This 6 Days Ultimate Budget Tanzania safari tour holiday vacation starts with your arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) or Arusha Airport (ARK). After collecting your luggage and clearing customs, you will be met by a tour representative. A comfortable transfer takes you to your pre-booked budget hotel in Arusha town. This day is about relaxing after your flight and preparing for the travel ahead. Once at the hotel, you can unpack and settle in. In the evening, your safari guide will come to meet you for a thorough briefing. They will review the itinerary, check your gear, and answer any questions you might have about the upcoming trip. Dinner will be served at the hotel. Overnight accommodation provides a good night's sleep before the morning start. Arusha serves as the gateway city for all Northern Circuit trips.

Following an early breakfast, you depart Arusha in a safari vehicle. The drive to Tarangire National Park takes a few hours. Tarangire is famous for its massive elephant population and the iconic baobab trees that populate its plains. Upon arrival, you begin your first extensive game drive. The park follows the Tarangire River, the only water source in the area during the dry season, which attracts large numbers of animals. You will see zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, impala, warthogs, and many bird species like ostriches and kites. The large elephant herds are a common sight near the riverbanks. The day includes a packed lunch eaten at a designated picnic spot within the park. In the late afternoon, you leave the park and drive to a nearby public campsite for dinner and overnight camping under the stars.

Day three involves an early start as you drive from the Tarangire area towards the Serengeti National Park. The journey takes several hours but includes game viewing as you travel through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and then into the Serengeti gates. The name "Serengeti" comes from a Maasai word meaning "endless plains," a description you will find very accurate. This park is perhaps the most famous in Africa due to its role in the Great Migration and its high density of predators. You will enter the central region, known as Seronera, a rich wildlife area because of the Seronera River. Upon arrival and check-in at your campsite, you have a late afternoon game drive. This area has many lion prides, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, and jackals. Dinner and overnight camping are in the heart of the Serengeti.

This entire day is dedicated to morning and afternoon game drives in the central Serengeti area. Getting up early for the morning drive is often the best time to see predators returning from their overnight hunts. The Seronera region provides excellent year-round wildlife viewing because the river ensures a permanent water source. You will have opportunities to see animals like lions, leopards, elephants, buffalo, and rhinoceros (though rhinos are rare). You can expect to see crocodiles in the river, hippos in pools, and various antelope species like topi, gazelles, and impala. Your guide knows the best spots for animal sightings. A picnic lunch will be enjoyed during the day. After a full day of observation, you return to the same public campsite for dinner and rest, listening to the sounds of the African night.

After breakfast, you pack up camp and drive toward the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA). You will reach the crater rim and begin the descent into the Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The crater floor is a natural enclosure, providing a home to approximately 25,000 large mammals. It offers a high chance of seeing the hard-to-find black rhinoceros. The dense animal population means you will see a wide range of species in close reach. The floor has a soda lake which attracts flamingos and other water birds like pelicans and geese. Meat-eating animals like lions and hyenas are present in high numbers due to the plentiful prey like wildebeest and zebra. You spend most of the day on the crater floor with a break for lunch. In the late afternoon, you drive back up the crater rim and on to a nearby campsite for your final night of camping.

On the final day of your 6 Days Ultimate Budget Tanzania safari tour holiday vacation, you have breakfast and then drive to your final park: Lake Manyara National Park. This park is smaller in size but offers a different environment compared to the plains and crater. It is known for its tree-climbing lions (if you can find them) and a massive bird population, including large pink flamingo groups near the lake's edge during certain seasons. The park also has many baboons, monkeys, and large elephant populations. After a morning game drive and picnic lunch, you begin the drive back to Arusha town. The trip concludes with a transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) or Arusha Airport (ARK) for your departure flight, ending your African journey.