Family Safari in Tanzania
Visit the 'big five' areas of Tanzania on this 6 night safari. The itinerary starts with a Serengeti fly-in, and then continues to take in the wildlife of Ngorongoro, Lake Manyara and Tarangire.


DAY 1: Serengeti National Park
In the afternoon you will fly straight from Arusha to the Serengeti arriving in time for an afternoon game drive. Catching the great migration in the Serengeti is a spectacular sight, and if you time your safari right, you might witness millions of wildebeest hustling together as the intensity of the migration grows. You will enjoy staying at the Serengeti Sopa Lodge for two days on a full board basis.

Meals: Half Board
Accommodation: Serengeti Sopa Lodge


DAY 2 : Serengeti National Park
Today is your second day on safari and you will have both morning and afternoon game drives through the Serengeti exploring the wildlife in the great open plains.

Meals: Full Board
Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Lodge


DAY 3: Ngorongoro Crater & Olduvai Gorge
After enjoying your breakfast you will drive via Olduvai Gorge to Ngorongoro Crater, with a picnic lunch en route. Discover the archaeological history at Olduvai before driving to your accommodation at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge. Quite possibly the most famous of all Africa’s conservation areas, this is one of the places in Africa where you stand a very good chance of seeing the "Big Five". Spend two nights at the Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge on a full board basis, where the high altitude of the Crater Rim will ensure you sleep well.

Meals: Full Board
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge


DAY 4: Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, our Essential Northern Circuit safari has allocated a full day for game viewing in the Crater with a picnic lunch. The crater is rich in wildlife and the day will be filled with sights and sounds of the wild echoing within the crater walls.

Meals: Full Board
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge


DAY 5: Lake Manyara National Park
This morning you will drive to Lake Manyara. Activities here will include a walk around the rim of the Great Rift Valley, escorted by a Masai guide. Lunch is followed by a game drive in this park famous for its herds of elephants and huge variety of birds. The Lake Manyara forest is the place to see leopard, while lions hunt on the grassy shores of the lake. You will be staying at the Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge on a full board basis.

Meals: Full Board
Accommodation: Manyara Serena Lodge


DAY 6: Tarangire National Park
After breakfast you leave Lake Manyara and drive to Tarangire. In the afternoon you'll be taken on a game drive through the park. Many of the animals congregate around the only source of permanent water in the park, the Tarangire River. This is the best place in Tanzania to see really big herds of elephant - up to 300 at a time. Stay overnight at the Tarangire Sopa Lodge on a full board basis.

Meals: Full Board
Accommodation: Tarangire Sopa Lodge

DAY 7: Day of Departure
You leave for Arusha after breakfast, arriving in the late morning. Sadly this is the end of your safari


Our Pricing Includes:
Transport & Transfers in a safari van with a pop-up roof
Three meals a day
Park entrance fees
Driver's allowances
Service of an English speaking professional guide/Driver

Our Pricing Excludes
International flights to/from your home
Tips & gratitude’s
Airport transfers
Personal insurance
Alcoholic drinks
Accommodation before & after the safari.

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Tanzania family on safari!
This fantastic trip includes activities for the whole family, including game drives, walks, cultural exchanges, and plenty of time for swimming and exploring. Highlights include four nights of private luxury camping in Serengeti National Park.

Day 1: FLIGHTS - Depart home. (Airline meals)

Day 2: ARUSHA - Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport. We’ll pick you up and drive you to Moivaro Lodge on the outskirts of Arusha. Overnight here. (Airline Meals)

Day 3: TARANGIRE - Enjoy breakfast, then drive to Tarangire National Park. This park is full of elephants, lions, zebras, buffalo, wildebeest and majestic baobab trees. Meals and overnight at Tarangire Safari Lodge, a tented camp with a pool and great view. (B, L, D)


Day 4: TARANGIRE - Enjoy a full day to explore the park on morning and afternoon game drives. With your free time, relax at the pool, the deck, or under the verandah of your tent. Meals and overnight at Tarangire Safari Lodge. (B, L, D)

Day 5: LAKE MANYARA - After breakfast, drive to Lake Manyara National Park. This jungle-like park is home to zebras, elephants, lions, flamingos, giraffes, baboons and hippos, just to name a few. Optional morning canoe trip on the lake for an additional charge. Enjoy a picnic lunch and game viewing, then overnight at lovely Plantation Lodge. (B, L, D)

Day 6: KARATU - Have breakfast, then a morning walk to nearby waterfalls and elephant caves. Enjoy lunch and a visit to a local elementary school to see how Tanzanian kids learn. In the afternoon relax or swim in the pool. Dinner and overnight at Plantation Lodge. (B, L, D)

Day 7: NGORONGORO - Enjoy a full day in Ngorongoro Crater with picnic lunch. Often called the 8th Wonder of the World, this sunken volcano boasts the big five: elephants, lions, leopards, buffalo and the rare black rhino. There are 20,000 plus animals here, so there’s something for everyone. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge. (B, L, D)

Day 8: SERENGETI - Today, you leave the Ngorongoro highlands and drive to the world famous Serengeti. On the way, stop at historic Olduvai Gorge and then play on sand dunes at Shifting Sands. Game drive to Ngaroi, a small, luxury tented camp on the border of the Serengeti. Dinner and overnight here. (B, L, D, Dr)

Day 9-11: SERENGETI - Spend three days exploring the world-famous Serengeti. Here, you’ll have the chance to see a wide range of wildlife from lions and leopards to zebra, giraffes, elephants and more. After morning and afternoon game drives, you’ll enjoy drinks around the campfire and dinner at Ngaroi. You’ll also have optional daily walks with a fantastic walking guide and night drives. Overnight here. (B, L, D, Dr)

Day 12: ARUSHA/FLIGHTS - Have breakfast, then game drive to the airstrip for your flight to Arusha. After landing, we’ll drive you to Moivaro Lodge. Here, you can shop in town or relax by the pool. After an early supper, we’ll take you to the airport for your flight home. (B, L, Airline meals)

Day 13: FLIGHTS - Arrive home. (Airline meals)


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DAY 1 - ARUSHA, TANZANIA
Upon arrival into Kilimanjaro International Airport in Tanzania this evening you will be met and transferred to the Mount Meru Game Lodge. Nestled between the peaks of Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro the lodge is located within 33 acres manicured gardens and the tranquil waters of the Usa River. The Lodge and its grounds are also home to a variety of birds and animals that live out their lives here at the Animal Sanctuary. All 17 rooms have a veranda with comfortable chairs where guests may sit during the late afternoons enjoying the surroundings, watching the animal and birdlife. Other amenities consist of a terrace, bar, lounge, restaurant and gazebo.
The main emphasis of the Game Sanctuary is to provide safe haven to African plains game and birds. These include eland, ostriches, waterbucks, zebras, buffalo, small carnivores such as Monitor lizards, small wild cats and of course the enormous variety of birdlife who come to feed, breed and enjoy the unique freedom offered here. The majority of the animals were once either orphaned or badly injured and were brought to the sanctuary for rehabilitation. The Sanctuary is supported entirely by the Lodge.
Overnight - Mt. Meru Game Lodge (late snack)


DAYS 2/3 - SINYA
After breakfast you will be met by your guide and depart for a remote area in the shadow of Mt. Kilimanjaro called Sinya, a private wildlife reserve on Maasai land. Flood plains, hills, acacia woodland and a memorable landscape of Mt. Meru and Longido Peaks give life to one of the most beautiful, pristine, wild areas of Northern Tanzania. This is the arid land of Sinya, one of the few areas in Africa where huge Elephant Bulls, more than 50 years old, carrying tusks of considerable size, are regularly seen. These bulls, some of them living permanently in the zone, together with herds of mothers and calves, migrate from Amboseli National Park to Sinya in search of water and food. Because of their familiarity with safari vehicles in Amboseli (Kenya) , they allow you to approach them at very short distances, allowing for excellent photographic opportunities. Most of them have been monitored by Cynthia Moss in Amboseli for more than 25 years and form one of the healthiest and most balanced Elephant populations of the whole African continent. The Maasai in Sinya still live in the traditional way and are spectacularly dressed and follow all the traditional ceremonies. They are very friendly and unexposed to the commercial relationship with tourists that is common in other more visited areas. You will have opportunities to be led on wildlife walks, visit the Maasai villages and market, and participate in ceremonies if the occasion arises. While in Sinya you will spend two nights at Kambi ya Tembo, a small luxury tented camp that looks directly at Mt Kilimanjaro and is the only facility in the reserve. Activities while at Kambi ya Tembo include game drives in open 4x4 safari vehicles, bird watching and walking safaris escorted by Maasai warriors. Also, during free times the Askaris (watchmen) will patrol day and night for animals, and the area will be cleared by our head watchman well before children are allowed to walk or play.
Today after you arrive and eat lunch you will depart in the late afternoon on an evening game drive returning in time for drinks and story telling around the camp fire with the enormous African sky overhead. Excellent meals are served under the trees or in the dining tent. Overnight - Kambi Ya Tembo (all meals & activities)


DAY 4 - SINYA / ARUSHA NATIONAL PARK
Arise for an early breakfast then go for a short game drive in the reserve before departing back to Arusha. En route you will visit Arusha National Park. Set between the slopes of Mt. Meru and Mt. Kilimanjaro this small park is one of Tanzania’s hidden gems and one of the few places where you will have a good chance to see the rare Black & White Colobus monkeys, which inhabit the Ndurdoto Forest. The parks contains a series of shimmering alkaline lakes, which attract large flocks of flamingo’s and a variety of birds, along with elephant, buffalo, zebra, gazelle, wart hog, hippo and an amazing number of giraffe. The rare black rhino is also found here.
One of the highlights of today’s game drive is a short walk to a viewing area overlooking the miniature Ngurdoto Crater, which is completely reserved for the animals, so no one is allowed to go down into it. From high above the tiny dots that appear on the crater floor are actually huge Buffalo, that feed in the marsh grasses.

Enjoy a picnic lunch, before heading back to Arusha arriving at the Mt. Meru Game Lodge in the afternoon. Relax for the rest of the day. Overnight - Mt. Meru Game Lodge (all meals & activities)


DAYS 5/6 - TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
Arise early this morning for breakfast, then depart for Tarangire National Park, Tanzania’s third largest wildlife reserve. As you enter the park you will see the ancient Baobab trees that dot the grasslands. Elephant, leopard, lion and many plains game can be found here as well as eland, Maasai giraffe, Grant's and Thompson's' gazelle, hartebeest, impala and the usual collections of baboons, warthog and ostrich. The landscape is as diverse as the wildlife, with zones ranging from grassland to woodland and deep gully vegetation to scattered rocky hilltops. The Tarangire River meanders through the park, enticing over 6,000 elephants to the are during the dry season and a variety of colorful birds.
Your accommodations for the next two nights will be at the Tarangire River Camp. Just outside the western border of the park, the camp sits on a high ridge over looking the Tarangire River. Views in the distance of Mt. Meru, Kilimanjaro and Ngorongoro, oldonyo lengai, and the Great Rift Valley can be seen from every corner of the Camp. Activities include wildlife viewing in the park and walking and hiking. After lunch we’ll enjoy an afternoon game drive followed by drinks around the fire where we can discuss our day. Dinner is served under the stars or in the dining gazebo encircling the base of an ancient Baobab Tree.

On your second day you have another full day of game drives in this spectacular park along with a visit to a local village. Elephant herds of 100 to 300 individuals are often seen here. Overnight - Tarangire River Camp (all meals & activities)


DAY 7 - LAKE MANYARA / NGORONGORO FARM HOUSE
Arise early this morning and after tea or coffee, you’ll leave Tarangire for a short drive across the Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park. Although only 205 sq. miles in size this enchanting park is noted for its beauty and incredibly lush acacia forest of giant fig and mahogany trees, which are home to troops of baboons and blue monkeys. The park is also home to large numbers of buffalo, giraffe, elephant, hippo, impala and the Hippo Pool, where large numbers usually gather. Well known for its birds (over 400 species), Lake Manyara is one of the few places you will see the comical Ground Hornbill and the Crested Eagle.
After spending several hours in the park and stopping for a picnic breakfast, you’ll continue to the Ngorongoro Highlands, driving through small villages and passing small farms on your way To the Ngorongoro Farm House. The Ngorongoro Farm house is set on 500 acres of gardens, pasture and coffee plants. It faces the Oldeani Volcano at the foot of Ngorongoro Crater and has 22 charming cottages that look out at the rolling hills, a pool, dining room an lounge. After lunch you will visit the local primary school in the small town of Karatu. Then return to the lodge with time to cool off in the pool. Overnight - Ngorongoro Farm House (all meals & activities)


DAYS 8/9 - NGORONGORO CRATER
This morning after a wonderful breakfast and time to stretch your legs you will leave the farm and drive the short distance to the "eighth wonder of the world", the Ngorongoro Crater. Driving up the slopes of the lush green mountain and arriving at the rim of the crater , the first glimpse takes your breath away. The floor of this collapsed volcano spreads for 102 sq. miles and the walls are 2000 ft. high, a truly awesome sight. The crater floor is a virtual "Noah's Ark", inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa. It contains a river, several swamps, a soda lake - complete with flamingoes, a forest and open plains.
After checking in to your award winning lodge, perched high on the crater rim and enjoying lunch, you will descend the crater walls and spend the afternoon and early evening wildlife viewing on the crater floor.

The next morning, after an early breakfast you will depart with a picnic lunch and spend the entire day exploring this magnificent wonder. Overnight - Serena Crater Lodge (all meals & activities)


DAYS 10/11/12 - SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
This morning after breakfast and a final glimpse of the crater, you’re off to the infamous Serengeti National Park, the symbol of Africa's wildlife. The word Serengeti comes from the Maasai language meaning "endless plains". The 6,900 sq. mile (18,000 sq. km) park is inhabited by more than 2 large million animals including more than a million wildebeest, hundreds of thousands of plains zebras, and Thomson’s gazelles. Large predators including lions, cheetahs, and hyenas are drawn to the area by this abundance of prey which migrate throughout the park. Many smaller animals – rock hyrax, bat eared foxes, mongoose, honey badger, jackals, monkeys, baboon and African hare inhabit the area along with nearly 500 species of birds. Off road you’ll find the "Kopjes", massive boulder islands of granite standing in a sea of grass, provide shelter to a great variety of plants and animals, from the elusive leopard to the tiny dik dik.
Along the way to the Serengeti you will stop at the famous “Oldupai Gorge”, where Dr. Louis and Mary Leakey made their discovery of early man. Here you will visit the small museum and attend a short lecture describing the archeological digs and geology of the gorge.

Your lodging for the next three nights will be either at Ndutu Lodge, or the Serengeti Serena Lodge, depending on where the herds of wildebeest and zebras are migrating. From December to May, the migration is clustered in the southern Serengeti between the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Lake Ndutu. The Ndutu Safari Lodge is a delightful small lodge that sits back from the lake in a beautiful setting. It is known for it’s friendly staff and wonderful food, and the Genets (small nocturnal catlike animal) that wander the rafters in the main building. At night you can sit around the campfire and look up at the magnificent African sky, while listening to the sounds of animals in the distance. In the morning you'll be awakened by the sounds of birds.

During June the herds began to move north into the central and western Serengeti and up into the Grumeti River area. From June through November your accommodations will be at the beautiful Serengeti Serena Lodge, a luxury lodge where you stay in a stone-built, traditionally-thatched 'Rondavel', featuring natural stone bathrooms, wildwood balconies, rope-lashed staircases, leopard-print drapes and intricately carved furniture, all with views of the endless plains below. The lodge has 66 guests rooms, a pool, fire pit, barbecue area, restaurant, lounge and bar. Optional hot air balloon safaris can also be done here.
* NOTE: Alternate private luxury mobile tented camps can be arranged also Overnight - Ndutu Safari Lodge (all meals & activities)


DAY 13 - SERENGETI / ARUSHA / END OF SAFARI
After breakfast you will depart for Seronera airstrip to catch your scheduled flight back to Arusha. Next to the airport is a reputable shopping establishment where fine crafts are available as well as Tanzanite. Your driver will be glad to stop if you wish bring back any mementos of your safari. You will arrive in the afternoon at the Mt. Meru Game Lodge and enjoy a late lunch and a snack before being transferred Kilimanjaro International Airport for your international flight.
Dayroom – Mt. Meru Game Lodge (Breakfast & Lunch)

Tanzania Family Safari Includes
Private airport transfers from Kilimanjaro Airport to Arusha
Transport in modified 4WD Land Cruiser and Landrovers with photographic roof hatches
Exclusive services of a professional safari guide
Bottled water and soda’s while on game drives
All meals on safari
All accommodations as per itinerary
All National Park and Wildlife Reserve entry fees
Schedule Flight: Serengeti to Arusha
Membership in Flying Doctor Service
Laundry services at Kambi Ya Tembo


Tanzania Family Safari Excludes
International airfare and flights
Transfers for those arriving from Nairobi
Gratuities for safari guides and camp staff
Laundry Services, excluding Kampi Ya Tembo (can be done for a fee elsewhere)
All Items of a personal nature
Travel insurance
Visas and visa fee
Airport departure taxes
 

 

TANZANIA FAMILY SAFARI

This specially designed family holiday starts with an introductory nature skills course and horse riding at a private beach on the south coast of Dar es Salaam, then game drive safaris in Mikumi National Park and finally game drives and a boat safari on the Wami river in Saadani National Park, Tanzania’s only coastal wildlife reserve.
A short flight from Saadani leads to an exploration of Zanzibar’s historical Stone Town and relaxation on one of Zanzibar’s finest white sand beaches.

DAY 1. DAR ES SALAAM
Arrive and transfer to south coast of Dar es Salaam to a private beach. O/n Camping. (FB). Camping facilities include large walk in canvas dome tents equipped with 2 stretcher beds, bed linen and pillows and a side table and chairs.



DAY 2. DAR ES SALAAM
An introductory bush skills nature course designed to educate both children and adults about the natural environment of Tanzania. Topics covered include local flora and fauna, reptiles, nature walks, nature games and survival skills, and in the evening astrology and African folklore tales by the campfire. At certain times of the year green turtles come to the beach to lay eggs and ‘turtle safaris’ can be organised to see the hatchlings.
O/n Camping. (FB)

DAY 3. DAR ES SALAAM
In the morning stable management and horse riding with trails through the bush and along the beach can be organised. Alternatively an extended bush skills course can be organised for non riders. After lunch relax at the beach or take guided nature walks. In the evening a night walk can be organised for the adventurous.
O/n Camping (FB)

DAY 3. MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK
Morning departure with Authentic Tanzania private safari vehicle and guide to Mikumi National Park, roughly a 5 hour drive from Dar es Salaam. After lunch game drive safari with the chance to see a huge variety of game and wildlife. Commonly seen species include elephant, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, lion, impala, hippo, crocodile and several species of antelope.
O/n Mikumi Wildlife Camp (FB). This comfortable safari lodge has stone cottages with an extra room so a family of 4 can be comfortably accommodated in one cottage.



DAY 4. MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK
Morning and afternoon game drives in Mikumi N.P. Lunch is taken back at the lodge giving plenty of time for an afternoon siesta or just watching the wildlife at the lodge’s waterhole from the comfort of your cottage verandah.
O/n Mikumi Wildlife Camp. (FB)

DAY 5. MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK
Morning and afternoon game drives in Mikumi N.P. Lunch is taken back at the lodge giving plenty of time for an afternoon siesta or just watching the wildlife at the waterhole from the comfort of your cottage verandah.
O/n Mikumi Wildlife Camp. (FB)

DAY 6. SAADANI NATIONAL PARK
Drive to Saadani N.P. (approx 4 hours), Tanzania’s only coastal wildlife reserve Safari options (1 safari/day) will be organised by the lodge in Saadani and include morning or afternoon game drives and a stunning boat safari on the Wami river. With luck expect to see giraffe, buffalo, lion, reedbuck, warthog, wildebeest and zebra just inland from the deserted beaches and hippo, crocodile and a huge variety of bird life at the river.
O/n Saadani Safari Lodge. The lodge has a swimming pool, and is located on a long stretch of deserted beach.

DAY 7. SAADANI NATIONAL PARK
Safari options will be organised by the lodge in Saadani and include morning or afternoon game drives and a stunning boat safari on the Wami river. O/n Saadani Safari Lodge. (FB)



DAY 8. SAADANI NATIONAL PARK
Safari options will be organised by the lodge in Saadani and include morning or afternoon game drives and a stunning boat safari on the Wami river. O/n Saadani Safari Lodge. (FB)

DAY 9. ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN
Fly to Zanzibar just 20 minutes away. Arrive in Stone Town in time for lunch. In the afternoon explore the historical Stone Town. O/n Chavda Hotel located in the heart of the old town. (BB)

DAY 10. ZANZIBAR NORTH EAST COAST
Transfer to the north east coast (approx 1 hour). A spice tour can be organised on route to the beach. Arrive at Bluebay Beach Hotel located on the beautiful Kiwengwa beach. (HB)

DAY 11. ZANZIBAR NORTH EAST COAST
Relax at Bluebay, which has a swimming pool, diving centre which can also organise snorkelling trips and water sports, and a kids club facility.
O/n Bluebay Beach Hotel. (HB)

DAY 12. ZANZIBAR NORTH EAST COAST
Relax at Bluebay, which has a swimming pool, diving centre which can also organise snorkelling trips and water sports, and a kids club facility.
O/n Bluebay Beach Hotel. (HB)

DAY 13. ZANZIBAR NORTH EAST COAST
Relax at Bluebay, which has a swimming pool, a diving centre which can also organise snorkelling trips and water sports, and a kids club facility.
O/n Bluebay Beach Hotel. (HB)

DAY 14. DEPARTURE
Transfer back to Stone Town to fly to Dar es Salaam (15 min flight) and connect to your international flight departure.