Tanzania can truly claim to be the home of the safari as the word is Swahili for a journey. And there is no better place to enjoy an enriching cultural and wildlife experience than Tanzania.

The magical names trip of the tongue – Kilimanjaro, Ngoro Ngoro Crater, Olduvai Gorge,Selous,Serengeti and the exotic Zanzibar.

Tanzania’s game viewing experiences are widely regarded as the best in Africa. It is the place to see seemingly endless herds of wildebeest and zebra trekking across the plains on their annual migration – followed by the predatory lions, leopard, cheetah and hyena. It is elephant country, boasting some of the largest populations in the world. And, at Gombe Stream and Mahale Mountains National Parks, it is home to chimpanzees now so rarely seen in the wild. Tanzania also boasts beautiful beaches – hundreds of miles of palm-fringed sands.





Its cities are relaxed and friendly. Its huge lakes, Victoria, Tanganyika and Nyasa,are bountiful with fish.

Its mountain sare massive and mysterious and include Mount Meru, Ol Doinyo Lengai and the Usambaras in addition, of course, to Mount Kilimanjaro – the ‘Roof of Africa’ and the tallest free-standing mountain in the world.

Yet this, the largest country in East Africa, is untouched by the holiday-making hordes of mass tourism.

It was in Tanzania that Stanley uttered those famous words – “Dr Livingstone I presume” – when he tracked down the Scottish explorer after a long trek into the interior.

Indeed Tanzania was a magnet for several Victorian explorers who made epic journeys of discovery in search of the source of the Nile.

Today’s visitors are able to explore the country, and see its remarkable eight UNESCO World Heritage sites, with none of the hardship but all of the adventure of those early pioneers.