Tanzania

Tanzania is safari on the grandest scale. This is a country that protects more of its land for wildlife than almost any other on earth, and it shows in every direction you look. The Serengeti hosts the Great Migration for most of the year, from the calving grounds of Ndutu each February to the dramatic Mara River crossings of the northern plains.

The Ngorongoro Crater, a collapsed volcano sheltering some twenty five thousand animals on its floor, delivers the densest big game viewing in Africa.

Beyond the famous northern circuit lie the wild southern reserves of Ruaha and Nyerere, the chimpanzee forests of Lake Tanganyika and, waiting at the end of it all, the spice scented beaches of Zanzibar.

We design Tanzania safaris as standalone journeys or as seamless combinations with Kenya, timing every itinerary to the movement of the Migration and connecting each camp by scheduled or private bush flight, with the same care from first landing to final sunset.

Where we take you.

The Serengeti

Fourteen thousand square kilometres of grassland, kopjes and riverine forest, and the stage for the greatest wildlife show on earth. The Migration moves through the ecosystem year round, calving in the south from January to March, massing in the Western Corridor in May and June, and crossing the Mara River in the north from July to October. Resident big cats are superb in every season.

Ngorongoro and the Crater Highlands

The world's largest intact volcanic caldera holds a self contained Eden on its floor, lion, elephant, buffalo, hyena and one of the best places in East Africa to see black rhino. The surrounding highlands offer crater rim walks, Maasai cultural visits and the archaeological treasures of Olduvai Gorge.

Tarangire and Lake Manyara

Tarangire is elephant country, with herds of several hundred gathering along its river in the dry season beneath ancient baobabs. Neighbouring Lake Manyara adds tree climbing lions, flamingos and lush groundwater forest, a gentle first day of any northern circuit safari.

The Wild South, Ruaha and Nyerere

For travellers who have done the famous parks, or who simply want them all to themselves, the south is the answer. Ruaha and Nyerere, formerly the Selous, are two of the largest protected areas in Africa, with huge lion prides, wild dog, boating safaris on the Rufiji River and a fraction of the visitors of the north.

The West, Mahale and Gombe

On the forested shores of Lake Tanganyika, Mahale and Gombe offer some of the finest chimpanzee trekking on the continent, followed by afternoons swimming in the clearest lake water in Africa. Remote, exclusive and utterly unlike anywhere else on safari.

Zanzibar and the Coast

The spice islands are the natural finale. Wander the carved doorways and winding lanes of Stone Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, sail by dhow at sunset and settle into barefoot beach days on the powder sand of the east coast or the quieter islands of Pemba and Mnemba.