Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha Airport and meet your private driver-guide for a warm welcome to Tanzania. Transfer to your hotel in Arusha for relaxation after the journey.
Early arrivals may enjoy a short city orientation tour and distant views of Mount Kilimanjaro along the way.
Accommodation: Goldcrest Hotel Arusha
Meals: Half Board
After breakfast, drive to Tarangire National Park for a full-day game drive with picnic lunch.
The park is famous for its vast elephant herds, giant baobab trees, and wildlife-rich Tarangire River corridor. Lions, leopards, buffalo, giraffes, and zebra are commonly sighted.
Continue to your lodge near the park in the late afternoon.
Accommodation: Tarangire Safari Lodge
Meals: Full Board
Depart Tarangire after breakfast and travel toward the legendary Ndutu Plains, located between Serengeti and Ngorongoro.
During calving season, thousands of wildebeest calves are born daily, attracting high predator concentrations including lion, cheetah, leopard, serval, and caracal. Enjoy game viewing en route before reaching camp.
Accommodation: Serengeti Classic View Ndutu
Meals: Full Board
Spend two full days exploring the wildlife-rich Ndutu region.
Track massive herds of wildebeest and zebra, witness dramatic predator-prey encounters, and photograph big cats hunting across open plains and acacia woodlands.
Picnic lunches allow uninterrupted exploration deep inside the ecosystem.
Accommodation: Serengeti Classic View Ndutu
Meals: Full Board
Enjoy a final morning safari in Ndutu before departing in the afternoon toward the Ngorongoro Highlands.
Arrive at your lodge perched near the crater rim in time for sunset, positioning you perfectly for the next day’s descent into the caldera.
Accommodation: Amani Eserian Ngorongoro
Meals: Full Board
Descend into the Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Africa’s most wildlife-dense environments.
Expect buffalo, lions, elephants, cheetahs, flamingos along soda lakes, hippos, and excellent chances of spotting the endangered black rhinoceros.
After lunch inside the crater, continue to Karatu for overnight.
Accommodation: Eileen’s Trees Inn
Meals: Full Board
Travel to Lake Eyasi for immersive cultural encounters with the Hadzabe hunter-gatherers and Datoga blacksmith community.
Continue to Mto wa Mbu for a Maasai village visit before transferring to Arusha for your flight to Zanzibar.
Arrive in Nungwi and check into your beachfront hotel.
Accommodation: Opera Hotel Nungwi
Meals: Half Board
Relax on the white sands of Nungwi Beach, known for calm waters and coral reefs ideal for snorkeling.
Optional activities include dhow sunset cruises, spa treatments, fishing excursions, and Stone Town visits.
Accommodation: Opera Hotel Nungwi
Meals: Half Board
Enjoy a final morning at the resort before transfer to Zanzibar International Airport for onward international departure.
Optional stop in Stone Town for souvenir shopping en route.
Accommodation: N/A
Meals: Half Board
11-Day Northern Circuit Safari & Zanzibar Beach Escape – Ndutu Calving Season
$4,400
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