Northern Circuit - Serengeti Insider Safaris

Northern Serengeti and Kogatende

The Northern Serengeti, centred around the Kogatende area and the Mara River, is the stage for the most famous wildlife event on the planet — the wildebeest river crossings. Every year between July and October, over 1.5 million wildebeest, along with hundreds of thousands of zebra and gazelle, reach the Mara River on their northward […]

Serengeti National Park

Serengeti National Park is Tanzania’s most celebrated wildlife destination and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Covering 14,763 km² of sweeping savanna, riverine forest, and acacia woodland, the Serengeti hosts the planet’s greatest wildlife spectacle: the annual Great Wildebeest Migration, in which 1.5 million wildebeest, 300,000 zebras, and 500,000 gazelles traverse the ecosystem in search of […]

Tarangire National Park

Tarangire National Park is one of Tanzania’s most underrated yet spectacular destinations. Located 120 km south of Arusha, the park covers 2,850 km² of miombo woodland, swamp, and savanna dominated by ancient baobab trees — some over 1,000 years old. Tarangire is famous for hosting Tanzania’s largest elephant population during the dry season (June–October), when […]

Lake Manyara National Park

Lake Manyara National Park packs an extraordinary diversity of habitats into a relatively compact 648 km² park. Stretching along the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, the park encompasses groundwater forest, open savanna, swamp, and the shallow alkaline Lake Manyara itself — which covers approximately 75% of the park’s total area. Manyara is most […]

Arusha National Park

Lake Natron

Lake Natron is one of Africa’s most otherworldly destinations. This shallow, alkaline lake in northern Tanzania is famous for its striking red, pink, and orange colorations caused by salt-loving algae and mineral concentrations. The lake is a critical breeding ground for East Africa’s flamingo population. Millions of lesser flamingos arrive here to breed and raise […]