Tanzania Safari Packages & Itineraries

Every one of them, at no extra charge. The packages on this page exist to show you what is possible and roughly what it costs. In practice we redesign most of them: guests add a night in the Serengeti, drop Lake Manyara, extend to Zanzibar, shift the whole trip a week to catch the migration, or upgrade one lodge and simplify another. Send us the closest match and tell us what you would change.

International flights, Tanzanian visa fees, travel insurance, tips for your guide and lodge staff, alcoholic drinks at most mid-range properties, and optional extras like a hot air balloon flight or a Maasai village visit. Everything else — vehicle, fuel, guide, park fees, accommodation and meals — is inside the price we quote.

June to October is the classic dry season: sparse vegetation, animals concentrated at water, and the migration in the northern Serengeti from roughly July to September. January and February bring calving on the southern plains and superb predator action. The green season from March to May is the cheapest and quietest time to travel, with dramatic skies and newborn animals, though some tracks get difficult after heavy rain. There is no genuinely bad month — there are only trade-offs, and we will tell you honestly which ones apply to your dates.

For July, August and the Christmas period, nine to twelve months is not too early — the best camps inside the Serengeti sell out that far ahead. For the shoulder months, three to six months is comfortable. For April and May you can often book within a few weeks. If your dates are fixed, book the accommodation first and let everything else follow.

All three, regularly. Solo travellers get the same private vehicle and guide, though the per-person cost is naturally higher because the vehicle is not shared — we will always tell you where a small group would change the maths. Families get lodges with family units, shorter driving days and guides who are good with children. Honeymooners get quiet camps, private dinners and a bit of theatre where the lodge can arrange it.

Tanzania is one of the more stable and welcoming countries in the region, and the safari areas are very safe. The ordinary precautions apply — watch your belongings in Arusha and Dar es Salaam, avoid walking alone at night in town, and use the lodge safe. In the parks you are with a licensed guide throughout, and camps inside unfenced parks provide a night escort between the tents and the main area. Talk to your doctor about malaria prophylaxis and routine vaccinations well before you travel.