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.
Explore the breathtaking landscapes of northern Tanzania’s national parks, including the world-famous plains of the Serengeti.
Highlights include: Lake Manyara or Tarangire National Park, Serengeti National Park, Great Wildebeest Migration and Ngorongoro Crater.
Below is a sample of our accommodation recommendations in each location of your safari.
Lake Manyara / Tarangire
Tarangire
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.
In the early morning you will meet your guide and pile into your very own 4×4 safari vehicle for the start of your adventure. This itinerary starts with a day in either Lake Manyara or Tarangire, depending on the time of year.
Lake Manyara (January-May): Arrive at this 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 be able to observe 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 starts to dip, you will ascend the escarpment for the night at your campsite, lodge or tented camp.
Tarangire (June-December): 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, the greatest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti ecosystem. As the sun dips, you will retreat to your campsite, lodge or tented camp for the evening.
Transfer Time: 2-4 hours
Meals: 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: 4-5 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 another full day game drive across the sun-kissed savannahs of the Serengeti.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Enjoy an early morning game drive in the Serengeti, after which you will depart for the crisp air of the Ngorongoro Highlands. Spend the night atop the Ngorongoro Crater rim, where you will have an awarding view of the crater floor.
Transfer Time: 2-3 hours
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Wake early and descend into the crater by dawn for a half-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. After a picnic lunch on the crater floor, you will drive back to Arusha or the airport for an early evening arrival.
Transfer Time: 4-5 hours
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
