tanzania
the crater to mahale’s chimpanzees
Eleven nights linking the Ngorongoro rim, the herds of the Serengeti and chimpanzee tracking at Mahale.
- Private Safari
- From $21,460 pp
- 2 guests
- 11 nights
trip highlights
- Ruaha holds large lion prides and strong numbers of elephant, many drawn to the river year round.
- From the Mwagusi escarpment, elephants and plains game move through the valley in view of the deck and the cliff-edge pool.
- At low tide the ocean pulls back from the Bwejuu coast to expose the reef, walked with a guide among octopus, starfish and moray eels.
- An offshore coral reef shelters the shallows for swimming and snorkelling along the whole length of the coast.
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Southern Tanzania to the Zanzibar Coast
This is a ten-night route through two very different corners of Tanzania. It opens in Ruaha National Park, a park of large lion prides and strong elephant numbers drawn to the rivers, viewed from the edge of the Mwagusi escarpment. It then turns east to Zanzibar, where the Bwejuu coast runs into the Indian Ocean behind an offshore coral reef, with Swahili heritage, spice farms and dhow sailing close by.
The first half is spent on game drives from the escarpment, reaching the Mwagusi River roughly twenty minutes on. The second half slows to the coast, with swimming, snorkelling and reef walks at low tide. You stay at two properties, a small owner-built camp above the valley and a thirty-villa resort on the sand, each with its own strong sense of place.
Daily Itinerary Breakdown
Ruaha From the Mwagusi Escarpment
Five nights in Ruaha National Park, a park that holds large lion prides and strong numbers of elephant, many drawn to the rivers as year-round water. From the escarpment, a game drive reaches the Mwagusi River, one of the richest corners of the park, in roughly twenty minutes, so serious wildlife country comes almost as soon as you set off. Elephants and plains game move through the valley below in full view of the deck. Ikuka Safari Camp is seven open-fronted tents strung along the rock, built and run by Mark and Chloe Sheridan since 2016, with a cliff-edge pool and uninterrupted views across the plains. After dark guests are walked to their tents.
- Accommodation at Ikuka Safari Camp
Bwejuu Coast, Reef and Spice Islands
Five nights on the Bwejuu-Paje stretch of Zanzibar's southeast coast, where white sand shelves into the Indian Ocean behind an offshore coral reef. The reef shelters the shallows for swimming and snorkelling, and at low tide a guided walk across the exposed rock reveals octopus, starfish, sea cucumbers and moray eels in the pools. Stone Town's Swahili heritage and the island's spice farms lie within reach. Baraza Resort and Spa is a thirty-villa Sultanate-inspired property about fifty minutes from the airport, its design drawing Arabic, Swahili and Indian lines together, with each villa opening onto a terrace and private plunge pool and dining all-inclusive.
- Accommodation at Baraza Resort and Spa
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tanzania
katavi’s plains and mahale’s chimps
Eight nights in western Tanzania, from Katavi's dry-season plains to chimpanzee tracking on foot at Mahale.
- Private Safari
- From $14,210 pp
- 2 guests
- 8 nights
tanzania & rwanda
kilimanjaro and the gorillas
Climb Kilimanjaro's Lemosho route, recover on Mount Meru, then trek mountain gorillas in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park.
- Private Safari
- From $22,320 pp
- 2 guests
- 14 nights
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