Tanzania wilderness safari and hike

Besides giving you a holiday experience out of the ordinary we also try to make sure that the environmental impact is kept to a minimal. Our aim is to leave the areas visited in the same way that we found them, so that people can enjoy the nature for many years to come. You as a traveller are also asked to respect wildlife, for example, do never try to get closer to an animal just for getting a better picture. During this tour we will travel thorough small villages and sometimes spend the night in them, and it is very important that you respect that you are visiting someone's home, we are not visiting a living museum. During our tours we always use cars with seatbelts; your security and the security of the drivers, guides and staff we employ is important to us. All staff on this trip is hired locally.

The tour leader on this trip is Arnold Godfrey Moshi, a certified mountain guide and manger of the travel company East Africa Adventure Company. Arnold grew up in Moshi and Marangu village on the eastern slopes of Kilimanjaro and his native tongue is Chagga but he also speaks Kiswahili and English fluently. He is an experienced tour leader as well as an expert on the northern parts of Tanzania and since he knows the area well he will take you to places many tourists never have the chance to see.

The hotels we stay at during this tour are environmentally friendly. For example our hotel in Pangani uses only local materials for buildings where-ever possible and their hot water system is fuelled by debris from coconut trees, garden rubbish etc.. When cooking in their restaurant they only use environmental briquettes made from biomass waste matter at a factory in Tanga, they are also very active against dynamite fishing. Our hotel in Arusha relay almost a 100 % on hot water heated by solar water heating. They have an eco friendly garden and they have especially chosen a 'salt chlorinator' for their swimming pool in a conscious effort to reduce the use of chemicals. Both hotels purchase local products as far as possible and none of them uses charcoal at all.

By taking this tour you will support conservation of the national parks by paying the park fees. Some critics say that the fees are too high and that not all of the money goes straight back to the parks, but Tanzania has nevertheless been able to conserve more than 25% of the country’s area for national parks and reserves. Tanzania has a unique nature and one of the largest numbers of wild animals in the world. Without the money tourism bring, these areas would not be possible to preserve.

In addition to the national parks we also visit conservations areas like the Ngorongoro Crater Highlands. One of the things that differ between national parks and conservation areas is that people are allowed to live here, like the Massais. The fee paid at the Ngorongoro Crater goes through the government back to The Ngorongoro Conservation area which in turn helps the local Massai people with schools and hospitals. The fees that are payed in the Crater Highlands goes directly to the massai villages which help them financing their schools and hospitals; the fees are one of few monetary incomes for the massai villages.