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6 Days / 5 Nights | Tarangire National Park – Ngorongoro Crater – Serengeti National Park – Lake Manyara
A 6 Days Tanzania Family Safari gives your family the extra time needed to explore Tanzania at a comfortable pace while enjoying some of the country’s most famous wildlife destinations. With six days on safari, you can spend more time in the Serengeti, enjoy a memorable Ngorongoro Crater experience, and still have opportunities to relax between game drives.
This carefully planned Tanzania Family Safari combines Tarangire National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti National Park, and Lake Manyara National Park. Along the way, your family can encounter elephants, lions, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, buffalo, hippos, hyenas, and countless bird species.
At Big Three Tours and Safaris, we understand that a safari with children should be exciting without becoming exhausting. Our Tanzania Family Safari Packages can be customized according to your children’s ages, interests, accommodation preferences, and preferred travel pace.
Whether this is your family’s first African adventure or you are returning to Tanzania for another wildlife experience, this 6 Days Tanzania Safari offers the perfect combination of adventure, nature, education, and relaxation.
Your 6 Days Tanzania Family Safari begins with a morning pickup from your hotel in Arusha.
Meet your professional safari guide, receive a short briefing, and start your journey toward Tarangire National Park.
As you leave Arusha, the scenery changes from town surroundings to rural Tanzania, with villages, farms, local communities, and open landscapes along the way.
Tarangire is well known for its large elephant herds, impressive baobab trees, open savannah, and the Tarangire River. The park provides excellent opportunities for families to see wildlife in a beautiful natural setting.
Begin your game drive after entering the park. Your guide will help you search for elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, buffalo, impalas, warthogs, and other wildlife.
For children, this first game drive can be particularly exciting. Instead of simply watching animals, they can learn about footprints, animal sounds, feeding habits, and how wildlife survives in the African wilderness.
Enjoy a picnic lunch during the day before continuing your afternoon game drive.
Later, leave the park and travel to your family-friendly lodge or tented camp for dinner and overnight accommodation.
Destination: Tarangire National Park
Accommodation: Family-friendly lodge or tented camp
Meals: Lunch and Dinner
After breakfast, depart Tarangire and continue toward the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
The journey gives you an opportunity to see more of the Tanzanian countryside and local communities. Depending on your family’s interests and travel schedule, you may make suitable stops along the way.
Arrive at your accommodation in the Ngorongoro area and enjoy lunch.
The afternoon is intentionally kept more relaxed. Families traveling with children often appreciate having some time away from the safari vehicle to rest, enjoy the lodge surroundings, or simply spend time together.
Depending on your accommodation and selected activities, optional experiences may be arranged.
Enjoy dinner and an early night before your exciting crater safari the following day.
Destination: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Accommodation: Family-friendly lodge or tented camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Wake up early and prepare for one of the most memorable experiences of your Tanzania Wildlife Safari.
After breakfast, descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for a game drive.
The crater is a spectacular natural landscape containing grasslands, forests, wetlands, and water sources that support an impressive concentration of wildlife.
Your family may see lions, elephants, buffalo, zebras, wildebeest, hippos, hyenas, gazelles, and many bird species. With luck, you may also spot the endangered black rhino.
Your safari guide will make the experience engaging for children by explaining the animals and their environment in a simple and interesting way.
Enjoy a picnic lunch in a designated area before ascending from the crater and continuing toward Serengeti National Park.
As you enter the Serengeti, the landscape opens into vast plains that seem to stretch endlessly toward the horizon.
Depending on the time of arrival and wildlife activity, enjoy a game drive as you make your way toward your accommodation.
Dinner and overnight stay in the Serengeti.
Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Family-friendly lodge or tented camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Today is dedicated to exploring the legendary Serengeti.
After breakfast, set out with your safari guide for a full-day game drive.
Having a full day in the Serengeti allows your family to explore different areas of the park without needing to rush back to the accommodation.
The Serengeti is home to an extraordinary variety of wildlife. Keep watch for lions resting in the grass, cheetahs scanning the plains, elephants moving across the landscape, giraffes browsing on trees, and large herds of zebra and wildebeest.
Your guide will choose the day’s route according to wildlife activity, season, weather, and your family’s interests.
If your children are fascinated by predators, more time can be spent searching for lions, cheetahs, and hyenas. If they prefer elephants, giraffes, or large herds, your guide can focus on areas where these animals are commonly found.
The Serengeti is also famous for the Great Migration, and depending on your travel dates, you may encounter migrating wildebeest and zebras.
Enjoy a picnic lunch during the game drive before continuing your afternoon exploration.
Return to your accommodation in the evening for dinner and a well-earned rest.
Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Family-friendly lodge or tented camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
After breakfast, begin your journey from the Serengeti toward Lake Manyara National Park.
The drive provides another opportunity to appreciate Tanzania’s changing landscapes. Depending on the timing and route, your guide can include wildlife viewing opportunities along the way.
Continue toward Lake Manyara, a beautiful park known for its woodland, open grasslands, wetlands, and lake surroundings.
Once inside the park, enjoy a game drive and search for elephants, giraffes, buffalo, zebras, baboons, hippos, antelopes, and a wide variety of birds.
Lake Manyara is also known for the possibility of seeing tree-climbing lions, although wildlife sightings can never be guaranteed.
After your game drive, continue to your accommodation near Lake Manyara or Karatu.
Enjoy dinner and a relaxing evening with your family.
Destination: Lake Manyara National Park / Karatu
Accommodation: Family-friendly lodge or tented camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Enjoy breakfast before beginning your final day.
If time allows, your family can enjoy a short morning game drive around Lake Manyara. The cooler morning hours can be a pleasant time to look for wildlife and enjoy the park’s scenery.
After your final wildlife experience, begin the journey toward Arusha.
Enjoy lunch along the way before continuing to your final destination.
Your 6 Days Tanzania Family Safari ends with a drop-off at your Arusha hotel or another agreed location.
If you are continuing your Tanzania holiday, we can also help arrange onward travel to Zanzibar, Kilimanjaro, or another destination.
Destination: Lake Manyara – Arusha
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Safari Ends: Arusha
Six days gives your family a more relaxed safari experience than shorter itineraries.
The extra time allows you to spend a full day in the Serengeti, enjoy the Ngorongoro Crater without feeling rushed, and include additional wildlife experiences along the way.
For families with children, this can make a big difference. You have more opportunities to take breaks, enjoy the accommodation, spend longer at interesting animal sightings, and adjust the pace when necessary.
A Private Tanzania Safari also means your family is not tied to the schedule of a large group. If your children are excited about watching elephants, you can stay longer. If they need a break, your guide can adjust the day.
The result is a more comfortable and personal Family Safari Tanzania experience.
Every family is different, which is why we believe safari itineraries should be flexible.
Families with younger children may prefer shorter game drives with more relaxation time. Families with older children may want longer drives, more wildlife viewing, and additional activities.
Our experienced guides can make the safari educational as well as entertaining.
Children can learn how elephants communicate, why zebras have stripes, how predators hunt, where animals find water, and why protecting Tanzania’s wildlife is so important.
These experiences can turn a normal holiday into an adventure your children remember for years.
During your 6 Days Tanzania Family Safari, you may have opportunities to see:
Wild animals move freely through their natural habitats, so sightings cannot be guaranteed. However, our local safari guides use their experience and knowledge of wildlife behavior to give your family the best possible opportunities.
Tanzania is a year-round safari destination, but the best time for your family depends on what you want to experience.
The dry season is popular for wildlife viewing because animals often gather around water sources and vegetation is generally thinner.
The green season offers lush scenery, fresh landscapes, excellent birdwatching, and fewer visitors in some areas.
Families hoping to see the Great Migration should plan their safari according to the movement of the herds. Since the migration is a natural event, its exact location changes throughout the year.
Our safari team can help you select the most suitable travel period based on your children’s school holidays, preferred weather, and wildlife interests.
A comfortable place to rest after a game drive is an important part of a successful family safari.
We can arrange family-friendly lodges, tented camps, or camping options depending on your budget and preferences.
Families can choose from budget, mid-range, and luxury accommodation options.
When traveling with younger children, please provide their ages when requesting your safari so we can recommend accommodation and room arrangements that are suitable for your family.
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