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11-Day Northern Circuit Safari & Zanzibar Beach Escape – Ndutu Calving Season

Name: Serengeti Clarity
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$4,400

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Overview

This expertly crafted Tanzania safari combines intensive wildlife viewing during the Great Migration calving season in Southern Serengeti (Ndutu) with iconic Northern Circuit parks and a relaxing Indian Ocean finale in Zanzibar. Guests explore Tarangire National Park, Southern Serengeti Plains, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Eyasi, Mto wa Mbu, and Lake Manyara National Park, before flying to Zanzibar’s powder-white beaches in Nungwi. The itinerary features extended stays in Ndutu to maximize predator action, cultural encounters with the Hadzabe, Datoga, and Maasai communities, and carefully selected safari lodges and tented camps. Travel is in a private 4×4 Land Cruiser with pop-up roof and professional guide, making this journey ideal for travelers seeking dramatic wildlife encounters, scenic landscapes, and post-safari coastal relaxation.

Itinerary

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
- Lunch
- , Dinner
Hotel Stay
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
- Breakfast
- , Lunch
- , Dinner
Camping
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
- Breakfast
- , Lunch
- , Dinner
Camping
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
- Breakfast
- , Lunch
- , Dinner
Camping
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
- Breakfast
- , Lunch
- , Dinner
Hotel Stay
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
- Breakfast
- , Lunch
- , Dinner
Hotel Stay
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
- Breakfast
- , Lunch
- , Dinner
Hotel Stay

Inclusions

This Tour Includes:

Full board accommodation as specified on safari.
4wd luxury Land cruiser vehicle with pop-up roof.
Well-trained driver-guide.
Full board meals whilst on safari.
All the national park fees as per itinerary.
Water, soda, juice and beer with 1 bottle of sweet red wine in the jeep
Wi-fi network
Materuni and chemka hot spring tour
All meals whilst on safari.
Mineral water.

This Tour Excludes but option service

Airfares airport taxes and fees.
Laundry.
Entry visas and vaccinations.
Personal items.
Tips and gratuities.
Travel Insurance.
Optional tour.
Guide tips and any items of personal nature.
Wish you the best unforgettable safari in the paradise of Africa

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11-Day Northern Circuit Safari & Zanzibar Beach Escape – Ndutu Calving Season

$4,400

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