Tanzania is truly unique in Africa because it offers both exceptional safari experiences and incredible beach holiday locations – a destination that combines the best of both worlds!
Discover diverse and abundant wildlife, stunning beaches, cultural heritage sites and fascinating tribes such as the Masai. Explore the continent’s most famous landmarks that include Ngorongora Crater, the Serengeti, Zanzibar and of course, Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa.
Tanzania Safari’s & Holidays
Wilderness and wildlife, coastal and island beaches, beautiful and impressive mountains – family holidays, adventure tours, honeymoons…the choice is yours!
We work closely with our clients to design high quality tailormade safaris and holidays on an individual basis to create the perfect trip of their dreams.
You don’t know where to start – no worries as we have put together a few inspirational and exciting itineraries that you can choose from or we can adapt to match your individual wishes.
PLAN MY TRIP
Start planning your tailor-made holiday to Tanzania – tell us what you want, and we will design your perfect trip.
Let's get started!
Fill in the form, submit it and using our expertise and experience we will get back to you with a first outline of how your trip might be. We will also include a quote for our fee for planning your trip which will depend on how complex it is and its duration. If you want to proceed with using our services, continuing to work closely with you we will design the final trip itinerary an package, including end cost.
suggested safari's, holidays, tours & activities
Inspirational and exciting recommended tours, itineraries and activities that you can choose from or we tailor them to match your individual wishes.
Just safari's
The Safari Experience
Prices from £0,000 pp for 8 days (excl. intl flights)
A fantastic low budget safari through the northern circuit providing excellent value money and a great experience.
Selous & Ruaha Safari
Prices from £0,000 pp for 8 days (excl. intl flights)
A mid range safari exploring southern Tanzania with fabulous game viewing in Selous and Ruaha National Parks.
Serengeti & Nagorongora Crater Luxury Safari
Prices from £0,000 pp for 9 days (excl. intl flights)
This safari is all about experiencing top quality game-viewing and staying in exclusive lodges and tented camps.
Elephants, Exotic Birds & Big Cats
Prices from £0,000 pp for 8 days (excl. intl flights)
You travel from Arusha to the Serengeti, via Tarangire, Lake Manyara and the Ngorongoro Crater for an unforgettable Tanzanian road trip and safari experience.
COMBINED SAFARI & BEACH HOLIDAYS
Chimps, Serengeti National Park and Zanzibar island
Prices from £0,000 pp for 11 days (excl. intl flights)
Combine two days of tracking chimpanzees deep in the forest, a Serengeti game viewing safari and three wonderful days relaxing on Zanzibar island.
Selous National Park safari & Zanzibar
Prices from £0,000 pp for 10 days (excl. intl flights)
The best of both worlds – a true safari experience in one of the more remote parks and the
chance to explore and relax on the exotic island of Zanzibar.
Safari, Spice Islands & Beaches
Prices from £0,000 pp for 9 days (excl. intl flights)
This safari is all about experiencing top quality game-viewing and staying in exclusive lodges and tented camps.
Tanzania Family Safari & Beach holiday
Prices from £0,000 pp for 10 days (excl. intl flights)
The ideal holiday for families who want to experience wild life in its natural environment and a
relaxing fun beach experience.
BEACH HOLIDAYS
Zanzibar Beach Holiday
Prices from £0,000 pp for 6 days (excl. intl flights)
Great accommodation, tasty food, fabulous
beaches lapped by the Indian Ocean and a unique cultural experience.
Pemba Island Holiday
Prices from £0,000 pp for 6 days (excl. intl flights)
Go a bit off the beaten track to discover the beautiful island of Pemba, its wonderful nature, fabulous beaches and great snorkelling and scuba diving opportunities.
Mafia Island Getaway
Prices from £0,000 pp for 9 days (excl. intl flights)
This safari is all about experiencing top quality game-viewing and staying in exclusive lodges and tented camps.
Fanjove Island Adventure
Prices from £0,000 pp for 10 days (excl. intl flights)
The ideal holiday for families who want to experience wild life in its natural environment and a
relaxing fun beach experience.
Why use us to plan your safari or holiday?
We are the Tanzania experts – we have visited Tanzania a number of times, explored most of this incredible country, visited all the main tourism attractions, including most of the National Parks and got to know the local culture and peoples. We have done the actual itineraries and tours in our suggested section and personally visited and checked out ALL lodges, hotels and resorts listed and recommended on our website. By using our knowledge and first-hand experience, as well as that of our local partners, we will design a package that will exceed your expectations no matter what your budget is.
Best time to visit Tanzania
Wildlife
June- October
If wildlife is your main interest, then it is best to visit in the dry season which roughly runs from late June through October. In this period game-viewing is usually at its best in terms of locating game because the grasses are starting to die down, water sources become scarce and the wildlife are drawn to the decreasing specific location where they can drink and eat.
Serengeti Wildebeest migration
The timing of the wildebeest migration is based solely on the availability of food and water, in other words they follow the rains. We can design your Tanzania itinerary to include the wildebeest migration based on the rain seasons.
Peak times
December – March Southern Serengeti the period for calving is April – June: The herds head north and west and the Serengeti’s Grumeti region is the best place to witness them, but central Serengeti can also be very good.
July – October: Northern Serengeti and Kenya’s Masai Mara.
November – December: the wildebeest head south, mostly via the eastern side of the Serengeti
Beach
If your main interest is an exotic beach holiday, then late June through to October is the best time to visit Zanzibar or any of the other islands and the coast. During this period, you can also add-on or include a safari experience.
Kilimanjaro
The iconic Kilimanjaro, at 5,895 meters [Everest is 8849m] is the highest mountain in Africa and is another major attraction of Tanzania. For many it is a lifetime ambition to climb to the summit, for other visitors it is enough to admire its outstanding beauty from much lower down, maybe with a trek or just photo opportunity. The best times to climb to the summit are July to October or January to March, thus avoiding the main wet times.
Places to visit & things to do
The geographical regions of Tanzania provide wildly different landscapes, so here is an outline that help you decide what to include in your trip.
Northern Tanzania
The Northern Circuit takes in Tarangire, Manyara, Ngorongoro and the famous Serengeti National Parks, all providing excellent game viewing opportunities. The region has also the two most climbed mountains in Tanzania, Mt Kilimanjaro and Mt Meru. It’s easily accessible both by air and road and safaris will often start in the busy little town of Arusha. Close by is Kilimanjaro international airport and Arusha has a domestic one providing light aircraft taxi services.
Southern Tanzania
The Southern Circuit has lesser know game parks of Nyerere [Selous], which can be combined with a visit to Ruaha, Mikumi and Udzungwa. Southern Tanzania is more remote and less visited and you are unlikely to encounter many other game viewing vehicles.
West Tanzania
If you are looking for a truly remote wild area to explore then west Tanzania is unbeatable. Katavi is a good place to start, with very few visitors and an abundance of wildlife. Once you have made it this far, you can combine it with a visit to Mahale or Gombe if you are interested in primates, especially chimpanzees.
Coast and Islands
A great feature of Tanzania is that you can combine a safari experience with a beach holiday. The mainland coast, south of Dar es Salaam has many resorts situated on gorgeous beaches lapped by the Indian Ocean. Even more exotic are the islands, including the famous Zanzibar or a bit more remote are Pemba, Mafia or Fanjove islands. Most visitors lounge on the beaches, do spice tours or explore the nature, but if you a scuba diver, you will discover some incredible dive sites.
Why choose Tanzania?
We have spent a lot of time in six other sub-Saharan African countries, toured extensively, done almost countless game drives, visited the places of interest, yet Tanzania is our number one favourite and the country we chose to exclusively represent. Quite simply, it has it all !
These are the top 12 list of things to do and see in Tanzania.
1. Ngorongoro Crater
This UNESCO world heritage site is what remains of an enormous extinct volcano, it measures 16kms in diameter and consists of grasslands, freshwater and soda lakes, acacia forests which together provide the ideal habitat for a wide diversity of wildlife including the big five.
2. The Serentigi
An almost endless landscape of grasslands, dotted with acacia trees and rock outcrops is the home to millions of animals. Exploring in an open 4×4 safari vehicle accompanied by an expert guide, this is the Africa of dreams! For another perspective and experience why not treat yourself to a hot air balloon trip safari. At the end of a memorable day, you will pull into your bush lodge and camp for another unforgettable experience.
3. The Great Wildebeest Migration
The Serengeti, plus the adjoining Masai Mara in Kenya, is the home to roughly 1.5 million wildebeest and half a million zebras, plus herds of Thompson’s gazelles and elands. As the rains move across the regions, which bring fresh grass, so do th animals and the never-ending wildebeest migration
4. Zanzibar, the spice islands and Indian Ocean coast
Zanzibar has enchanting beaches, a fascinating cultural history and the not to be missed Stone Town. There are other wonderful island to visit and also coastal resorts. This part of the Indian Ocean has some world class diving sites that attract both scuba divers and snorkellers and there are dive centres catering for
this market.
5. Chimpanzee tracking in the Mahale Mountains
The Mahale Mountains in the west on the shores of Lake Tanganyika is the home to around 1000 chimpanzees, plus eight other primate species such as red colobus monkeys and baboons. Trekking through an incredible wild landscape with an expert guide and watching chimps in the wild is a magical, humbling experience not to be missed.
6. The Maasai and other tribal cultures
The Maasai tribe adorned in their traditional red robes and fancy beads is one of the most widely recognised tribes of Africa. To visit a Maasai village and learn about their traditional culture is both a fascinating and an unforgeable experience – you might get to listen to singing or join the male warriors performing their gravity defying vertical leaps high into the air! On your travels you might come across other tribes that are equally fascinating and welcoming.
7. Mount Kilimanjaro
African’s highest peak towers majestically 5,895m above the plains beneath and is an incredible sight to behold. There is a choice of routes to the summit ranging from the easiest, nicknamed the ‘coca cola route’ to be more technical involved tackling rock faces. Or trek the lower levels and admire the view!
8. Ruaha National Park
A little bit off the beaten tracks is Ruaha, Tanzania’s largest national park with an area that exceeds that of the more famous Serengeti. This means you usually enjoy a game drive without another vehicle in sight, the wildlife here is abundant, the landscapes are amazing and it has some truly atmospheric camps and lodges.
9. Nyerere National Park
(previously called Selous Game Reserve)
Often still referred to as Selous, it is only about an hour’s flight by light aircraft taxi service from Dar es Salaam on the coast. The reserve has a diverse range of wildlife, including Africa’s highest population of wild dogs and is less frequented by tourist providing an authentic safari experience.
10. Lake Natron
A remote mineral-rich soda lake in northern Tanzania, at the border with Kenya. It’s a breeding ground for hundreds of thousands of lesser flamingos, despite the highly alkaline state of the striking red waters. It sits below Ol Doinyo Lengai, the Maasai mountain of God, a soaring active volcano in the Rift Valley. Trails lead from the lake to the Engero Sero waterfalls, which flow over craggy rocks into a natural pool. A trip here is for the truly adventurous traveller but you will be rewarded with an incredible road – make that dirt track – trip crossing wild scenery ending in the unforgettable view of graceful flamingoes silently wading in Lake Natron.
11. Tarangire National Park
A scenic wilderness on the northern circuit and easily reachable as it is only about 90 minutes drive from Arusha near to Kilimanjaro airport. The park is known for its ancient baobab trees and the Tarangire River running through it which attracts wildlife from the surrounding areas in the dry season (July to October especially).
12. Katavi National Park
It’s very remote hence very few visitors make it to here but this is
what makes it appealing to certain types of travellers. Also, as it is relatively small the wildlife is highly concentrated, especially during the July – October dry season and game viewing is at its best.
