Private Journeys

Luxury Biking Safari & Migration

From Kilimanjaro to the Plains

Day Trips

Arusha

1 Night

3.3745°S · 36.6439°E

Day 1

Arusha receives you at the edge of things — the last city before the savannah opens. You are twenty minutes from the airport, a short drive from town, and already the air carries the particular stillness of a place that knows it is the beginning of something larger.

Accommodation

Arusha Coffee Lodge by Elewana

Old Dodoma Road, Burka Coffee Estate, Arusha, Tanzania

+255 754 250 630·Website

Safari Lodge

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Coffee estate tours and tastings on the working Burka Coffee Estate
Guided walks through the estate's coffee plantation
Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru views from the estate grounds
Positioned as a pre- or post-safari base for Northern Tanzania circuit departures

Outdoor Pool

Spa

Fitness Center

Restaurant

Bar & Lounge

Room Service

Butler Service

24-Hour Concierge

24-Hour Front Desk

Airport Transfers

Arusha Coffee Lodge sits on the working Burka Coffee Estate on the outskirts of Arusha, a short drive from Kilimanjaro International Airport. Part of the Elewana Collection, it occupies colonial-era plantation cottages set among rows of arabica coffee, offering a grounded, estate-house atmosphere that reads more like a private retreat than a transit hotel. The lodge's position on a functioning coffee estate sets it apart from Arusha's standard safari-gateway properties — guests can walk the plantation, taste the harvest, and arrive at the Northern Circuit feeling genuinely arrived rather than merely transferred.

Tarangire National Park

2 Nights

3.8782°S · 36.0388°E

Day 2

Breakfast at the lodge, then the road south. By the time you reach the Makayuni junction the city has long dissolved behind you, and what begins on two wheels — dry savanna air, the slow reveal of baobabs — ends, hours later, deep inside Tarangire country.

Check-outArusha Coffee Lodge by Elewana

Activity

Tarangire Biking

Tarangire National Park, Babati Rural, Tanzania

Adventure

After breakfast you head out to the Makayuni junction about 1.5 hours outside of Arusha. From here you set out on bikes for 3 hours (25 km / 15 miles) and ride into the Greater Tarangire ecosystem, which borders the national park. You ride through villages and encounter Maasai local communities along the way. Your crew will have a nice spot set up under an acacia tree with lunch and refreshments. You can opt to ride longer or make your way into Tarangire National Park. You will do a game drive en route to camp, arriving in time to freshen up before dinner

Accommodation

Lemala Mpingo Ridge Lodge

Tarangire National Park, Tarangire Rd, Tanzania

+255 785 398 574·Website

Tented Camp

Part of Small CollectionPurpose-BuiltSafariRemoteEco-ConsciousIntimate

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Game drives into Tarangire National Park, known for its exceptional elephant concentrations
Elevated ridge-top position offering sweeping views across the Tarangire ecosystem
Walking safaris in the surrounding wilderness
Night game drives in the park

Outdoor Pool

Spa

Restaurant

Bar & Lounge

24-Hour Concierge

Airport Transfers

Lemala Mpingo Ridge is a tented lodge perched on a rocky ridge overlooking Tarangire National Park in northern Tanzania. It sits within the Tarangire ecosystem — one of East Africa's most underrated wildlife corridors — and carries the intimate, unhurried atmosphere that defines the Lemala collection. The ridge position sets it apart from camps on the valley floor: the elevated sightlines across the baobab-studded plains are a genuine draw, and the lodge's proximity to the park boundary means game drives begin immediately.

Tarangire National Park

Day 3

By the third day, the park begins to work on you differently. The baobabs — ancient, extravagant, indifferent to your presence — stop being remarkable and start being simply there, the way a mountain range eventually stops being scenery. The elephants move through the swamp on their own time, and you learn to move on theirs.

Activity

Tarangire Game Drive

Tarangire National Park, Babati Rural, Tanzania

Wildlife

Tarangire National Park is known for massive elephant populations and a surreal baobab landscape. Amongst rolling hills and swamps there are plains game and also predators. Today you enjoy a full day of game viewing in the park. You have options for morning and afternoon game drives with lunch in camp or you can opt for picnic lunches to head further afield.

Overnight atLemala Mpingo Ridge Lodge

Lake Manyara

1 Night

3.6678°S · 35.7461°E

Day 4

The Great Rift Valley opens the day wide. You leave Tarangire behind after breakfast and trade the game drives for something slower — pedaling through villages at the pace of a conversation, the escarpment rising above you as you go.

Check-outLemala Mpingo Ridge Lodge

Activity

Manyara Biking

Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania

Adventure

Our bikes rejoin us today and we set off mid morning into a more rural environment passing picturesque villages along the Great Rift Valley. Rivers, fed from the forests of the Ngorongoro highlands above, that run down the rift wall and provide year round sustenance for farming and we pass through farms. Lunch is taken at a scenic spot and after lunch we ride all the way to the southern end of Lake Manyara. You bike around 5 hours including lunch (32km). Here we leave our bikes and game drive through Lake Manyara to our accommodation. You arrive in time for showers and dinner.

Accommodation

andBeyond Lake Manyara Tree Lodge

Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania

+27 11 809 4300·Website

Safari Lodge

Part of Small CollectionPurpose-BuiltSafariRemoteEco-ConsciousFamily FriendlyIntimate

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Tree-level suites built into the forest canopy of Lake Manyara National Park
Night game drives in one of Tanzania's most biodiverse parks, famous for tree-climbing lions
Guided walks through the mahogany forest surrounding the lodge
Birdwatching along the alkaline shores of Lake Manyara, home to large flamingo populations
Community and conservation visits to local Maasai villages supported by &Beyond's Africa Foundation

Outdoor Pool

Spa

Restaurant

Bar & Lounge

Room Service

Butler Service

24-Hour Concierge

Airport Transfers

andBeyond Lake Manyara Tree Lodge sits deep within the ancient mahogany forest of Lake Manyara National Park in northern Tanzania. Ten intimate tree houses are raised into the forest canopy, placing guests at eye level with the park's celebrated tree-climbing lions and the dense birdlife that fills the surrounding woodland. This is one of only two lodges permitted inside the national park itself, giving guests exclusive access to the forest at dawn and dusk — hours when the rest of the park's visitors have long since departed.

Ngorongoro Crater

2 Nights

3.1011°S · 35.5172°E

Day 5

The crater rim arrives before the crater itself — first the cool of altitude, the long grass catching the afternoon light, the sense of standing at the edge of something enormous that reveals itself slowly. This morning belongs to water and walking, the falls at Endoro drawing you down through the escarpment before the evening lifts you back above it.

Check-outandBeyond Lake Manyara Tree Lodge

Activity

Hike to Endoro Waterfalls & Iraqw Bomas

Endoro Waterfalls, PM32+VV, Karatu, Tanzania

Nature

Hike to the majestic Endoro Waterfalls and be mesmerized by the cascading waters plunging into a refreshing pool. Take a dip in the cool water or simply admire the beauty of this natural wonder. (2-3 hours).

Visit traditional Iraqw Bomas and gain insights into the local way of life. Interact with the welcoming residents and learn about their customs and traditions.

Optional Bike Ride

Explore the charming village surroundings at your own pace on a Bicycle Tour. Immerse yourself in the local culture and scenery as you pedal through the streets.

Accommodation

Nomad Tanzania - Entamanu, Ngorongoro

Malanja Depression, Tanzania

Website

Tented Camp

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Rim-top position on the Ngorongoro Crater with direct views down into the caldera
Walking safaris along the crater rim
Crater floor game drives into one of Africa's most concentrated wildlife ecosystems
Fly camping extensions into the surrounding wilderness
Maasai cultural interactions in the surrounding highlands

Restaurant

Bar & Lounge

24-Hour Concierge

Airport Transfers

Entamanu Ngorongoro is a small, open-fronted tented camp perched on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater in northern Tanzania — one of the few properties positioned above the caldera itself rather than below it. The camp trades resort comfort for raw proximity to the landscape, with canvas walls and unobstructed sightlines into the crater floor. Its rim-top elevation sets it apart from crater-floor lodges: guests wake to mist rolling across the caldera and descend into the wildlife-dense bowl each morning, returning to a perspective most visitors never see.

Ngorongoro Crater

Day 6

By the second dawn on the rim, the crater has become familiar in outline but not in detail — that distinction matters down there. The descent begins early, the road dropping through forest into a world that operates entirely on its own terms.

Activity

Ngorongoro Crater Game Drive

Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Wildlife

After an early breakfast you will descend into the Ngorongoro Crater, one of Africa’s finest game haunts that plays host to almost every individual wildlife species in East Africa, including the Big Five, the rare black-maned lions, endangered black rhino and over 100 species of birds. You enjoy a picnic lunch in the Crater floor and then return to your lodge in time for dinner.

Overnight atNomad Tanzania - Entamanu, Ngorongoro

Serengeti

3 Nights

1.6833°S · 34.8333°E

Day 7

The light aircraft drops you onto grass, and the Serengeti opens around you without preamble — horizon in every direction, the air carrying the particular stillness of a place indifferent to your arrival. After yesterday's guided hours, this day belongs to whatever moves across the plains.

Check-outNomad Tanzania - Entamanu, Ngorongoro

Accommodation

Kichakani Camp

Serengeti, Tanzania

Tented Camp

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Dual-location mobile camp that relocates seasonally between the northern Serengeti (Lamai triangle, June–November) for Mara River crossings and the southern Serengeti (December–March) for wildebeest calving
Bucket showers drawn to the perfect temperature by a dedicated room attendant after each day's game drive
Bush picnic lunches in the field so guests never leave the action during peak migration activity
Mobile gin bar sundowners beside the boma with a vintage gramophone playing mid-century classics
Leica binoculars provided to each guest for the duration of their stay
Weekly traditional boma dinner night showcasing locally sourced Tanzanian ingredients
Candlelit three-course dinners in an open-sided mess tent with views over the Serengeti plains
Twice-daily 4x4 game drives led by specialist wildlife-tracking guides

Restaurant

Bar & Lounge

Butler Service

24-Hour Concierge

Airport Transfers

Kichakani Camp is a classic mobile tented camp operated under the A&K Sanctuary collection, moving between two seasonal positions within Tanzania's Serengeti National Park to track the Great Migration year-round. Ten canvas tents — teak-floored, open-decked, and furnished with mid-century safari antiques — deliver genuine bush immersion without sacrificing comfort. What sets Kichakani apart is the dual-location model: the northern Lamai triangle for Mara River crossings from June to November, and the southern plains for calving season from December to March — meaning the camp is always where the action is, not approximating it.

At leisure in Serengeti

2 days

Days 8–9

By the second morning, the Serengeti has begun to work on you differently — less spectacle, more attention. The light comes early and low across the grass, and you already know to watch for stillness: the flattened ear, the tail that doesn't move with the wind.

Departure

In Transit

Day 10

The Serengeti does not ease you out gently. You leave as the camp begins its quiet routines — the smell of woodsmoke, the light still low — and the plains hold their own counsel as the airstrip draws closer.

Check-outKichakani Camp

Transportation

Kichakani Camp → Seronera Airstrip

At a Glance

Everything in one place.

Day	Property	Location	Check-In	Nights
Day 1	Arusha Coffee Lodge by Elewana Plantation Suite	Arusha, Tanzania Old Dodoma Road	—	1 Night
Day 2	Lemala Mpingo Ridge Lodge Suite Tent	Tarangire National Park, Tanzania Tarangire National Park	—	2 Nights
Day 4	andBeyond Lake Manyara Tree Lodge Suite	Lake Manyara, Tanzania Lake Manyara National Park	—	1 Night
Day 5	Nomad Tanzania - Entamanu, Ngorongoro Cottage-Style Rooms	Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania Malanja Depression	—	2 Nights
Day 7	Kichakani Camp Classic Tent	Serengeti, Tanzania	—	3 Nights

Day	Route
Day 10	Kichakani Camp → Seronera Airstrip

Pricing

Investment

Starts at $29,900

per person, double occupancy

What’s Included

Everything in this journey

Custom itinerary design, tailored to your interests, pace, and schedule
24/7 in-destination support from our local office
Accommodations as shown, including all tours and transfers tied to a scheduled activity in your itinerary, unless otherwise noted
Transportation as described for touring and transfers
Guides and experiences as outlined
Meals as indicated

Not Included

To plan separately

International airfare
Travel insurance
Visas, unless noted
Gratuities
Excess baggage charges
Personal expenses
Passport fees, immunizations, and local departure taxes, where applicable