Tanzania safari landscape — open savannah and acacia trees at golden hour, the kind of scene a Savannah & Sands itinerary builds around.

Tanzania · Built in Arusha

Build and price your Tanzania safari in minutes. Then have a local Expert perfect it.

Real lodge and park costs, itemised. No markups, no guesswork, no waiting days for a quote.

Direct Lodge Rates/Every Fee Itemised/Arusha-Based Experts
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The choosing problem

Every lodge. Every park. Every real price. Side by side.

Agencies make you wait days for a quote, then choose blind. Booking direct means juggling separate lodges, prices, and inboxes across parks. We put every lodge in every park in front of you at its real, itemised price. Swap a lodge, watch the total update. Choose on price and fit, instantly.

See each lodge's real price upfront

Through an agency
No, wait days for a quote
Booking direct
Only that one lodge
Savannah & Sands
Every lodge, instantly

Compare lodges side by side

Through an agency
No
Booking direct
No
Savannah & Sands
Yes

One trip across multiple parks

Through an agency
Opaque
Booking direct
Painful patchwork
Savannah & Sands
One seamless route

Back-and-forth emails

Through an agency
Endless
Booking direct
Per lodge
Savannah & Sands
None

Why Savannah & Sands

New platform. Lifelong expertise.

We're a new way to plan Tanzania, but built by people who know it intimately. Every itinerary is reviewed, every lodge personally inspected, every transfer pre-checked. The trust isn't assumed. It's earned, on day one.

4.5

Partners Only

Every lodge personally vetted on the ground, minimum four-and-a-half-star rated. No surprises on arrival.

1:1

Direct Rates

The lodge rate we quote matches what the lodge would charge you directly. No markup, no commission padding.

0

Hidden Fees

Every park fee, lodge rate, transfer and activity itemised line by line. Nothing bundled, nothing hidden.

100%

Human Handoff

Our local experts personally finalise every confirmed trip, based here in Arusha, on the ground in Tanzania.

How it works

Three steps from daydream to departure.

Build the bones of your trip in under three minutes. Refine the lodges and activities at your pace. We handle the rest.

  • 1Travellers
  • 2Dates
  • 3Style
  • 4Budget

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Sketch the trip.

Tell us who's going, when, and the kind of trip you want. Four quick questions, no account, no friction.

Pricing liveEst. $5,180 pp
D1Arusha
D2Tarangire
D3Serengeti
D4Ngoro.
D5Zanzibar

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See the real price as you build it.

Our live pricing engine plots a Tanzania-to-Zanzibar route, balances drive times, and prices it transparently from start to finish.

  • Singita Sasakwa4.9$1,480/n
  • Four Seasons Bilila4.8$1,120/n
  • &Beyond Klein's4.9$1,310/n

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Pick your perfect lodge.

Swap any lodge for another from our 4.5★+ partner list. Real rack rates, no hidden mark-ups.

Curated journeys

Start from a blueprint. Make it unmistakably yours.

Use any blueprint as a starting point. Layer in your lodges, activities and transport to make it unmistakably yours.

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Vetted properties

The lodges and camps we stand behind.

We only place you with partners whose properties hold strong, independent TripAdvisor ratings. See for yourself, on TripAdvisor.

Elewana

4.5+ on TripAdvisor

Nimali

4.5+ on TripAdvisor

Meliá

4.5+ on TripAdvisor

TWC

4.5+ on TripAdvisor

Karibu Camps

4.5+ on TripAdvisor

Malaika Camps

4.5+ on TripAdvisor

Heritage

4.5+ on TripAdvisor

Gibb's Farm

on TripAdvisor

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