4 Days / 3 Nights
Northern Circuit
5 Days Big Five Safari (Serengeti & Ngorongoro)
A bespoke five-day Big Five journey through Serengeti and Ngorongoro – lodge or camping, paced to your interests and season.
5 Days / 4 Nights
Serengeti · Ngorongoro
Big Five · Custom Pace
1 – 12 Persons
This 5-day Wild Gaze Safaris itinerary covers Serengeti · Ngorongoro with the pace and focus described in our northern circuit collection. A bespoke five-day Big Five journey through Serengeti and Ngorongoro – lodge or camping, paced to your interests and season.
Flexible lodge or camping is included in this carefully paced itinerary, with private guiding and flexible routing throughout.
Extended Serengeti drives is included in this carefully paced itinerary, with private guiding and flexible routing throughout.
Every departure is private and flexible – camping, lodge or mixed styles can be arranged. Our Iringa and Dar es Salaam teams coordinate logistics, park fees and guiding so you can focus on the wildlife.
D1
Transfer – Serengeti
Morning departure – Scenic drive – Afternoon game drive
Meet your Wild Gaze guide for a briefing before a scenic road transfer toward Serengeti. After lunch at camp or lodge, head out on your first game drive as wildlife activity builds toward sunset. Overnight at camp or lodge on the edge of the wilderness.
Pre-departure briefing
First wildlife encounter
Sunset drive
Camp / lodge overnight
D2
Full Day – Serengeti
Sunrise drive – Bush picnic lunch – Afternoon circuits
An immersive full day in Serengeti with sunrise and afternoon game drives, picnic lunch in the bush and time to follow predator movements, elephant herds and seasonal wildlife concentrations. Your guide adapts the route to recent sightings and your interests.
Sunrise drive
Full-day circuits
Bush picnic lunch
Predator tracking
D3
Full Day – Ngorongoro
Sunrise drive – Bush picnic lunch – Afternoon circuits
An immersive full day in Ngorongoro with sunrise and afternoon game drives, picnic lunch in the bush and time to follow predator movements, elephant herds and seasonal wildlife concentrations. Your guide adapts the route to recent sightings and your interests.
Sunrise drive
Full-day circuits
Bush picnic lunch
Predator tracking
D4
Full Day – Serengeti
Sunrise drive – Bush picnic lunch – Afternoon circuits
An immersive full day in Serengeti with sunrise and afternoon game drives, picnic lunch in the bush and time to follow predator movements, elephant herds and seasonal wildlife concentrations. Your guide adapts the route to recent sightings and your interests.
Sunrise drive
Full-day circuits
Bush picnic lunch
Predator tracking
D5
Morning Activity – Return to Arusha
Leisure breakfast – Exit drive – Afternoon arrival
After a relaxed breakfast, enjoy a final morning game drive as you exit Ngorongoro. Transfer back to Arusha with packed lunch en route, arriving mid to late afternoon for hotel drop-off or onward connections.
Final morning drive
Scenic exit route
Return transfer
End of safari
Travel Information
Getting to Arusha
This tour starts and ends in Arusha. Our team handles ground logistics from pickup to drop-off.
1
Starts and ends in Arusha. Wild Gaze Safaris is based in Iringa with operations across southern and northern Tanzania.
2
Fly via Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR) for southern and coastal routes, or Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) / Arusha (ARK) for northern safaris.
3
Hotel and airport transfers can be arranged on request. Share travel details at least 48 hours before departure.
4
Pre- and post-safari nights in Arusha or Zanzibar extensions can be added to your quote.
What’s Covered
Package Inclusions
All national park & conservation fees
Accommodation as per itinerary
All meals: breakfast, lunch & dinner
Drinking water throughout
Professional English-speaking driver-guide
Private 4×4 safari vehicle with pop-up roof
All activities listed in the itinerary
Government taxes & VAT
