Arusha · Tarangire · Ngorongoro · Serengeti (3 nights, fly-in)
Premium camps, fly the Serengeti both ways, time to slow down
7
Days / 6 nights
3
Headline parks
$11,100
From, AUD pp
Drive the arc, fly the Serengeti both ways
Getting around
This is a sample itinerary, not a package. Every lodge, day and park can change. Get in touch and we design your trip from scratch.
An example itinerary, built to flex
The same legendary route, done the way you'd do it with no compromises. You drive the beautiful southern arc, a full day in Tarangire and two nights on a historic coffee farm on the crater's shoulder, then trade the long road north for a light aircraft straight into the heart of the Serengeti.
Three nights at Asilia's Namiri Plains put you in the best big-cat country in the central Serengeti, with a private guide, beautiful tented suites and the time to simply be there. Lake Manyara steps aside to a scenic drive-through, because at this level the trip is about depth, not ticking boxes. The flagship camps (Singita, &Beyond) are available on request.
Your Trip, Day by Day
Drive the highlands, then fly to the cats. Scroll the days and follow the route, Arusha up to Tarangire and the crater, then a light aircraft onto the Serengeti and home off the plains.
Map tiles: Esri, National Geographic. Routes are indicative.
Met at Kilimanjaro and settled into Gran Melia Arusha, polished, calm, with Mount Meru filling the window. An easy evening to land properly before the safari begins.
OvernightGran Melia Arusha
South into Tarangire for a full day among the elephant herds and thousand-year-old baobabs, with lunch in the park. Late afternoon you climb the escarpment past Lake Manyara to Gibb's Farm, a working coffee and vegetable farm on the crater's forested shoulder, all wood fires and garden-to-table food.
OvernightGibb's Farm
Down into the Ngorongoro Crater at first light, before the vehicles build up, for a morning on the floor among the rhino, lions and hippo pools. Back up by early afternoon for a community village visit nearby, or a slow afternoon at the farm.
OvernightGibb's Farm
A short drive to the Lake Manyara airstrip for the morning flight, and you're deep in the Serengeti by late morning, met by Namiri's own guides and straight onto the game.
OvernightAsilia Namiri Plains
Namiri Plains was closed to the public for twenty years to protect the cheetah, and it shows. A full day out with the camp's guides in some of the richest predator country on earth.
OvernightAsilia Namiri Plains
If you'd like it, drift over the waking plains at dawn by hot-air balloon (an optional extra, about A$950 per person), then a champagne breakfast in the grass. The rest of the day is yours to spend on the game, or simply on the deck watching it come to you.
OvernightAsilia Namiri Plains
A last morning drive, then your flight back to Arusha and onward home, or a smooth connection to Zanzibar for the beach finish.
DepartFly home or on to Zanzibar
Where You Sleep
Lodges flex with your dates, your group and the season. If something is full or you fancy a step up at one stop, we swap it and re-cost on the spot.
The Investment
Twin share, excluding international flights. That works out around AUD $1,850 per person per night, all-inclusive on safari.
What's included
Not included
From-pricing is a starting anchor on a two-person sharing basis. Every Kingse quote is built live against the day's lodge, park and flight rates for your exact dates and group, never from a brochure. International flights you book yourself, so you keep your points and your routing.
Get this costed for your datesAdd the beach
Finish on the ocean in style. A smooth connection takes you to Zanzibar for four nights at a premium beachfront resort, all transfers and flights handled. Spa days, a sunset dhow, dinner at The Rock out on the reef, the slow, warm end the trip deserves.
Beach base: Melia Zanzibar
From AUD $2,800 pp
Your Tanzania entry insurance (see above) covers your Zanzibar days too, nothing extra to buy there. Zanzibar hotels do collect a small infrastructure levy per person per night at check-in (about USD 5). We flag it in your pre-departure pack so you land prepared.
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Same route, different level of comfort. Mix and match freely, plenty of our travellers land somewhere in between.
Straight numbers help you decide before you commit. See what an African safari costs from Australia, what a Tanzania safari costs, real trips with the real prices and how to choose a Tanzania safari company.
Tell us your dates and how many of you there are, and we'll build this exact trip around them, or tweak it however you like. No obligation, no pressure, just a real quote built live.
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