4-Day Fly In Zanzibar To Northern Circuit Classic Safari

You will embark on an incredible safari adventure today! Your journey begins with an early morning pickup from your Zanzibar hotel, followed by a drive to the airport. Next, you will board a small plane for a flight to Serengeti with a stop at Arusha Airport. Upon landing at Seronera Airstrip, a private safari vehicle awaits you. Around 11:00 am, you’ll start exploring Central Serengeti. After a thrilling day, you’ll drive to your accommodation for a delicious dinner and a comfortable overnight stay. Overnight at Lala Salama Serengeti Luxury Camp • Mid-range tented camp located inside Serengeti NP.

The Seronera valley is the heart of the Serengeti and a year-round game-viewing area. Permanent water, rocky kopjes and short-grass plains create the highest density of big cats in Africa: roughly 1 lion per 10 km², and the best leopard sightings on the circuit.

Mornings start before sunrise to catch the cats while they are still active; midday is a slow picnic in the shade of an acacia. In the afternoon we work the riverine fig trees for leopards and the kopjes for resting prides. Distances are long but every stop is worth it.

Where you sleep tonight

Lala Salama Serengeti Luxury Camp

Luxury tented camp, Central Serengeti

You’ll enjoy the entire day at Serengeti National Park, starting your adventure at sunrise. On a full-day game drive, you’ll look for the Big Five and other interesting wildlife while enjoying the beautiful scenery. Serengeti is a paradise for bird lovers, with more than 500 bird species, like the impressive ostrich and unique secretary bird in the open grasslands, and graceful black eagles flying above the savannah. As the day ends, you will return to your accommodation for dinner and a comfortable overnight stay. Overnight at Lala Salama Serengeti Luxury Camp • Mid-range tented camp located inside Serengeti NP.

The Seronera valley is the heart of the Serengeti and a year-round game-viewing area. Permanent water, rocky kopjes and short-grass plains create the highest density of big cats in Africa: roughly 1 lion per 10 km², and the best leopard sightings on the circuit.

Mornings start before sunrise to catch the cats while they are still active; midday is a slow picnic in the shade of an acacia. In the afternoon we work the riverine fig trees for leopards and the kopjes for resting prides. Distances are long but every stop is worth it.

Where you sleep tonight

Lala Salama Serengeti Luxury Camp

Luxury tented camp, Central Serengeti

You’ll start your day at 7 am with an exhilarating transfer game drive from Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater, immersing yourself in the wonders of wildlife for approximately 3 hours. You’ll descend into the Ngorongoro Crater around 10 am. This vast wildlife sanctuary offers a special chance to spot rare species, such as the elusive black rhinos. You’ll spend around 5 hours exploring the expansive 260-square-kilometer Ngorongoro Crater, taking in the marvels of its diverse ecosystem. After a day filled with wildlife adventures, you’ll head to your lodge for a delightful dinner and a comfortable overnight stay. Overnight at Moonbow Lodge • Luxury lodge on the escarpment above Lake Manyara NP.

The Ngorongoro Crater is a 260 km² collapsed caldera with 600 m walls, and the highest density of large mammals on Earth. Inside the crater floor live around 25,000 large animals, including the densest population of black-maned lions and one of the last strongholds of the eastern black rhino.

We descend at first light when the floor is still in shadow and the cats are working. A picnic breakfast on the rim, a full morning circuit past the soda lake's flamingos and Lerai Forest's elephants, then a climb back up the escarpment in time for a late lunch.

Where you sleep tonight

Moonbow Lodge

Boutique lodge in Karatu

You will begin your day with breakfast, and then embark on a 90-minute drive to Tarangire National Park. This park is renowned for its large elephant herds and the abundance of Ancient baobab trees, the largest trees on the continent. You’ll enjoy the views from the open roof of the vehicle as you traverse through seasonal swamps, savanna landscapes, and along the Tarangire River, which is home to a diverse range of wildlife. You’ll look out for a variety of birds, giraffes, impalas, zebras, lions, leopards, elands, warthogs, and elephants. Around noon, you’ll exit the park and start your journey to Arusha Airport for your flight back to Zanzibar, marking the end of your 4-day adventure with us. Your driver will be waiting for you at Zanzibar Airport to take you back to your hotel, ensuring a smooth and comfortable transition from your safari experience to your return home.

Tarangire is the elephant capital of northern Tanzania. In the dry season the Tarangire River is the only permanent water for miles, and herds of up to 250 elephants come down to drink, calves tumbling between their mothers' legs.

You spend the day on a private game drive through baobab-studded floodplains: lions resting in the shade, giraffe browsing acacia tops, fringe-eared oryx and the strange dwarf mongoose colonies. We pack a hot picnic lunch so you can stay in the park while the light is good.