Safari journeys
Every safari below is private: your own Land Cruiser, your own guide, and an itinerary we expect to change once we know what you actually want from the days.
11 journeys
Every itinerary here is a draft. Tell us what to change and we will rebuild it around you.
The shortest itinerary that still does the northern circuit justice: elephants in Tarangire, the forest and lake at Manyara, and a full descent into the Ngorongoro Crater.
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The classic four-day northern circuit, taking in elephant country, the Serengeti plains and the crater floor without ever feeling rushed.
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Two full days on the Serengeti plains plus the crater, with enough time to sit with a sighting instead of moving on from it.
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All four northern parks at an unhurried pace, with two nights in the Serengeti and a night on the Ngorongoro rim.
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Built around where the herds actually are. We move our Serengeti nights north or south with the season rather than fixing them in advance.
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Our fullest northern itinerary: four parks, three Serengeti nights and space in the schedule for the days that turn out to be exceptional.
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The northern circuit plus Lake Natron and Lake Eyasi — wildlife, Rift Valley landscapes and time with the Hadzabe and Datoga.
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Rift Valley at its rawest: a soda lake full of flamingo, a waterfall gorge, and an overnight climb of an active carbonatite volcano.
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Wildlife in the crater and Tarangire, paired with real time among the Hadzabe, Datoga and Maasai rather than a staged twenty-minute stop.
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Shorter drives, flexible mornings and guides who are genuinely good with children — built around families rather than adapted for them.
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The northern circuit followed by five nights on the Indian Ocean — the combination most people picture when they think of Tanzania.
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Ways to travel
Any of these can be built into the itineraries above, or become the trip itself.
A welcome break from days in a vehicle. On foot you stalk wildlife, read tracks and meet people, at a completely different pace. The walking areas of the Serengeti were effectively unvisited for fifty years and are still pristine and fragile, which is why access is controlled and why we keep it that way.
The closest you get to the bush: a tent on a campsite in or beside the park, a cook travelling with you, and the sound of the place at night. By the time you come back in with the sun going down and a lion calling somewhere out there, ordinary life is a long way off. It is also the most affordable way to travel.
Tanzania has more than 120 tribes and every one has its own culture. Combining wildlife with time among people changes the trip entirely. There are far more places worth going than any itinerary can hold, so we build this around your time and your budget rather than a fixed route.
Between January and March the herds are on the short grass of the Ndutu and Salei plains in the southern Serengeti, calving. Newborns draw predators, so this is when lion and cheetah kills are most often seen. After that the herds move north and the cycle begins again.
The balloon fills and sways, the crew hold the basket level, and then you lose touch with the ground and become part of the dawn. The sky goes from purple to pink, the sun clears the horizon and floods the plains with gold. For an hour you have no say in where you go: however good the pilot, he goes where the wind goes. Booked in advance, as an add-on to any Serengeti night.
Timed to the arrival of the herds in the central Serengeti, when the birds are in full breeding plumage and the long-tailed widows and the black, red and yellow bishops are displaying and chasing each other across the grass. Northern Tanzania's diversity is exceptional and badly under-watched.
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Send us your dates and rough plans and we will come back with a route built for you.
