45+ Boutique Safari 2027 | Solo-Friendly Tanzania + Zanzibar | Kingse Safaris

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Kingse guests around the firepit with Kilimanjaro behind

For solo travellers 45 and over · boutique small-group safari

The safari you never
needed a plus-one for.

Eight days on safari through Tanzania with eight like-minded travellers, 45 and over, and the option to stretch out on a Zanzibar beach after. Built around solo travellers: no single supplement, no stranger for a roommate. Your own room every night, a window seat in a Land Cruiser of four, and company at dinner when you want it.

Own room

Every guest, every night

4 per vehicle

A window seat, always

8 days

On safari (+ optional beach)

8 guests

Max, per departure

Solo-first, by design

Boutique group travel, built solo-first.

Most group tours treat a solo traveller as a problem to solve: a single supplement here, a stranger for a roommate there. This trip is priced solo from the first dollar. Eight guests at most, four to a Land Cruiser so nobody's stuck in a middle seat, and a proper lodge room to yourself every night. Come alone, with your partner or with a friend, your own space is the default, not an upgrade.

The route runs Tanzania's Northern Circuit the right way round: Tarangire's elephants, the Ngorongoro Crater at dawn, then deep into the Serengeti. From August to October it pushes north to the Mara River for the Great Migration crossings. Want the beach too? Add four nights on Zanzibar and we fly you there straight from the Serengeti, so the whole group carries on together to the sand.

No single supplement games

The price on the page is the solo price. Nobody pays extra for coming alone, and nobody shares with a stranger.

Your own key, every night

Your own room every night on safari, and your own room again if you add Zanzibar. Close the door when you've had enough of everyone.

Company at dinner, space all day

Eight guests your own age, four to a vehicle, one long table in the evening. Travel together without living in each other's pockets.

Wildebeest crossing the Mara River Kingse guest watching lions from the vehicle Ngorongoro Crater at dawn Zanzibar from the air

Two routes, one idea

The trip follows the wildlife.

June and July run the classic circuit while the plains are dry and the crater is at its best. August to October, the Great Migration is massed in the far north, so those departures trade two central nights for three on the Mara River.

Guests watching elephants

June & July departures

The Classic

Day 1Arusha

Arrive · Gran Meliá Arusha

Land at Kilimanjaro, meet the group over dinner with Mount Meru out the window.

Day 2–3Manyara

Tarangire & Lake Manyara

Two full days on safari from your Manyara base: Tarangire's giant elephant herds and baobabs, then Manyara's tree-climbing lions and flamingo shallows.

Day 4Crater rim

Up to the Ngorongoro rim

Climb to the crater's edge and sleep right on the rim, ready for first light.

Day 5–7Serengeti

Dawn crater descent → central Serengeti

Onto the crater floor at sunrise, among the densest wildlife on earth by breakfast. Out by midday and into the Serengeti by evening. Three nights in big-cat country.

Day 8Fly out

Fly out — home, or on to Zanzibar

A light aircraft lifts you off the plains. Connect home from Kilimanjaro, or if you've added the beach, fly straight on to Zanzibar with the group.

The Great Migration herds

August, September & October departures

The Migration

Day 1Arusha

Arrive · Gran Meliá Arusha

Land at Kilimanjaro, meet the group over dinner.

Day 2Crater rim

To the Ngorongoro rim

Straight up to the crater's edge for a night on the rim.

Day 3–4Serengeti

Dawn crater descent → central Serengeti

The crater floor at sunrise, then north into the Serengeti. Two nights among the kopjes and big cats of the central plains.

Day 5–7Lobo, north

North to the Great Migration

Game-drive north to the Lobo valley, where the migration herds mass from August. Three nights with day trips to the Mara River, where the crossings happen.

Day 8Fly out

Fly out — home, or on to Zanzibar

From a dirt airstrip near the Mara River, connect home via Kilimanjaro, or fly straight on to Zanzibar with the group if you've added the beach.

River crossings are wild events, not scheduled ones. August brings the herds in strength, September is statistically the most reliable month, and October adds the chance of southbound returns. We put you in the right place at the right time; the wildebeest do the rest.

Where you stay

Boutique lodges & camps.

Your seven nights on safari, your own room in every one: from a five-star Arusha arrival to a suite tent on the crater's edge. Proper beds, hot showers, views you'll write home about.

Zanzibar from the air

Optional · add it when you reserve

Stay on for Zanzibar.

When the safari ends, fly straight from the bush to the Indian Ocean with the group and spend four nights at Essque Zalu Zanzibar, a suite resort on the quiet north coast. Your own room, half board, one pool, one bar, everyone together. No stranger to share with, no single supplement.

We fold it into your trip when you reserve, internal flight and transfers included, so there's nothing extra to book.

From +A$2,130 per person · 4 nights, own room, flight in

Pick your month

2027 Departures

Prices are the 8-day safari, per person, your own room throughout — that IS the solo price, no supplement. Add Zanzibar when you reserve (from +A$2,130). Travelling as a pair and happy to share? Take A$1,640 off the safari each. Eight guests max per departure.

Per person, own room, land only from Kilimanjaro Airport. Travelling as a pair sharing one room? A$1,640 off each, settled on your trip balance, the A$1,000 reserve is the same either way. Departures are guaranteed at 4 guests.

How reserving works

  1. A$1,000 reserves your seat on the departure you pick, credited to your trip.
  2. 50% within 14 days confirms your room at every lodge.
  3. Balance 60 days before departure. Bank transfer or card, your choice.

If your departure doesn't reach 4 guests, you move to another month free or get every dollar back. No quibbles.

What's included

  • 7 nights on safari, your own room: boutique lodges and camps
  • All meals throughout the safari
  • Private Land Cruiser, four guests max, window seat guaranteed
  • Senior Kingse guide throughout the safari
  • All park, crater and concession fees
  • Your flight out of the Serengeti (onward to Zanzibar if you add it)
  • All safari transfers
  • International flights · visas · travel insurance
  • Zanzibar add-on (4 nights, own room, flight in) if you choose it · plus Zanzibar's small on-arrival taxes, paid direct
  • Drinks off the board, tips, spa

Looking for the livelier version? Our original Tanzania, Together group safari runs the same country for a younger crowd, from A$5,700 twin share.

Your own room is waiting.

Eight seats a month, five months, and the migration departures always go first. Come alone — most of the truck did. Hold your seat with A$1,000.

Choose your departure

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