Tanzania safaris
Northern circuit from Arusha. Southern parks from Dar es Salaam.
A Tanzania safari package is a fixed order of days: where you drive, where you sleep, and which park fees the quote has to include. This page sorts those routes so you can choose a length and a start city before you open one. The paragraphs explain the choice. The cards are the links. Open a card when you want the day-by-day page for that route.
Northern packages meet the vehicle in Arusha. A pickup in Moshi, or at Kilimanjaro airport, can be added to the first morning. The parks on that side are Tarangire, Lake Manyara, the Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti, with Arusha National Park and Lake Natron as shorter trips. The drives between Tarangire, Manyara and the crater are a few hours. The Serengeti is a long day by road from the highlands, which is why the short packages stay on the nearer parks.
Southern packages meet the vehicle in Dar es Salaam. Mikumi is a road transfer of about half a day. Ruaha and Nyerere are usually a flight, and the road is a very long day, so the quote says which you take. A southern park and a northern park are not one drive. Joining them means a flight between Dar es Salaam and Arusha, and a longer holiday than either list below.
A package page shows a starting price when that trip has one in our data. The quote names the camps. Park fees stay in the quote, because the authorities change them.
Match the length to the parks you actually want on the ground. A day spent transferring is not a day inside the gate.
| Length | What it can hold | What needs a different page |
|---|---|---|
| 1 day | One park, then back to town the same afternoon. | A second park, or any night in the Serengeti. |
| 2 to 3 days | Parks within a few hours of Arusha: Tarangire, Manyara, Ngorongoro, Arusha National Park, Natron. | A real stay in the Serengeti. The drive alone is a long day. |
| 4 to 5 days | The crater plus a short Serengeti, or one southern park with the road or the flight. | The northern circuit and a southern park in the same drive. |
| 6 to 8 days | Enough nights to stay in one part of the Serengeti, with Tarangire and the crater around it. Eight days is also Nyerere, then Mikumi, then Ruaha, and the transfer days sit inside the count. | Every corner of the Serengeti. The park is too large for that. |
The parks
Four parks carry most northern weeks. The cards under them are the other places a package on this page can include. Open a card for the guide. The package grids further down are the routes.
Mkomazi
A day from Moshi. A rhino sanctuary visit is arranged ahead, and it is never a promise.
Park guideMikumi
The southern park you reach by road from Dar es Salaam, across the Mkata floodplain.
Park guideRuaha
Usually a flight from Dar, then the Great Ruaha River and long quiet drives.
Park guideNyerere
The Rufiji River. A boat, and walks when the quote includes them.
Park guideArusha National Park
About an hour from town. Lakes, forest and a view of Mount Meru.
Park guideLake Natron
A remote soda lake. The road is long and rough, so the trip is two days.
Park guideFrom Arusha. Filter by length if you already know you have a long weekend or a week. Every card is one itinerary, with its own days, its own inclusions and its own quote.
7 days · Safari Featured Tarangire, Manyara, Serengeti & Ngorongoro · easy
A 7 day northern circuit safari in Tanzania: Tarangire, Lake Manyara, three Serengeti nights and Ngorongoro Crater. Private 4x4.
From, per person
$3,290
No trips match those filters yet. Ask us for a custom plan.
Mikumi, Ruaha and Nyerere have guides on this site. A multi-day southern package is not in the published list yet. Ask, and we will say whether the dates can be built.
One park, and back the same day. A day safari suits a spare day in Arusha or Moshi, or a single park you do not want to sleep beside. It is the wrong tool for the Serengeti, which needs the drive and then a night. Culture days and waterfall days live with the other day trips, on their own page, linked below.
1 day · Day trip manyara · moderate
Lake Manyara day trip from Arusha: a 1-day safari with flamingos on the soda lake, elephants, giraffes and tree-climbing lions.
From, per person
$1,200
1 day · Day trip Ngorongoro · moderate
1-day Ngorongoro Crater safari from Arusha: descend about 600m to the crater floor for a full game drive and picnic lunch.
From, per person
$220
1 day · Day trip 
1 day · Day trip Ruaha · moderate
Ruaha National Park day trip in southern Tanzania: elephants, lion prides, leopards and wild dogs among baobabs.
From, per person
$390
1 day · Day trip Tarangire National Park · challenging
Tarangire day trip from Arusha or Moshi: full-day safari with elephants, baobabs and a picnic lunch in the park.
From, per person
$200
No trips match those filters yet. Ask us for a custom plan.
Cost, the destination guides, and the two ways people extend a safari. One subject per card.
What a safari costs
Group size, the month and the camps. No printed tariff.
OpenAll destinations
The parks, the coast and the mountain, one guide each.
OpenKilimanjaro and a safari
The climb from Moshi, then the safari from Arusha.
OpenSafari and Zanzibar
The parks first. The island as its own part.
OpenA family safari
Pace, rooms and the days that suit children.
OpenA honeymoon safari
Camps, privacy and how the days are ordered.
Open
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7 days · Safari Featured Tarangire, Manyara, Serengeti & Ngorongoro · easy
A 7 day northern circuit safari in Tanzania: Tarangire, Lake Manyara, three Serengeti nights and Ngorongoro Crater. Private 4x4.
From, per person
$3,290
1 day · Day trip Lake Eyasi, Ngorongoro Region, Tanzania · easy
Datoga Hadzabe tour Lake Eyasi: meet the Hadzabe hunter-gatherers in the morning and Datoga blacksmiths in the afternoon.
From, per person
$195
1 day · Day trip 
1 day · Day trip Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania · moderate
1 day Machame Route Moshi hike: rainforest trail to 3,010m with an expert guide and picnic lunch.
Departs Moshi or Arusha. Same trip either way.
From, per person
$210
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