A day trip to Mikumi, a week following the migration, or the quiet southern reserves most visitors never reach. All rates are per person.
Leave the island in the morning and be on the mainland for the day. Flights are included in every rate below.
Fly in for the day to the Mkata floodplain — elephant, buffalo, zebra and lion on open grassland. Back in Zanzibar by evening.
Africa's largest protected area, reached by air. Game drive and a boat safari on the Rufiji in a single day.
The only park where the bush meets the Indian Ocean. Short hop from Zanzibar, and the cheapest way onto the mainland.
The Serengeti in a day. A long way to fly, and worth every hour of it — plains game at a scale nowhere else matches.
Two days in Mikumi with a night in the park — dawn and dusk game drives, which is when the cats actually move.
Overnight in the Selous — river boat safari, walking safari and game drives across a reserve larger than Switzerland.
Long enough to cover the whole Mkata floodplain and the hippo pools without rushing a single drive.
Three days on the Rufiji — boat, foot and vehicle. The best chance of wild dog anywhere in Tanzania.
Two nights under canvas in the Serengeti, positioned for wherever the migration is at the time of year you travel.
A little-visited park under the Pare Mountains, with the black rhino sanctuary and the African wild dog breeding programme.
The circuit Tanzania is famous for. Every itinerary is quoted at two lodge standards — budget camp and mid-range lodge.
The short northern circuit — Tarangire's elephant herds, Manyara's tree-climbing lions and a full day in the Ngorongoro Crater.
The classic combination, and the shortest itinerary that gets you properly into the Serengeti as well as the Crater.
Adds Lake Natron — flamingos, the soda flats and Ol Doinyo Lengai — to the standard northern run.
Six days covering every major park in the north, with enough time in the Serengeti to follow the herds rather than chase them.
The complete northern circuit, ending with the Hadzabe — one of the last hunter-gatherer peoples in East Africa.
Bigger, emptier and cheaper than the north. Quoted per person on both group and private departures.
The most accessible mainland park from Zanzibar, and the cheapest way to see lion, elephant and buffalo properly.
Game drives in Mikumi, then the rainforest and waterfalls of the Udzungwa Mountains — a completely different Tanzania.
Three days in Mikumi alone, with the extra night spent deeper in the park than the two-day itinerary reaches.
An overnight on the Rufiji with a boat safari — the cheapest way into Africa's largest game reserve.
Three days in the Selous covering boat, walking and vehicle safaris, with a real chance of wild dog.
The full southern loop — river, floodplain and rainforest across three reserves in five days.
Five days split between the Rufiji and the Mkata floodplain, with unhurried time in both.
Reaches Ruaha, the largest park in Tanzania and the one with the biggest elephant population in East Africa.
The same three parks as the seven-day run, at a faster pace and with more driving between them.
Not a game park — a crater-lake forest reserve in the Usambaras and the largest limestone cave system in East Africa.
Quoted separately from the safari rate — add whichever suits your route.