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Magical! Serene! Stunning! These are some of the words our guests use to describe the experience of soaring over the Serengeti ...

Andrew with Mwiko Primary School students in Rwanda From a young age, I was obsessed with wildlife and the natural world. I’d ...

Happy New Year from all of us at Thomson Safaris! 2011 was a milestone year at Thomson, marking our 30th anniversary of safari ...

Tanzanians are proudly celebrating 50 years of independence today. After several decades, Tanganyika gained its independence fr...

Focus on Tanzanian Communities (FOTZC), our non-profit arm specializing in community-based projects, recently completed the con...

Over the past decade, lion expert and conservationist, Dr. Laly Lichtenfeld, has researched declining lion populations througho...

Our guest, Alexandre Birguer, was lucky to be in the right place at the right time for this rare, close-range sighting of Tanza...

Our new catalog for the 2012-2013 season is hot off the presses! Call us for your copy today!

In honor of Freddie Mercury’s 65th birthday, today’s Google doodle has pulled out all the stops with an animated tribute to the...

Professional photographer and trip leader, Randy Hanna, witnessed a great showing of the wildebeest migration crossing the Mar...

Like many first time travelers, I was initially drawn to Tanzania because of its phenomenal wildlife populations. You often he...

Thomson guides are leaders, experts, naturalists, researchers, and more. Born and bred in Tanzania, there are no better ambassa...

3-day old gorilla twins, photographed by Thomson Safaris guests, Deborah, Stephen and Rebekah. On May 27th, a mountain gorilla ...

Andy Biggs, our professional photography trip leader, is making the rounds! He was back in New York City this morning for a fea...

Our 30th year in Tanzania was officially kicked off at a gala event and silent art auction last week. With over 300 Thomson Saf...

Each spring, Rick and Judi treat four members of our Arusha, Tanzania staff to an all-expense paid, two-week trip to the United...

Have you seen Disneynature’s African Cats yet?  Keith Scholey and Alastair Fothergill, director of the remarkable documentary E...

He’s baaack! Our favorite 15-time past guest and hula hooping aficionado, Michael Ellis, graces the pages of our blog once agai...

Professional photographer, Andy Biggs, just returned from leading two back-to-back Photography Safaris  in Tanzania. He searche...

With his signature smile, bountifulknowledge, patience and masterful leadership, head guide Willie Kissanga, has led thousands ...