Northern Tanzania Highlights

You are met on arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport by your private guide and vehicle, and set off through Arusha for a game drive in Tarangire National Park, stopping to enjoy a picnic on the way. Keep your eyes open for wildlife including large numbers of elephant. Journey’s end is Kirurumu Tarangire Lodge where you spend the next two nights.

Close to Tarangire National Park and with panoramic views of the savannah and Tarangire River, this family-operated lodge boatst quintessential safari tents, a pool, lounge, a bar, and an excellent open-air restaurant.

Today you are driven to the famous Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. There are forests, lakes and open grasslands where animals including the "Big Five" and plains game roam, and is a good area for bird watching. In the early evening you head back to the crater rim and your accommodation for the night, Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge.

Its unique location at the highest point on the eastern rim of the crater ensures spectacular panoramic views right across to the setting sun on other side. You can be one of the first safaris into the crater in the morning as access couldn’t be easier via the nearby entry road.

It’s time to head for the Serengeti. The name alone conjures a picture of open plains and game. If you are staying in Ndutu in the south (December to March) you stay with your private guide and stop at Olduvai Gorge, famed for the fossil remains of early man.

If travelling to northern Serengeti (July to October) you leave your private guide and fly to Kogatende airstrip where a guide from the next camp will meet you. Both journeys conclude with a game drive and arrive in camp in the early evening.

You'll spend the three days here taking twice-daily game drives in 4X4s to experience the famed wildebeest migration up close and personal. It’s a true spectacle, with herds of wildebeest and zebra, and predators not far away, nature in all its raw power.

This small, affordable yet good quality mobile camp moves between two Serengeti locations – central and southern. A twin camp is in northern Serengeti from June to October. If you’re keen to see the wildebeest migration we can guide you to the best camp for the season you’re there.