Amazing Africa's big 5 tour on a 4-days Tanzania short northern circuit safari experience
4-days Tanzania safari experience overview
Exploring the northern circuit on a short 4-days Tanzania safari experience is one of Africa’s top wildlife safari experience/ expedition and guarantees the best of wild game than most of other parts of the continent. The 4 days Tanzania safari is a focused Africa’s big 5 game tour (lions, elephants, buffaloes, leopards, rhinos), warthogs, ostriches, secretary birds, flamingos, wildebeest migration tracks, birding, wilderness game drives, giraffes, zebras, cheetahs, primate species, reptiles and many others. A 4-days Tanzania safari is to cost you a total starting from $1,500- $2,000 per person.
Arrival & departure: Arusha, Tanzania
- Day 1- arrival, Kilimanjaro N.P
- Day 2- Ngorongoro crater
- Day 3- Tarangire national park game drives.
- Day 4- l. Manyara (tree climbing lions, flamingos)




Detailed 4-days Tanzania safari experience itinerary
You will be picked up by our guide from Kilimanjaro international airport and head out to your near Kilimanjaro national game park for a brief rest and later have a game drive around the park which is home to the African elephants, Africa’s big 5 game & numerous bird species.
Accommodation: Mount Kilimanjaro 360 (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner


Ngorongoro crater and then set out tour the diversity of the park and its habitats. The large crater and its vegetation will leave you amazed with the large number of wildebeests, zebras, buffaloes, elephants, lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, hippos, elands, kobs, bush bucks, waterbucks, rhinos among others and numerous bird species such as turaco, great kingfisher, abdim’s stork, white-backed vulture, african wood owl, african rail among others along with various features such as Ndutu plains, Gol mountain, Endoro waterfalls, Olduvai gorge, shifting sands among others.
Accommodation: Marera valley lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner


Today, you will head to Tarangire national park to continue enjoying amazing discoveries of the wild. The park is enriched with Africa’s big 5 game; lions, leopards, African elephants, cheetahs, buffaloes, giraffes, hippos, baboons, hyenas, wildebeests, zebras, the Tarangire river that anchors the park’s ecosystem, gazelles, kobs, water bucks, warthogs among others. The other exceptional siting would be of the ancient baobab trees that are scattered all over the park. The park is also resident to over 550 bird species making it a worthy birding destination.
Accommodation: Tarangire Sopa lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Day 3 Lake Manyara (birding & wildlife game drives)
Today you will be at lake Manyara national park known for its tree climbing lions a behavior not common for lions and huge elephant herds. Lake Manyara that anchors the park’s ecosystem is a soda ash lake and attracts thousands of flamingos for food and residence making it a perfect biding haven. Other wild life in the park include leopards, cheetahs, hippos, buffaloes, giraffes, oribis, hyenas, gazelles, kobs, waterbucks, zebras, and many more numerous bird species. Later on you will head to Kilimanjaro international airport for your departure flight.
Accommodation: Lake Manyara wildlife lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
When is the best time for a 4-days Tanzania safari?
Combining Ngorongoro crater, Tarangire game park and lake Manyara national parks in Tanzania’s northern circuit on 4 days’ safari exploration is one of the best recommended short safari packages. This 4-days Tanzania safari is best done during the country’s dry seasons of June to August and December to February.
Inclusions
- Park entry fees
- Airport transfers
- Domestic flights
- Driver & guide
- Bottle drinking refreshments
- Government taxes
- Transport 4×4 safari landcruiser
- All activities indicated on itinerary
Exclusion
- Visa fees & processing
- Travel insurance
- International flights
- Extra activities, meals, alcohol/ liquor off the itinerary
- Tipping & gratitude
- Souvenirs & snacks
- Any changes to the itinerary
- Extra luggage on domestic flights
- Accommodation after the end of the trip
- Anything not mentioned
Why take on a short 4-days Tanzania safari experience?
Travelers from all over the world that may opt to have a short break/ stay in Africa with one of the best options being taking on an adventure on a 4 days Tanzania safari experience in the country’s northern circuit which is Africa’s most wildlife concentrated area in the world. This focused Africa’s big 5 tour on a 4-days Tanzania safari is a great wildlife experience where you have sightings at numerous wildlife animals in a very short span in the wilderness.
Your safari route map
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