-Day Tanzania Travel Cost Guide: Budget Breakdown for Ordinary Travelers in 2025

Here are some important prerequisites:
1. My husband and I traveled with a couple friend, making a group of 4️⃣ people.
2. The travel dates were 5.9-5.18, during Tanzania’s off-peak tourist season.
3. We compared multiple local tour operators 8 months in advance, finalized the itinerary, signed a contract, and paid a deposit.

🌟 Transportation
– International flights: Beijing to Kilimanjaro, 3,836 RMB/person
– Zanzibar to Beijing, 5,993 RMB/person
– Domestic flight: Serengeti to Zanzibar (included by the tour operator)
– Airport transfers, safari, and Zanzibar island transportation (included by the tour operator)

🌟 Accommodation
– **Elewana Arusha Coffee Lodge**: 1 night, 5-star estate-style
– **Lemala Mpingo Ridge**: 1 night, luxury tent
– **Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge**: 1 night, 5-star fortress-style (not recommended—small, old rooms, bad food)
– **Asilia Namiri Plains Camp**: 3 nights, ultra-luxury tent (includes 3 days of open safari vehicles)
– **Zuri Zanzibar Hotel**: 3 nights, deluxe 5-star resort

All accommodations were great except Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge. Highly recommend **Asilia Namiri Plains Camp** and **Zuri Zanzibar Hotel**!

🌟 Meals
– All meals were included except lunch on the first day and dinner on the last (since we arrived early and departed late).
– First 3️⃣ days of safari: packed lunches (don’t expect much, see pic 17).
– At Asilia, lunch was served back at camp ✅ So good! If it weren’t so expensive, I’d stay there all 7 safari days 😭
– Only Ngorongoro Serena’s food was bad—dry and bland 😵… Other hotels were delicious 👍

🌟 Special Activities
– Serengeti hot air balloon + Zanzibar dolphin watching & snorkeling (included by the tour operator)
– **Cheetah’s Rock** in Zanzibar: $160/person (self-paid, includes hotel transfers)

🌟 Tips for Guides & Hotel Staff
– Driver: $5-10 per person per day
– Porters: $1 per luggage (2 staff per room, one suitcase each)

⚠️ Word limit!! The rest is in pic 2️⃣