Tanzania

12 to 19 September 2027, eight days. Arrive into Kilimanjaro International on the 12th, where you are met. On the 19th you fly from the Serengeti to Kilimanjaro, landing around one in the afternoon, so book an international flight leaving from the late afternoon onward. September is the month the herds are on the Mara River in the northern Serengeti, which is what the whole route is built around.

From $16,500 per person, double occupancy, for the eight days from Arusha. That covers three meals a day in the parks, with all drinks and laundry at the A&K camps; park and concession fees; game drives and activities with the camps’ guides; every internal scheduled flight; airport meet-and-transfers; and the hosting. It excludes international air, visas, Tanzania’s mandatory US$44 visitor insurance, your own travel insurance, gratuities, the single supplement, and optional extras such as spa treatments and the Tarangire night drive.

The optional Amboseli extension is priced separately. Final pricing goes to the priority list first, with a booking window before booking opens publicly.

A first night near Arusha, then three camps in the parks, two nights in each. Swala, an A&K Sanctuary in a private corner of Tarangire, twelve tents over a waterhole. Crater’s Edge by Wilderness Collection on the north-eastern rim of the Ngorongoro Crater. Kichakani, an A&K Sanctuary in the northern Serengeti, a ten-tent mobile camp that moves with the herds.

Kichakani is a ten-tent camp, so eighteen travelers and two hosts fill it exactly. There is no night back in Arusha at the end: on the last day you fly from the Serengeti straight to Kilimanjaro.

Two nights at Kitirua Plains Lodge, an A&K Sanctuary on a private conservancy west of Amboseli in Kenya, with Kilimanjaro across the plain. Fly into Nairobi on the 10th and overnight there. On the 11th, a morning flight from Wilson to the Amboseli airstrip, lunch at the lodge, and a first game drive that ends with a sundowner facing the mountain. The 12th is a full day in Amboseli and the Kitirua Conservancy, with a picnic lunch out in the park and dinner at the boma. On the 13th you fly back through Nairobi to Arusha and straight on to Tarangire, joining the main group at Swala.

Taking it means you skip the first Arusha night. It is priced separately and space is limited. One piece of paperwork to know about early: entering Tanzania from Kenya requires a yellow fever certificate, and you need a Tanzania visa as well as the Kenyan eTA, because the East Africa Tourist Visa does not cover Tanzania.

Eighteen travelers, plus Adam and Vanessa, who host the departure end to end. Founders’ Trips are the ones we lead ourselves.

It is the reason we chose it. By September the herds have pushed into the far northern Serengeti and the Mara River crossings are running. Nothing about the migration is on a timetable, which is exactly why we build in nights up north rather than a single hopeful morning.

Accommodation; three meals a day in the parks, with all drinks and laundry at the A&K camps; game drives and activities; park and concession fees; every internal scheduled flight; and airport meet-and-transfers. International airfare, visas, Tanzania’s mandatory US$44 visitor insurance, your own travel insurance, gratuities, the single supplement and optional extras such as spa treatments and the night drive sit outside.

• Deposit: 25% at booking (non-refundable)
• 121+ days before departure: 75% refund
• 91–120 days: 50% refund
• 61–90 days: 25% refund
• 60 days or less: No refund

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