Grab your safari hat, binoculars, and don’t forget your camera because your friends are not going to believe your stories from your African Safari in Tanzania! 

Tanzania is a place that is accessible to any type of traveler and is perfect for the first-time traveler to Africa.

Straight out of the pages of a National Geographic Magazine, Tanzania offers ordinary people the chance to live like an explorer. This story-book journey is a combination of game drives through wildlife parks, and cultural experiences with tribal people who are living the same way their ancestors lived and have lived here for centuries.

The adventure begins in Arusha National Park and follows the Northern Circuit which encompasses the Ngorongo Crater Conservation Area, Serengeti National Park, and Lake Eaysi, and Tarangire National Park. We will explore wooded savannas, grasslands, and highland forest. Lodges are 4-star with delicious food and comfortable accommodations within the parks and protected areas. You may wake to the sounds of roaring lions. – No joke.

The magic of Tanzania, and the stuff of legends, is the Serengeti. As you drive through the vast expanse of grassland in a 4×4 safari jeep, you might find yourself humming tunes from the Disney cartoon, The Lion King.  Massive herds of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles travel a route considered one of the largest migrations in the world. You may even find yourself getting a little teary-eyed at the intangible beauty you are witnessing.

Equally as impressive as the game parks and conservation areas is the interaction you will have with tribal communities like the Maasai, Hadzabes, and Datoga tribes. From pastoral nomads to traditional hunter-gatherers, you will feel like you have stepped in a time machine taking you back centuries as you learn about each tribe and participate in dancing and other cultural activities.

Trip Highlights:

• Experience  Semi-Luxury Safari Tent Camping in the Serengeti National Park and a variety of other unique lodges near national parks and conservation areas.
• Go to sleep and wake to the sounds of the wild Serengeti.
• Be moved as you witness one of largest migrations on Earth of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles.
• See big cats including prides of lions and elusive leopards, and stealthy cheetahs.
• Enter the Ngorongoro Crater, a 25 km wide dormant-volcano-bowlful-of-30,000-animals.
• Dance with the Maasai, exchange stories with the Datoga women, and learn to shoot bow and arrows with the Hadzabe.
• Explore the Olduvai Gorge, a site which influenced what scientists know about human evolution.
• Opportunities for shopping for indigenous African handcrafts, Tanzanite, and art.

Who should join us?

Anyone ages 18+ can sign up for this safari. The days are long, but the activities are not physically demanding. 

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Cancellation Policy

Please note: The activities, lodging, guides, and schedule may change without notice as practical considerations arise during program development or onsite.  

Please do not book your flight until instructed to do so. Use the following for planning purposes only. Once the trip is confirmed with at least 8 participants, official travel parameters will be provided. 

Airport Code: Arusha Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (JRO)

Arrival Day Instructions: May 20, 2025 - Arrive any time before 8pm local time that is most economical and convenient for you. One of our team will be at the airport to pick you up.

Departure Day Instructions:  May 30, 2025 - Schedule any flight to depart after 4pm. There will be ONE group airport shuttle drop off at 1PM. Those who want a later shuttle can pay an additional $100 per car. 

Tanzania Entry Requirements for US Citizens

• Passport must be valid for 6 months
• 1 blank page in passport for stamp
• Tourist Visa 

View the instructions for getting your Tourist Visa here. 

Packing List

Tanzania Safari Info Packet

Participants can enjoy hotel amenities and rest off the jetlag. Your trip leader will meet the group at dinner. (D)

Note: Lunch and optional tours not included

Overnight at Lake Duluti Lodge (or similar)

7:30am: Breakfast & group meeting

8:30am: Departure to Arusha Town & Arusha National Park (45 minutes to 1 hour to Arusha NP)

Packed Lunch

Arusha National Park is less traveled by tourists and has a lot to do due to its perfect mix of flora and fauna and diversified landscapes. Passing the “small Serengeti” during a game drive, you are likely to spot peaceful herds of buffaloes, shy bushbucks on the edge of the forest as well as warthogs and zebras. Heading towards the Ngurudoto Crater you will soon find yourself in a lush rainforest – a great place to spot the athletic black and white colobus monkey as well as the elegant mitis monkey. The Ngurudoto Crater is basically a smaller version of the Ngorongoro Crater and has a diameter of about 3 km. As we drive around the crater rim, with a bit of luck, you might even spot buffaloes in the swamps on the crater floor. Halfway through the game drive, our guide will find a place for the group to enjoy a picnic lunch before continuing on into the park.

7:30 Dinner at Marera Valley Lodge and overnight at Marera Valley Lodge or similar.(BLD)

6:00am: Departure to Ngorongoro Crater w/ breakfast to go

Drive time to crater 30 minutes

Packed Lunch

The Ngorongoro crater is an inactive volcanic crater with breathtaking views from both the rim and within the crater itself. As we descend by safari jeep, we pass through all of the conservation area’s various habitats from dense mountain forests and woodlands, grasslands, lakes and swamps.

The huge crater floor is spotted with large herds of zebras, wildebeests, elands, Grant’s and Thompson’s gazelles. As we get closer to the game, lions can be seen as well as the occasional herd of elephants and the endangered Black Rhino.  Rare species like serval cats, hyenas, jackals, and cheetahs may be spotted, and your guide will help you adjust your eyes to watching game and looking for behaviors that may indicate if predators are around.

Not only do mammals reside in the conservation area, Ostriches, Kori bustards, Crowned Cranes, White Backed Vultures, Black Kites, Cattle Egrets, Tawny Eagles, Augur Buzzards and Lesser Flamingos can be seen at Lake Magadi.

7:30pm: Dinner at Merera Valley Lodge. Overnight Merera Valley Lodge. (BLD)

After breakfast we will do an all day game drive into the Serengeti and work our way toward camp. The Serengeti National Park is undoubtedly the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world, unequaled for its natural beauty and scientific value. More than two million wildebeest, half a million Thomson’s Gazelles, and a quarter of a million zebra, it has the greatest concentration of plains game in Africa. The great quantity of wildebeest and zebra form the cast of a spectacular event – the annual Serengeti migration.

The next several days will be exploring the Serengeti National Park in search of the migration, prides of lions, herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, leopards, and cheetahs. – Overnight and dinner at Suenos De Africa Camp or similar. (BLD)

Time TBA (8am?) Departure to Game Drive in Serengeti

Packed Lunch

Serengeti National Park is undoubtedly the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world, unequaled for its natural beauty and scientific value. More than two million wildebeest, half a million Thomson’s Gazelles, and a quarter of a million zebra, it has the greatest concentration of plains game in Africa. The great quantity of wildebeest and zebra form the cast of a spectacular event – the annual Serengeti migration. The next few days will be spent exploring this area.

7:30pm: Overnight and dinner at Suenos De Africa Camp or similar (BLD)

After breakfast, we embark on another game drive in Ndutu passing through Olduvai Gorge, one of the most important paleoanthropological sites in the world. This place was made famous by Louis Leaky and has given the scientific community valuable understanding of early human evolution. Our discovery into anthropology will continue with a visit to a Maasai Village.

The Maasai are an indigenous African ethnic group of semi-nomadic people located in Tanzania. Due to their distinctive customs, dress, and residence near the many game parks of East Africa, they are among the most internationally well-known African ethnic groups. At the Maasai Village cultural experience, a member of the Maasai tribe will share the traditions and culture of the Maasai through dancing, storytelling, and other experiences. You will visit their home, school, and have an opportunity to buy handcrafts.– Dinner and overnight Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge or similar. (BLD)

6:00am: Departure with breakfast to go

Hadzabes & Datoga Tribes

Lunch at Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge

Today we step back in time to meet the people of the past, the Hadzabes and Datoga tribes.

The Hadza people, or Hadzabe’e, are an ethnic group in central Tanzania, living around Lake Eyasi in the central Rift Valley and in the neighboring Serengeti Plateau for over 50,000 years.. Hadza people are among the last of the true hunter-gatherers and are a connection to the transition of a time when humans became farmers. While traditionally considered an East African branch of the Khoisan peoples, primarily because their language has clicks, modern genetic research suggests that they may be more closely related to the Pygmies. The Hadza are not closely related to any other modern people.

Visiting the Datoga tribe will complete your cultural experience at Lake Eyasi. Contrary to the Hadza people, The Datoga are skilled farmers and craftsman. The Datoga themselves blend in with their environment, their dress being the color of the reddish brown soil. Only on closer inspection will they appear colorful with their reddish, patched leather dresses, bead work, and brass bracelets and necklaces. A prominent decoration is tatooing of circular patterns around the eyes.

7:30pm Dinner and overnight Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge or similar (BLD)

Wake up for breakfast, spend a half day relaxing at the lodge, take our early lunch at the lodge, then after lunch proceed to Maraboi Tented Lodge.

Believe it or not, being on safari is tiring. This day will give you reprieve from road travel to enjoy the environment and amenities of the amazing lodges you will be staying at. Sit by the pool, get a massage, read a book, take time to journal.

7:30pm Dinner and Overnight at Lake Burunge tented lodge . (BLD)

Extra services such as laundry and massages are an additional feel. 

6:30am: Breakfast

7:30am: Departure to Tarangire National Park

Tarangire National park with its Baobab crested landscape is scenically one of the most beautiful parks. Baobab trees tower above the savannah and these age-old trees play a vital role in the ecosystem as they act as homes for bees, birds and bats.

Cats are also very much present in the park and lions can be found soaking up the sun on the river banks, whereas leopards are sometimes spotted resting in the baobab trees. Rarer species include Cheetahs and African Wild Dogs.

At Tarangire National Park, keep your binoculars close as the park also boasts 550 different bird species. The most commonly seen birds include Yellow Collared Lovebirds, Red Billed Hornbills, Southern Ground Hornbills, Lilac Breasted rollers, Ostriches, many kinds of raptors as well as several kinds of water birds just to name a few.

7:30pm Dinner and overnight at Maramboi Tented Lodge or similar (BLD)

After breakfast, we will have one final group meeting and then proceed back to Arusha and on to Kilimanjaro Airport for flights home.  If time allows, we will stop for last minute shopping (BL) 

Even the best laid plans might need a detour from the advertised course.

Given the expeditionary nature of our trip, on some occasions, adverse conditions, local resources (both people driven and supplies) and other factors outside of our control may require us wait a little longer than planned, or to deviate from our intended itinerary as practical considerations arise including changes in advertised guides, trip leader, lodges, and activities. 

Baraza Salaho is Tanzanian and a safari guide for over 20 years! He has worked with clients from all over the world and has a lot of knowledge that he loves to share about the parks, animals, culture and birds. -- He speaks more than 5 Tanzanian languages plus english. Baraza is caring and wants to give each of his clients the best safari experience possible. 

 I traveled with Green Edventures to Tanzania in May of 2019 and have been planning a return trip since the day I left!  I started the trip as a solo traveler and ended with many new friends – both trip mates and Tanzanian friends.  

A trip to Africa is like no other – from the thundering herds of animals to meeting the happiest people on earth – I’m not sure which I enjoyed more. One thing I knew for sure…. I had to go back! The trip exceeded my expectations at every turn. I knew we’d see animals, but I never expected the number to be in the thousands nor so many animals to be close enough you could see eyelashes! Our Tanzanian guides (Baraza and Karato) knew exactly when and where to be to see the most wildlife. Their expertise is unparalleled.  They positioned us alongside the mass migration – thousands of wildebeests and zebras running and leaping all around us. To see giraffes, elephants, hippos, crocodiles, ostriches and so much more all in their natural element is indescribable.  On an early morning drive two lionesses crossed in front of us with their five cubs in tow! On another morning, a gorgeous leopard appeared out of the mist and slowly walked right past our vehicle. The sky across the savannah is endless and gorgeous! We spent time with four indigenous tribes – learning about their different cultures, seeing arrowheads made, learning a few dance moves and the pinnacle event….joining the bushmen on a hunt!  I could go on and on! 

Africa – I’m ready to see all of your beauty and splendor again! I hope you will join me? 

Trip Leader:

Lori Anderson

+1-262-366-9930 

imeneone@gmail.com

Lori is the trip leader for Tanzania & Wisconsin trips. She has also traveled as a participant on Iceland South Coast & Laugavegru Trek, Idaho Main Salmon Rafting, Wisconsin Up North Adventure, Wisconsin Dog Sledding, Tanzania & Uganda Safaris.