Traveling in Tanzania with kids doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Everything your family needs: visas, safari planning, safety, packing, and where to go first. It was around two in the morning when the grunting started. Low, deep, and rough, coming from somewhere just outside the canvas wall of our tent in the Serengeti. Close enough …
The ultimate Tanzania packing list for families: what to wear on safari, in Arusha, and on Zanzibar’s beaches. Real tips from a week on the Northern Circuit. Most families pack for Tanzania as if it were one trip. The truth is, it’s closer to three. There is the dusty, sun-scorched Tanzania of the Northern Circuit, …
Visiting Lake Manyara National Park with kids? Tree-climbing lions, forest game drives, huge elephant herds, and flamingos. Here’s the complete family guide. I was drawn to Lake Manyara National Park by stories of its fantastic tree-climbing lions. I did not see a single tree-climbing lion. I did not, in fact, see a single lion of …
Tanzania’s most underrated park, and the place where my kids fell in love with the wild. Here is everything families need to know before they go. Our guide, Omary, said as we entered through the park gates. “If you want to understand elephants. You come to Tarangire.” My son, Dylan, had counted 58 elephants within …
Planning a family safari to Ngorongoro Conservation Area? From the crater rim to a black rhino sighting, here’s everything families need to know before they go. As I walked to the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater, my family stopped dead in our tracks The land ahead of us dropped away into something so vast and …
Planning a Serengeti family safari? Here’s what to expect, where to stay, what you’ll see, and why three days is the minimum for families who want to do this properly. It was around two in the morning when the grunting started. It was low, deep, and coming from somewhere just outside the canvas cover of …
From the Serengeti to Zanzibar’s spice-scented streets, these are the best places to visit in Tanzania for families ready for Africa’s greatest adventure. It was about two in the morning when we heard the grunts. Low, deep, and rough. Lions shuffling around not far from our canvas tent, pitched somewhere in the middle of Serengeti …
Discover what a Tanzania safari is really like with kids. Our seven-day family itinerary covers wildlife, culture, and essential tips for traveling in Tanzania as a family. Most of our family trips have had a steady rhythm. We land, we adjust to the new time and environment, then dive straight into the adventure. Tanzania eased …