One to two hours Easy
Meet the communities who share the land with the wildlife, on their terms and with the fee going to them.
The Maasai have lived alongside wildlife in northern Tanzania for centuries, and a visit to a homestead near the Lark Plains or the Ngorongoro highlands adds context to everything you see in the parks.
We work with communities directly, so the visit fee stays local and the welcome is real. You might see cattle brought in for the evening, learn how a house is built, or sit with the women who make beadwork. Photos are always by permission.
Destinations
Maasai cultural visits is part of the day in these destinations. Pick one to see its wildlife, birds and the safaris that go there.
The Rift Valley soda lake where East Africa’s Lesser Flamingos breed.
The only place on earth to see the critically endangered Beesley’s Lark.
Huge elephant herds, ancient baobabs and Tanzania’s endemic birds.
A volcanic caldera with black rhino, lions and big grassland birds.
Keep exploring
The heart of every safari: a private 4x4 with a pop-up roof, your own guide, and the whole day to follow the wildlife.
More than 1,100 species, dozens of endemics, and guides who find most birds by ear. Our speciality.
Leave the vehicle behind. Walk with a ranger to a waterfall, across the plains, or into Eastern Arc forest.
A quiet paddle past flamingos and hippos, with Mount Meru and Kilimanjaro on the skyline.
Six hours on the floor of the world’s largest intact caldera, with lions, rhino and 25,000 animals in view.
Drift over the plains at sunrise, then land to a champagne breakfast in the bush.
Follow trackers into the forest above Lake Tanganyika and spend an hour with wild chimpanzees.
Spotlights, genets and bushbabies. See the park after dark, when a different cast of animals comes out.
Tell us your dates and the birds or animals you most want to see. We’ll reply within 24 hours with a route and a full quote.
