Your own vehicle and guide through Tarangire, Manyara and the crater.
Your own vehicle and guide through Tarangire, Manyara and the crater. 5-day route through Arusha, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, 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 afternoon is yours to rest. In the evening your guide meets you for a short briefing on the journey ahead.
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.
With your own vehicle and guide, you decide when to set out, where to pause and when to head back. Picnic lunch is taken in the park, and you continue exploring until late afternoon before reaching your accommodation.
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.
With your own vehicle and guide, you decide when to set out, where to pause and when to head back. In the afternoon you climb the escarpment to the cooler highlands around Karatu.
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.
With your own vehicle and guide, you decide when to set out, where to pause and when to head back. A picnic lunch is enjoyed in the crater before you ascend in the afternoon.
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.
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Best for: Photographers and wildlife lovers who want time to wait for the moment.
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Best for: Curious travelers who want the full picture of northern Tanzania.
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.
