Tanzania
20 trip ideas.
Where to go
Serengeti · Arusha · Ngorongoro · Zanzibar · Tarangire · Lake Manyara · Northern Serengeti
Trip ideas through Tanzania
Lake Manyara and Tarangire short safari in 4 days (3 nights)
4 days · Tanzania
A two-base loop out of Arusha on Tanzania's northern circuit. The first night is at Lake Manyara National Park, known for its mixed…
Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater in 5 days (4 nights)
5 days · Tanzania
Three nights in the central Serengeti followed by one night at Ngorongoro, before the return to Arusha. The road from Arusha to the…
Zanzibar island break in 5 days (4 nights)
5 days · Tanzania
A short break that stays on Zanzibar the whole time. After flying in, the first nights are spent in or near Stone Town, with time to walk…
Arusha and the Serengeti with a night on the crater rim in 6 days (5 nights)
6 days · Tanzania
The trip starts with an arrival night in Arusha, where most northern Tanzania safaris begin. The next day the traveller heads west to the…
Arusha, Stone Town and the Zanzibar coast in 7 days (6 nights)
7 days · Tanzania
Six nights, one flight and two bases on the island. A night outside Arusha absorbs the international arrival, then a scheduled flight…
Arusha, Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro in 8 days (7 nights)
8 days · Tanzania
A version of the northern Tanzania circuit. It starts with a night in Arusha, then drives to Lake Manyara, a compact park with forest and…
Arusha, Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro in 8 days (7 nights)
8 days · Tanzania
A classic northern Tanzania circuit. It starts with a night in Arusha after landing at Kilimanjaro airport, then drives to Tarangire for a…
Arusha to the Serengeti in 8 days (7 nights)
8 days · Tanzania
A road circuit that builds up instead of front-loading. The first night is spent in Arusha after the airport transfer, the second beside…
Tanzania family safari and Zanzibar in 8 days (7 nights)
8 days · Tanzania
A short northern-circuit safari followed by island time. After a rest night in Arusha, the family drives to Tarangire for its elephants…
Tanzania northern circuit in 8 days (7 nights)
8 days · Tanzania
A loop out of Arusha that puts the biggest park in the middle rather than at the end. One night at Lake Manyara starts things gently on…
Ngorongoro rim and Serengeti on foot in 9 days (8 nights)
9 days · Tanzania
Eight nights on foot across two landscapes. The first three are on the Ngorongoro highlands, walking the crater rim and the lower slopes…
Ngorongoro, the Serengeti and Zanzibar in 9 days (8 nights)
9 days · Tanzania
Northern Tanzania's two best-known parks and then the island, shaped to keep road time low. The first leg runs from the arrival airport up…
Ruaha and the Zanzibar coast in 9 days (8 nights)
9 days · Tanzania
A southern-circuit pairing for anyone who wants the bush without the busier northern parks. Ruaha is reached by charter from the coast…
Northern Tanzania family safari at a slow pace in 11 days (10 nights)
11 days · Tanzania
This version has fewer, longer stays, so children are not packing every morning. After a first night in Arusha, the family drives to…
Tanzania honeymoon, crater, Serengeti and Zanzibar in 11 days (10 nights)
11 days · Tanzania
An arrival night outside Arusha, under Mount Meru, takes the sting out of the flight. Two nights by the crater follow, close enough for an…
Tanzania honeymoon, Tarangire, Serengeti and Zanzibar in 11 days (10 nights)
11 days · Tanzania
Three bases for a couple who would rather settle than tour. Three nights in Tarangire open the trip away from the crater traffic, with…
Tanzania northern circuit, Hadzabe and Zanzibar in 11 days (10 nights)
11 days · Tanzania
The trip starts with a night in Arusha. Then the road runs west to Tarangire's baobabs and on through the Ngorongoro highlands to two…
Gorillas & the great plains
11 days · Rwanda, Tanzania
An hour with a gorilla family in the Virunga mountains, then the open horizons of the Serengeti.
Serengeti to Zanzibar
12 days · Tanzania
Two private camps, a balloon at sunrise, then a barefoot island retreat to finish.
The Migration, privately
13 days · Kenya, Tanzania
Private conservancies away from the crowds, a mobile camp that follows the herds, and a few days on the Indian Ocean.