8 days with short drives, pools and a flight home
Per person, 2 adults sharing, mid-range accommodation, peak-season park fees.
No drive over four hours, family rooms and pools at most stops, and a flight back from the Serengeti instead of a long drive.
Two-night stays reduce packing and unpacking. Karatu is used as a base for both Lake Manyara and the crater, keeping drives short. After two nights in the Serengeti, the family flies back to Arusha in about an hour.
Elephants · Giraffes · Baboons · Blue monkeys
Wild animals move freely; sightings are never guaranteed.
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Your Wild Host guide meets you at Kilimanjaro International Airport and drives you to Arusha. Time to rest after the flight, followed by a short briefing on the days ahead.
Arusha Farm House
Mid-range · Lodge · Arusha
Dinner on request (Bed & breakfast)
Photo and details under Where you stay
guide estimate 1 h, incl. game viewing
Drive to Tarangire; afternoon game drive and pool time.
Tarangire Safari Lodge
Mid-range · Lodge · Inside Tarangire NP, above the Tarangire River
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Full board)
Photo and details under Where you stay
guide estimate 2 h, incl. game viewing
Short game drive in Lake Manyara for baboons and monkeys — children love the forest — then on to a farm lodge in Karatu.
Ngorongoro Farm House
Mid-range · Farm lodge · Coffee farm near Lodoare Gate, Karatu
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Full board)
Photo and details under Where you stay
guide estimate 2 h 30 min, incl. game viewing
Half-day crater game drive and an afternoon Maasai boma visit or farm walk.
Ngorongoro Farm House
Mid-range · Farm lodge · Coffee farm near Lodoare Gate, Karatu
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Full board)
Photo and details under Where you stay
guide estimate 4 h, incl. game viewing
Drive into the Serengeti with stops for wildlife and a picnic.
Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp
Mid-range · Tented camp · Central Serengeti
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Full board)
Photo and details under Where you stay
guide estimate 5 h 30 min, incl. game viewing
Morning game drive, pool and rest at midday, afternoon drive.
Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp
Mid-range · Tented camp · Central Serengeti
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Full board)
Photo and details under Where you stay
guide estimate 5 h, incl. game viewing
Another day exploring with your guide, at a pace that suits the family.
Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp
Mid-range · Tented camp · Central Serengeti
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Full board)
Photo and details under Where you stay
guide estimate 5 h, incl. game viewing
Morning flight from Seronera to Arusha; transfer to the airport.
Breakfast, Lunch · End of services
Leaflet map with OpenStreetMap data. Road lines follow OpenStreetMap routing where available; anything else is drawn dashed and labelled as a straight line. Lodges are plotted only when their coordinates are verified.
Mid-range: properties for this route. Availability is confirmed at quotation; an equivalent property of the same level is offered if one is full. Where a lodge has not yet supplied photos for our use, we show a photo of its area — your consultant sends the lodge’s own photos with the quotation.
Arusha
Mid-range · Lodge · 1 night (day 1)
Inside Tarangire NP, above the Tarangire River
Mid-range · Lodge · 1 night (day 2)
Coffee farm near Lodoare Gate, Karatu
Mid-range · Farm lodge · 2 nights (days 3, 4)
Central Serengeti
Mid-range · Tented camp · 3 nights (days 5, 6, 7)
Prices depend on the travel dates, the number of travellers sharing the vehicle, children’s ages and the accommodation level. Adjust the estimator to see an indicative price; your consultant confirms the final price with lodge availability.
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3 daysPopular choiceA short, high-impact luxury safari with a night in the Serengeti
The shortest practical way to see both the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater, staying at a luxury tented camp.
3 daysThree parks in three days from one Karatu lodge
Three contrasting parks without changing rooms: Tarangire's elephants, the Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara.
3 daysFly straight to the calving plains
A light-aircraft flight puts you on the Ndutu plains in under two hours, in the middle of the calving season.
