro Crater is akin to a fishbowl of classic African wildlife, with herds of giraffes, zebra, buffalo, wildebeest, and a variety of antelopes calling the Crater floor home. Huge elephants dot the distance while endangered black rhinos still graze freely here.
We suggest enjoying a picnic lunch inside the Crater while overlooking the hippo pool, where we also usually find a great variety of interesting wetland birds too. From here, drive to your choice of Moshi, Arusha, or Kilimanjaro Airport in time for your evening international departure.
Farewell Tanzania!
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
All prices are per person for a private departure. Final quotes vary by travel dates, accommodation level, and the total number of travelers in your booking.
- Discover the incredible Wildebeest Migration moving across the Serengeti
- See the Ngorongoro Crater, home to the world’s densest population of wildlife
- The Great Migration & the Big Five: The lion, leopard, rhino, elephant, and buffalo
- Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro
- Discover the Maasai people and their customs in northern Tanzania
- World’s largest lion sanctuary
- Private tour guide in English and other languages
- Game drives in comfortable, open-top safari vehicles
- World-class safari accommodation including lodges and tented camps
- Optional activity add-ons including walking safaris
- All accommodations per itinerary
- All meals per itinerary
- All tours and entrance fees per itinerary (unless listed as excluded)
- All transportation and transfers per itinerary
- Professional English-speaking naturalist driver/guide
- Transportation in a custom safari 4×4 with a viewing roof and guaranteed window seating
- Safari vehicles have an inverter for charging batteries, a communications radio, electric cooler, and filtered water
- National Park gate fees, Park Commission, and Government taxes (based on current rates)
- International and domestic flights
- Meals not listed
- Beverages and alcohol
- Tips for guides, drivers, hotel staff
- Optional tours
- Single room supplement
- Personal expenses (visas, airport taxes, Internet, etc.)
- Drinks and extra bottled water
- Optional tours (Olduvai Gorge and Maasai Village visit)
- Holiday supplement December 20 – January 5
- Discount for kids under 15 years old
This safari passes through some of the strongest optional activity zones in northern Tanzania. The add-ons below work well when you want to deepen the experience without changing the main route of the trip.
Hot Air Balloon Safari
Add a dawn balloon flight over the Serengeti for a wider view of the plains before a bush breakfast and onward game drive.
Olduvai Gorge Visit
Include a stop at Olduvai Gorge to add archaeological context to the safari route between Serengeti and Ngorongoro.
Walking Safari
Add a guided walking experience in an approved area to slow the pace and focus on tracks, plants, and smaller details of the bush.
Night Game Drive
Where location and park rules allow, extend one day with a night drive to look for nocturnal species and a different side of the landscape.
Coffee Experience
Where the route passes through Kilimanjaro foothill communities, you can add a coffee-focused local experience before or after the main outing.
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How long is this trip?
This itinerary runs for 7 Days based on the imported package content and day-by-day plan.
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What places does this trip include?
This trip covers Arusha, Moshi, Tarangire, Serengeti, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, Materuni Waterfalls & coffee tour, Kilimanjaro Mountain, matching the places referenced in the imported overview and itinerary.
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Where does this trip start and end?
The trip is currently mapped as starting and ending via Moshi / Moshi based on the package itinerary and transfer notes.
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What is the starting price for this package?
The source content lists this package from From $7700 per person. Exact totals can still vary by season, accommodation level, and final travel dates.
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What is included in this package?
The package content includes the listed accommodations, meals, transport, and touring elements shown in the inclusions section. Contact the team for any date-specific adjustments or optional extras.
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