Tanzania tours Game drive

Day Trips

Single days out from Arusha and from the coast. Leave after breakfast, back the same evening, no camp to pack.

Day Trips with My Trip Adventures

Single-day trips from Arusha, Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar.

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Trips published
16 trips
Trip length
1 day
Prices from
$32 per person

Day trips we run

16 trips

Lake Manyara with the wooded Rift Valley escarpment rising above the shoreline, Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania

Day Trip · Game drive, birdwatching

Lake Manyara National Park Day Safari from Arusha

The closest full park to Arusha and the greenest. Groundwater forest, the Rift Valley wall, elephants under fig…

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Clear blue water of Kikuletwa Chemka Hot Springs ringed by fig roots and palms at Rundugai, northern Tanzania

Day Trip · Waterfall walk, coffee farm, hot springs

Materuni Waterfalls, Coffee and Chemka Hot Springs Day Trip

One day on the Kilimanjaro foothills: a walk to Materuni Falls, Chagga coffee roasted and pounded by the…

Starts from $81 per person View trip
Materuni Waterfall falling through rainforest on the lower slopes of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Day Trip · Waterfall walk and coffee farm

Materuni Waterfalls and Chagga Coffee Day Trip

The shorter version: the walk in to Materuni Falls and a full Chagga coffee morning, back in Arusha…

Starts from $68 per person View trip
2 Day Tanzania Safari to Mikumi National Park

Southern Circuit · Full day

Mikumi Day Safari from Zanzibar by Air

Fly from Zanzibar at dawn, spend the day on the Mkata floodplain in Mikumi, and fly back the…

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Palm-fringed spring-fed pool at Kikuletwa Chemka Hot Springs, Rundugai, northern Tanzania

Day Trip · Swimming and relaxation

Chemka Hot Springs Day Trip from Arusha

A slow day at the Chemka springs, where warm water rises out of the ground under fig trees…

Starts from $72 per person View trip
Udzungwa National Park Sanje waterfalls 20, Tanzania

Full day

Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Day Trip

Chimpanzee trekking in Gombe, reached by boat from Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika, out and back in a day.

Starts from $132 per person View trip
Ngorongoro Crater Tour, Tanzania

Day Trip · Game drive

Ngorongoro Crater Day Safari from Arusha

The crater floor in a single day from Arusha: an early start, a descent at first light on…

Starts from $263 per person View trip
Giraffe browsing acacia woodland in Arusha National Park, northern Tanzania

Day Trip · Canoe safari, guided walking safari

Momella Lakes Canoe Safari in Arusha National Park

One of the few places in Tanzania where you can get out of the vehicle. Canoe the Momella…

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Safari Nyerere BGRkujc3, Tanzania

Southern Circuit · Full day

Nyerere Day Safari from Zanzibar by Air

A day in Nyerere National Park, the largest protected area in Tanzania, flown from Zanzibar and back.

Starts from $446 per person View trip
Tarangire Safari, Tanzania

Day Trip · Game drive

Tarangire National Park Day Safari from Arusha

The closest full park day to Arusha, and the best one for elephant. Baobabs, the Tarangire river, and…

Starts from $178 per person View trip
Giraffe browsing acacia woodland in Arusha National Park, northern Tanzania

Day Trip · Game drive and optional walking safari

Arusha National Park Day Safari

Forty minutes from town: crater forest, the Momella lakes and their flamingos, giraffe and colobus, and Meru above…

Starts from $243 per person View trip
Maasai men performing the adumu jumping dance at a boma on the northern Tanzania plains

Day Trip · Cultural visit, waterfall walk and coffee farm

Maasai Village and Materuni Waterfalls Day Trip

Two cultures in one day: a Chagga coffee village on the mountain, and a Maasai community on the…

Starts from $103 per person View trip
Aerial view over the rooftops and streets of Arusha, northern Tanzania

Day Trip · Guided walking tour

Arusha City and Cultural Walking Tour

Half a day on foot in the town most people only sleep in: the market, the clock tower,…

Starts from $32 per person View trip
Safari Ruaha, Tanzania

Zanzibar and the Coast · Full day

Dar es Salaam City Tour

The National Museum, the Village Museum, the Mwenge carvers and the fish market, in one day with a…

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Safari Nyerere BGRkujc3, Tanzania

Zanzibar and the Coast · Full day

Dar es Salaam Private City Tour from Zanzibar

The same city day, reached by the morning ferry from Zanzibar and back on the evening one.

Starts from $240 per person View trip
Safari Ruaha, Tanzania

Zanzibar and the Coast · Full day

Bagamoyo Historical Day Tour

The Kaole ruins, the old slaving port and the German boma, an hour up the coast from Dar…

Starts from $190 per person View trip

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