Destinations

The status of Tanzania safari parks as a primary destination for wildlife explorers has been reflected in the expeditions of The National Geographic, The Discovery, and The Animal Planet. Indeed, Northern Tanzanian parks are fantastic - Serengeti offers unique lion safaris and The Great Migration, Tarangire is famous for its fascinating elephant safaris, and Ngorongoro enjoys the reputation of a place with the highest density of wild animals, Lake Manyara with its flocks of pink flamingos and Mahali and Gombe parks with the largest population of chimpanzees are also must-have pieces to the collection of any avid traveler. Together with many other protected areas along our country, undoubtedly Tanzania is the best place for completing your full African wildlife safaris list.

Chief's Tours is always ready to turn your African dreams into reality. The fusion of technology and traditions of Tanzanian hospitality enables us to suit the fancies of everyone interested in Tanzania. As our tours are fully customizable, our safari company is committed to bringing the best safari experiences to the explorers of Tanzania.

Before you decide to spend your unforgettable memory in a Tanzanian wildlife paradise, let Chief’s Tours give you a brief of Tanzanian major National Parks & Reserves with their main features and activities to enjoy.

PLEASE FIND DETAILED INFORMATION OF THESE FOLLOWING NATIONAL PARKS AND SITES:

NPs/Reserves	Main features	Suitable activities
Arusha NP	Mt. Meru, lakes & crater, zebras, giraffes, elephants, etc.	Trekking, canoe & vehicle safari, walking, cultural activities, etc.
Gombe Stream NP	Lakeshore, forest, chimpanzees, etc.	Chimp tracking
Katavi NP	Flood plains, lakes & woodland, buffaloes, hippos, antelope, etc.	Vehicle and walking safari
Kilimanjaro NP	Mt. Kilimanjaro	Trekking, cultural activities on lower slopes
Kitulo NP	Highland plateau: wildflowers & wilderness	Hiking
Lake Manyara NP	Lake Myanara: hippos, water birds, elephants, etc.	Vehicle safari, walking, cycling, night drives & cultural activities, etc.
Mahale mountain NP	Remote lakeshore & mountains, chimpanzees	Chimp tracking
Mikumi NP	Mtaka flood plains, lions, buffaloes, giraffes, elephants, etc.	Vehicle safari, short walks
Mkomazi NP	Semi-arid savannah, black rhinos, wild dogs, birds, etc.	Vehicle safari, short walks
Ngorongoro Conservation Area	Ngorongoro crater: black rhinos, lions, elephants, zebras, flamingos, etc.	Vehicle safari, hiking
Ruaha NP	Ruaha River, sand rivers, elephants, hippos, kudus, antelope, birds, etc.	Vehicle & walking safari
Rubondo Island NP	Lake Victoria, bird life, sitatungas, chimps, etc.	Short walks, boating, fishing
Saadani NP	Wami River, beach, birds, hippos, crocodiles, elephants,	Vehicle safaris, short boat trips, short walks
Selous Game Reserve	Rufiji river, lakes, woodland, elephants, hippos, wild dogs, black rhinos, bird, etc.	Boat sailing, walking & vehicle safari
Serengeti NP	Plains & grasslands, Grumeti River, wildebeest, zebras, lions, cheetahs, giraffes, etc.	Vehicle safari, walking, ballooning, cultural activities in border areas
Tarangire NP	Tarangire River, woodland, baobab trees, elephants, zebras, wildebeest, birds, etc.	Vehicle safari, walks, night drives & cultural activities in border areas
Udzungwa Mountain NP	Udzungwa Mountain forest: primates, birds, ect.	Hiking

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Testimonials

Successful and Amazing Kilimanjaro Trip!

We used Chief's Tours to book our Kilimanjaro trip. It was the most AWESOME and AMAZING experience ever!. What a trip!

Adidas and wife Upendo were so good, polite and accommodating. After our experience they arranged us to stay at the Selig Hotel which is only a few minutes from Chief's Tours; transportation to and from the hotel, including the airport. The day we got off the plane we started our hike in the afternoon.

We summited on New Year's day in 2018. We took the Machame route which took us 5 days to reach the top, and a day and a half to reach to the bottom. The guides, Mohammad and Freddy were so so awesome. I truly miss those guys, also need to mention the waiter and cook and the porters. The guides ensured our safety and success to reach the summit and descent. I'm not that fast of a hiker, but they were understanding and set the pace for the climb.

They not only gave us plenty of food for every meal but also brought a lot of snacks, energy bars, and candy, etc. Also after our climb, Chief's Tours arranged us for the Chagga Culture and Coffee, and waterfall tours that are also excellent!

Thank Chief's Tours for everything!

FreddricFrance

Definitely book with Chiefs Tours!

Our group of 9 friends had been planning to climb Kilimanjaro for a year. We did a lot of research in terms of tour companies and prices. We found Chiefs Tours to be very competitive and decided to book a 7-day Lemosho route trip with them. This was due to the success rate of this route and because it is one of the most scenics.

Adidas from the first contact was most helpful, nothing was too much trouble. Everything was jointly planned and agreed. From the moment we stepped off the plane at Kilimanjaro (at 1:15 in the morning!) to the moment we stepped back on it, Adidas and his team were on hand to guide us all the way.

Every part of our trip was taken care of from a pre-hike 1-day safari to accommodation before and after the hike to even getting his driver to take us to a restaurant for a post-hike meal!

Adidas employs a professional team who ensure you have an enjoyable, comfortable trek (well, as comfortable as a hike up Kili can be). If it was not for the support of his staff, some members of our group would not have made it to the peak. We were so happy with Chiefs Tours that another group of our friends will be doing the hike next year. Thanks you Adidas and team for a trip of a life time and Hakuna Matata!

PaulEngland

An ethically credible company, with the friendliest and best staff!

My sister and I summitted Kilimanjaro thanks to Adidas and all of the Chiefs Tours crew. We had the trip of a lifetime! We both arrived from different countries on different days and Adidas made sure that the logistics were all taken care of and our arrivals and transfers were seamless.

As for Kilimanjaro, we couldn't have been happier with the experience and the team that we had. We took the Lemosho Route and summited a day early, reducing the climb from 7 days to 6, as we did not suffer from altitude sickness and were ready to go a day ahead of schedule. We organized a day trip to Arusha Hot Springs through Chiefs Tours for the extra day then returned to Moshi, all were so lovely.

I would definitely recommend Chiefs Tours to anyone considering Kilimanjaro, our guides (Msafiri and Heaven) and our entire team (particularly Juma) were amazing. They made sure all of our needs and interests were met at every step of the way, with massive smiles! Also, we really noted and liked that they all were wearing appropriate and proper gear and equipment for the climb which many other porters were not.

Adidas is running an ethically credible company, with the friendliest and best staff. Asante sana!

OleksandrKiev, Ukraine

Fantastic country! Amazing people! Perfect trip!

Thanks to Adidas and Chief's Tours, we successfully summit-ted via 6 day Machame route. Chief’s Tours offer a service that is almost identical/dare I say better than that of the larger tour providers which are almost twice the cost.

Food rations were enormous and thanks to our cook were also surprisingly tasty even though we were on a mountain! All of the necessary equipment that we did not possess we provided to us free of charge such as sleeping bags/mats etc.

Our guides were very fun and knowledgeable and had ascended the mountain almost 400 times between them – our lead guide Muhammad boasted one of the highest summit success rates for clients of any guide on the mountain. We were first to reach camp each day so had a lot of time to rest and explore the area.

Following our ascent of Kilimanjaro, we had another few days remaining before we left Tanzania. On a few hours notice, Adidas planned a 2-day safari which ended up being one of the highlights of our trip. As we had booked our trek with Chief's Tours Adidas organized our safari at a ridiculously cheap price (zero profit margin to Chief's Tours) where we visited Tarangire NP and Ngorogoro Crater.

We also visited Kikuwelta Hotsprings which is one of the best swimming spots I have ever been. It is near Moshi but is very difficult to find!

On the last day of the safari (the day before we were due to fly home) I left my main rucksack in the lodge we had stayed in. This was a 4-hour drive from Moshi where we stayed before flying home. Remarkably Adidas was able to return my bag the following day before we departed Tanzania!

As students with smaller budgets, Adidas provided us with great service for a very affordable price. He met with us throughout our time in Tanzania sharing some great stories and laughs while he organized our entire trip.

Can’t recommend Chief’s Tours more strongly!!!

ChristianOslo, Norway

If you go with anyone else, you’re doing it wrong!

My wife and I, along with 8 friends, recently spent two weeks seeing Tanzania with Chief’s Tours. Adidas was there to greet us at 10:00 PM on a Saturday night when we got off the plane, and only stepped up the service from there. He arranged for a driver to pick us up the next morning and take us to relax with plenty of drinks and our own cook at some local hot springs, then gave us a thorough briefing and gear check before setting off the next day to climb Kilimanjaro on an 8-day trek of the Lemosho route.

The climb could not have been smoother. Our guides (Emmanuel, Emanuel 2, Mohammed, and Niklaus) were experienced, knowledgeable, and a pleasure to spend our eight days with. The staff of cooks and porters were equally professional. They took special care of my wife and me who have very specific dietary restrictions. Actually, they were much more accommodating of our diets than Delta/KLM was, and the food was outstanding! Ask Mateo to make you his lentil “Amaze-balls” (my term, not his). There was never a point on this trip where I felt the least bit hungry or unsatisfied. When it came time for our summit day, our lead guide, Emmanuel Washington, really put his 189 summits worth of experience on Kilimanjaro to good use. He told us exactly when to wake up, when we would get started, and how long our group would take it to make it to the rim at Stella Point by sunrise. He absolutely nailed it! We hit Stella Point just as the first rays of light hit the horizon and were rewarded with the most amazing sunrise I’ve ever seen. Emmanuel then took a camera from one of our group members and ran around (at 19,000 ft remember) taking photos of everyone in the group making their way along the rim the rest of the way to the summit!

Our guides were also accommodating when a couple other members of the group and I wanted to take a couple side trips along the way and climb Shira Cathedral and Lava Tower. They went above and beyond the whole time.

Following the climb, we went on a four-day safari. This was initially an issue because we needed to do laundry following our climb in order to have clothes for the safari and our hotel wasn’t going to be able to get it done in time. Another group member emailed Adidas hoping he’d know of a laundromat where we could take our clothes that evening. Instead, one of his employees came to our hotel within 30 minutes to get all of our laundries. It was dry cleaned and delivered to us at our first safari stop over five hours away the next morning!

The safari itself was incredible. Our driver, Arnold, knew right where to take us to see all of the animals. We had incredibly close encounters with elephants, lions, hippos, warthogs, giraffes, etc. He even got us within just a few feet of a pride of lions feeding on a wildebeest! Accommodations on the safari were the first-rate, especially considering that we went with the mid-tier option. I don’t know what’s included when you option up from mid-tier, but it would have to be pretty impressive to beat our experience.

We had a day in Moshi after our safari was over and figured we would just walk around and shop a bit. We went to breakfast and were then pleasantly surprised to see our mountain guide Emanuel waiting to greet us in the hotel lobby. He had come to walk with us around Moshi and make sure we made it to all of the best places. He even walked us to a small village of artists hidden within a park in the middle of the city where my wife and I got our favorite new painting. We would never have found that place on our own. Adidas then arrived to see us off to the airport in plenty of time for our flight back to the US.

Like I said before, if you’re going to Tanzania and not booking your activities through Chief’s Tours, you’re doing it wrong.

Daniel S.USA

Destinations

Before you decide to spend your unforgettable memory in a Tanzanian wildlife paradise, let Chief’s Tours give you a brief of Tanzanian major National Parks & Reserves with their main features and activities to enjoy.

PLEASE FIND DETAILED INFORMATION OF THESE FOLLOWING NATIONAL PARKS AND SITES:

NPs/Reserves

Main features

Suitable activities

Arusha NP

Mt. Meru, lakes & crater, zebras, giraffes, elephants, etc.

Trekking, canoe & vehicle safari, walking, cultural activities, etc.

Gombe Stream NP

Lakeshore, forest, chimpanzees, etc.

Chimp tracking

Katavi NP

Flood plains, lakes & woodland, buffaloes, hippos, antelope, etc.

Vehicle and walking safari

Kilimanjaro NP

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Trekking, cultural activities on lower slopes

Kitulo NP

Highland plateau: wildflowers & wilderness

Hiking

Lake Manyara NP

Lake Myanara: hippos, water birds, elephants, etc.

Vehicle safari, walking, cycling, night drives & cultural activities, etc.

Mahale mountain NP

Remote lakeshore & mountains, chimpanzees

Chimp tracking

Mikumi NP

Mtaka flood plains, lions, buffaloes, giraffes, elephants, etc.

Vehicle safari, short walks

Mkomazi NP

Semi-arid savannah, black rhinos, wild dogs, birds, etc.

Vehicle safari, short walks

Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Ngorongoro crater: black rhinos, lions, elephants, zebras, flamingos, etc.

Vehicle safari, hiking

Ruaha NP

Ruaha River, sand rivers, elephants, hippos, kudus, antelope, birds, etc.

Vehicle & walking safari

Rubondo Island NP

Lake Victoria, bird life, sitatungas, chimps, etc.

Short walks, boating, fishing

Saadani NP

Wami River, beach, birds, hippos, crocodiles, elephants,

Vehicle safaris, short boat trips, short walks

Selous Game Reserve

Rufiji river, lakes, woodland, elephants, hippos, wild dogs, black rhinos, bird, etc.

Boat sailing, walking & vehicle safari

Serengeti NP

Plains & grasslands, Grumeti River, wildebeest, zebras, lions, cheetahs, giraffes, etc.

Vehicle safari, walking, ballooning, cultural activities in border areas

Tarangire NP

Tarangire River, woodland, baobab trees, elephants, zebras, wildebeest, birds, etc.

Vehicle safari, walks, night drives & cultural activities in border areas

Udzungwa Mountain NP

Udzungwa Mountain forest: primates, birds, ect.

Hiking