A Tanzania safari is a delight for all ages, and as such is an ideal family holiday. The excitement of the adventure is truly shared, allowing parents, grandparents, and children to treasure memories forever after.
Every Tanzania safari is so different; each wildlife moment is so distinct, that even old-timers cannot claim to have seen it all before. We’ve created many fabulous Tanzania family holidays – however, careful consideration and planning are required on many fronts when putting together an ideal family itinerary.
The option of family suites (or extra beds), child-friendly activities, and special child rates vary enormously from the lodge to lodge.
Arrive at Kilimanjaro international airport meet and greet and then transfer to the Hotel in Arusha for briefing, check in and dinner and overnight at the hotel in Arusha.
Overnight: Outpost Lodge or Equivalent
Meal plan: Bed and Breakfast
We will drive to Lake Manyara National after breakfast. We will do a full day game drive inside the
park with picnic lunch at the picnic site overlooking the park and Lake Manyara.
Lake Manyara is known for its tree climbing lions, recently the endangered pack of Wild dogs have been spotted, for a small park it has diverse vegetation which cater for different species of animals and birds.
A hippo pool is another spot to get out of the car and stretch while observing Hippos and identify different species of water birds.
In the evening drive out of the park and proceed to the lodge for a hot shower, a swim at the lodge pool.
Dinner and overnight at the Lodge nestled in the Ngorongoro Highlands.
Overnight: Ngorongoro Farm House/ Farm House Valley
Meal plan: Full Board
Drive from the lodge after breakfast with picnic lunch and drive to Serengeti National with transit through the Ngorongoro conservation area, we will have lunch at the entrance gate, where we can take a hike after lunch of the Naabi hill where we will have a great view of the Serengeti plains and the animal grazing down below.
Elephants and monkeys are regular visitors of the hill.
Drive inside the park for a late afternoon and evening game drive on the way to the lodge.
Serengeti is renowned for its famous wildebeest migration and during the months of March the herd can be seen wandering the central plain and southern plain as this is the time when they deliver calves.
Migration consists of millions of herbivore animals taking them through different parts consisted in the Serengeti Ecosystem which include the country of Tanzania and Kenya.
Two nights in Serengeti will include full day game drives, picnic lunches and morning game drives inside the park.
Serengeti is a great park to visit where there is a possibility to see the Big five animals and more.
Dinner and overnight in Lodges or permanent tented camps in Serengeti
Overnight: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge/Kubu Kubu Tented Camp – All inclusive
Meal plan: Full Board
Early morning breakfast at the lodge and then drive out of Serengeti national park to Ngorongoro crater for day tour inside the crater.
The Ngorongoro crater is home to more than 30,000 different species of animals, the crater is great place to end the trip as it offers different species of herbivores and carnivores and its one of the two places where you can see endangered Black Rhinos where they are protected.
Big herds of Wildebeest and Buffalo can be seen at close range and pride of Lions are also a regular scene at the crater, the scenic views of the crater and its walls and water birds and small mammals play a big part of the small but sustainable ecosystem. We will have picnic lunch inside the crater overlooking the river with hippos.
Late afternoon drive out of the crater and proceed to Arusha for dinner and overnight, and end of our Safari.
Overnight in Arusha: Outpost Lodge or equivalent
Meal plan: Bed and Breakfast
Depending on the flight schedule we will transfer to the airport for a flight back home.
We opened our doors in 1994 and were one of the first bed and breakfasts in Arusha. The main house was previously the home of Bernhard Grzimek.
Ngorongoro Farm House is the perfect stop-over between safaris as it's located just 4km from the entrance to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge official site. Stay at one of the best safari lodges in Tanzania, right on the Ngorongoro Crater.