Private Tour

7-Day North Tanzania Classic Safari

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Overview

Available languages

German
English
French
Spanish

168 hours

Mobile ticket

Safari trip is much more exciting and adventurous than normal camping trips

We encourage you to speak directly with one of our team; share your ‘wish list’ and we’ll share our unparalleled knowledge of all things in Tanzania. We will design the safari of your dreams and prepare you for your warm welcome to Tanzania.

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Specialized infant seats are available

Not recommended for pregnant travelers

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 3 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.<br>If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

What To Expect

Day 1

Arrival

Accommodations

You'll be collected from the airport. Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Food and Drinks

DINNER

Dinner

Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)

1

Your guide will be waiting for you at Kilimanjaro Airport and drive you to your lodge in Arusha (45-60 minutes) for your first overnight. Your guide will give you a short introduction and explanation of the details of your tour. Depending on the time of arrival and your wishes your guide will advise you about your program for the rest of the day.

5 hours • Admission Included
Day 2

Arusha- Tarangire National Park

Accommodations

Lake Burunge Tented Camp.

Food and Drinks

DINNER

Dinner

dinner and over night at the camp

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

LUNCH

Lunch

1

Tarangire National Park

Your guide will pick you up at the lodge and drive you to Tarangire National Park for a game drive in the park, observing elephants, sometimes very close to the campsite near the (dry bedding of the) river. Drive to Larmaku Swamp, a large swamp where you can find elephants and other animals, cooling down in the water and sheltering for the sun in the shadow of the acacia trees. Regarding encountering wildlife we can not guarantee anything, but the chance that you will see large herds of elephants in this park is 99,9%. Distance Arusha - Tarangire: 170 km, 3 hours Afternoon drive to Karatu (140 km, 2 hours)

12 hours • Admission Included
Day 3

Full day in Lake Manyara National Park

Accommodations

Marera Valley Lodge

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

LUNCH

Lunch

DINNER

Dinner

1

Lake Manyara

After breakfast, we take our lunch boxes and leave for Lake Manyara National Park for a full day game drive. With a little bit of luck, you will experience a beautiful view over the lake with an abundance of flamingoes and hopefully spot lions close-bye. Most animals are making their way down to the river for a much-needed drink … and the famous Manyara lions could be spotted in the trees! Distance: 40 km Time/road condition: 40 minutes, paved road

12 hours • Admission Included
Day 4

Serengeti National Park

Accommodations

Thorn Tree Camp Mid-range tented bush camp located inside Central Serengeti

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

LUNCH

Lunch

DINNER

Dinner

1

Serengeti National Park

After an early breakfast, we take our lunch boxes and leave for Serengeti National Park via the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a spectacular area with panoramic views over the crater hundreds of meters below. Today is also an adventurous safari day as a large part of this route is straight across the center of the Serengeti National Park, the area of the Seronera River. Distance: 210 km Time/road condition: 6 hours, partly paved, mostly sandy and bumpy.

12 hours • Admission Included
Day 5

Full day Serengeti Central

Accommodations

Thorn Tree Camp Mid-range tented bush camp located inside Central Serengeti

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

LUNCH

Lunch

DINNER

Dinner

1

Serengeti Hippo Pool

A full safari day in Serengeti! Driving along the shores of the Seronera River and Mara River, trying to find unforgettable moments and a glimpse of the way wild animals live and survive. Wildebeest crossing the river, a hunting cheetah, lion or any other predator or the magnificent view of the silhouette of a giraffe at the horizon. You will have a chance to see Nile Crocodiles (sometimes more than 6 meters long!) waiting for animals to come drinking or crossing and ambush them. You will enjoy areas that are not known to the greater public and are therefore perfect for an experience off the beaten path. Today, our route follows the presence and migration of the animals on the plains.

12 hours • Admission Included
Day 6

Serengeti - Ngorongoro

Accommodations

Bougainvillea Safari Lodge Mid-range lodge located outside Ngorongoro Crater

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

LUNCH

Lunch

lunch boxes

DINNER

Dinner

1

Ngorongoro Crater

After early breakfast depart for Ngorongoro Conservation Area, on the way visit Olduvai Gorge and Maasai Boma. Then we wind our way down into the caldera of the famous Ngorongoro Crater for a game drive with the most breathtaking views along the way. Armed with your guide’s years of experience and his ‘eagle-eyes’ we might even encounter rhino. The chance of seeing an active pride of lions at close quarters is high on the list of possibilities. At the Hippo Pool, you will enjoy all the sights and sounds of the ‘laughing’ hippos enjoying a wallow in the cool water and a mud-bath. Distance: 160 km Time/road condition: 3 hours, sandy and bumpy.

12 hours • Admission Included
Day 7

Karatu - Arusha

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

LUNCH

Lunch

lunch box or have lunch on the way to the airport

1

Depending on your itinerary, we will drive you to a lodge in Arusha, the Arusha Airport (for domestic flights e.g. to Zanzibar) or to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your return flight home. Late checkout is optional for additional charges. Approximately 3 hours to a lodge or the airport in Arusha (120 km), about 4 hours (160 km) to Kilimanjaro International Airport.

5 hours • Admission Included

What‘s Included

All Fees and Taxes

International flights

Tips

Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour

Pickup points

Arusha Airport

Arusha Tanzania

Options

7-Day North Tanzania Classic Safari

Pickup included

Reviews

5.00

8 reviews

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  • A magical wildlife experience.

    W1835XCnatachas,,Dec 14, 2025

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    A superb wildlife experience. Christopher & Warren are two amazing people and I Dream of Africa is the perfect company wether its your first or 10th experience in nature. Christopher (the guide) is simply a gem, nothing is too much trouble and he tailors the day to your individual requirements. He's also a true wildlife lover and is probably one of the few in Tanzania that genuinely respects the animals natural habitat and given this is the wild and not a zoo, we should all remember to be grateful that people like Chris are our their, looking to be sustainable, protect and preserve all that we love about this planet and especially the wildlife in Africa. I 100% recommend the team at I Dream of Africa to guide, educate and bring joy to your every minute experience in Africa. It was truly a magical 30th birthday treat, so thank you!

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  • Best Safari ever!

    887antjek,,Aug 11, 2025

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    I can only highly recommend "I dream of Africa". We had a great week with Warren, who was the best company one can wish - very well informed about every detail, very gut organised, very reliabel, responsible and with a good sense of humour. The trip was wonderful in every aspect: the accommodations were always a pleasant surprise, wonderful lodges outside the parks and romantic camps inside the parks, always with every comfort and delicious food. Warren succeeded in finding places away from the tourist crowds and had a magic way to spot animals, to know where they could be, what they will do and payed respect to their rest times as well. We owe "I dream of Africa" and Warren a great experience we will never forget.

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  • Super safari experience!

    Erik L,,Sep 11, 2024

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    We (6 people) have made a great Safari accompanied by the experienced and super sympathetic Guide Christopher. We visited the main parks and stayed in the most beautiful locations.

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  • We had a wonderful Safari with Chris!

    almdec,,Aug 13, 2024

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    Chris is the guide you want! He is very knowledgeable about all kinds of flora and fauna and able to spot animals from an incredible distance. And it’s not just that— he can predict where they were going to move, so he can put his Land Rover in the prime spot and give you a perfect view! Other guides we met along the way seemed to respect him a lot! On the planning side, Chris listened carefully to what we (parents plus 11 year old daughter) were hoping for and designed a Safari that was absolutely magical and delightful for us. In addition to knowing nature, Chris knows where the best lodges are and included places we considered among the best we had ever stayed in anywhere. (We highly recommend then Ngorongoro Lodge on the rim of the crater!). He also gives you great insights into Tanzanian society and economy and helps you support locally owned businesses too (of which his is one). We feel extremely fortunate that our friend had recommended Chris to us!

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  • Perfect Safari with local company

    NiWale,,Aug 5, 2023

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    We did a 6 day safari as a group of 2 women with Christopher and his son Warren and it was amazing. Everything was perfectly organised, from picking us up at the airport to saying goodbye in Arusha. Our guides were incredibly welcoming and planned safaris to our wishes every day. The selected hotels were always nice, especially the camps in the national parks! Christopher is a genius when it comes to wildlife viewing. It's just amazing how he discovers every animal while driving, no matter how far away or well hidden. So we were mostly alone as the only safari car at ingenious places like lion packs, jaguars or cheetahs. In addition, Christopher has an unlimited knowledge about the behavior of animals. We two guests had very different wishes for the safari (one wanted to see cats, the other the migration of steppe animals), Christopher fulfilled them both perfectly balanced (in fact we were between a migration and were able to watch a cheetah calling his brother). We were very happy to have done the safari with I dream of Africa, because firstly we had the most beautiful safari, and secondly we were able to support local people from Tanzania instead of large companies where you sometimes also have young and not yet so experienced guides gets assigned. I would 100% recommend Christopher's company "I dream of africa" ​​to anyone considering a safari in Tanzania. I will definitely come back. Thank you for everything!

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  • I Dream of Africa - an Amazing Safari Company.

    822coreyr,,Jul 30, 2023

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    I recently completed a 10 day safari of Tanzania with two couples. We chose Christopher Samwell and I Dream of Africa at the recommendation of friends who had wonderful prior experiences with them. Our safari was amazing! Christopher was a fantastic guide and exceedingly knowledgeable about the animals (including every bird and insect!), the land and its history. We toured Lake Manyara, The Serengeti (North and Central, mostly), The Ngorongoro crater and the Tarangire parks. Christopher picked us up at Kilimanjaro airport on our arrival day and stayed with us until we departed as friends 10 days later. Our every need was catered to wherever we stayed, including food allergies. We experienced remarkable food and service at all of our camps and lodges. In fact, the tented lodges seemed to be as or more customer-focused as most 4 and 5 star hotels here in the States. As a guide, Christopher is truly remarkable. We had been told we'd be fortunate to see a leopard. Christopher spotted 4 of them in 4 different locations. He's not the guide that listens to the radio and rushes in to see the big cats that others find for him (as so many seem to be). He's the guy who finds the animals for the other guides. Throughout our safari, we kept thinking how fortunate we were to choose Christopher and his company. We saw every animal we wished to see numerous times. There were no negatives to this trip and I will be returning in the future with my children to experience what we did. Thank you, Christopher!

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  • The dream trip of my life

    marzenabarbarat2022,,Jul 26, 2023

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    There is simply nothing that would not have pleased! I have been to Kenya several times, spent 3 months in South Africa, but what Christopher and Warren offer is just perfect! From the first contact via email to the farewell, where I had tears in my eyes. It was the most beautiful trip of my life and I will be back 100%. Of course, I dream of Africa is booked again. I am happy that I chose a local Enterprise - and I would recommend this to everyone! If we want to visit the country, then we should do something for local 'industry' and not pay Europeans or Americans. Christopher chose us wonderful accommodations, including great camps - it was pure Africa feeling! All our wishes were fulfilled - we saw the Big5 several times, Kilimanjaro, the jungle, "cats" in abundance, I even noticed the migration despite the already unfavourable season. Aaaahhhh... I still feel inspired by happiness when I write this. I can only say once and a thousand times: THANK YOU for the great experience! I'll be back!

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  • Fascinating safari trip

    black forests8,,Sep 26, 2022

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    We were very lucky with Christopher to be able to do our safari tour. The good reviews are 100% justified. Super warm and friendly guide. From trip planning to the trip itself - everything perfect. We can highly recommend Christopher, as a local safari provider!

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5.00
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