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This week we hosted Sarah de Lagarde on Mount Kilimanjaro. Sarah first climbed Kilimanjaro with us in 2022. A month later, Sarah was involved in a London Tube accident which resulted in the amputation of her right arm and leg.

This week, Sarah made history by becoming the first female double amputee to summit Kilimanjaro. We are very proud to have helped Sarah on her journey to the top of Kilimanjaro! Read Sarah's inspiring story on the BBC link below. Thanks to Wayfairer Travel Agency for coordinating Sarah's two climbs with us! Dickson Sumary Emma Mungure Stand: We Walk Together

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Cape buffalo in the morning fog at Ngorongoro Crater Rim.

Our camp on Kilimanjaro tonight! Shira Plateau, Lemosho Route, Kilimanjaro National Park. Only a few days until summit! .sumary.10

With the Maasai in Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Hippos of Western Serengeti.

Hippos on the bank of Grumeti River, Serengeti.

Our longtime Kilimanjaro guide Ema Mungure taking pulse oximeter readings at Mti Mkubwa Camp, Lemosho Route. Our guides record pulse ox readings every day to ensure you are acclimating well to altitude changes on the mountain.

Check out this cat on a CAT in Ngorongoro Crater! With the end of the rains the parks are grading game drive roads and it looks like this lion decided to nap on this Caterpillar road grader. Thanks to our guide, Justin Mushi, for sharing this photo!

After a break for a very rainy low season our Kilimanjaro team is back at it! The streams are flowing with water and the scenery is green and beautiful.

Wondering what the Mto wa Mbu Village Tour is like? Janet, a 2023 guest, has shared a video of the experience with us. When transferring from Tarangire to Ngorongoro, we often add a stop in Mto wa Mbu for a village tour. Learn about farming, banana beer making, tinga tinga art, and much more! Thanks to Janet for sharing.

MTO WA MBU , Tanzania Village Body: Sony A1Lens: Sony SEL14F18GMShot on Sept 11, 2023 with Alika Africa // Duma ExplorerMto Wa Mbu, located at the foothills of the breathtaking Great Rift...

Read this article for an account of the Maasai evictions from their homelands in Tanzania. Experiencing Maasai life is one of the highlights of any trip to Tanzania. We proudly support camps that have had a long relationship with and support for local communities such as Isoitok Camp, Kisima Ngeda, Mysigio Camp, and Lake Natron Camp. One of our all-time favorite trips in Tanzania is hiking with the Maasai along the Great Rift Valley from Ngorongoro Conservation Area to Lake Natron. It is an eye-opening experience for anyone who does it. Isoitok Camp Manyara

‘This Will Finish Us’ How Gulf princes, the safari industry, and conservation groups are displacing the Maasai from the last of their Serengeti homeland

Check out our post about Mkomazi National Park and Mkomazi Wilderness Retreat. This park and camp are perfect for the seasoned safari traveler. Off the beaten path, you will be virtually alone in the park with loads of wildlife and up-close interactions with Black rhino. We visited in June of 2023 and did not see a single other safari vehicle during our time there. Unique to Mkomazi, you fall asleep to the sound of trumpeting elephants instead of roaring lions or laughing hyenas which is more common in Northern Tanzania. Karibuni sana Mkomazi!

Mkomazi National Park is a seldom-visited park in Northern Tanzania. View wildlife without crowds. — Alika Africa // Duma Explorer Mkomazi National Park is an off-the-beaten-path destination in Northern Tanzania. See large herds of elephant and eland in this park as well as wildlife not seen in other Tanzanian parks including gerenuk, lesser kudu, and oryx. Mkomazi Wilderness Retreat is a beautiful luxury camp overlooking a lar

Two lions at Ndutu’s Big Marsh this month.

More updates from migration season in Ndutu. Here are some images of a baby wildebeest being born and learning how to stand! Thanks to Halifa Msangi for sending these photos!

Lions of Ndutu! There are plenty of predators in Ndutu at the moment! This is the busy season for Ndutu as the wildebeest give birth to up to 8000 babies a day! Thanks to our safari guide, Halifa Msangi, for sharing these photos.

While a safari is often wild, fast-paced, and exhilarating, which makes for a thrilling adventure, there is something quite rejuvenating about slowing the pace.
The stillness and refreshing energy of the bush offer the best setting to reflect and reconnect with nature.

With our client Badri & Hema.

Cats of the Serengeti! The Central Serengeti is considered to be one of the best places in Africa to view large cats and kills. Check out these photos from our guide Halifa Msangi's trip in Serengeti this week.

Welcome to our Kilimanjaro camp at Barranco Campsite on the Lemosho Route. This gorgeous night shot with Kilimanjaro's summit in the background shows our mountain mess tent, the Big Agnes Guard Station, and our guest tent, the Mountain Hardwear Trango 3. Stay warm on Kilimanjaro in these mountaineering tents meant for harsh conditions!

Big Agnes Mountain Hardwear Dickson Sumary

Another beautiful green season safari shot from Tarangire National Park. Thank you, Msangi!

Today’s safari in Tarangire National Park with guides Halifa Msangi and Ebenezer Emanuel. The rains have started in Tanzania and the parks are now green. It’s a big change from just 6 weeks ago. Thanks to Msangi for sharing.

Kilimanjaro's Marangu Route has some new facilities! There are brand new huts at both Mandara and Horombo Huts. The units take 4 people each and have new bathrooms with hot showers! It is more expensive - a surcharge of USD 47.20 per person per night - but for those who want a bit more luxury this is a great option!

With so many incredible wild spaces to explore, choosing an East African safari that's just right for you may not be easy.

This carefully curated list of itineraries offers the perfect starting point for your planning, showing you how various camps and regions can be combined into a seamless journey.

Our team of safari experts will help tailor your African adventure to ensure it captures some of the best locations and experiences in Tanzania, and create the safari holiday you've been dreaming of.

We are very happy to share with you some of the photos from out trip to Tarangire national park,Serengeti national park and Ngorongoro Crater with our recent client Badri &Hema🤗🤗
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Memories are the cúrrencies to our Hearts. Tarangire national park with our client Hal & Donna.

We're not done yet,here's Akagera national park photo dump we spend two nights here and this place is absolutely beautiful,well organized and controlled area lots of wildlife like rhinos,elephants,antelopes,lions,leopards,giraffes many more. It's really nice seen how much the government gives back to the community close to the park and the whole country from the money they get from tourism and made peace with everyone especially those who live to the border of the parks. We have an amazing tour guide who knows everything about this country and the history and culture and the people around which makes our trip so memorable and worthy.

After a very successful morning at the gorilla trekking we went back to the hotel for lunch and then went out again to visit the gorilla guardians village,this village has some interesting history because most of the people in here used to be poachers and the government thought of a way to help them stop poaching by giving them a chance to work as the guardians instead of putting them to jail and protect the wildlife and change their ways around. They are doing a great job and it worth visiting them.

Read this article about Kigali's thriving food and art scene.

In Kigali, Rwanda, a New Wave of Creative Projects Worth Traveling For These Kigali-based artists are melding their world-class skills with their home-grown inspirations in the Rwandan capital.

Another excellent day,today we did the gorilla trekking and this is the best thing we've done so far,before the trekking day they give you some options to choose which hiking trail you want,we got lucky and had a great time with the gorilla family very close to the village after sometimes on the hiking we saw a family of 34 gorillas and made our day very special. I will say this country and the people are very organized so it very safe for us and anyone who visits and we spend more than hour with them. Every moment you spend with this amazing creature is priceless.🦍🦍we really enjoyed our time together with the wonderful gorilla family and later we went to visit the gorillas guardians village.

The day wasn't over yet we came back from the chimpanzee trekking back to where we started for canopy activity. Again it was an awesome experience to see the jungle from above the mountains ⛰️ and the view is beautiful. We did another hike with our female guide and she's absolutely amazing,there's so many different trails you can choose to hike and explore. Highly recommend this place if you visit Rwanda 🇷🇼. for day 3 to 9