Forest, crater and plains with short drive days, a treetop walk and a flight home from the Serengeti.
Forest, crater and plains with short drive days, a treetop walk and a flight home from the Serengeti. 7-day route through Arusha, Lake Manyara, Karatu, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, 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.
A short drive to Lake Manyara, where shaded forest makes for a comfortable, varied game drive. Opportunities to see baboon troops, elephant, giraffe and birds along the lake shore.
Where available, a treetop canopy walkway lets children look down on the forest. The pace allows for breaks, snacks and questions, with your guide turning tracks and sounds into stories for younger travelers.
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.
Enjoy a final early game drive before a scenic light-aircraft flight back to Arusha, watching the plains give way to the highlands below.
You are transferred to a day room or straight 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.
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.
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.
