Tanzania Safari Cost

How much does Tanzania safari cost

Tanzania Safari Price / Rates

Tanzania Safari Cost – Tourism in Tanzania is among the top industries that contribute big of the country’s gross domestic product. Even if Tanzania is not yet a developed country, it is one of the best tourist destinations to visit in Africa due to the variety of wondrous attractions, for example the great wildebeest migration, the large number of predators, the cultures of people like the Maasai, and the beautiful beaches at the coast and around Zanzibar. The experience of Safari in Tanzania is great and it’s the one that determines the cost of safaris.

A comparison of the prices of safaris

Tanzania Safaris are not cheap because the best of the safari is encountered. Safaris will have different costs depending on whether the safari is a luxury, midrange or budget. We also organize for family and honeymoon safaris and these are costed differently from the other safaris. However, there are number of factors that are put in consideration to find the total cost of safaris. These include;

• The duration of the safari
• Number of clients
• The type of accommodation you want to use
• Transfers and extra car
• Destinations/national parks
• Time of travel of the year
• Extra/Optional activities

The factors above are put together to come up with cost of your safari. This is the only way you’ll understand how different safaris to the same place with the same number of people can have a different costs.

The duration of your safari

The number of days of the safari is the first thing that crosses mind of person going to cost it. It is advisable that if you want to have your safari on a fixed budget, then choose that with fewer days. Tourist activities that would be done in more days can be fixed up and be done in fewer days.

Travelers can also choose to have their activities done at a spaced pace in more days yet at a cheaper cost and this is possible during the low season when hotels and lodges have reduced their prices.

Number of clients

This factor will affect your individual expenditure in a way that the Tanzania Safari costs are shared if more people are travelling and if you are traveling alone, then you will cover the all the costs alone. This comes mainly in transportation cost. For example if 4 people are travelling together, you’ll hire a 4WD safari Landcruiser and share the cost of transport and if you are travelling alone, you’ll pay the entire amount that would be paid by the whole group for the car.

It is therefore good to consider travelling with a family member or friend so that you share such costs.

The type of accommodation you want to use

This factor also affects the cost of your safari highly. There are different categories of accommodations at the destinations in Tanzania. You make your best choices from the variety of luxury, midrange, budget, tented camps and mobile camps on where you want to stay. The difference in their prices will affect the cost of the safari.

Transfers and extra cars

Travelers are normally picked up by their driver guides from the airport to their hotel and back to their hotels or to the airport after the tour. In Tanzania, we shall pick you from Arusha international airport or Kilimanjaro international airport. All this transfers will be included and covered on the package. Travelers who land in Nairobi will have to connect with their driver at their extra cost.

Using extra cars comes in when tourists are flying from one destination to another because they will leave the car that they have been using and it has to move back to town and another car has to be organized to pick them from the next airport or airfield. Extra cars are used also if the destinations of the tourists require crossing borders from Kenya to Tanzania or vice versa. The car transferring you from Kenya will be left at the border and a different car will pick you to head to your destinations in Tanzania. The cost of an empty car travelling to pick you and then the former car travelling empty after transferring you to the other incurs a big cost.

Destinations/National parks

There are different attractions in the various national parks in Tanzania. The attractions are unique and the demand of visiting them is different, some have a very high demand and others low, some parks have very many visitors and others have few. The rates to these destinations can’t therefore be the same.

The charges for entry to the prime destinations like Serengeti national park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area are the highest among all national parks in Tanzania. Entry permit to these destinations costs US$70, to Lake Manyara national park costs US$50 and there are those with less charge.

Time of travel of the year

Just like any other African safari country, Tanzania also has the peak and high seasons in the tourism business. The peak season takes place during the dry season and this is also the time for the Great Wildebeest Migration. Tourists are many in Tanzania and prices of some facilities especially for accommodation are high. This happens from June to august and from December to February. You are therefore advised to book early so that your room or place is secured in your preferred accommodation. Luxury hotels are normally full during this period.

Those who wish to travel during the low season will enjoy discounted facilities of lodges. Operators of accommodation reduce their prices because visitors are very few and there is no business. The low season is during the months of April and May when Tanzania is receiving rain.

Extra/Optional activities

Apart from the main activities that we include on our itineraries, that is game drives, there are many other tourist activities to engage in that can be added to the itinerary at your demand. For example birding, nature walks, Flights of the Hot Air balloon and visiting the communities of the Maasai who are internationally famous for living near game reserves.

We also help clients to get other necessary requirements such as Visa and Travel insurance at an extra cost.

After looking at how the cost of a Tanzania safari includes a number of factors which are all necessary, you understand that it is quite expensive to travel to Tanzania but the experience is worth your money. We however recommend you to consider visiting more national parks and discover more of the wildlife in the country.