4 Days Northern Circuit Tanzania Safaris
This is a good option for travelers who don’t have the time for our recommended full 5 days safari. On this trip, we take in Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, and Tarangire.
Uniquely, it includes the option to visit the Bushman tribe at Lake Eyasi for days 3 and 4.
Tour features
GAME DRIVES
Safaris include daily game drives in a high quality Land Cruiser, suitable for up to 7 people.
HONEYMOON SAFARI
Tanzania Honeymoon Safari. In summary, we offer Honeymoon gifts · Special room welcome, e.g. a bottle of something bubbly, a fruit platter, or flowers · Private breakfasts, lantern-lit dinners, and a luxurious retreat at Africa's Best Safari Lodge.
MEALS AND DRINKS INCLUDED
All meals as listed, local alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks are included.
RECOMMENDED DATES
If availability permits, this tour can start on any day.
Tour features
- Day 1: Drive to Lake Manyara, afternoon game drive
- Day 2: Ngorongoro Crater, half-day game drive
- Day 3: Game drives, guided walk, or biking
- Day 4: Tarangire national park game drive, return to Arusha city
THE BUDGET:
4 Days from $895 per person
Price is an estimate only and is dependant on group size, age of children, time of year and your choice of camps.
MAKE IT EXTRA SPECIAL:
We can incorporate all kind of activities in your safari, like coffee farm tours, hot air balloon, Maasai cultural tours, canoe safari, zip-lining and hiking. See below for our optional extras.
Drive to Lake Manyara, afternoon game drive
Drive from the hotel in Arusha city to Lake Manyara, with lunch en route. Afternoon game drive in Lake Manyara.
Lake Manyara is a highly scenic park, rimmed on one side by the tall cliffs of the Rift escarpment, and ringed with a variety of habitats including the namesake for the park, Lake Manyara. Game we see in Manyara include hippos, elephants, giraffes, buffalo, impala, dwarf mongooses, hyraxes, hippos, wildebeest, zebra, and on rare occasions, tree-climbing lions and leopards.
Accommodations Option
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Drinks
Ngorongoro Crater, half-day game drive
Drive 30-60 minutes to Ngorongoro Crater. Half-day game drive in the crater.
The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest caldera measuring nearly 2,000 feet in depth while covering 250 square kilometers in area. The Crater is a spectacular setting and contains an abundance of wildlife with over 20,000 large animals including Tanzania’s remaining black rhino. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is unique in that it allows over 40,000 Maasai pastoralists with their cattle goats and sheep to live alongside the abundant wildlife in a natural setting.
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Drinks
Game drives, guided walk, or biking
Today explore more of the area, either on a full-day game drive with your Shalev Tours & Safaris Ltd safari guide into either Tarangire or Lake Manyara, or try an active or cultural half-day activity.
Local activities include a Zipline, cultural hike, biking to the Lake Manyara shoreline, Mto wa Mbu village tour, Tinga Tinga painting class, or a coffee tour. Ideally, these are done as a half-day morning tour with a relaxing afternoon.
Accommodations Option
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Drinks
Tarangire national park game drive, return to Arusha city
Tarangire National Park, morning game drive. Afternoon, return to Arusha city via Mto Wa Mbu.
Tarangire is famous for its huge herds of elephants, healthy and large lion pride, and towering baobab trees. Throughout the dry season, thirsty antelope and elephants trek from many miles away to drink along the Tarangire River. Rare mammals here include the long-necked gerenuk, oryx, and wild dog.
Meals Plan: Breakfast, and Lunch.
- Inclusion
- All accommodations per itinerary
- All meals per itinerary
- All tours and entrance fees per itinerary (unless listed as excluded)
- All transportation and transfers per itinerary
- Professional English-speaking naturalist driver/guide
- Transportation in a custom safari 4×4 with a viewing roof and guaranteed window seating
- Safari vehicles have an inverter for charging batteries, communications radio, electric cooler, and filtered water
- National Park gate fees, Park Commission, and Government taxes (based on current rates)
- Exclusion
- International and domestic flights
- Meals not listed
- Beverages and alcohol
- Tips for guides, drivers, hotel staff
- Optional tours
- Single room supplement
- Personal expenses (visas, airport taxes, Internet, etc.)
- Bottled water and drinks
- Optional tours (Olduvai Gorge and Maasai Village visit)
- Flight out of the Serengeti
- Holiday supplement December 20 – January 5
- Discount for kids under 15 years old