Another chance to head off to the bush! …and this time a real treat, two of my daughters were coming with me! It took us about 3 hours to reach the Natron area – most of it on tracks through the bush so we had our eyes peeled for wildlife, and we weren’t disappointed! Managing to spot a few…
When you live in the shadow of Mt Meru (4,565m or ~15,000ft), one of the most beautiful free-standing volcanoes in Africa, it’s hard to resist the urge to spend another weekend at our African Environments Itikoni Luxury Camp, nestled right at the base. We set off in our open safari car on a drizzly Saturday morning, wrapped up warm…
Predawn starts always seem to herald a great day on safari, so we decided to leave early ….weaving our way along small tracks through the palms and scrub of the coastal plains heading to Saadani National Park. Created relatively recently in 2005 from a former game reserve, it would be the first time we have visited the park –…
With the sudden onset of Covid hitting Tanzania and tourism a mighty blow we make the decision to keep our Serengeti and Arusha Luxury Camps in place with a skeleton staff …of two! …in each to look after them. A couple of months (and several skeleton staff changes!) later we felt we should take a trip out there to…
It’s not very often these days that you get to explore some total wilderness outside of a National Park so we got pretty excited when we heard that Darakuta, a large cattle ranch in the Rift Valley had become a conservation area. Not quite sure what to expect we headed down for the weekend to get a feel for…
It is just SO fantastic to be back out in the Serengeti! No matter how many times you have been there – and for how many years you have been going – you still forget the sense of endless space, what a raw force of nature in the place has. This trip out was a little different; the aim…
African Environments is excited to announce that we are taking bookings for our Serengeti-based, Pembezoni Camp throughout October, November and early December of 2017. Interest in our new walking offering direct from camp has given us a chance to open this to our partners throughout the season. Set just inside the Serengeti National Park Wilderness Area it’s possible for…
From the camp on foot…. Venturing further afield to explore our new walking playground in a mixture of vehicle and foot exploration we keep discovering more fun bits – the fallen tree wedged across a pool making an improvised bridge (don’t fall in!) – the rocks sticking up like knife blades out of the water, the long sandy riverbeds…
Mamba Camp! The baboons were up early making a racket so thought I would join them and wandered out with a cup of tea to mull over once more the placing of the tents. The crew and the veritable mountain of tents, beds, tables, cookers, solar, ect, ect was arriving later in the day so a firm plan was needed!…
Into the Wild We were so excited when we were given permission by National Parks to establish our Pembezoni Luxury camp inside the Wilderness Zone of the Serengeti National Park. Totally wild ground, untouched for more than half a century. We had explored the area by car and on foot during Easter and identified a great spot a little…
