Safaris Articles

Maun is the primary international link with Botswana via Johannesburg and Harare and secondary links through Gabarone, Windhoek, Victoria Falls, Nairobi, DaresSalaam, Lilongwe, Lusaka and a few other

The name Serengeti comes from the Maasai name meaning ‘endless plains’, and these rolling distances of short grass plains provide an exceptional landscape for wildlife viewing. The phenomenal National

Tours With A Balloon Ride To Remember

With South Africa’s scenic landscapes, fantastic weather (most of the time) and its natural wonders, taking a balloon ride to survey the scenery below is a popular idea amongst explorers. The most common balloons in use today are hot air balloons: they are filled with hot air to make them float. Gas balloons are also used and filled with propane gas which has a lower weight than the air, causing them to become buoyant

The Aberdares are an isolated volcanic range that forms the eastern wall of the rift valley, running roughly 100km north south between Nairobi and Thomsons Falls. The Aberdare National Park was formed in 1950 to protect the forested slopes and moors of the Aberdare Mountains.

The small town of Mikumi which extends along the Tanzam highway was founded in 1914 by chief Kikiwi of the Wavindunda tribe. Mikumi national park is about 10km north of the small village, Mikumi. Th

The Selous is the largest game reserve in Africa, it covers an area about 50,000sq km, it is three times larger than Serengeti, more than twice the size of South Africa's Kruger National park, and ro

The Ukaguru Mountains are part of the hugely important Eastern Arc Range which comprises about 2% of the land area of Tanzania, contains over 90% of the plant and animal species and whose catchment

It is always a pleasure to escape the heat and traffic bedlam that typifies Dar es Salaam. After leaving early, we made a brief stop at Chalinze to have a soda and visit a local toy factory. Chalin

This Tanzania Safari was the perfect surprise. I arrived at Dar es Salaam Domestic Airport thinking I was about to meet some important visitors for a breakfast meeting. I had been grumbling all th

Safari in Africa is the dry season. It is when the bush becomes increasingly parched and the animals have fewer and fewer places to find water. At the time, the only place for them to go is the water hole and there you find tourists zooming with their cameras. It is in fact, an easy way to see wild life but not a good way to see the wild.