Wildlife Archives - African Environments

Kope Lion: Protecting Lions & Supporting Communities in Ngorongoro

March 27, 2025

For over 2,000 years, the Maasai and other pastoralist communities in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area have shared their land with lions. However, habitat loss, climate change, and increasing human-wildlife conflict threaten both the traditional way of life and the survival of these iconic big cats. 🦁 Restoring Balance Between People & LionsKope Lion works to re-establish lion corridors between the Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti, helping…

Baboon fight or Leopard?

November 12, 2024

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| Adventure, Arusha National Park, Camping, Tanzania, Walking

Whilst on a walk in the montane forest of Mount Meru last week a group of guest heard an awful din from up ahead. There was clearly some drama going on! The guide and the ranger had a discussion with the group – the noise was from a number of baboons up ahead – and they were clearly very…

Teeming wildlife in the Serengeti

November 12, 2024

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| Adventure, Camping, Serengeti, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Walking

One of life’s great unknowns …. When will the rains arrive in the Serengeti!!!! If you talk to the old time farmers, they will tell you that you could set your watch by the arrival of the rains, but now climate change or whatever it is now, is totally up in the air and almost impossible to predict. Well…

‘Our epic time’

July 8, 2024

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Thanks to Nancy and her group for sending us such detailed feedback; After our 10 Day Walking Safari with African Environments we could highlight so many extraordinary moments and experiences: ⭐ the wildlife – unforgettable and moving ⭐ the landscape – stunning beauty ⭐ the camps – seemingly effortless style and comfort – sigh!! ⭐ the cuisine – so much food and so…

Exploring new lands just never get’s old!

March 7, 2018

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| Adventure, Camping, Tanzania, Uncategorized, Walking

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…

An Exciting New Serengeti Camp Location for African Environments – Part 1

June 28, 2017

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| Adventure, Camping, Serengeti, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Walking

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…

African Environments joins forces in Serengeti De-snaring Project

May 30, 2017

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| Anti-poaching, Collaborations, Sponsorship, Tanzania

African Environments is pleased to announce its involvement in a new anti-poaching initiative in conjunction with Tanzania National Parks and Frankfurt Zoological Society within the Serengeti National Park. For every client staying in our Pembezoni Camp African Environments will donate to the Serengeti De-snaring Program. Stakeholder funds have already set up two teams, made up of armed TANAPA Rangers,…

A weekend walking trip to Arusha National Park

March 8, 2016

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| Adventure, Arusha National Park, Kilimanjaro, Killi, Tanzania, Walking

Such a treat Arusha National Park is! With it so close to town I had almost forgotten what a gem it is. We have Kim – a friend from the film industry in the USA – staying and haven’t been to our Itikoni Camp for a while so thought we would go and spend the weekend up there. Saturday…