6 Days Tanzania Highlights Safari

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha Airport, you will be welcomed by a Quest Horizon Safaris representative.

After assistance with your luggage, transfer privately to your accommodation in Arusha.

Arusha is located near the foot of Mount Meru and serves as the main gateway to Tanzania’s Northern Safari Circuit.

Depending on your arrival time, spend the remainder of the day relaxing after your journey. You may enjoy the gardens and facilities of your accommodation or arrange an optional local activity.

Before departure, your guide or representative will provide a safari briefing covering the route, expected driving times, park regulations, luggage requirements and flight arrangements.

Dinner and overnight in Arusha

After breakfast, meet your professional safari guide and depart for Tarangire National Park.

The journey passes through rural communities, farmland, small towns and Maasai grazing areas.

Upon entering Tarangire, begin a private game drive through open grasslands, acacia woodland, seasonal wetlands and the Tarangire River Valley.

The park is famous for its large elephant population. Herds may be seen moving beneath ancient baobab trees, feeding near the river or gathering at water sources during the dry season.

Other possible wildlife includes lions, leopards, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, wildebeest, impalas, waterbucks and warthogs.

Tarangire is also one of Northern Tanzania’s best birdwatching destinations, with more than 500 recorded species.

Enjoy a picnic lunch inside the park and continue your afternoon game drive.

Later, leave Tarangire and travel toward Karatu or the Ngorongoro Highlands for dinner and overnight.

Depart early after breakfast and travel into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Continue to the crater rim and descend approximately 600 metres to the crater floor for a game drive.

The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera and supports an extraordinary concentration of wildlife.

Its grasslands, forests, freshwater springs, wetlands and alkaline lake provide habitat for lions, elephants, buffaloes, zebras, wildebeest, hippos, spotted hyenas and several antelope species.

The crater is also one of Tanzania’s better locations for observing the endangered black rhinoceros, although sightings remain unpredictable and cannot be guaranteed.

Explore the open plains, Lerai Forest and the shores of Lake Magadi before enjoying a picnic lunch inside the crater.

In the early afternoon, ascend from the crater and continue through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area toward Serengeti National Park.

Enter Serengeti and begin an en-route game drive toward the central region.

Arrive at your lodge or tented camp in the late afternoon or early evening.

Begin the final day with an early morning game drive.

The cooler hours provide another opportunity to observe predators, elephants and plains game before leaving Serengeti.

Depending on the scheduled flight time, return to camp for breakfast or continue with a picnic meal.

Transfer to the nearest operational airstrip and board a scheduled light-aircraft flight to Arusha.

The flight provides aerial views of the Serengeti plains, the Ngorongoro Highlands and the landscapes of Northern Tanzania.

Upon arrival, a Quest Horizon Safaris representative will transfer you to:

Guests continuing to Zanzibar may connect with a suitable scheduled service, subject to airline schedules and confirmed arrangements.