Socially aware organisation with beautiful rugs We buy all of our rugs for our tent bathrooms from a lovely organization called Widow’s Might. This project is based in Arusha, Tanzania and empowers a small group of women to learn skills that enable them to sell the handcrafted items they make to tourists and locals. With the support of the…
Natural and eco-friendly products Handmade in Arusha, Tanzania, Swahili Touch produces soaps, skin and hair care products. All of their products are natural, palm oil free, cruelty free and eco-friendly. We are lucky enough to have them around the corner from our main office we are able to refill our 20L vats with them whenever we need. We then…
The temperature can drop quite a lot at night in Ngorongoro, so much so that even after a hot and dusty day on safari in ‘the crater’ there is nothing quite like returning to a hot shower.However, being out in the bush, without electricity or piped natural gas, we have to rely on old fashioned stoves to provide heat…
Grace joined the African Environments family during COVID. She was part of an all female camp in the Serengeti beforehand, so she knows the bush like the back of her hand. Having been on a few trips for us so far and receiving amazing feedback. She is also a dab hand with a 4×4 car (don’t be fooled) as…
We had the pleasure of having Mathias, Daniel, Wilson and Elisha with us from Africa Amini Alama Secondary School of Sustainable Tourism. They came to do some work experience with us for 4 weeks. They spent a week in each department; food and beverages department with Lily and Mary, Operations department with Gabriel, and a week in the Workshop…
Poaching is sadly still a big issue in Tanzania, as well as many other countries in Africa. Serengeti’s De-Snaring Programme was started back in April 2017 which we helped found along with TANAPA (Tanzania Parks), Frankfurt Zoological Society and a few other conservation NGOs. This programme is set up to patrol the Serengeti National Park of poachers who are…
Most you opt to Carbon Offset when you come on safari with us, which is fab! We are working with an organisation here in Tanzania called Carbon Tanzania to enable this to happen, right here on our doorstep. ‘We generate forest-based carbon credits that enable Tanzania’s indigenous resource-owners to earn revenues from the protection of their natural resources. These…
Francis is one of our newest members of the African Environments team, and boy are we glad he’s with us! Francis was born in a small town on the edge of the Serengeti, so who better than to be guided by someone who knows the area so well! When Francis was at school, his dream was to be a…
We are very honoured to receive the award for ‘Best Tour Operator for Wildlife Filming’ from @tanzaniaparks Elia, our general manager, received the award on Tuesday evening at what was an incredible event at the TANAPA headquarters here in Arusha. Asanteni Sana to @tanzaniaparks and for everyone at African Environments and our stakeholders for making this possible.
OK, so I’m not even going to mention the massive thing that has affected us all over the last couple of years… But what I am going to talk about is what we have been up to during this time and what the situation is in Tanzania right now and where we are at this stage. It’s been such…
