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Private safaris across Tanzania & East Africa

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Flat-topped acacias scattered across open savannah plains under low dawn mist

Safaris in Tanzania, planned around you.

Every route is shaped around your dates, pace and priorities - from the parks you visit to the time you leave camp each morning.

  • Private 4x4 and guide
  • Tailor-made, no fixed departures
  • Park fees quoted up front

Open plains at first light, northern Tanzania.

Private itineraries

A vehicle and guide arranged for your party, with a route shaped around your dates.

Your pace, your dates

Start times, drive lengths and rest days can be adjusted around how you want to travel.

North and south

Plan the Serengeti and Ngorongoro, or build a quieter route through Nyerere and Ruaha.

Safari, coast and mountains

Combine wildlife time with Zanzibar, Kilimanjaro or a slower highlands stay.

Safari packages

Routes we are asked for most

Each one is a starting point. Nights, camps and pace are rewritten once we know your dates.

8 days / 7 nightsClassic Wildlife

Northern Tanzania

Serengeti & Ngorongoro

Arusha areaTarangireCentral SerengetiNgorongoro

Open plains at first light, a descent into the crater floor, and unhurried afternoons where the only schedule is the one the wildlife keeps.

Best months
June – October, January – March
Pace
Balanced
Transport
Private 4x4 and guide
Focus
Signature Journey

From On request

Park fees and full board quoted

10 days / 9 nightsMigration

Tanzania & Kenya

The Great Migration

Arusha areaCentral SerengetiWestern CorridorNorthern Serengeti

Follow the herds across the Mara River and the western corridor, timed season by season with guides who read the grass before the guidebooks do.

Best months
July – October
Pace
Active
Transport
Private 4x4 and guide
Focus
Seasonal Expedition

From On request

Park fees and full board quoted

9 days / 8 nightsRemote

Nyerere & Ruaha

Southern Tanzania Unscripted

Dar es SalaamNyerereRuaha

Boat safaris on the Rufiji, walking country in Ruaha, and long stretches of wilderness where you may not see another vehicle all day.

Best months
June – November
Pace
Active
Transport
Private 4x4 and guide
Focus
Remote Wilderness

From On request

Park fees and full board quoted

12 days / 11 nightsBeach & Bush

Serengeti & Zanzibar

Plains & Ocean

Arusha areaSerengetiZanzibar

A week of northern wildlife softened by five slow days on the Indian Ocean - dhow sails, long lunches and nothing at all to do.

Best months
June – March
Pace
Gentle
Transport
Private 4x4 and guide
Focus
Signature Journey

From On request

Park fees and full board quoted

7 days / 6 nightsWalking

Ngorongoro Highlands

Crater Highlands Walking

Arusha areaNgorongoro HighlandsEmpakaaiNainokanoka

Days on foot through the highlands with Maasai guides, camping on ridgelines and descending into the caldera at the end.

Best months
June – October
Pace
Active
Transport
Private 4x4 and guide
Focus
Walking Safari

From On request

Park fees and full board quoted

8 days / 7 nightsFamily

Tarangire, Manyara & Serengeti

A Family's First Safari

Arusha areaTarangireLake ManyaraSerengeti

Shorter drives, camps with room to run, and guides who teach as they drive - built around younger travellers rather than in spite of them.

Best months
June – October, December
Pace
Gentle
Transport
Private 4x4 and guide
Focus
Family Journey

From On request

Park fees and full board quoted

9 days / 8 nightsPhotography

Serengeti & Ndutu

A Photographer's Serengeti

Arusha areaCentral SerengetiNdutu seasonal base

Light-led departures, beanbag-fitted vehicles and guides briefed to position for the frame rather than the sighting.

Best months
January – March, July – September
Pace
Active
Transport
Private 4x4 and guide
Focus
Special Interest

From On request

Park fees and full board quoted

10 days / 9 nightsBeach & Bush

Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Zanzibar

Honeymoon in the North

Arusha areaNgorongoroSerengetiZanzibar

Private decks, dinners set wherever you would like them, and an ocean finish with no fixed times to keep.

Best months
Year-round
Pace
Gentle
Transport
Private 4x4 and guide
Focus
Honeymoon

From On request

Park fees and full board quoted

11 days / 10 nightsClassic Wildlife

Kilimanjaro & Northern Circuit

Kilimanjaro & the Plains

Kilimanjaro foothillsTarangireNgorongoroSerengeti

Foothill walks beneath the mountain, coffee farms on its lower slopes, and a full northern circuit once you come down.

Best months
July – October, January – February
Pace
Active
Transport
Private 4x4 and guide
Focus
Signature Journey

From On request

Park fees and full board quoted

Prefer something different? Every route can be rebuilt around your dates.

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Simple process

How planning works

Three steps, no obligation, and a real person reading every enquiry.

  1. 01

    Tell us your dates

    Share when you want to travel, who is coming and what you most want to see.

  2. 02

    Get a draft itinerary

    We send a day-by-day route with camps, travel times and a clear cost breakdown.

  3. 03

    Refine until it fits

    Swap parks, change the pace or adjust the level of comfort before anything is booked.

Planning a first safari

Four decisions shape most of the cost and nearly all of the experience. These are the ones worth thinking about before you write to us.

  • When to travel

    Dry season from June to October is the easy answer; February calving and the green months have their own case. We set out the trade-offs by month.

  • Choosing north or south

    The northern circuit gives density and short transfers. Nyerere and Ruaha give space and solitude, but need a few more days and a light aircraft.

  • Safari with children

    Shorter drives, camps with room to move, and guides who make tracking something children take part in. Most families do best on a five to seven night route.

  • Migration timing

    Calving in the south from January, western crossings in June, the Mara River from August. Positioning matters more than the number of nights.

How we work

No fixed departures, no call centre, no promises about wildlife we cannot keep.

One planner, start to finish
The person who answers your first message writes your itinerary, so nothing is handed between booking desks.
Fewer moves, longer stays
We would rather give you three nights in one region than one night in three. It is better travel, and lighter on the places we visit.
Camps we have slept in
We suggest camps we know well and can speak about honestly, and we say plainly when one is not the right fit for how you travel.
Honest about what is likely
Wildlife is not scheduled and river crossings cannot be booked. We will tell you what the season usually gives you, not what sells.

Ways to travel

The same country, planned differently

A secluded palm-lined beach with calm turquoise water

Honeymoon Safaris

Quiet camps, dinners set wherever you would like them, and a pace that assumes you have nowhere else to be. Most honeymoons close on the coast.

The view from inside an open safari vehicle as elephants cross the track ahead

Family Safaris

Shorter drives, camps with space to move, and guides who turn tracking into something children want to be part of rather than sit through.

Two safari guides in uniform watching a group of elephants from a camp clearing
Elephants moving through camp while breakfast is set out.

What a first conversation covers

What do you want the days to feel like?
Long unhurried mornings, or as much ground covered as the light allows. This decides pace before it decides route.
When can you travel?
Dates set the season, and the season sets where in the Serengeti you should sleep. Flexible weeks are worth telling us about.
Who is coming?
Ages, mobility, first safari or fifth. Family routes and photographic routes look very different on paper.
What is the budget you are working to?
Camps vary widely at the same standard. Telling us early means we plan a real trip rather than an aspirational one.

Journal

Notes from the field

Destinations · 3 May 2026 · 5 min read

The quieter south

Nyerere and Ruaha ask for a little more time and return something the northern circuit rarely can: solitude.

Advice · 18 March 2026 · 7 min read

Planning a family safari

Shorter drives, the right camps, and the small structural choices that make the difference between a trip and a memory.

Start with your dates

Send us the week you have in mind and who is travelling. We will reply with a first route and an honest cost.

Kilimanjaro rising above flat acacia plains in clear morning light

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