Northern Circuit Family Safari

Overview

Tarangire, Manyara and the Crater at a pace children can hold — shorter drives, earlier nights, a guide who explains things.

Highlights

• No drive longer than three hours
• Family tents with a connecting door
• A guide who has taken his own children on this route

Photographs

Day by day

1. Day 1

   Arrive and settle

   Airport pickup and a short drive. Pool, early dinner, early night.

   Arusha Rivertrees Dinner 1h

2. Day 2

   Tarangire

   Baobabs and elephant. Under three hours in the car, with a long lunch under a tree.

   Tarangire Tarangire Safari Lodge All meals 2h30

3. Day 3

   Lake Manyara

   The forest and the lake shore — flamingo, baboon troops, and a canopy walk the children will remember.

   Lake Manyara Escarpment Lodge All meals 2h

4. Day 4

   Ngorongoro Crater

   Down early, out by lunch, before anyone is tired of sitting still.

   Ngorongoro Ngorongoro Farm House All meals

5. Day 5

   Karatu and a village walk

   A slower day: a coffee farm, a school visit if term is running, and space to do nothing.

   Karatu Ngorongoro Farm House All meals

6. Day 6

   Back to Arusha

   The drive back, with a stop at the Rift Valley viewpoint.

   Arusha Breakfast 3h

What is and is not included