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Tanzania

Serengeti, Ngorongoro, and the white sand of Zanzibar.

Ideal length

10–14 days

Bespoke from

₹4.5L / pax

Time zone

GMT +3

Visa

eVisa, 5 days

Featured packages

Featured packages for Tanzania.

The Place

Tanzania holds the densest concentration of wildlife on the continent. We design a circuit — Tarangire, Ngorongoro Crater, the right Serengeti camp for your dates — and finish with three nights in a Zanzibari stone-town house and a quiet north-coast beach.

Language

Swahili, English

Plug

Type D/G · 230V

Vaccination

Yellow fever required from India

Bush flights

Light aircraft, 15kg soft bag

Best time

June – October, January – February

Getting there

Connect via Nairobi or Doha to Kilimanjaro / Arusha

Currency

TZS

Preferred · Why we go

Three reasons Tanzania stays on our atlas.

Preferred · 01

Migration tracking

Mobile camps that follow the herds, not fixed lodges.

Preferred · 02

Crater day

Ngorongoro at dawn, before the day-tripper convoys arrive.

Preferred · 03

Zanzibar finish

Stone Town nights, then the quieter north-east coast.

When to go

Jan
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Signature experiences

The reasons you came for, and a few you didn't.

Tanzania — Serengeti mobile campWildlife

Serengeti mobile camp

Canvas-and-comfort tents that follow the herds — sundowners over the Mara River are unbeatable.

Tanzania — Ngorongoro Crater dayIconic

Ngorongoro Crater day

Dawn descent into the caldera before the day-tripper convoys — Big Five in a single morning.

Tanzania — Zanzibar Stone Town heritage walkHeritage

Zanzibar Stone Town heritage walk

Spice markets, Freddie Mercury's birth house, and a sundowner at Emerson on Hurumzi.

Tanzania — Pemba Island dhow snorkelOcean

Pemba Island dhow snorkel

Pemba's coral is some of the healthiest in East Africa — and almost nobody is there.

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Field notes

Small things that change the trip.

Practical Tanzania knowledge from people who keep going back.

  • 01

    Combine with Kenya via a single charter — same trip, two countries' worth of wildlife.

  • 02

    Yellow fever certificate required for re-entry to India.

  • 03

    Malaria prophylaxis is required for the Serengeti and Ngorongoro.

  • 04

    Soft bag only on bush flights — 15kg hard limit.

  • 05

    Tipping: $20 pp/day for the safari guide, $10 pp/day for camp staff is standard.

Questions

What we get asked about Tanzania.

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