Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire and Lake Manyara, linked by good roads and short drives — the most popular and most accessible way to safari in Tanzania.
The Northern Circuit is Tanzania's original safari route, and remains the most popular for good reason: four of the country's best-known parks within a few hours' drive of each other, well-developed roads and lodges, and reliably excellent wildlife viewing year-round. If it's your first Tanzania safari, this is almost always the right place to start.
Well-maintained roads and short drive times between parks make this the least complicated circuit to plan.
Consistently excellent game viewing across all four parks, in every season.
From budget camping to some of Africa's most celebrated luxury lodges, all within this one circuit.
Most Northern Circuit itineraries run 4-8 days, moving between two to four parks. It combines naturally with a Kilimanjaro climb before, or a Zanzibar beach extension after — both start from the same gateway airports.
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