Family Safaris : Tanzania is best suited for family safaris in that the people of Tanzania have a deep-rooted culture in kindness, empathy in situations that are somehow overwhelming even amidst own personal struggles. That means, it is the best East Africa tourism destination for the best family safaris experience. You can be sure that you and your family will get the most collective memorable experience that will nurture bonding together than ever before.
It really starts with the excitement of going to a new place, the whole of you as a family, planning for it rigorously and figuring how every activity will fit perfectly for every single one of you. In Tanzania you will experience everything together but uniquely! Every single one of you will go home with their particular feeling, you will have a shared adventure that is at the same time distinct for each individual. It will leave you all wanting to come back some more because no single individual can claim to have seen it all.
The best to do this is to plan and book your travel early on! Make sure you are good with the dates of the kids’ holiday, if you are a country that need to get the visa prior, do that for all the people in the family. Synchronize all you planning with all the family anticipating to travel to making sure everyone is looped with the dates and flight times.
Does the group have any special needs, like a wheel chair bound individual? Do you have specific diet requirement? Would you like the boys to share a bunk bed close to their uncle’s room so that they are all watched over by an adult but left to have a bit of time for themselves at the same time?
Mention all this to you tour operator so that all the itinerary can be inclusive of all the nitty-gritty details. Also mention that you need a child friendly itinerary in term of timings, special children’s rates, extra beds and secured lodges to make sure you all go home in one whole piece.
The Northern circuit and the Southern are equally family friendly. In the Northern circuit Safaris, you could start off with a one night in Arusha town to give yourself time to do away with a jetlag a bit, and this can be in a lush coffee estate lodge just close by the Arusha airport.
Then the Safari will be followed by an excitement of the Ngorongoro crater for 2 nights, a flight to the majestic Serengeti for 4 nights depending on the timing of the migration. At this juncture you will have had a total full-on wildlife safari!
Then you will conclude with the beautiful beaches in Zanzibar, for which you might want to set aside 5 nights. Family will be relaxed, rejuvenated and can have sometimes reflecting and looking at all the beautiful captures! Here you can also get back quickly to those pressing clients who might need an urgent yes or no answer emails while you on a holiday!
After this, you may choose to call it! Or you may sprinkle even some more activities before or after if you have a bit longer time. In Zanzibar the teens you came along can do all this water games, diving activities in the safest way possible.
In a wild life safari, the roads can be bumpy and dusty while within or on your way there! Therefore, you are advised to keep the Tanzania wildlife safari time to a max of 8 nights in total so that its not too much for the children. If you do though, don’t forget to bring the kids to practice targeting using a bow and arrow while learning a click language amidst the Hadzabe tribe.
Kids below 6 years are lovely but won’t be let in in most activities on the safari. Definitely not walking safari, canoeing nor hot-air balloon safari with Explore Africa Safaris
