Classic Northern Circuit — Tarangire, Ngorongoro & Serengeti
Tarangire, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti
Cost
On request
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Safari itinerary
Unhurried Serengeti — Five Nights, One Park
Duration
7 days
Group
Private departure
Pace
Relaxed
Best season
Year-round
Most itineraries treat the Serengeti as one stop among several. This one treats it as the destination. Five nights, two different sectors, and no transfer days spent looking at the back of a truck.
It is built for people on a second or third safari, and for photographers, who tend to want the same thing: to be somewhere at the right hour, repeatedly, until the thing they are waiting for happens.
How the days run
Out before dawn, back mid-morning, long break, out again at four and stay until the gate hour. Your guide will happily sit at one sighting for two hours if that is what the light is doing. Nobody will suggest moving on because there is a checklist.
Parks visited
Serengeti (Seronera and Moru or Ndutu)
Highlights
What makes this trip
- Five nights in one park — no packing and repacking
- Two sectors, chosen by season
- Bean bag and a spare charging bank in the vehicle
- Dawn starts and late returns as standard
- Guides who will wait at a sighting rather than move on
Day by day
The itinerary
Met at Kilimanjaro International and taken to Arusha. Briefing over dinner, including a proper conversation about what you are hoping to photograph.
Overnight: Lodge in Arusha
Meals: D
Short flight to Seronera airstrip and straight out. Afternoon along the Seronera river, which is the most reliable leopard country in the park.
Overnight: Camp, central Serengeti
Meals: B, L, D
Full day. The valley holds resident lion prides, leopard in the sausage trees, and cheetah out on the adjoining plains.
Overnight: Camp, central Serengeti
Meals: B, L, D
Full day, structured around whatever you found yesterday. If there is a kill or a cheetah with cubs, you go back to it.
Overnight: Camp, central Serengeti
Meals: B, L, D
South to the Moru kopjes, or to Ndutu in calving season. Game driving all the way — this is a move, not a transfer.
Overnight: Camp, southern Serengeti
Meals: B, L, D
Full day. Open country, long sightlines and the best cheetah odds on the northern circuit.
Overnight: Camp, southern Serengeti
Meals: B, L, D
Morning drive, then fly back to Arusha and on to Kilimanjaro International.
Overnight: —
Meals: B, L
The price
What is and is not included
Included
- All park and concession fees
- Private 4×4 Land Cruiser with pop-up roof and a window seat each
- Your own licensed guide throughout
- Accommodation on the stated basis
- All meals from lunch on day one
- Drinking water, coffee and tea in the vehicle
- Airport transfers on arrival and departure
- Flying Doctors evacuation cover
- Bean-bag camera support in the vehicle
Not included
- International flights
- Tanzanian visa
- Travel and medical insurance
- Alcoholic drinks
- Tips for your guide and camp staff
- Balloon flights and other optional extras
- Laundry and personal items
Before you ask
Common questions
Not if you like being still. The Serengeti is the size of Northern Ireland and the two sectors on this trip are entirely different country. If you would rather see variety, the classic circuit is the better trip.
Yes, up to four in a vehicle rather than six so everyone has a full row. Say so when you enquire and we will price it that way.
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Want it longer, shorter, in a different month, or at a different level of camp? Say so — we will price the version you actually want.
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