Private, tailor-made safaris · Arusha, Tanzania
Unleash the Explorer in You with Discover Tanzania
We design private, tailor-made safaris across the whole of Tanzania, from the Serengeti’s great herds to the Ngorongoro Crater, the roof of Africa and the Swahili coast.
No two of our journeys are ever the same. Yours will be built for you alone.
Why Discover Tanzania?
More than a safari company.
We are storytellers and lifelong explorers who build journeys around the people in them. We have a deep, lived love for Tanzania’s wildlife, cultures and landscapes, and we turn them into something you carry home for good: the hush before a lion moves, a child’s face at the crater rim, a dinner under the Milky Way that no one wants to end.
“Anyone can take you to Tanzania. We design the one you will never stop talking about.”
What Sets Us Apart
Four things we never compromise
Tailor-made, always
No two journeys are the same. Every trip is drawn by hand around who is travelling and what they came to feel.
Guides who know the bush
Tanzanian naturalists and trackers who grew up reading this land, and who turn a sighting into an understanding.
Considered comfort
Camps and lodges chosen for place over polish, low-footprint, beautifully run, exactly where you want to wake up.
Exclusively yours
A private safari, never shared. Your own guide, your own vehicle, and camps chosen for where they sit and how few people share them.
The Northern Circuit
The legends, and a country beyond them
The icons most journeys are built around, the names you already know. They are where Tanzania begins, a doorway to a country far larger than its headlines.
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Northern
Serengeti National Park
Endless golden plains and the Great Migration, the safari everyone pictures when they think of Africa.
1.5Mwildebeest on the moveExplore - 02
Northern
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
A collapsed volcano the size of a city, with the Big Five living on its floor.
600mcrater walls, floor to rimExplore - 03
Northern
Tarangire National Park
Elephant country. Quiet, wild, and full of ancient baobab trees.
300+elephants in a single herdExplore - 04
Northern
Lake Manyara National Park
A shallow soda lake beneath the Rift wall, often turned pink with flamingos.
400+bird species recordedExplore - 05
Northern
Arusha National Park
Forest, lakes and Mount Meru. An easy, beautiful first day close to town.
4,566mthe summit of Mount MeruExplore - 06
Northern
Mkomazi National Park
Dry, remote plains in the north east, home to rhino and the rare wild dog.
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Northern
Kilimanjaro National Park
The highest mountain in Africa, and a climb that stays with you for life.
5,895mto the summit, Uhuru PeakExplore
The Showpiece
Where the herds are right now
A million and a half wildebeest never stop moving. Our live map models their position from the seasonal pattern of the Great Migration, so you can plan a journey around the herds, not the calendar.
Dramatic Mara River crossings begin.
Guest Stories
The trips they never stop talking about
“We have travelled a great deal and rarely felt so genuinely looked after. The pacing was perfect, never rushed, and our guide read the bush like a book. Watching the crater wake up from the rim is something we will not forget.”
Eleanor & James W.
United Kingdom · Classic Northern Circuit
“They timed everything around the river crossings and it paid off completely. We sat above the Mara as thousands of wildebeest poured across. No website prepares you for the sound of it. Faultless organisation from first email to last.”
Sofia R.
Spain · The Migration Safari
“Travelling with a 7- and 10-year-old, we worried about long drives. We needn’t have, the private vehicle and the shorter days made it. Our guide was endlessly patient and turned every sighting into a story. The kids are already asking to go back.”
The Andersson Family
Sweden · Family Tanzania
Begin
Tell us who’s coming and what you dream of. We’ll draw the map around you.
No obligation, no hard sell, a real person replies with first ideas for your journey.