A week of wildlife, then a flight to the coast for spice farms, snorkeling and beach days.
A week of wildlife, then a flight to the coast for spice farms, snorkeling and beach days. 12-day route through Arusha, Tarangire, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Stone Town, Zanzibar coast, with your own guide and vehicle and accommodation chosen for location and atmosphere.
This is an inspirational sample itinerary. Every journey is tailor-made — route, pace and accommodation can all be adjusted to suit you.
Wildlife sightings, migration movements and river crossings depend on nature and are never guaranteed.
You are met at Kilimanjaro International Airport by a Bush Guides Safaris representative and transferred to your accommodation on the outskirts of Arusha, set among gardens with views toward Mount Meru on a clear day.
The rest of the day is free to rest after the flight. In the evening your guide joins you for a relaxed briefing and a first look at the route ahead, with time for the children to ask everything they want to know.
After breakfast, drive west to Tarangire, a landscape of ancient baobabs and the seasonal Tarangire River. The park is known for large elephant herds, especially in the drier months, along with giraffe, zebra and a rich variety of birdlife.
The pace allows for breaks, snacks and questions, with your guide turning tracks and sounds into stories for younger travelers. Picnic lunch is taken in the park, and you continue exploring until late afternoon before reaching your accommodation.
A slower day in the green farmland of the Ngorongoro highlands. Depending on your interests, visit a coffee farm to see the journey from cherry to cup, or walk through local villages with a community guide.
Children often love this day: planting, tasting and meeting people their own age. The afternoon is free for swimming or simply resting before the crater.
Descend early into Ngorongoro Crater, a vast caldera with grassland, swamp and a seasonal soda lake. Its permanent water supports buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, hippo and lion, and black rhino are occasionally seen, though no sighting is ever guaranteed.
The pace allows for breaks, snacks and questions, with your guide turning tracks and sounds into stories for younger travelers. A picnic lunch is enjoyed in the crater before you ascend in the afternoon.
Cross the Ngorongoro highlands and descend to the plains, with an optional stop at Olduvai Gorge, one of the world’s most significant paleoanthropological sites. The landscape opens out as you enter the Serengeti.
Game drive on the way to your camp, arriving in time for sundowners. This is the longest drive of the trip, so your guide plans regular stops.
Spend the day exploring the central Serengeti around the Seronera River, an area with resident wildlife year-round. Rocky kopjes, river woodland and open grassland support lion, leopard, cheetah and great herds of plains game.
The pace allows for breaks, snacks and questions, with your guide turning tracks and sounds into stories for younger travelers. Choose between a full day out with a picnic lunch or returning to camp for a midday rest.
A final morning game drive, then a light-aircraft flight from the nearest airstrip to Zanzibar, connecting via Arusha where needed. The plains give way to the turquoise Indian Ocean.
You are met on arrival and transferred to your coastal stay. The evening is free to settle in.
Explore Stone Town on foot with a local guide: carved doorways, busy markets, the Old Fort and the waterfront. The tour gives thoughtful context to Zanzibar’s layered and complex history.
A spice-farm visit in the afternoon lets children smell, taste and guess their way through cloves, vanilla and cinnamon.
Visit Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park, home to the endemic Zanzibar red colobus monkey, then walk a boardwalk through the mangroves. Continue to a small east-coast village to see seaweed farming at low tide.
Children usually love the playful colobus troops. Afternoon at the pool or on the beach.
An optional boat trip to the waters around the Mnemba area for snorkeling over the reef. Marine life varies and trips depend on sea conditions.
Return for a long lunch and a lazy afternoon by the water.
A slow morning with nothing planned: a swim before breakfast, a book, a walk at low tide.
In the late afternoon, board a traditional wooden dhow and sail out as the sun sets over the Indian Ocean.
A final morning by the ocean before your transfer to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport.
Fly home or onward, carrying the plains and the coast with you.
Change the length, swap a park or upgrade a stay. We will shape this journey around you.
6 days / 5 nightsArusha · Tarangire · Karatu · Ngorongoro
Short drives, big wildlife and a relaxed day in the highlands, designed for younger travelers.
Best for: Families with younger children or a first family safari.
7 days / 6 nightsArusha · Lake Manyara · Karatu · Ngorongoro · Serengeti
Forest, crater and plains with short drive days, a treetop walk and a flight home from the Serengeti.
Best for: Families with children of any age wanting a first taste of the Serengeti.
8 days / 7 nightsArusha · Tarangire · Karatu · Ngorongoro · Serengeti
A gently paced northern circuit with a Serengeti flight home to spare the long drive back.
Best for: Families with children of most ages who want to see the Serengeti.
10 days / 9 nightsArusha National Park · Tarangire · Lake Eyasi · Karatu · Ngorongoro · Serengeti
Wildlife and meaningful cultural encounters, paced so everyone enjoys the journey.
Best for: Curious families with older children who want more than game drives.
Tell us what you have in mind. We’ll take it from there.
Tell us what moves you. We’ll help shape the journey around it.
