10 Days Best of Northern Tanzania Safari

Arrive in northern Tanzania, where a Hartebeest Safaris representative welcomes you and provides a private transfer to your Arusha accommodation. Settle in, recover from the flight and meet your safari specialist for an unhurried briefing covering the route, park conditions and the days ahead.

Travel rhythm

Approximately 45–75 minutes from the airport, depending on traffic.

Meals

Dinner, depending on arrival time

Accommodation

Mid-range lodge or tented camp, confirmed in the final quotation.

Enter Tarangire, a landscape of ancient baobabs, river valleys and wide seasonal swamps. Search for elephant families, giraffes, antelope and predators while your guide explains how the Tarangire River shapes wildlife movement through the dry season.

Travel rhythm

Usually 2–3 hours from Arusha before entering the park.

Meals

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation

Mid-range lodge or tented camp, confirmed in the final quotation.

A full day in Tarangire, following the river in the cool of the morning and heading south to the Silale Swamp, where lions, elephants and pythons are often found. Without a road transfer to fit in, your guide can stay with whatever the day offers.

Travel rhythm

Game-drive duration remains flexible and is agreed with your guide.

Meals

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation

Mid-range lodge or tented camp, confirmed in the final quotation.

A gentler day among the farms of the Ngorongoro Highlands around Karatu. Walk through coffee and vegetable gardens, see how the beans are roasted, and take time to rest at your lodge before the Serengeti.

Travel rhythm

Usually 3–4 hours by road from Tarangire, with stops.

Meals

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation

Mid-range lodge or tented camp, confirmed in the final quotation.

Climb over the crater highlands and stop at Olduvai Gorge, one of the world's most important sites for human origins, before the land opens out into the Serengeti plains. Game viewing begins on the way to camp.

Travel rhythm

A longer driving day with stops along the way.

Meals

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation

Mid-range lodge or tented camp, confirmed in the final quotation.

Explore the Serengeti with the freedom of a private vehicle. Your guide follows fresh tracks, seasonal wildlife movement and local sightings rather than a rigid circuit. Pause for a picnic in the bush, spend time with big cats when conditions allow and watch the plains change color toward evening.

Travel rhythm

Game-drive duration remains flexible and is agreed with your guide.

Meals

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation

Mid-range lodge or tented camp, confirmed in the final quotation.

Explore the Seronera valley, known for year-round big cats, then the granite kopjes where lions rest and leopards lie up in the trees along the river. Your guide reads the morning's tracks and radio reports rather than a fixed route.

Travel rhythm

Game-drive duration remains flexible and is agreed with your guide.

Meals

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation

Mid-range lodge or tented camp, confirmed in the final quotation.

Explore the Serengeti with the freedom of a private vehicle. Your guide follows fresh tracks, seasonal wildlife movement and local sightings rather than a rigid circuit. Pause for a picnic in the bush, spend time with big cats when conditions allow and watch the plains change color toward evening.

Travel rhythm

Game-drive duration remains flexible and is agreed with your guide.

Meals

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation

Mid-range lodge or tented camp, confirmed in the final quotation.

Travel through the Ngorongoro highlands and descend into the crater for a rewarding game drive across grassland, woodland and seasonal wetlands. The compact ecosystem supports an extraordinary concentration of wildlife, while the crater walls create one of Tanzania's most memorable natural settings.

Travel rhythm

Early descent is recommended; crater access and timing follow park rules.

Meals

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation

Mid-range lodge or tented camp, confirmed in the final quotation.

Travel through the Ngorongoro highlands and descend into the crater for a rewarding game drive across grassland, woodland and seasonal wetlands. The compact ecosystem supports an extraordinary concentration of wildlife, while the crater walls create one of Tanzania's most memorable natural settings.

Travel rhythm

Early descent is recommended; crater access and timing follow park rules.

Meals

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation

No accommodation included unless an extension is requested.