7 Days Gems of the North

Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transfer to your Arusha hotel for a rest and safari briefing.

Drive to Tarangire National Park. The Tarangire River supports extraordinary wildlife concentrations — elephants by the hundred, zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, and impala share the water with crocodiles and hippos. The ancient baobab trees lend the landscape an almost prehistoric atmosphere.

Drive to Lake Manyara, famous for its tree-climbing lions — a behaviour unique to this population. The groundwater forest harbours baboon troops and colobus monkeys, while the shallow alkaline lake turns pink with flamingo flocks. Hot geysers steam at the water's edge.

Drive across the Ngorongoro highlands and descend onto the Serengeti plains. Arrive in the Seronera area for an afternoon game drive. Leopards haunt the sausage tree groves around the river junction — one of the most reliable leopard habitats in Tanzania.

A complete day in the Serengeti with morning and afternoon drives. Cheetahs scan for prey from termite mounds. Lions patrol territory boundaries. The wildebeest herds stretch across the plains in columns that disappear over the horizon.

Leave the Serengeti and descend into the Ngorongoro Crater — the crown jewel of Tanzania's northern circuit. The Big Five all reside within this ancient caldera. Lions are often seen hunting in the open, while black rhinos graze in the distance. Overnight in the highland town of Karatu.

Drive to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your flight home, carrying seven days of extraordinary northern Tanzania wildlife experiences.