Tanzania's iconic safari heartland — the Great Migration, the Ngorongoro Crater and Kilimanjaro.
The Northern Circuit is Tanzania's most popular and accessible safari region, radiating from the town of Arusha and Kilimanjaro International Airport. It links a chain of world-famous parks that lie within a few hours' drive of one another, which makes it ideal for classic, first-time safaris.
It is home to the annual Great Wildebeest Migration, the Big Five, and the Ngorongoro Crater — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the densest concentrations of wildlife in Africa. The circuit also combines seamlessly with a Kilimanjaro trek or a Zanzibar beach extension.
Explore the region and the parks that make up the Northern Circuit.
Tanzania's largest and most famous park — endless plains, the Great Migration and superb big-cat sightings.
The world's largest intact volcanic caldera; a natural enclosure of lions, elephants and endangered black rhino, shared with Maasai communities.
Famed for huge elephant herds and ancient baobab trees, especially in the dry season.
A compact park known for tree-climbing lions, flamingos and rich birdlife beneath the Rift Valley escarpment.
A scenic day-trip park beneath Mount Meru, with the Momella Lakes, giraffes and colobus monkeys.
Africa's highest peak at 5,895 m and the world's tallest free-standing mountain.
Tanzania's second-highest mountain (4,566 m) and a rewarding acclimatisation climb.
The "Cradle of Mankind" — a landmark paleoanthropological site in the Great Rift Valley.
A striking alkaline lake and East Africa's most important breeding site for lesser flamingos.