7-Day Classic Northern Tanzania Great Experience

Your driver-guide meets you at Kilimanjaro International Airport, welcomes you warmly to Tanzania and drives you by road to your hotel in Arusha.

After a chance to relax, our knowledgeable guides brief you on the safari ahead. Stroll through the grounds and, on a clear day, take in the views of Mount Meru before dinner and your first night in Tanzania.

After a hearty breakfast, your driver-guide picks you up at around 08:00 for the drive to Tarangire National Park, famous for rare African wild dogs, the elusive lesser kudu and huge parades of elephants. The game viewing is superb, especially in the dry months when thirsty animals gather along the river, and the green plains are at their most beautiful in the early morning and late afternoon.

There is plenty to see on your game drive. Enjoy a picnic lunch in the park, then continue to your lodge in Karatu for dinner and the night.

After breakfast at around 08:00, you drive through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, pausing at Heroes Point on the crater rim for your first glimpse down into the caldera.

Continue into the Serengeti, game driving all the way to your camp. Take in the vastness of the park, its woodlands and kopjes and the abundance of wildlife, before dinner and the night at your camp.

After breakfast at around 08:00, you head into the heart of the park for a full day's game drive, seeking out as many of its hidden gems as possible. The Serengeti is a haven for the Big Five and home to the millions of wildebeest that make up the great migration, plodding across the ecosystem and grazing their way through the grasslands.

Watch wild animals behaving naturally in their own habitat, with a picnic lunch out on the plains, before returning to your camp for dinner and the night.

After breakfast at around 08:00, you leave the Serengeti with game drives on the way, taking in everything the park has to offer as you head for another of the world's famous wildlife sanctuaries, the Ngorongoro Crater.

Explore the 260-square-kilometre crater floor, visiting Lake Magadi, a highly saline lake where pink flamingos, waders and waterfowl feed in the shallows, while raptors circle above the crater walls in search of a fresh kill. After a picnic lunch, drive to your lodge in Karatu for a hearty dinner and the night.

After breakfast at around 08:00, your guide drives you to Mto wa Mbu, the village famously known as 'Mosquito Creek'. Explore the village with a local guide and mingle with its people: join in their daily activities, taste local food and drink, learn a few words of the language, try the local transport and dress, and listen to local legends and stories.

After lunch at a local spot, you continue to Arusha, stopping at the Meserani snake park on the way, and arrive at your hotel in time for a shower, dinner and the night.

After a hearty breakfast, and depending on your flight time, your driver-guide collects you and transfers you comfortably to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your international flight home.

Alternatively, extend your adventure with a few days on the beautiful island of Zanzibar. From all of us at Gip Adventure, we wish you a safe journey home full of lasting memories.