Tanzania

The name Tanzania conjures up images of wildebeest stampeding across vast savannah, rain forests teeming with monkeys and birdlife, and great plains brimming with legions of game.

All of these natural wonders and more are on offer in this exceptionally diverse African nation. Visitors typically visit Tanzania to partake in at least one of the four well known Tanzanian tourist experiences: a relaxing seaside vacation on the picturesque island paradise of Zanzibar, an underwater tour of some of the world’s most renowned dive sites around the gorgeous Spice Islands, a safari adventure in some of Africa’s most impressive game reserves, or a hiking excursion around Mount Kilimanjaro National Park. Whichever of these incredible holidays you choose, you will undoubtedly be welcomed by some fabulously friendly and peaceful inhabitants who, despite being divided into 120 different ethnic groups and cultures, live in harmony with one another and provide some of the most wonderfully exotic local cuisine you could imagine. With all of this diversity on offer, the most difficult part of your Tanzanian holiday experience is likely to be deciding where to go!

Situated within northwestern Tanzania’s Manyara region, Tarangire is an expansive national park, famous for it's spectacular baobab trees, which stand like ancient sentinels overlooking vast swathes of grassy swamps, dense woodland, granite ridges and the winding Tarangire River. Forming a less-frequented part of Tanzania's 'Northern Circuit', Tarangire National Park is for those looking to venture a little further off the beaten track.

Interspersed with large herds of elephant and buffalo, Tarangire features some of the highest concentrations of mammals in Tanzania, particularly during the dry season from July to October. With a plethora of plains game and birdlife, predators naturally follow closely behind; Tarangire is home to a healthy population of big cats, with lion being amongst the most commonly spotted.

TANZANIA REGIONS

TARANGIRE

NGORONGORO CRATER

SERENGETI

MAHALE MOUNTAINS

KATAVI

SELOUS

RUAHA

ZANZIBAR

TANZANIA experiences

These are the unforgettable experiences of Africa which very few get, to have it properly beneath your feet. You’ll be out of the cars with your guide, in the sparkling highland air. Along too, a Maasai scout - showing you his particular version of the natural world - and an armed ranger to keep you safe.

The annual wildebeest migration through the Serengeti and the Masai Mara is the largest mass movement of land mammals on the planet – with more than a million animals following the rains. But that is not where the game viewing ends; large prides of lions, elephants and giraffes in grasslands, gazelles and eland to mention but a few.

This remote part of the Serengeti is bisected by the perilous Mara River, where once a year, between July and October, over a million-strong wildebeest and zebra throw themselves across its crocodile-infested waters, heading for where the grass is greener. This makes for spectacular predator and prey viewing on the banks in the late dry season.

When the grass is short and safe to move through, we slip out of the lodge, where small valleys, river lines and rocky kopjes make for frequent changes of scenery...and provide perfect cover for approaching wild animals.

Our main quest is always on foot to a wild living group of chimpanzees, whose complex social and political manoeuvrings are played out within a few feet of us. Their behavior is interpreted by their greatest fans, our team of chimpanzee experts who can recognise each individual and the significance of every action.