5 Days Northern Parks

Tarangire National Park is a landscape filled with ancient baobab trees and seasonal swamps, famous for some of Africa’s largest elephant herds. The park’s lifeline, the Tarangire River, attracts spectacular concentrations of game during the dry season – an unrivalled safari experience for nature lovers and adventurers.

Mto wa Mbu is a bustling farming village at the gateway to Lake Manyara National Park, unique for its incredible cultural diversity – with more than 120 Tanzanian tribes living peacefully together. The lush, irrigated fields provide an abundance of fruit and grains, while the vibrant local market offers an authentic insight into Tanzanian rural life.

Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is famous worldwide for its endless savannahs and the impressive Great Migration of more than a million wildebeest, zebra and gazelle. This legendary game reserve offers unparalleled opportunities to spot the Big Five and is home to an exceptional wealth of animal life within one of the world’s oldest ecosystems.

The Ndutu area, located on the border of the southern Serengeti ecosystem and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, turns into a scene of intense natural spectacle every rainy season (usually from December to March). It is known worldwide as the calf area of the Great Migration: hundreds of thousands of wildebeest gather here on the nutrient-rich short-grass plains to give birth to their young. This impressive explosion of new life inevitably attracts a high concentration of predators, making Ndutu an absolute prime location for experiencing breathtaking wildlife moments.

A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ngorongoro Crater is the largest intact volcanic caldera in the world and forms a spectacular, fully enclosed ecosystem. This natural wonder is known for its exceptionally high density of wildlife – from the iconic “Big Five” to an impressive population of lions – all of which flourish within the steep, surrounding crater walls.

Mto wa Mbu is a bustling farming village at the gateway to Lake Manyara National Park, unique for its incredible cultural diversity – with more than 120 Tanzanian tribes living peacefully together. The lush, irrigated fields provide an abundance of fruit and grains, while the vibrant local market offers an authentic insight into Tanzanian rural life.

Nestled in the Great Rift Valley, Lake Manyara National Park is a compact but exceptionally diverse reserve. It is known for its unique tree-climbing lions, large troops of baboons and the shimmering alkaline lake full of flamingos – all set against a backdrop of steep cliffs and lush groundwater forests.