4 days, 3 nights
Four Day Serengeti and Ngorongoro
The two places everyone comes to Tanzania for, in the shortest trip that does them justice.
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Karibu Tanzania
Know Tanzania.
Small group safaris across the Serengeti, Ngorongoro and beyond, planned and led by people who grew up here.
Arusha based, Tanzanian owned
Member, Tanzania Association of Tour Operators
Every safari planned by the founder
Reply within 24 hours
Why Hifahamu
A safari is not a list of animals.
Anyone can drive you to the Serengeti. What you remember afterwards is whether someone told you what you were looking at.
Hifahamu Safari was founded in Arusha in 2025 by Agrey William Matowo, who still plans every trip the company runs. The name comes from the Swahili for understanding something properly, and that is the whole idea. Our guides are from northern Tanzania. They know which track the lions moved along last week, why the wildebeest are where they are this month, and what the Maasai family at the roadside is actually doing. They would rather stop the vehicle and explain something than race to the next sighting.
We are deliberately small. Groups stay small, you deal with one person from your first message to the day you fly home, and nothing about your trip is handled by someone who has never spoken to you.
Itineraries
Safaris we run
Every one of these can be shortened, extended or rebuilt around your dates. These are starting points, not fixed packages.
6 days, 5 nights
Six Day Classic Northern Circuit
Four parks, each completely different from the last, at the pace they deserve.
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3 days, 2 nights
Three Day Tarangire, Manyara and Ngorongoro
A short safari that does not feel rushed, finishing on the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater.
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4 days, 3 nights
Four Day Nyerere National Park, Boat and Walking Safari
Walk, and cross the Rufiji by boat, in the largest national park in Africa.
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9 days, 8 nights
Nine Day Northern Circuit and Zanzibar
Six early mornings in a safari vehicle, then three days by the Indian Ocean.
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1 day
Arusha National Park Day Safari
Forty minutes from Arusha, and the only park on the circuit where you can walk.
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Delight, educate, entertain
Why travel with us
- 01
The founder plans your trip
Agrey plans every safari the company runs. The person who answers your first message is the person who builds your itinerary and who you call if something changes.
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Guides who explain
Our guides are from northern Tanzania and are there to teach you the country, not just to find the animals and point at them.
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Small groups only
We cap group sizes so that everyone has a window seat and a clear view through the roof hatch. Nobody is sitting in the middle of a full row.
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Honest planning
If your dates, your budget and your wish list do not fit together, we will tell you before you book rather than after. Sometimes that means suggesting a shorter trip.
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We are here
Our office is in Arusha, not overseas. When something needs solving at seven in the morning on the Ngorongoro rim, somebody local is solving it.
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One conversation, start to finish
No handovers between departments. No ticket numbers. The same person, from the first enquiry to the airport transfer home.
Destinations
Where we go
Eight regions across Tanzania, from the northern circuit to the far western forests.
The process
How a trip comes together
Four steps, no obligation at any point.
- 01
Tell us what you want
Fill in the planning form or send a WhatsApp message. Dates, how long you have, what you most want to see.
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We build you an itinerary
Within one working day you get a proposed route, the camps we recommend, and a full price with everything itemised. If it is not right, we rework it.
- 03
Confirm with a deposit
A thirty percent deposit secures your dates and your camps. The balance is due sixty days before you travel.
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We take it from there
Park permits, camp bookings, transfers, your guide. You arrive, and everything is already arranged.
Tell us what you want to see.
There is no fixed menu here. Tell us your dates, how long you have, and what matters most to you, and we will put together a safari built around that. You will have a reply within a day, written by the person who will plan your trip.