6-Day Cross Around Northern Tanzania

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Airport pick-up

Our staff members will be at the airport to pick you up and drive you to your hotel in Arusha Town.

Should you arrive early, you can have the Arusha town tour to get to know Arusha city and its interesting places. Our guide can also show you around the famous places in Arusha city. In the evening, return to your hotel for dinner and overnight and prepare for your adventure that starts the next day.

Main Destination:

Arusha (City)

Accommodation:

Arusha Tourist Inn Hotel

• Budget hotel located in Arusha (City)

Meals & Drinks:

• Meals at own expense
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Arusha to Tarangire National Park

We pick you up from your Arusha hotel at 08h00 and proceed on the 3-hour drive to Tarangire National Park. You will have a full-day game drive inside the park. Later, you will drive to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Tarangire National Park is located 115km from Arusha and covers an area of 2,800km. Wild animals drink water from the Tarangire River. The park has major attractions which include a large number of elephants, tree-climbing pythons, and baobab trees. You will also be able to see lions, leopards, and other animals.

Main Destination:

Tarangire National Park

Best Time To Visit July to November (Animals come to the Tarangire River)

High Season June to October (The park is full of visitors)

Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Tarangire NP

ElephantAbundant

GiraffeCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

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HippoCommon

HyenaOccasional

LeopardRare

CheetahRare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

Accommodation:

Fanaka Safaris, Campsites & Lodges

• Budget lodge located 1-2hr drive from Tarangire NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Tarangire to Serengeti

After a full breakfast, pack your luggage in the safari Jeep and then start on your en-route game drive to Serengeti with your packed lunch. On the way, you will view the beauty of the Rift Valley and have a view of the Ngorongoro Crater. You will reach Serengeti at around 15h00. Go on a late afternoon game drive in Central Serengeti and enjoy the sunset. Return for dinner and your overnight stay in the Serengeti.

The major attractions in Serengeti are the endless plains and the great Serengeti wildebeest migration which involves 1.5 million herbivores and predators. They move from one area to another in almost all parts of the Serengeti because of drought. Our driver-guide will make sure that you see part of the wildebeest migration. The movement of vast numbers of the Serengeti’s wildebeest, accompanied by large numbers of zebra, and smaller numbers of Grant’s gazelle, Thomson’s gazelle, eland, and impala, is a sight to behold.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park

Best Time To Visit January to February and June to October (Different areas are best at different times)

High Season July to March (The Seronera area is crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Wildlife in Serengeti NP

ElephantCommon

LionCommon

CheetahCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

Show more

GiraffeCommon

HippoCommon

HyenaCommon

LeopardOccasional

Black RhinoVery Rare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Serengeti NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Serengeti game viewing - back to Ngorongoro at noon

You will wake up at 05h45 for an early breakfast and see the sunrise inside the Serengeti. After breakfast, you will do a morning game drive until 11h30 whereafter you head back to your campsite for a hot lunch.

After lunch and packing, you will proceed with a game drive in the Serengeti while heading to Simba Campsite near the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Ngorongoro Highlands

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Ngorongoro Highlands

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Six to seven hours inside Ngorongoro Crater - arusha

You will wake up at around 05h30 for breakfast and thereafter descend to the Ngorongoro Crater floor where you will able to see all of the Big Five. You will also see different types of birds. The crater is also home to the black rhino. Enjoy your lunch inside the crater while watching nature and the high concentrations of flamingos.

After your game drive of 6 to 7 hours, you will ascend the crater and pass through the campsite for packing the luggage inside the Jeep. Drive back to Marera Valley Lodge for dinner and overnight. After the crater tour, you will have a walking tour inside Mto wa Mbu village where you will experience how the local people live, see banana plantations and you can also taste local food.

Main Destination:

Ngorongoro Crater

Best Time To Visit June to October (Wildlife viewing is best)

High Season Most of the year – July to March (Expect crowds)

Best Weather June to October (Rainfall is little to none)

Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater

Black RhinoCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

HyenaAbundant

Show more

ElephantCommon

HippoCommon

LeopardOccasional

GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Arusha Tourist Inn Hotel

• Budget hotel located in Arusha (City)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Materuni water falls

Materuni Village – Coffee and Waterfalls Day Trip. Materuni village is a beautifully lush area to visit on the outskirts of Moshi (it is actually the home of our Director, Ambrose- hence the name of the company!). Here you can really get to grips with the life of the local Chagga people- wandering through the Materuni village and passing their homesteads. Located in the picturesque foothills of Kilimanjaro. Materuni has managed to retain its authentic edge over some of the other tourist attractions as it is not one of the routes for climbing Kilimanjaro. materuni.

Main Destination:

Materuni Waterfalls (Highlight)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.