Family safari
8 days—Tarangire, the Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti with short driving days, a pool most afternoons and a flight home
From
$4290 USD
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Safari summary
The thing that ruins a family safari is a nine-hour driving day. This itinerary has none. Every leg is under four hours, every base has a pool or a river, and the pace assumes somebody will need a quiet afternoon.
No driving day longer than four hours. Family tents or interconnecting rooms at every base. A guide matched to families, who gives the children a job: spotting. A flight in one direction, so nobody repeats the long road.
Every TopaTanzania safari is private: your own 4x4 Land Cruiser with a pop-up roof and your own Maasai guide, with nobody else put in your vehicle. The itinerary is a starting point, so the length, route, pace, camps and dates can all be changed.
Where: Tarangire, Ngorongoro and the central Serengeti. Best time: All year. School holidays book early.
Price from US$4,290 per person sharing; your written quotation is the binding figure for your dates.
About this tour
| Tour type | Custom, tailor-made, private | |
| Main focus | Game drives | |
| Activity level | Easy activity | |
| Best months | January, February, March, June, July, August, September, October, November, December | |
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What’s included?
- Accommodation
- Airport transfers
- Internal flights
- Meals
- Park fees
- Private vehicle and driver
What’s not included?
- All drinks
- International flights
- Tips and gratuities
- Visas
Itinerary
Arrive Arusha
Collected at the airport and taken to a garden lodge on the edge of town. Nothing scheduled — this day exists so the trip does not start tired. (Airport transfer; Afternoon free.)
Tarangire
Tarangire
A short drive to the gate and straight into elephants, which is the right way to begin. Afternoon along the river bed. (Approx. 2 hours' driving; Afternoon game drive.)
Tarangire, full day
Tarangire
A full day in the park at a child's pace: out early, back for lunch and the pool, out again at four. (Two half-day drives; Pool in the middle.)
Lake Manyara and the rim
Lake Manyara | Ngorongoro Crater
The groundwater forest in the morning — monkeys, hornbills, and a good short walk — then up to the crater rim. (Morning game drive; Approx. 3 hours' driving.)
The crater floor
Ngorongoro Crater
Down at first light for a morning on the floor. Everything is close and easy to see, which is exactly what a seven-year-old needs. (06:30 descent; Morning on the floor.)
Into the Serengeti
Ngorongoro Crater | Serengeti
Down through Oldupai and onto the plains, arriving for the afternoon light. (Approx. 4 hours' driving; Afternoon game drive.)
Seronera
Serengeti
A full day in the valley, broken by a long lunch back at camp. (Two half-day drives.)
Fly back to Arusha
Serengeti
A final dawn drive, breakfast, then the 75-minute scheduled flight from Seronera — which is the best hour of the trip for anyone who likes maps. (Game drive until 09:00; Scheduled flight to Arusha.)
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