Short drives, big wildlife and a relaxed day in the highlands, designed for younger travelers.
Short drives, big wildlife and a relaxed day in the highlands, designed for younger travelers. 6-day route through Arusha, Tarangire, Karatu, Ngorongoro, 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.
Lake Manyara packs groundwater forest, open floodplain and a soda lake beneath the Rift Valley escarpment into a compact area. Look for baboon troops, elephant in the forest, and birds along the shoreline.
The pace allows for breaks, snacks and questions, with your guide turning tracks and sounds into stories for younger travelers. In the afternoon you climb the escarpment to the cooler highlands around Karatu.
After breakfast, a last game drive on the way out of the park before returning to Arusha, with time for lunch and a little shopping for local crafts.
Transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your onward flight.
Change the length, swap a park or upgrade a stay. We will shape this journey around you.
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.
12 days / 11 nightsArusha · Tarangire · Ngorongoro · Serengeti · Stone Town · Zanzibar coast
A week of wildlife, then a flight to the coast for spice farms, snorkeling and beach days.
Best for: Families who want adventure followed by downtime together.
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.
