The most common question we receive for anyone beginning their research on an african safari to East Africa revolves around international flight options. Where do I start my safari? What’s the best airline and most direct route? This frequent query is fortunately very easy to answer (subsequent questions get harder) being that all our african safari tours begin from Kilimanjaro International Airport in Tanzania, which is right next to the town of Arusha, the gateway city to all the famous national parks including the Serengeti. Additionally, KLM Airlines has a virtual monopoly on the best route in that they are the only air carrier (for better or worse) that has a non-stop flight from Europe (Amsterdam to be exact) to Kilimanjaro. Most of our safari guests originating from the U.S. end up with two flight segments including the first from most major cities in the U.S. to Amsterdam and the second from Amsterdam to Kilimanjaro. This routing on KLM is by the far the most efficient way to begin your african safari trip. Other travel routes are available via Nairobi, Dar es Salaam and Johannesburg via British Airways, Emirates and South African Airways but these involve at least one additional layover and several more hours of travel time.