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Private travel design · East Africa

East Africaby design,not by brochure

Private safaris, island hideaways and mountain journeys across Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda. Every route drawn from scratch around your dates, your pace and your budget.

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Elephants walking beneath a lone acacia on the Serengeti plains

SerengetiTanzania

Migration plains, endless light

01 / 06
Green floor and rim of the Ngorongoro Crater under a bright sky

NgorongoroTanzania

A lost world inside a volcano

02 / 06
A dhow under full sail against the setting sun off Zanzibar

ZanzibarTanzania

Spice, coral and Stone Town rooftops

03 / 06
Snow-capped Kilimanjaro rising above acacia bush and a band of cloud

KilimanjaroTanzania

5,895 metres above the plains

04 / 06
View from inside a sailing dhow across turquoise water near Lamu

LamuKenya

Swahili time, measured by the tide

05 / 06
A mountain gorilla sitting in dense green forest

Volcanoes NPRwanda

One hour with the mountain gorillas

06 / 06
  • Write to a plannerhello@kaskazi.example
  • Arusha studioMon–Sat, 08:00–18:00 EAT
  • Where we workTanzania · Kenya · Rwanda
  • Every safariPrivate vehicle and guide
Elephants walking beneath a lone acacia on the Serengeti plains

Destination in focus

Serengeti

Tanzania · Northern circuit

Two million grazers follow the rain in a slow loop through the Serengeti and Kenya’s Mara. We place you where the herds are that month, in small camps that move with them.

Best months
Jun–Oct for river crossings, Jan–Feb for calving
Getting there
1 h 15 min by light aircraft from Arusha
Typical stay
3–4 nights, private vehicle and guide
From
$850per person, per night, fully inclusive
Pairs well with
See when to go

Signature journeys

Four routes we love.
Yours will be different.

These are starting points, not packages. Each one is priced honestly and rebuilt around your dates, the season and the people you travel with.

Zebra herds grazing across the open Serengeti plains
9 nightsTanzania

Migration in Slow Motion

  • Arusha
  • Ngorongoro
  • Central Serengeti
  • Mara River
Night by night
  1. Night 1Coffee-farm lodge outside Arusha
  2. Nights 2–3Ngorongoro crater rim, early descent
  3. Nights 4–6Seronera valley, big cats and open plains
  4. Nights 7–9Northern Serengeti, Mara River crossings

From$9,800per person · best Jul–Oct

Flamingos lining the soda lake on the Ngorongoro Crater floor
11 nightsTanzania

Crater to Coral

  • Ngorongoro
  • Serengeti
  • Stone Town
  • Zanzibar east coast
Night by night
  1. Night 1Arusha, after your international arrival
  2. Nights 2–3Ngorongoro crater rim
  3. Nights 4–6Serengeti, following that month’s herds
  4. Nights 7–8A rooftop house in Stone Town
  5. Nights 9–11Private villa on the east coast

From$11,400per person · best Jun–Feb

Close view of a mountain gorilla’s face half hidden by leaves
8 nightsRwanda · Tanzania

Gorillas & the Indian Ocean

  • Kigali
  • Volcanoes NP
  • Zanzibar
Night by night
  1. Night 1Kigali, a quiet garden hotel
  2. Nights 2–4Volcanoes NP: one gorilla trek, one golden-monkey walk
  3. Nights 5–8Zanzibar north coast, reef and rest

From$10,900per person · one gorilla permit included

Two dhow crewmen balancing on the boom above open water off Lamu
7 nightsKenya · Tanzania

The Swahili Coast by Dhow

  • Lamu old town
  • Manda island
  • Stone Town
Night by night
  1. Nights 1–3A restored Swahili house in Lamu old town
  2. Night 4Dhow sail and beach camp on Manda
  3. Nights 5–7Stone Town, spice farms and a sunset sail

From$5,300per person · best Aug–Mar

What a “from” price means

Per person sharing, in US dollars, for the quietest season the route runs. Peak months cost more, and you see the real number before you commit to anything.

Always included

  • Every lodge and camp on the route
  • All meals while on safari
  • Private vehicle and guide
  • Park and conservation fees
  • Flights and transfers inside the trip

Not included

  • International flights
  • Visas and travel insurance
  • Gratuities for guides and camp teams
  • Gorilla permits, unless stated

How a trip is designed

From first call
to the last sundowner

No forms to wade through and no fixed departures. One planner, four steps, and a trip that reads like it was written for you, because it was.

  1. i

    A conversation, not a form

    Thirty minutes on a call. Who is travelling, what you want to feel, and what you would rather skip.

    Day 1
  2. ii

    A first sketch in three days

    A route, a shortlist of camps and a costed draft. You see every line of the price, not a single total.

    Within 3 working days
  3. iii

    Refined until it fits

    Slow the pace, swap a lodge, add two nights on the coast. We redraw until it feels right, then hold the rooms.

    As many rounds as it takes
  4. iv

    Looked after, end to end

    The same planner from first call to flight home, reachable on WhatsApp. Someone meets you at every airstrip.

    Throughout your trip

When to go

The year, at a glance

East Africa has two rainy seasons and no bad month, only better ones for each place. This is how we read the calendar when we plan.

Best months to visit each destination
DestinationJFMAMJJASOND
BestGoodRains: quieter, lower prices
Acacia trees silhouetted against a red Serengeti sunset
Arusha, TanzaniaOur studio sits between the safari circuit and the coast.

Our story

Named for the wind that brought everyone here

For a thousand years the kaskazi, the north-east monsoon, carried dhows from Arabia and India down to Lamu and Zanzibar. It is why this coast speaks Swahili, and why Stone Town’s doors are carved the way they are.

We are a small studio in Arusha. We plan a limited number of journeys each season so that every one gets the attention a good trip needs: camps we know by name, guides we choose ourselves, and routes that leave room to do nothing at all.

3 countriesTanzania, Kenya and Rwanda
1 plannerFrom first call to flight home
Private onlyNo shared vehicles, no group departures
Line-by-lineEvery cost shown before you book
Where would you like to go?
Length of trip
10 nights
Travellers
2 adults

We use your details only to plan your trip. Nothing is shared.

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