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PAS-02 · Tanzania

The Luxury Safari

The same plains, far fewer people — small camps, private guiding and flights instead of road days.

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Small camps
Crater rim
Serengeti
Private guiding
Small camps
8–12Duration days
4Packages tiers
4Group max per vehicle
$4,900From per person

What a Luxury Safari is

The northern circuit with the road days removed and the camps reduced to a dozen tents. You fly between regions instead of driving them, and you sleep inside the parks rather than outside the gates.

What you are buying is position and scale. A small camp inside the boundary means you are in the wildlife area at first light rather than an hour away from it, and there are eleven other guests rather than a hundred.

The guiding steps up too: a private guide who stays with you throughout, and vehicles that never carry more than four.

Luxury Safari

Why step up

What the money actually buys

What actually changes when you move up from the classic tier.

Twelve tents, not sixty rooms
01

Twelve tents, not sixty rooms

Small camps mean the mess table seats everyone and the staff learn your name on the first evening.

Inside the park, not outside the gate
02

Inside the park, not outside the gate

Camps on concessions and inside the boundary put you in the wildlife area at first light instead of an hour's drive from it.

Flights instead of road days
03

Flights instead of road days

Internal hops turn a five-hour transfer into fifty minutes. Over eight days that is a whole day returned to you.

Four to a vehicle, not six
04

Four to a vehicle, not six

More room, better angles, and a guide who is genuinely yours rather than shared across a full car.

Small camps
Crater rim
Serengeti
Private guiding
Safari

Four tiers, one route

Discover our Luxury Safari packages

Luxury in Six Days
ArushaNgorongoroSerengetifly Arusha
LUXURY, SHORT

Luxury in Six Days6 days / 5 nights · PAS-02A

ArushaTanzania
SerengetiTanzania
5 Nights
LUXURY FARE
  • Crater-rim suite, two nights
  • Private descent vehicle
  • Serengeti fly-in
  • Max 4 per vehicle

Per guest, from:

$4,900

$980 per night

Details
The Luxury Signature
ArushaTarangire concessionNgorongoroSerengeti × 3
THE SIGNATURE

The Luxury Signature8 days / 7 nights · PAS-02B

ArushaTanzania
SerengetiTanzania
7 Nights
EARLY BOOKING
  • Small camps throughout, 12 tents or fewer
  • Walking and night drives on concession
  • All internal flights included
  • Private guide for the full journey

Per guest, from:

$7,450 $8,400

$1064 per night

Details
Luxury, Unhurried
ArushaTarangireNgorongoro × 2Serengeti × 4
UNHURRIED

Luxury, Unhurried10 days / 9 nights · PAS-02C

ArushaTanzania
SerengetiTanzania
9 Nights
BALLOON INCLUDED
  • Northern Serengeti in crossing season
  • Balloon flight and bush breakfast
  • Two nights minimum everywhere
  • Spa treatment at each camp

Per guest, from:

$9,600 $10,900

$1066 per night

Details
Luxury & the Ocean
ArushaNgorongoroSerengeti × 3fly Zanzibar × 4
WITH ZANZIBAR

Luxury & the Ocean12 days / 11 nights · PAS-02D

ArushaTanzania
ZanzibarTanzania
11 Nights
LUXURY FARE
  • The full luxury circuit
  • Direct Serengeti–Zanzibar flight
  • Private beach villa, four nights
  • Dhow sunset and Stone Town guide

Per guest, from:

$11,200

$1018 per night

Details

Arusha · Tarangire · Ngorongoro · Serengeti · fly between regions

The journey, in four passages

Arushaarrive Tarangireconcession, 2 nights Ngorongororim suite, 2 nights Serengetifly in, 3 nights Arushafly out

Straight onto a private concession

Days 1–2 · 2 nights

Met at Kilimanjaro International and driven to a coffee-estate lodge, then on to a concession bordering Tarangire — where walking and night drives are permitted and the park's own rules do not apply.

Straight onto a private concession

Four tiers, every one of them small

Where you’ll stay

At this tier every property is small, and most sit inside the park or on a private concession.

Luxury
Luxury

Small tented camps, 8–12 tents

Canvas on decks, private veranda, excellent guiding, inside the boundary.

$960–1,590 pp / day
Crater rim
Crater rim

Rim lodges and manor houses

Caldera directly below the window, private descent vehicle, log fires.

$1,350–1,580 pp / day
Ultra luxury
Ultra luxury

&Beyond, Singita, Legendary

Butler service, plunge pools, dedicated guide and tracker.

$1,520–2,150 pp / day
Private house
Private house

Sole-use houses and villas

Your own chef, guide and vehicle. No fixed timetable at all.

On request

We name the exact camp in your quote, and tell you before you pay if a property is already full for your dates.

25%  CONSERVATION FEES

Even at this tier roughly a quarter of your price is fixed government fees — park entry, conservation levies and the crater descent. The rest buys smaller camps, private guiding and the flights that remove the road days.

Park & conservation fees  25%Accommodation & meals  34%Guide & vehicle  18%Transfers & flights  14%Operations & our fee  9%

Honest fit

Who it’s for

Luxury is the right answer less often than it is sold. Here is when it genuinely is.

  • Second or third safari
  • Honeymoon
  • Short on time
  • Photographers
  • Multi-generation groups
  • First safari
  • Under $600 pp / day
  • Wanting maximum ground covered

Choose the Luxury if

  • You want camps of twelve tents rather than sixty rooms
  • You would rather fly between regions than drive them
  • A private guide for the whole journey matters to you
  • You want to sleep inside the park, not outside the gate
  • You are travelling on a honeymoon or a milestone trip

Choose something else if

  • It is your first safari and the budget is finite — take the Classic
  • You want river crossings on fixed dates — that is the Migration Safari
  • You are travelling with children under six — see our Family Safaris
  • You want to cover the most ground possible in the time
  • Your budget is under USD 600 per person per day

All seven, side by side

How it compares

Rates are indicative, per person per day sharing, and include park fees. Every one of these is a real page — read the one that fits you rather than the one we happen to be showing.

Safari type
Length
Where
Vehicle
Per person, per day
Best for
7–9 days
Northern circuit
Max 6 / vehicle
$250–450
First safari, best value
Luxury Safari you are here
8–12 days
Northern + fly-in
Max 4 / vehicle
$700–1,500
Comfort and small camps
7–10 days
Serengeti, seasonal
Max 6 / vehicle
$400–1,200
Herds and river crossings
10–14 days
Circuit + Zanzibar
Max 6 / vehicle
$350–900
Safari then the Indian Ocean
Any length
Anywhere
Your party only
$600–2,000
Total control of the day
8–10 days
Circuit + beach
Private vehicle
$400–1,100
Travelling with children
5–8 days
Northern circuit
Up to 7 shared
$180–260
Lowest cost, fixed dates

Private · any date on request

Upcoming departures

14 Jun 2027
Dry season opens · green plains
from $4,900
Open
12 Jul 2027
Herds entering the western corridor
from $7,450
2 places
18 Aug 2027
Mara crossings likely
from $9,600
1 place
06 Sep 2027
Peak dry · best visibility
from $11,200
Open
11 Feb 2028
Calving season, southern plains
from $7,200
Open
03 Apr 2028
Green season · lowest rates
from $5,400
On request

Good to know

Your questions, answered

What actually makes a safari 'luxury' in Tanzania?+
Three things, in order of how much they change the trip: camp size, camp position and vehicle ratio. A luxury camp holds eight to twelve tents rather than sixty rooms, sits inside the park or on a private concession rather than outside the gate, and puts four guests in a vehicle rather than six. Thread count is the least of it.
Is it worth the extra over the Classic Safari?+
Honestly, not always. You see the same animals on the same route. What you buy is position — being inside the boundary at first light — plus private guiding and the flights that remove long road transfers. On a second safari or a honeymoon that is worth a great deal. On a first safari with a finite budget, the Classic tier is the better purchase.
Are the internal flights included?+
Yes on the Signature tier and above, where flights replace the long Ngorongoro–Serengeti and Serengeti–Arusha road legs. Light aircraft limit you to 15kg in a soft bag, and every camp does daily laundry, so pack for three days rather than ten.
What is a private concession?+
Land bordering a national park, leased by a camp. Because it sits outside TANAPA jurisdiction, walking safaris, night drives and off-road driving are permitted there — none of which are allowed inside the Serengeti or the Ngorongoro Crater. It is the main reason to choose a concession camp.
Can we take a private guide throughout?+
Yes, and it is included from the Signature tier. The same licensed guide travels with you from arrival to departure rather than being handed over at each park gate. It is the single biggest quality difference between tiers.
How far ahead should we book?+
Nine to twelve months for June to October. Small camps have eight to twelve tents, so they sell out long before the large lodges do — particularly the northern Serengeti camps during crossing season.
Is the crater-rim lodge worth it?+
If you are descending, yes. A rim property means you are at the Seneto gate at 06:30 with the first vehicles rather than arriving mid-morning behind the day visitors. The crater allows only six hours on the floor, so the first two matter disproportionately.
Can this tier work for a family?+
Better as a sole-use private house than as separate camp rooms. Several luxury camps set a minimum age of twelve; a private house has no age limit, gives you your own guide and vehicle, and usually works out cheaper per head once you are six or more.

The same plains. Far fewer people.

Tell us your dates and we will hold the camps before they go, then quote the whole thing properly.

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