Practical advice

Safari Tips & Planning

101 Costs, timing, packing, visas and the planning mistakes worth avoiding.

Short, practical answers to the questions our Arusha team is asked most often. For destination-by-destination detail see our safari guides, and for climbing advice see trekking.

Elephant herd moving through a wide belt of acacia woodland

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Lappet Faced Safaris vehicle fording a fast, flooded river crossing

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Guests standing with Maasai children outside the village

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Safari guide smiling with guests around her on a walk

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Migration herds spread across a wide open plain

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Elephant and her calf feeding in long grass

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Group of safari guests photographed beside their vehicles on the plains

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Large elephant herd crossing golden open plains

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Guests wearing Maasai shukas with their hosts

How To Book An Authentic Maasai And Hadzabe Culture Tour In Tanzania

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Guests with their guide at a lodge entrance beside the safari vehicle

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Safari vehicle crossing a flooded stretch of track

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Guests being greeted by Maasai hosts

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Safari vehicle crossing a shallow rocky river on a game drive

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Guest photographing a wildebeest herd from the window of a safari vehicle

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Safari vehicle reflected in a shallow water crossing

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Mud-splashed safari Land Cruiser on a rough track

How To Plan A Safari With Kids

Guests standing in line with Maasai hosts at the village

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A table set for bush breakfast with giraffe and eland grazing close by

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