Wilderness,
masterfully curated.

Private safaris, hand-planned in Tanzania.

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Karibu.

We are a Tanzanian, locally-owned company from the foothills of Mount Meru, planning private safaris across the Northern Circuit by hand, one route at a time. Each journey is a bridge between your expectations and nature itself, on nature’s own terms, and we stay reachable from the first email to the last morning in the bush.

Our Arusha team

Karibu sana

Locally owned,
sustainably crafted.

Africa Wild by Nature Safaris is a Tanzanian company, based in Arusha at the foothills of Mount Meru. We design private safaris around the way you actually want to travel.

Our focus is sustainable, eco-friendly tourism that protects the ecosystems we work in while delivering wildlife experiences in harmony with nature.

Every itinerary is private. Every detail is intentional. Every shilling spent here helps the communities and conservancies we call home.

From our Arusha team

Where you can go

Six landscapes, one Tanzania.

From Mount Meru’s foothills through the Rift Valley wall and out across the endless plains.

  1. 01 Mount Meru rising above the plains at Arusha Arusha The GatewayKaribu sana. Every safari begins with a warm welcome from our team in the foothills of Mount Meru.
  2. 02 A hippo mirrored in the still waters of Lake Manyara Lake Manyara The LakeThe Rift Valley wall, tree-climbing lions, and flamingo pink set against soda-water blue.
  3. 03 Elephants gathered to drink at a Tarangire river Tarangire The Baobab CountryThe park of two giants, baobabs and elephants, and the one most safaris quietly skip.
  4. 04 The Ngorongoro crater floor beneath its towering wall Ngorongoro Crater The CalderaDescend into a 260 km² volcanic caldera, the densest concentration of big game in Africa.
  5. 05 A cheetah scanning the Seronera plains from a fallen tree Central Serengeti The HeartlandSeronera Valley, the resident wildlife heart of the park. Lions, leopards, and cheetahs on a single afternoon drive.
  6. 06 Migration herds scattered across the endless Serengeti Serengeti The Endless PlainFollow the Migration to the Mara River. Crossings, predators, and the endless plain.

Curated discoveries

Optional adventures, woven into your safari.

Add a sunrise balloon flight, a walking safari, or a cultural visit, small details that turn a great trip into the trip.

Where you’ll stay

Three tiers, from canvas to crater rim.

Compare the tiers
A lantern-lit canvas tent at Serengeti Pioneer Camp at dusk

Tier one

Under Canvas Camps

Canvas, lantern-light, the herd moving outside.

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A stone farm cottage at Gibbs Farm surrounded by highland gardens

Tier two

Boutique lodges & camps

Stone cottages, garden coffee, highland mornings.

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The stilted banana-leaf suites of Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

Tier three

Ultra-luxury wilderness

The crater rim from your bed. Grand hotels and boutique lodges combined.

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Through the lens

Wild Tanzania, as we see it.

Migration herds spread across the open plains
Endless plainsNdutu · February
A male lion at rest on the open savannah
Wild encountersCentral Serengeti · June
A hot-air balloon drifting over the savannah at sunrise
Above the savannahSeronera · Sunrise
Sunset burning gold over a Rift Valley lake
Golden hourRift Valley · September
The Ngorongoro Crater seen from its forested rim
Crater’s edgeNgorongoro · Dry season
Wildebeest crossing the Mara River on the migration
The great migrationKogatende · August
Wildebeest gathered beneath a lone acacia
Acacia countryTarangire · June
Elephants at a bend in the river
River’s bendMara River · Wet season
Zebra in the morning mist
Dawn lightSerengeti · First light
A coalition of lions on the track at dawn
Into the wildNorthern Circuit · Any season
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From our travellers

By the fourth morning we had stopped counting lions, which is a sentence I did not expect to write.

Dana and Marcus Whitfield

Bend, Oregon · Feb 2025

We had done Kenya twice and thought we knew this. The north of the Serengeti is a different animal.

Priya and Sam Raghavan

Ann Arbor, Michigan · Sep 2025

Nine of us, aged six to eighty-one, in one vehicle for ten days, and it worked.

The Okonkwo family

Silver Spring, Maryland · Jul 2025

We put this off for forty years for reasons that all seem thin now.

Hal and Junie Pomeroy

Chattanooga, Tennessee · Jun 2025

Four-fifteen in the morning, in the dark, in the cold, and yes, it was worth it.

Greg and Steph Lindqvist

Boise, Idaho · Mar 2025

All travellers’ stories

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Wild moments, shaped around you.

Tell us your pace, your people, your dreams. We shape the rest.

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