6 days, 5 nights
Six Day Classic Northern Circuit
Four parks, each completely different from the last, at the pace they deserve.
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Northern circuit
Tarangire National Park
Elephants, baobabs, birdlife
RegionNorthern circuit
Best timeJuly to October
Getting thereBy road from Arusha, roughly two hours
Known forElephants, baobabs, birdlife
Tarangire is built around a single river that runs through the dry season when almost everything else in the region has gone. The result, between July and October, is one of the heaviest concentrations of elephant anywhere in Tanzania, along with everything else that needs water.
It is also the most striking landscape on the northern circuit. Baobabs stand across the hills, some of them a thousand years old and wide enough that a vehicle disappears behind one. The park is quieter than Ngorongoro or the Serengeti, and often you will have a sighting to yourselves.
Birders should allow more time here than the itinerary suggests. Tarangire records over five hundred species and is one of the best dry season birding sites in East Africa.
Itineraries
Safaris that include Tarangire
3 days, 2 nights
Three Day Tarangire, Manyara and Ngorongoro
A short safari that does not feel rushed, finishing on the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater.
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9 days, 8 nights
Nine Day Northern Circuit and Zanzibar
Six early mornings in a safari vehicle, then three days by the Indian Ocean.
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