4-Day Tanzania Safari - Budget Camping Tour

Go Makini Tanzania Expedition

4.9/5 – 136 Reviews

$750 pp (USD)

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Makini Tanzania Safari a signature of excellence

Go Makini Tanzania Expedition

4.9/5
(136 Reviews)

Office In:: Tanzania
Size:: 1-5 employees (Founded in 2019)
Tour Types:: Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
Destinations:: TZ

Makini Tanzania Safari a signature of excellence

We are true experts when it comes to Tanzania. We live, work and travel here. Makini Tanzania Safaris arranges Lodge, private and camping safaris, trekking and hiking tours and beach holidays. We carefully select our well trained guides, drivers, cooks and porters and have a fleet of well-maintained 4×4 vehicles as well as supply gear and equipment for camping safaris and climbing adventures

Reviews136

José –

Reviewed: Feb 17, 2026

Flawless

5/5

Since the first contact, everything went amazing, they tailored the Experience exactly how we imagined, and from then on, the most warm and welcoming team, making everything in your power and even more, to make you Feel great.

Our guide during the Safari knew a lot about the animals, and made even the imposible so we got to see all the animals.

Robert –

Reviewed: Feb 16, 2026

An amazing 5d experience in Tanzania

5/5

We had an excellent experience with Makini on our 5 day tour in Tanzania. We visited Tarangire National Park, Serengeti National Park, and Ngorongoro Create. We visited as a family in February 2026.

Our experience started before the tour, working with Nancy at the head office who contacted us directly after our quote request. She was very helpful and proactive as we worked through the finer points of our itinerary, ensured all of the lodges and resorts had space for us on the dates we wanted.

The lodges and resorts we stayed at were all great (Suricata Boma Lodge near Tarangire, Land of Nature Camp in Serengeti, and Farm of Dreams Lodge near Ngorongoro Crater). These places are all very good. The staff are friendly and attentive, the food was delicious, and the accommodations were very comfortable. Special mention for the experience at Land of Nature Camp; being inside Serengeti next to the animals is both very special and a little unnerving. Camp staff were all very alert and conscious of safety, walking with us to and from our tent and the main lodge. This was an important precaution when a pride of lions strolled through the camp at dusk. We heard them communicating through the night as well along with many birds and insects. You are definitely amongst the nature here!

The 4x4 truck used for the trip was very good. It looked basically the same as the vehicles used by most tour providers. Built for the rugged terrain it had no issues along the way. It was comfortable and spacious. The pop-top roof was great and we had a 360-degree view of everything. Binoculars were provided for better viewing of distant animals.

Finally, and most importantly, our driver and tour guide, Gift "Gifty" Roman, skillfully drove us between each location and through the parks on game drives. Gift was friendly, knowledgeable, very punctual and professional. As an expert guide with over 6yrs experience, he had a special knowledge of all parks, allowing him to quickly zero in on specific known animal groups and habitats. He maintained contact with other guides through the day to help find sightings of the more illusive animals. While luck plays an important role in the animals you are able to see on each day, it's extremely important to have a great guide to maximize your chances, and we were very happy to have Gift at the helm of our truck.

Gift was also an encyclopedia of knowledge on each animal, the geography and geology of each area, and Tanzania in general. He has a particularly sound knowledge of all the birds in each park which is no small feat.

It's also no small feat to navigate the roads and highways between Arusha and the various parks. Traffic and road conditions are uncertain, the dirt roads and off-road paths are variable and ever-changing. Gift is everything you want in a guide and driver... professional, safe, efficient, friendly, knowledgeable, and well-connected. Big thanks to Gift for our time with him in Tanzania.

Pauli –

Reviewed: Feb 13, 2026

Really nice organization and amazing price-benefit-ratio

5/5

If your searching for an affordable but really nice Safari, this is the right one! We did 3 days, Serengeti and Ngorongoro and it was amazing! Our Tour guide took the time, we saw so many animals, once we were the only jeep with around 30 Elephants, young and old all together, walking around our jeep, unforgettably, I‘ll never forget this! The camps we stayed overnight were simple but you had everything you needed. Tents were already there, washrooms were okay, views amazing! (Perhaps bring an own roll toiletpaper, it’s not available all the time) The timetable was really nice, breakfast at 6:30 everyday so we didn‘t loose time in the morning and saw many more animals. Incredible! Breakfast was also really nice, the only thing which could be better is the food. It‘s really good, please don‘t get me wrong, just lunch we had at two of three days at 3pm. But with some snacks manageable :)
All in all it was an unforgetable adventure. We really liked the three days, because there‘s a contrast between Serengeti and Ngorongoro, so you can see many different animals (although Serengeti depends on the time of the year, February was really nice because many animals were in the southern part!) and it‘s also not too short nor too long. We can definitely recommend it!!

Tara –

Reviewed: Feb 12, 2026

Fantastic!

5/5

Our experience with Makini started with our tour operator Naomi who patiently and expertly created our perfect trip. No detail was left to chance and thanks to her meticulous planning everything worked out perfectly . We were entrusted into the expert hands of Gift, our safari guide, an incredible young man with a deep love for nature which he gently conveyed to us. His knowledge and delicate manners allowed us to live every day at our pace without any imposition on his part. His magic lay in always being in the right place at the right time, whether it be during the game drive our while entering and exiting the parks. This allowed to see a bountiful amount of animals , including not only the BIG FIVE but the UGLY FIVE 😁. One last mention must be made for the superior driving, smooth and able. There is nothing but praise for MAKINI and the people that work in this fabulous group!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!!

Kurt Schultz –

Reviewed: Feb 12, 2026

7-day-safari with Makini had excellent guide, was well organized and fulfilled all our expectations

5/5

We are a couple and did the tour trough the northern circuit with 4 other persons in a safari jeep. The guide was also the driver and had good experiance to explain about the animals. He found the places to see them and we got really close. He had the skill to find the path esecially in the serengeti what might be not easy. The lodges had every comfort. The staff brought us hot water for shower and even something to warm the bed at Ngorongoro, which is at high sea level and the nights are cold. The game drives lasted from sunrise to sundown except the time that was nesseccary for transfer to the next overnight stay. Lunch was served in the wild at special exiting rest places with wash room. The cook had prepared hot meal in the morning which was good and really enough. The whole trip was expensive because of the entrance fees and lodges prices, which was all covered. We gave the tipps, we felt conveniant with at the end directly to our guide, to the cook and to the drivers we had in Arusha and at Materuni, also to a local guide at the waterfall. In the accomodations there are tipp-boxes, what is to be shared to the staff, so we gave nothing extra.