Northern Tanzania Safari Circuit

Arusha into the Tarangire River country, Lake Manyara and Mto wa Mbu, Ngorongoro highlands, and the Serengeti plains.

1 Home Base 1 Journey 4 Places

The Circuit

See how the Home Bases connect, then choose a Journey for the practical route and stops.

Home Bases

Move through the Circuit in this order, or begin from the starting point that fits your journey.

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Arusha

Arusha, Arusha Region, Tanzania

A northern Tanzania city base between the Namanga crossing and the central road through Babati.

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Journeys

The practical roads through the Circuit, with primary “Road to” Journeys shown first.

Journey

Northern Tanzania Safari Circuit

A map-first route from Arusha through Tarangire and Lake Manyara to Ngorongoro and Serengeti, reading gates, gateway settlements, protected areas, and lived landscapes as one connected geography.

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Places

The discoveries reached from the Home Bases along this Circuit.

Arusha Home Base

Lake Manyara National Park

A compact Rift Valley park where groundwater forest, floodplain, wetlands, hot springs, and an alkaline lake meet below the escarpment.

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Arusha Home Base

Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Volcanic highlands, grasslands, archaeological places, and the Ngorongoro Crater within a living multiple-use landscape.

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Arusha Home Base

Serengeti National Park

A vast savannah at the heart of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem and its annual movement of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelles.

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Arusha Home Base

Tarangire National Park

Baobab country organized around the Tarangire River, a dry-season lifeline for elephants and other wildlife.

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