This 6-day itinerary covers Tanzania's three most requested northern circuit parks in one package from Zanzibar: Tarangire for its elephant density, Serengeti for the migration and predators, and Ngorongoro Crater for a full crater descent. A domestic flight connects Zanzibar to Arusha at the start and returns from the northern circuit to Zanzibar at the end.
For a shorter 5-day version, see the existing 5-Day Zanzibar to Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro. For a version starting from Arusha, see our standard northern circuit tours.
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A domestic flight from Zanzibar to Kilimanjaro International Airport is followed by a drive to Tarangire National Park for an afternoon game drive among the baobab-studded plains.
Distance: Domestic flight to KIA, approximately 2 hours drive to Tarangire
Activity: Flight, road transfer, afternoon game drive
Accommodation: Lodge or tented camp in Tarangire National Park
Meals: Lunch and Dinner
A full day of game drives in Tarangire, where the Tarangire River draws the largest elephant concentrations in northern Tanzania alongside lion, leopard, giraffe, zebra and over 500 recorded bird species.
Distance: Full-day game drive
Activity: Morning and afternoon game drives
Accommodation: Lodge or tented camp in Tarangire National Park (second night)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
After a morning game drive, the drive continues to Serengeti National Park, with an afternoon game drive on arrival.
Distance: Road transfer from Tarangire to the Serengeti
Activity: Morning game drive, drive to Serengeti, afternoon game drive
Accommodation: Lodge or tented camp in the Serengeti National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
A full day of migration-focused game drives across the Serengeti's open plains, following the wildebeest herds and predator concentrations with your guide.
Distance: Full-day game drive
Activity: Morning and afternoon game drives
Accommodation: Lodge or tented camp in the Serengeti National Park (second night)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
After a final morning game drive, the drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area reaches the rim by afternoon. You descend into the caldera for a late afternoon crater game drive.
Distance: Road transfer from Serengeti to Ngorongoro
Activity: Morning Serengeti game drive, afternoon Ngorongoro crater descent
Accommodation: Lodge on the Ngorongoro Conservation Area crater rim
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
An early descent into the caldera for a final morning game drive among the crater floor's black rhino, lion, flamingo and dense plains game, before the drive to Arusha and the domestic flight back to Zanzibar.
Distance: Drive to Arusha, domestic flight to Zanzibar
Activity: Final crater game drive, then return flight to Zanzibar
Accommodation: N/A, end of safari
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
The 6-day version gives a full day in Tarangire rather than a transit-only stop, allowing a proper exploration of the baobab landscape and the elephant-rich floodplains before moving to the Serengeti.
Return domestic flights between Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro International Airport, all road transfers between parks, 5 nights accommodation on full board, all park and crater fees, and a private 4x4 with English-speaking driver-guide.
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