Pristine Trails is a top-rated travel and adventure company located in Tanzania. Locally-founded and owned, we are team of experts with passion, years of experience and commitment to our travelers. Our focus is tailor-made tours with a responsible approach, personalized and enriching experiences for the traveler while also benefiting the indigenous people, wildlife and conservation efforts of the country.
Filled with fun for the whole family, this nine-day itinerary is full of unmatched game viewing in some of Tanzania’s most stunning national parks, active adventures that let you stretch your legs and exposure to two of Tanzania’s most well-known local tribes.
Highlights include: Mount Kilimanjaro Foothills, Chagga Culture, Tarangire National Park, Maasai Culture, Lake Manyara National Park, Ziplining, Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park.
Below is a sample of our accommodation recommendations in each location of your safari.
Moshi/Mount Kilimanjaro Foothills
Tarangire
Maasai Community / Lake Manyara
Ngorongoro Crater
Serengeti
We recommend you stay overnight where the great migration is likely to be found at the time of year you are traveling. See below for the approximate location of the migration throughout the year.
Dec – Mar: South
April – May: Central
June – July: West
July – Oct: North
Oct- Dec: Moving South Through The East
Camping
Standard
Luxury
Exclusive
Driver Guide:
$20-40 per day per vehicle
(shared among the guests)
Lodge Staff:
$15-30 per guest per night
Cook:
$20 per day per truck
(only relevant for camping safaris)
All quotations are based on the current rates of national park fees, value added tax (VAT), other government taxes and current exchange rates.
In the event that any of these are increased or a new tax introduced, these increases will be added to the cost of your trip even if your trip has been paid for already.
All quotations are based on double or triple occupancy. If a client wishes to stay as single occupancy, a single supplement charge will apply, which varies with the different accommodation categories.
The listed accommodation properties are a sample of those used by Pristine Trails based on value for money, quality of service and location. If the recommended accommodation options are fully booked, Pristine Trails will reserve the client(s) in accommodation that is of comparable standards to those listed and notify the client.
Supplemental charges apply for all lodge accommodations (standard, luxury, exclusive) on the following dates: Jan 1, Easter weekend and December 24, 25, 26 and 31. The supplement fee varies for the different lodge options and will be added to the price if traveling on any of these dates.
Children ages 15 and under are eligible for a discount.
The foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro are the coffee-producing center of the country. The locals of this area, the Chagga people, have relied upon it as a subsistence crop over the centuries and the country as a major export.
A day tour has you departing from your hotel after breakfast and takes you to a local family’s plantation where together with your host, you will participate in the full coffee-making process, from bean to cup, and enjoy your very own cup of coffee! Afterwards, take a one-hour hike to the beautiful Mnambe Waterfall where you can take photos, relax and even go for a refreshing swim in the crisp and clear water.
Transfer Time: 30 minutes each way
Meals: Lunch
In the early morning you will meet your safari guide and pile into your very own 4×4 safari vehicle for the start of your adventure in Tarangire National Park. You will arrive in Tarangire, known for its bulbous baobab trees and savannah woodland habitat heavily populated with herds of elephants and a variety of migratory zebra, wildebeest, gazelle, impala, buffalo and more. The park’s annual perennial river serves as a water source for these migrating herds during the dry season, making the game viewing spectacular. As the sun dips below the horizon, you will retreat to your campsite, lodge or tented camp for the evening.
Transfer Time: 4 hours
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Begin the day with an early morning game drive when the animals are typically active and sighting unique interaction between animals is likely. In the late morning you will depart for the short drive to a local Maasai community where you will have a true look behind the scenes into Maasai culture. Upon arrival at a nearby camp, nestled between Maasai homes in a rich and wild savannah, you will settle in and enjoy your lunch. Then take a medicine walk, learning about the different root and plant extracts still being used by the Maasai on a daily basis. Visit an Orpul area where young warriors learn an age-old tradition from the elders and the medicine man of the village. In the late afternoon, take a walk to a nearby Maasai boma, the traditional home of the Maasai tribe. Learn about social and family structure, marriage, roles and responsibilities, daily life and customs. Meet with the Maasai women and children. Thereafter, enjoy your dinner and overnight at the tented camp or take the short drive to a nearby lodge for overnight.
Transfer Time: 1 hour
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
The next stop is Lake Manyara National Park, set beneath the cliffs of the Manyara Escarpment, a jewel known for its primates, hippos and infamous tree-climbing lions. With its varied ecosystems, you will see forest creatures, large baboon troops in addition to other animals like giraffe and elephant. Vast flamingo populations dot the lakeshore and interact with an array of bird species. As the sun sets, you will ascend the escarpment for the night at your campsite, lodge or tented camp.
Transfer Time: 30 mins
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After breakfast you will drive to Mto wa Mbu village for the start of a ziplining adventure that is fun for the whole family. Experience the thrill of flying through the African sky, zipping between majestic baobab trees while taking in the stunning scenery of Tanzania. Enjoy a hot lunch in the bush, surrounded by local flora and fauna. From there you will hike to the nearby Lake Miwaleni and waterfall, lined with papyrus trees, with a chance to swim in the fresh water. In the late afternoon you will make your way back to the top of the escarpment for the night at your campsite, lodge or tented camp.
Transfer Time: 30 mins each way
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Wake and depart before sunrise for the short drive to the Ngorongoro Crater, descending 900 meters onto the crater floor for a day’s game drive. The Ngorongoro Crater, a small haven of 300 km², is bestowed with wildlife, an estimated 35,000 in number, comprising zebra, buffalo, lions, old bull elephants and so much more. It is also one of the best places to spot the rare black rhino. In the later afternoon you’ll ascend back up to the cool crater rim for the night.
Transfer Time: 1 hour
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After breakfast you will head to Serengeti National Park, the largest park in Tanzania. The Serengeti, a world heritage site, is known for its famous migration during which six million hooves pound the plains as zebra and Thomson’s gazelle travel alongside millions of wildebeest looking for fresh grazing. Even when the migration is quiet, Serengeti offers unmatched game and predator versus prey viewing of the over 4 million animals that reside there. Overnight inside the park.
Transfer Time: 2-3 hours (to Serengeti’s entrance, Naabi Gate)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Experience a full day’s game drive in the Serengeti, driving across vast plains, observing daily wildlife patterns or in search of the great migration. For all full days in the Serengeti, you have the options of taking a full-day game drive with a packed lunch, or heading back to your camp/lodge for lunch and a rest, with game drives in the early morning and late afternoon when the animals are most active.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Enjoy an early morning game drive, after which you will depart for the nearby airstrip for your charter flight back to Kilimanjaro or onto the spice islands of Zanzibar.
Transfer Time: Varies
Meals: Breakfast
