Africa

There’s nowhere like it on the planet for wildlife, wild lands and rich traditions that endure. Prepare to fall in love.

LAKE EYASI

Lake Eyasi is located near Karatu in northern Tanzania. It is a seasonal shallow endorheic salt lake on the floor of the Great Rift Valley at the base of the Serengeti Plateau, just south of the Serengeti National Park and immediately southwest of the Ngorongoro Crater in the Crater...

DATOGA TRIBE

The Datoga, also known as Mang’ati in Swahili, are an agro-pastoral Nilotic-speaking tribe in Tanzania, primarily residing in the northern regions around Lake Eyasi and near Mount Hanang. They are known for their unique traditions, including blacksmithing, distinctive attire, and a...

HADZABE TRIBE

The Hadza, or Hadzabe, are a protected hunter-gatherer Tanzanian indigenous ethnic group, primarily residing in northern Tanzania, near Lake Eyasi in the central Rift Valley and in the neighbouring Serengeti Plateau. They are one of the last remaining indigenous groups in Africa to...

SERENGETI NP

We did not have much time, so we planned just a one-day visit to the most famous Tanzanian National park. But we will never forget our first encounter with the Serengeti; it was the absurd payment for the horrible, dusty road from Ngorongoro Gate to Naabi Hill Gate, the only route to...

NGORONGORO CRATER

At 19km wide and with a surface of 264 sq km, Ngorongoro (🎟️1,139,113 TZS for two + 🚙220 USD) is one of the largest unbroken calderas in the world that isn’t a lake. Its steep walls soar 400m to 610m and provide the setting for an incredible natural drama, as prey and predators...

LAKE MANYARA NP

Lake Manyara National Park is one of Tanzania’s smaller and most underrated parks (🎟️342,790 TZS for two + 🚙220 USD). While it may lack the size and variety of other northern-circuit destinations (there’s pretty much one central north–south route through the park), its...