Stories for thoughtful planning.

Safari Etiquette

A safari is an invitation to enter the animals’ world. By remaining quiet, keeping a respectful distance and following park rules, every visitor can help protect Tanzania’s wildlife and preserve the experience for others.

Camera for a Safari

Wildlife rarely waits for a photographer. With the right equipment, settings and a little preparation, you can spend less time searching through your camera bag and more time capturing Tanzania’s unforgettable moments.

Lesser Kudus

Elusive, elegant, and perfectly camouflaged, the lesser kudu is one of Tanzania’s most rewarding wildlife sightings. Discover how its spiral horns, striking white stripes, enormous ears, and remarkable dry-country adaptations help this shy antelope survive in the hidden world of the African bush.

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Thomson's gazelle

Thomson’s gazelles are endemic to Eastern Africa. The Serengeti National Park in Tanzania is the most populous area of Thomson’s gazelle.

Grant’s gazelle

The Grants gazelle resemble Thomson's gazelles but are noticeably larger and easily distinguished by the broad white patch on the rump that extends upward onto the back. Swala granti in Swahili, is a type of antelope indigenous to Eastern Africa.

Dik-dik

These antelopes were called “dik-diks” by the early settlers and hunters as they ruined the hunter’s chances of shooting any larger game.

Impala Antelope

The impala has a lovely reddish-brown coat matched against a white underbelly, which is reminiscent of the springbok, though the colors are not quite as dramatically contrasted.

Topi

Topi are Very common in the Serengeti. they range from the long grass Serengeti plains to the Serengeti woodlands but is very rarely seen on the short grass plains in the Eastern Serengeti.

Bushbuck Antelope

The bushbuck stands about 1 m (39 inches) at the shoulder and ranges in color from reddish brown to almost black, depending on the subspecies.

Ol Doinyo Lengai

"Mountain of God" in the Maasai language, is an active volcano located in the Gregory Rift, south of Lake Natron within the Arusha Region, Northern Tanzania, East Africa.

Royal Tour

The Royal Tour, the latest in a series of global television events, hosted by Peter Greenberg with the President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan as his very special guide.