Tanzania Classic Accessible Safari

Your guide meets you at Kilimanjaro International Airport for a private accessible transfer to Moivaro Lodge, a coffee-estate property with ground-level bungalows and short garden paths. Time to rest comes first if you need it. Then the afternoon is yours: a seated Tingatinga painting workshop with a Tanzanian artist, sunset drinks at a rooftop bar reached by lift with views of Mount Meru, or a visit to Shanga — a social enterprise where artisans with disabilities craft glassware and jewellery from recycled materials. All three options are step-free. Dinner is at the lodge.

This morning you’ll visit the beautiful Tarangire National Park. We love Tarangire at Wild Paths due to its elephant numbers, beautiful baobabs, fewer visitor numbers and big wild spaces. The elephants move between the river and the baobab plains in numbers you’ll struggle to count, with lion, giraffe and buffalo sharing the park. Game viewing happens entirely from the vehicle, the ramp on board for any stop. In the late afternoon, drive on to Ngorongoro Farm House in Karatu — a flat coffee estate with ground-floor cottages and easy access from vehicle drop-off to room. Grab rails and adapted bathroom setups are available on request.

Wildebeest and zebra own Ndutu for part of the year. In January and February the migration herds gather here to give birth, and predators follow close behind. Outside those months the plains still hold resident game — this is fine cheetah country. The drive from Karatu takes 3.5 to 4.5 hours through the Ngorongoro Highlands, entirely vehicle-based, with comfort stops arranged as needed. Ndutu Safari Lodge sits inside the wildlife area itself: stone cottages on level ground, dining and lounge close by. Paths between cottages are sandy rather than paved, and staff assist. In the evening, sundowners by the campfire, a few level metres from the lounge.

Game viewing starts the moment you leave Ndutu. The drive into the central Serengeti is a safari in its own right — gazelle and giraffe on the open grassland, big cats where the kopjes break the plains. Stops for rest and viewing are made at safe, accessible points. Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge is the night’s base: tented suites with ramp-assisted access and tents placed close to the pool, bar and dining hub. Raised walkways connect parts of the camp, and staff assist where a push is needed. Terrain between sections is natural, not paved — we’d rather you know.

Lion and leopard headline the Seronera area, the leopard draped in sausage trees along the river lines, cheetah hunting the open plains. The day is built around your pace: a morning game drive while the light is low, back to Kubu Kubu for a hot lunch and a rest, out again in the afternoon. Or a single longer drive. Or a slower day entirely. Your guide reads your energy as closely as the wildlife and adjusts hour by hour. The lodge’s central layout makes pausing easy — suites sit close to the shared spaces, so a rest doesn’t cost you the afternoon.

The Ngorongoro Crater floor holds one of the densest concentrations of wildlife in Africa — lion, elephant, hyena and, with luck, black rhino, all viewed from the vehicle on a road network well suited to accessible travel. The drive from the Serengeti to the crater gate takes 3.5 to 4.5 hours. A private picnic permit can be arranged at a reserved, ranger-approved site away from the crowded public stops, with a table-and-chairs setup where possible. In the afternoon, ascend the crater rim and return to Ngorongoro Farm House, back to its flat grounds and ground-floor cottages.

A slow start. After breakfast, visit a family-owned coffee farm near Karatu for a seated tasting and a look at how Tanzanian Arabica is grown, harvested and roasted. One honest note: the farm paths are slightly uneven for the first 50 to 100 metres from the vehicle; after that, everything is enjoyed seated. Then a private accessible transfer to Kilimanjaro or Arusha Airport, with an optional step-free lunch stop in Arusha if flight times allow. If you want the beach, the trip extends to Zanzibar — ask us.