Tanzania safari itineraries: Think of every one of these as a starting point.

None of these are fixed packages. Change the length, the camps, the order. Most people do, and between us, the ones who don't usually wish they had!

6 safaris

Two elephants feeding in long grass in Tarangire, with a hot air balloon in the sky behind them
8 days / 7 nights

8-Day Tembo Safari

Tarangire · Lake Manyara · Ngorongoro · Serengeti

Eight days built around time with the animals: two full days in the Serengeti, a trip down into the crater, and Tarangire's big elephant herds.

Private safari Tailor-made pricing
An elephant drinking at a shrinking waterhole while zebra and wildebeest wait along the far bank
7 days / 6 nights

7-Day Family Safari

Tarangire · Lake Manyara · Serengeti · Ngorongoro

Seven days paced for families: Tarangire, Lake Manyara, the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater, without the long drives that make kids hate safaris.

Private safari Tailor-made pricing
A leopard draped along a horizontal branch against a clear blue sky
6 days / 5 nights

6-Day Chui Safari

Lake Manyara · Serengeti · Ngorongoro

Six days across Lake Manyara, the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater. It's the shortest trip we're happy to recommend.

Private safari Tailor-made pricing
Thousands of wildebeest massed on a riverbank during a Serengeti river crossing
9 days / 8 nights

9-Day Great Migration Safari

Tarangire · Ngorongoro · Serengeti

Nine days built around wherever the migration really is: the southern plains for calving, or the northern rivers for the crossings.

Private safari Tailor-made pricing
Wooden fishing boats moored in turquoise shallows off a white sand beach lined with thatched umbrellas
11 days / 10 nights

11-Day Safari & Zanzibar

Tarangire · Ngorongoro · Serengeti

The northern circuit, followed by four nights on the Zanzibar coast. It's the combination most people wish they'd booked!

Private safari Tailor-made pricing
A lone flat-topped acacia on open savanna at sunset, with hills on the horizon
10 days / 9 nights

10-Day Northern Circuit Safari

Arusha NP · Tarangire · Lake Manyara · Ngorongoro · Serengeti

Ten days across every park on the northern circuit, with three nights in the Serengeti and not a single day that's just a transfer.

Private safari Tailor-made pricing