Family away from home

A life changing Experience

7 DAYS | 6 Nights

If you want to enjoy your vacation, plan a family safari to East Africa. If you want something fun for the whole family, Gullah Geechee Africa guides can help you create the perfect itinerary for your safari. They will create a blend of activities that you can all enjoy together.

A family safari is never complete without a game drive. Everyone will want to catch a glimpse of the wild animals in and around the parks. Visit one of the numerous parks in East Africa and get to view wild species like never before.

Day 1. Arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport, you’ll be met by our driver guide and welcome you in Tanzania thereafter short surprises will take place and then transferred to your hotel for the night stay.

Day 2. Arusha – Tarangire National Park

In the morning after breakfast around 7:00am your safari guide will make the hotel and inform the receptionist that he’s anticipating you. After meeting up together with your driver you’ll travel Tarangire park, and by 10:00 AM you’ll already air your first safari!

The Park is best known for its elephant herds, savannah, baobab trees, seasonal swamps and therefore the life-giving Tarangire River. Animals gather at the river and giraffes; bushbucks and hartebeests are often seen. With a small amount of luck, you may even spot the fringe-eared oryx or the weird-looking gerenuk. The Park is additionally home to buffaloes, zebras and wildebeests which are always closely followed by a variety of predators like lions. Leopards are seen every once in an exceedingly while but cheetahs are rarely spotted. From the open roof of the vehicle, you may be able to absorb the landscape and watch the animals. Late within the afternoon, you may leave the park and still the village of Karatu within the lush of Mto Wa Mbu town.

Day 3. Manyara National Park

 Early awaken time, breakfast and visit Lake Manyara. the complete territory of this park is track with water streams that provide a positive environment for plants and, additionally, for a mess of birds (including pink flamingos) and African forest animals.

Around lunchtime you may visit the Maji Moto hot springs and also the driver will provide you with personal lunchboxes. After this stop the safari will continue, and by evening you’ll to Karatu town for your night stay

Day 4. Ngorongoro Crater – Serengeti National Park

Rise and shine! Today’s destination is that the world famous Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Today’s destination is that the world famous Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Once you have got reached the crater rim, you’ll drive down a steep track into the 600 m deep caldera to determine a spread of animals, grasslands, birds and a lake. the large collapsed volcano is home to over 25,000 mammals starting from the large Five to spotted hyenas, rare wild dogs and a few of the over 500 bird species of the world. After an in-depth game drive and a picnic lunch within the crater, and later in the evening proceed to Central Serengeti.

On your travels you will also visit a memorial dedicated to two West German researchers, Bernhard and Michael Grzimek. It is them we have to thank for Northern Tanzania National Parks having survived till our times in its current natural state. You can read their full story in the book “Serengeti Shall Not Die” which can be found on Amazon.com

Day 5 & 6. Serengeti National Park

These two days are all about the Serengeti. Together with your guide, you scout for animals in this pristine corner of the world. You are in no rush and have plenty of time to observe the park’s wildlife and learn about animal behavior as well as their social structures. The Serengeti National Park is the third largest park in Tanzania and is stunningly beautiful. While the landscape in the south is characterized by open grassland as far as you can see, open woodlands and hills are predominant in the north and west. Together with the Masai Mara, the Serengeti is host to the Great Migration of millions of wildebeest and zebras, one of the greatest shows on earth. Later in the evening drive back to your accommodation.

Day 7. Central Serengeti – Arusha.

After breakfast you may continue your safari within the Serengeti Park. within the Seronera Valley you may be lucky to work out predators’ hunt as animals gather at the waters during the season. After lunch at a picnic spot, you’ll slowly drive within the direction of the Ngorongoro Crater. As soon as you’ve got reached the crater you may have an excellent view of the caldera, and proceed to Arusha town.