6 Days Afcon 2027 Northern Tanzania Safari from Arusha

Morning Departure from Arusha

Your private AFCON 2027 safari begins when our professional guide collects you from your hotel or another agreed location in Arusha. After a briefing about the journey, you will travel through the northern Tanzanian countryside toward Tarangire National Park. Along the way, you will pass local communities, Maasai settlements, farmland and open landscapes.

Tarangire Wildlife Game Drive

After completing the entrance procedures, you will begin exploring Tarangire’s baobab-covered savannah, acacia woodland and river valleys. The park is renowned for its large elephant population, and you may see family herds feeding or gathering near the Tarangire River. Our guide will also help you search for buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, impalas, warthogs and baboons.

Picnic Lunch and Afternoon Exploration

You will stop at a designated picnic location for lunch before continuing through the park’s seasonal wetlands and wildlife-rich plains. Lions, leopards and cheetahs inhabit Tarangire, although sightings depend on their natural movements. Later in the afternoon, you will leave the park and drive through the Great Rift Valley landscape to Karatu.

Night stay: Selected lodge or tented camp in Karatu.

Journey through the Ngorongoro Highlands

After breakfast, you will leave Karatu and travel into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The route climbs through lush, forested highlands before crossing open plains shared by wildlife, Maasai pastoralists and their livestock. You will enjoy impressive landscapes as you continue toward Naabi Hill Gate.

Enter Serengeti National Park

After completing the park-entry procedures, you will enter Serengeti National Park and travel toward the Seronera region. The journey will become a game drive as our guide searches for wildlife across the open plains. You may encounter giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, gazelles, elephants and spotted hyenas along the route.

Afternoon Central Serengeti Game Drive

During the afternoon, you will explore Central Serengeti’s plains, rocky kopjes and acacia-dotted landscapes. Our guide will search for lions resting near the kopjes, leopards in riverine trees and cheetahs surveying the grasslands. Buffaloes, elephants and numerous antelope species may also be observed before you proceed to your accommodation.

Night stay: Selected lodge or tented camp in Central Serengeti.

Morning Predator Search

You will begin your full-day Serengeti safari after breakfast. The cooler morning hours provide favourable conditions for finding predators before they retreat into shaded areas. Our guide will search for lions returning from nighttime activity, leopards resting in trees, cheetahs moving across the plains and hyenas travelling between feeding and resting locations.

Seronera River and Kopjes

You will explore the Seronera River Valley, nearby granite kopjes and surrounding woodlands. Permanent water sources attract resident wildlife throughout the year, including elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, hippos, zebras and several antelope species. Our guide will explain the behaviour of the animals and help you find responsible photography positions.

Picnic Lunch and Afternoon Safari

Around midday, you will enjoy lunch at a designated picnic location. Your afternoon game drive will cover additional areas selected according to recent sightings and seasonal wildlife movements. During certain months, migrating wildebeest and zebras may pass through Central Serengeti, although their location depends on rainfall, water and grazing conditions.

Night stay: Selected lodge or tented camp in Central Serengeti.

Explore New Wildlife Areas

After breakfast, you will depart for another full day of wildlife viewing. Our guide will select different routes from the previous day, giving you opportunities to discover new landscapes and encounter additional animals. The flexibility of your private safari allows more time at important sightings without following a fixed group schedule.

Big Cats and Plains Wildlife

You will search the grasslands, river valleys and rocky outcrops for Serengeti’s celebrated predators. Lions may be seen resting near kopjes or following herbivore herds, while leopards often use riverine trees for shade and protection. Cheetahs favour open plains, where their speed helps them hunt gazelles and other smaller animals.

Lunch and Afternoon Photography

Following lunch at an arranged picnic location, you will continue exploring the park. Our guide may take you toward water sources where elephants, buffaloes and other animals gather or across open plains inhabited by giraffes, zebras and wildebeest. The late-afternoon light offers excellent opportunities to photograph wildlife and the expansive Serengeti landscape.

Night stay: Selected lodge or tented camp in Central Serengeti.

Final Morning in Serengeti

You will have breakfast and begin your final Central Serengeti game drive. Our guide will focus on areas where interesting wildlife activity has recently been reported or search for animals you may not have encountered during the previous days. Morning conditions may provide opportunities to observe active lions, leopards, cheetahs and spotted hyenas.

Seronera Wildlife Exploration

Your game drive will continue around the Seronera River, woodland and surrounding plains. You may see hippos in suitable pools, elephants moving toward water or giraffes feeding among acacia trees. Our guide will share more information about the Serengeti ecosystem, predator behaviour and seasonal wildlife movements.

Drive to the Ngorongoro Area

After lunch, you will travel toward Naabi Hill Gate while continuing to view wildlife along the route. You will then cross the open plains of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, where Maasai communities live alongside wildlife. Later, you will proceed to your selected accommodation near the crater or in Karatu.

Night stay: Selected lodge or tented camp near Ngorongoro or in Karatu.

Crater Viewpoint and Descent

After an early breakfast, you will travel to the Ngorongoro Crater rim. Our guide will stop at a viewpoint where you can admire and photograph the vast volcanic caldera. You will then descend approximately 600 metres to the crater floor and begin exploring its grasslands, forests, wetlands and freshwater habitats.

Morning Big Five Search

You will search for lions, elephants, buffaloes and the endangered black rhinoceros. Leopards inhabit the wider conservation area but are difficult to find because of their secretive behaviour. The crater also supports large populations of wildebeest, zebras, gazelles, warthogs, spotted hyenas and golden jackals.

Hippo Pool Lunch and Afternoon Safari

Around midday, you will stop at a designated picnic location, commonly situated near a freshwater pool inhabited by hippos. After lunch, you will continue through Lerai Forest, the open plains and areas surrounding the seasonal lake. Flamingos and other aquatic birds may be present when water and feeding conditions are favourable.

Return to Arusha

During the afternoon, you will complete your final game-viewing circuit and ascend the crater wall. You will then travel through Karatu, Mto wa Mbu and the Great Rift Valley countryside toward Arusha. Our guide will drop you off at your hotel or another agreed location, concluding your six-day private safari during AFCON 2027.