7-Day Luxury Tanzania Safari

Tanzania’s northern circuit covers a lot of ground. Four parks, each with a different character — and if you do it right, each one lands differently. This trip is private throughout: your own vehicle, your own guide, your own pace. The lodges are among the best on the continent.

Depending on your arrival time, your first night is either in Arusha or directly in Tarangire. Your guide will arrange accordingly.

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Itinerary

Day 1 – Arrival → Arusha or Tarangire

Kilimanjaro or Arusha airport pickup by your private guide. If you land early enough, you drive straight to Tarangire for an afternoon game drive. If you arrive late, you spend the night in Arusha — at the Arusha Coffee Lodge or The Arusha Hotel — and head to the park first thing in the morning.

Day 2 – Tarangire National Park

A full day in Tarangire. The park is best known for its elephant population — one of the largest concentrations in East Africa — and for a landscape that looks like nowhere else: ancient baobabs, the seasonal Tarangire River, dry riverbeds that funnel wildlife into surprisingly tight spaces. Morning and afternoon game drives. Your guide stays with you throughout. Overnight at one of our preferred camps inside or adjacent to the park.

Day 3 – Lake Manyara

Drive to Lake Manyara National Park. It’s a compact park but a genuinely varied one — dense groundwater forest gives way to open floodplains and then the soda lake itself. Tree-climbing lions are spotted here more reliably than almost anywhere else. Good birding along the shoreline. Afternoon at leisure. Overnight at a lodge on the escarpment above the lake with views across to the Rift Valley.

Day 4 – Serengeti

An early start and a drive into the Serengeti. The landscape opens up as you descend from the highlands — by the time you cross the park boundary the sky feels different. Afternoon game drive in the area your guide judges best for the season. The Seronera valley is reliable year-round; the north near the Mara River is the place to be from July to October when the migration crosses. Overnight at one of our Serengeti properties.

Day 5 – Full Day in the Serengeti

The Serengeti rewards time. A full day means a proper morning drive, a bush picnic, and an afternoon back out when the light is right and the predators start moving. Your guide reads the park daily — where the lions were spotted, where the cheetahs denned, what the radio traffic is saying. Overnight in the Serengeti.

Day 6 – Serengeti → Ngorongoro

A final morning drive before leaving the Serengeti. Drive east through the conservation area and up to the Ngorongoro Crater rim. The altitude change is abrupt — cooler air, cloud cover, forest. The crater itself is 600 metres below you. Dinner and overnight at a lodge on the rim.

Day 7 – Ngorongoro Crater → Departure

Into the crater at first light. The Ngorongoro Crater is a collapsed volcanic caldera roughly 20 kilometres across, and the wildlife density inside it is extraordinary — lion prides, large black rhino population, hippo pools, tens of thousands of wildebeest and zebra, flamingos on Lake Magadi. A full morning drive, picnic lunch inside the crater, then ascent and transfer to Arusha or Kilimanjaro airport.

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Key Facts

Duration	7 days / 6 nights
Style	Private safari, dedicated guide, luxury lodges and camps
Parks	Tarangire · Lake Manyara · Serengeti · Ngorongoro Crater
Vehicle	Private 4×4 Land Cruiser
Best time	June – October (dry season) · December – March (calving season)
Price	From US$ 4,480 per person
Starts / Ends	Arusha or Kilimanjaro International Airport
Extensions	Zanzibar · Lake Eyasi · Arusha National Park