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"The staff, food, luxury accommodation, adventure… everything about [Dunia] is pure magic. Could not recommend enough. We feel so blessed to have met the incredible woman running this camp. A true highlight of our honeymoon."
December 2022
"[Usangu is a] fantastic camp in which you can be involved in activities of research just like identifying wildlife, place camera traps and so on in a location still not completely explored! Thanks to the amazing staff Godfrey , Anderson and Leena and all the others!!!!! Amazing sightings like serval, sable and topi!!!! Very beatiful room!!!! Food…lovely!!!!!
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Safari has been a way of life in Tanzania for many years and the country has some of the best game parks in the world. Visitors flock to the Serengeti to witness the Great Migration, and the neighbouring Ngorongoro Conservation Area is home to an extraordinary selection of predators. Further south, Ruaha National Park offers wild, unconstrained game viewing in a spectacular setting. Add to this the exotic island of Zanzibar, Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, and the jungle-clad shores of Lake Victoria and you have one of the most vibrant, and diverse countries in Africa.
Asilia operates 11 luxury camps in Tanzania, located in the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Rubondo Island, as well as in Tarangire, Ruaha and Nyerere National Parks.
We create tailor-made itineraries for every traveller. From unique scenery, wildlife and cultures to the unrivalled hospitality in our camps, we cannot wait to tailor your journey to suit your every need. Here are some of our best African safari packages to get you started:
Southern Tanzania Safari
10 days
Destinations:
- Dar es Salaam
- Nyerere (The Selous)
- Ruaha
- Zanzibar
Explore the wildlife-rich and unspoilt wilderness areas of southern Tanzania’s game reserves on safari, before hopping by plane to the island of Zanzibar for days spent snorkelling on tropical reefs and enjoying sandbank picnics. Explore the waterways and plains of Nyerere National Park by boat, vehicle and on foot, before searching for big cats in Ruaha National Park, home to 10 percent of Africa’s lion population.
FROM US$6,882
Tanzania Highlights
Tanzania Classic North
FROM US$5,390
8 days
Destinations:
- Arusha
- Tarangire
- Ngorongoro
- Serengeti
Travel through northern Tanzania’s iconic national parks, home to some of Africa’s best wildlife densities as well as the changing landscapes of the Great Rift Valley and the rich culture of the Maasai. Enjoy game drives in the Ngorongoro Crater looking for rhino, watch herds of elephant in the verdant swamps of Tarangire and explore the vast savannah plains of the Serengeti on this experience-rich safari.
FROM US$7,171
10 days
Destinations:
- Arusha
- Ngorongoro
- Serengeti
- Zanzibar
With countless combinations available throughout Tanzania’s “Northern Circuit”, this short but carefully curated bush and beach combination offers the perfect introduction to a Tanzania safari. From the Ngorongoro Crater to the Serengeti and Zanzibar, Tanzania offers the ultimate “safari and beach” destination. In this itinerary, we have given you two different options of the same basic routing.
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Why Travel to Tanzania?
Every year two million wildebeest and zebra complete the 1800 mile circuit from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania, through the Serengeti, across the border into Kenya's Maasai Mara and back again. Many safari goers consider this to be the greatest wildlife show on earth.
Jabali Ridge Camp, Ruaha
Jabali Ridge is a stylish camp in the wildlife-rich Ruaha National Park, set on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Mwagusi River and Ikuka escarpment.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Game Drives
Spa
Swimming Pool
Photography on Safari
Night Drives
Nature Walks
Usangu Expedition Camp, Ruaha
On the banks of the wetlands, just beyond the seasonal high-water mark, Usangu Expedition Camp sits among the woodland offering the perfect location to enjoy the multitude of activities available across this largely unexplored wilderness.
Game Drives
Canoeing
Natural Hot Springs
Boat Safari
Night Drives
Nature Walks
Lion Tracking
HIGHLIGHTS:
Sayari Camp, Serengeti
The award-winning Sayari Camp is based in the north of Serengeti National Park, with a prime location to witness thousands of wildebeest crash across the Mara River as part of their Great Migration.
Game Drives
Spa
Swimming Pool
Photography on Safari
Night Drives
HIGHLIGHTS:
Dunia Camp, Serengeti
Dunia, in the central Serengeti, is well placed for wildlife spotting. During the annual Great Migration, guests can watch herds of wildebeest moving through the area right from camp.
Game Drives
Night Drives
HIGHLIGHTS:
Nature walks
Photography on Safari
Hot-air Balloon Safari
Witness the Great Wildebeest Migration
Visit the Ngorongoro Crater
Excellent game viewing Year-Round
The Ngorongoro Crater is home to some of the richest wildlife viewing on the continent. The mineral-rich floor of the spectacular bowl is covered with nutritious grass, creating a paradise for both herbivores and carnivores. The conservation area also offers access to the Empakaai Crater and Olmoti volcano.
The Serengeti and Ngorongoro Conservation Area is known for having some of the richest wildlife viewing on the continent, thanks in part to the Great Migration. This combined with the open plains of the savanna and mild climate results in wildlife viewing being excellent year round, even in the green season.
Add Kenya onto your itinerary with ease
Exquisite and exclusive camps
Combine safari with a beach holiday
Asilia operates 14 camps in Tanzania located in the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and Tarangire, Ruaha, and Nyerere National Parks. Our camps promise you excellent game viewing, unrivalled hospitality, and a range of activities for a complete immersion into your safari experience.
The tropical beaches, turquoise waters, and colourful coral reefs that form Zanzibar Island are worlds away from life on a safari. Short and relatively cheap internal flights make it easy and inexpensive to extend a safari and enjoy some rest and relaxation on the beach.
Tanzania's Serengeti and Kenya's Masai Mara are contiguous and travel between the two protected areas is straightforward with fly-in itineraries. Flying eliminates the need for long road transfers, meaning you spend more time on safari!
Travelling is about more than just the places you visit, its about the people, wildlife, history, and the feeling of exhilaration while experiencing something you have never done before. With Asilia you'll drive, walk, boat, fly and discover a host of new adventures.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is one of Tanzania’s must-see places. The crater itself is the world’s largest inactive volcanic caldera, formed 2 to 3 million years ago. Today it has around 25,000 large animals living in the 30,000-hectare crater, including lion, black rhino, elephant, and giraffe - making for a great safari. A peaceful co-existence between wildlife and people led to the NCA’s UNESCO World Heritage Site status and is listed as one of the International Biosphere Reserves by UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere Reserve Programme.
Highlights:
- The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa and is home to some of the richest wildlife viewing on the continent.
- From December to March, the Great Migration is active in the southern Serengeti/Ngorongoro Conservation Area as wildebeest gather for calving season.
- Visitors can hike up the Olmoti volcano, trek down to the Empakaai Crater lake where pink flamingos flock in the shallows or visit a Ngorongoro village to learn about Maasai culture.
- The conservation area contains archaeological and palaeontological sites located at Oldupai Gorge, and early human footprints discovered at Alaitole in the Ngarusi area.
Highlights:
- From December to October each year, the Serengeti hosts the Great Migration of 1.5 million wildebeest. From December to March, the migration is active in the south where herds gather for calving season. And between July and October, wildbeest head north and cross the Mara River.
- Besides the migration herds, the Serengeti is a popular destination to see the Big 5 (lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo) and other predators such as cheetah, spotted hyena and wild dog.
- Fittingly the Serengeti offers plenty of activities in addition to game drives, from walking safaris to hot air balloon flights.
Serengeti National Park
The Serengeti hosts the largest concentration of wildlife in the world. It is also home to one of the greatest spectacles on Earth – the Great Migration – where over a million wildebeest follow an age-old route in search of grazing pastures and water. The wildebeest will journey across the Masai Mara in Kenya, travelling south into Tanzania through the Serengeti and head towards the edge of the Ngorongoro Crater, before circling in a clockwise direction back towards the Masai Mara. Along the way, thousands of animals are taken by predators, and thousands more are born, replenishing the numbers and sustaining the circle of life.
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire National Park is a lovely, quiet park in Northern Tanzania well-known for its elephant migration, birding, and quiet, authentic safari atmosphere. With an exceptional concentration of game from July to October, this seasonal Tanzania safari park is a little gem on the northern safari circuit, especially for those in search of elephant, which are easily encountered, regardless of the season. The park’s green-tinged swamps are home to 550 bird varieties, with the most breeding species in one habitat anywhere in the world.
Highlights:
- As well as 300-strong herds of elephant, visitors will find big groups of buffalo and healthy populations of lion and leopard.
- During the dry season, Tarangire has the highest concentration of mammals in the country, species include wild dog and rare antelope such as gerenuk.
- Tarangire is the ideal park for those who want to explore beyond game drives. Walk through the savannah to study the smallest creatures and learn about tracking animals. Soar through the sky in a hot-air balloon at dawn or head out on a night drive to find nocturnal wildlife.
Ruaha National Park
Ruaha National Park is a wilderness area that combines excellent game viewing with spectacular landscapes. The park’s unexplored ecosystem means that safari experiences are more private and authentic than those in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro. The Great Ruaha River, and the Mwagusi, Jongomero, and Mzombe Rivers are the main source of water for wildlife during the dry season. Waterbuck, impala, and Grant’s gazelle risk their lives for water as the shores of the Ruaha are a permanent hunting ground for lion, leopard, cheetah, jackal, hyena and the rare and endangered African wild dog.
Highlights:
- Ruaha National Park is renowned for its excellent wildlife-sighting opportunities. Combined with the low number of visitors, this makes it a spectacular destination.
- The wider Ruaha area hosts 10% of the world’s lion population and has been a Lion Conservation Unit since 2005. It’s not uncommon to find prides of more than 20 lion in the park.
- Other predators that can be found in the park include; almost 100 endangered wild dog and leopard, cheetah, wild dog, hyena and black back jackal.
- There are more than 570 species of birds, including the eponymous Ruaha red-billed hornbill. Migrant birds from Europe, Asia, Australia and Madagascar arrive during the rainy season between February and April.
Rubondo Island National Park
Rubondo Island is found in Lake Victoria and is the largest island national park in the whole of Africa at 26 kilometres long, and 10 kilometres wide. Eighty percent is covered in dense tropical forest and is a haven for a variety of wildlife. For avian enthusiasts, Rubondo hosts over 400 different resident and migratory bird species. Elephants and giraffes roam the forests, sitatunga antelope hide in the papyrus swamps, and crocodiles and hippo populate the lake. Chimpanzee trekking combined with the remoteness and exclusivity of the location, make Rubondo an attractive and sought-after safari destination.
Highlights:
- With the exception of a handful of park wardens, wildlife researchers and camp staff, the island is uninhabited and purely a refuge for threatened animals.
- Rescued chimpanzees were introduced to the island at the end of the 1960s and after an intensive habituation programme, visitors are now able to approach them.
- Over three-quarters of the island is blanketed in pristine tropical forests, which provide a protected habitat for wildlife that includes sitatunga, elephant, giraffe, chimpanzee and 300 species of birds.
- The deep waters of Lake Victoria also offer spectacular fishing for record-breaking sized Nile perch.
Namiri Plains Camp, Serengeti
Completely refurbished and upgraded in 2019, Namiri Plains is in Tanzania’s eastern Serengeti. This remote camp is also a conservation initiative, protecting an area crucial to cheetah and other big cats.
Game Drives
Nature Walks
Hot-air Balloon Safaris
Photography on Safari
Swimming Pool
HIGHLIGHTS:
The Highlands Camp, Ngorongoro
The Highlands has redefined the Ngorongoro Crater experience, offering an array of activities afforded by the camp’s exclusive location and a combination of comfort and contemporary style.
Game Drives
Cultural Visits
Hiking
Photography on Safari
Olmoti Nature Walk
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Roho ya Selous Camp, Nyerere
Roho ya Selous sits in the very heart of Nyerere National Park (formerly The Selous), a stone’s throw from a palm-fringed tributary of Tanzania's Rufiji River.
Game Drives
Walking Safari
Swimming Pool
Photography on Safari
Fishing
HIGHLIGHTS:
Boat Safaris
Rubondo Island Camp, Rubondo
A remote island in Tanzania's Lake Victoria, Rubondo offers an incredibly unique adventure experience in a pristine sub-tropical ecosystem where elephants and chimpanzees roam wild.
Game Drives
Cultural Visits
Boat Safaris
Nature Walks
Fishing
HIGHLIGHTS:
Ubuntu Migration Camp, Serengeti
Ubuntu Migration Camp follows the colossal herds of wildebeest as they journey around the Serengeti. From the dramatic river crossings in the north to the fertile grasslands in the south where the wildebeest give birth, we set up camp nearby to ensure you’re always close to the action.
Game Drives
Cultural Visits
Hot-air Balloon Safaris
Photography on Safari
HIGHLIGHTS:
Olakira Migration Camp, Serengeti
The mobile Olakira Migration Camp follows the wildebeest migration around the Serengeti, from the epic river crossings in the north to the southern plains where they give birth to thousands of calveseach year. Stay with us to witness the greatest animal migration in the world.
Game Drives
Cultural Visits
Hot-air Balloon Safaris
Photography on Safari
Night Drives
HIGHLIGHTS:
Kwihala Camp, Ruaha
Kwihala is set deep in the bush of Ruaha National Park. It’s the largest national park in Tanzania, with plentiful wildlife, yet it feels remote and peaceful, with fewer visitors than other parks.
Game Drives
Cultural Visits
Hot-air Balloon Safaris
Photography on Safari
HIGHLIGHTS:
Nyerere National Park
Located in southern Tanzania, Nyerere National Park, formerly part of the Selous Game Reserve, is enormous, wild and remote. In 1940 the park was enlarged to 54,600 km2, and in 1982 it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2019, about 30,000 square kilometres were reallocated and renamed Nyerere National Park, in honour of Tanzania’s first president, Julius Nyerere, a devoted conservationist. It is the second largest national park in Africa after the Namib Park in Namibia. The rivers and lakes of the Selous are the lifeblood of the park, hosting phenomenal volumes of game, including Africa’s largest elephant and wild dog populations.
Highlights:
- Larger than Switzerland and with just a handful of small camps, Nyerere National Park lies in southern Tanzania and affords travellers an exclusive and wild safari experience.
- The park is home to over 50 percent of the endangered African wild dog left on the continent and includes: buffalo, giraffe, eland, hyena, sable, hippo, crocodile, kudu, baboon, wildebeest, zebra, impala, hartebeest, and the black-and-white colobus and vervet monkey.
- Among the rarer animals, you might spot black rhino, Nyasa wildebeest, sable antelope, eland and Lichtenstein’s hartebeest. There are more than 400 recorded bird species in the reserve, including Pel’s fishing owl.
