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Mar 14, 2022

Meet the Special Women of the Nyumba Camps

In Tanzania, it’s often challenging for women to find jobs, particularly in industries dominated by men. Safari travel is one such industry. Work in the Serengeti and other parks is…

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Mar 07, 2022

River Crossings vs. Calving Season: What’s the Best Great Migration Event to See on Safari?

How do you choose between frantic masses of wildlife bolting across the Mara River, and cute, wobbly baby wildebeest learning to walk in the southern Serengeti? River crossings and…

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Mar 03, 2022

The Art of Cooperation: 6 Examples of Serengeti Symbiosis

When you’re lonesome, life in the wild can be hard. That’s why so many species pair up, forming unlikely alliances that help both partners survive and thrive. These alliances are…

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silhouette of elephant at sunset in serengeti

Feb 08, 2022

3 Stunning Sundowner Recipes from Safari to You

When daylight edges into dusk, it’s time for a longstanding safari tradition: the sundowner! A sundowner is simply a drink taken at sunset. Usually, it’s alcoholic. The first sundowners were…

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three giraffes feed on acacia tree in serengeti tanzania

Jan 07, 2022

Why Visit Tanzania? 15 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know about the Country

Synonymous with staggering beauty and boundless plains, Tanzania is home to some of the most incredible displays of nature on the planet. Between the Serengeti, Mt. Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar, Tanzania…

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baobab tree in thomson tarangire nyuma camp

Jan 05, 2022

Why the Baobab is Tanzania’s “Tree of Life”

Baobab trees play a huge role in Tanzanian iconography: these behemoths loom over the bush with high, writhing limbs and bulbous, columnal trunks. Boasting over 300 applications by humans and…

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Jan 05, 2022

Wild Horses Can’t be Broken: Zebra Domestication Attempts

They’re closely related to horses, and they already sport a SWEET paint job, so why haven’t we been riding on zebras for the last few hundred years? Has no one…

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