Tanzania walking safari are usually designed to fit your safari schedule and can be scheduled early in the morning or late evening when tropical temperatures are cooler. Until recently, Tanzania walking safaris were mainly offered in the Selous Game Reserve and Wildlife Management Area and were restricted to some national parks such as Gombe Creek, Mount Mahale, Rubondo Island, Mount Uzungwa, Kitulo, Kilimanjaro and Arusha (Mount Meru), these parks may offer extended hikes. Today, visitors can enjoy safaris on foot in Tarangire National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area including Ndutu, and within some designated locations in the Serengeti hitherto restricted to game drives and balloon safaris only.
Walks are guided and often accompanied by armed rangers. A walking safari is a great way to rest after a game drive and visitors will learn some interesting facts about nature, birds, reptiles, insects and the medicinal uses of local plants that you may not be able to fully appreciate from the seat of your safari vehicle to this knowledge. While walking provides a better feel for the smells and sounds of the African bush, it is certainly an adventurous and thrilling experience, especially when the walk extends into wildlife habitats where encounters with free-roaming animals are the norm, as In Selous, Ngorongoro (including Ndutu) as well as Tarangire Game Park.
Imagine, you walk on the same path as the elephants and other wildlife, you feel the wind through you hair, hear a lion roar in the distance and smell the bush and wildlife. Your senses awaken, as you become part of your environment and the wilderness becomes more real.
While animals will generally ignore you in a vehicle, they see you as another type of animal when you are on foot. Getting up close and personal with wildlife is definitely a rush of excitement. Walking is also a great way to appreciate the smaller wildlife, which can’t be so easily seen from a vehicle.
On foot you can walk intro remote areas and reach places that a safari car can’t. Once on foot, you are not constrained by roads and can go almost anywhere you like. Away from the crowds, off the beaten track. It offers you a freedom incomparable to any game drive safari.
Serengeti Wakanda is a pioneer in setting up walking safaris, particularly in the Serengeti National Park. Only a handful of companies have been granted permission to enter this park on foot. The regulations stipulate that an armed and qualified walking guide from the operating must ac all walks. An armed ranger from the National Park will also join every walk.
We offer a wide range of walking safari options, so you can tailor your walking safari to be exactly what you want and nothing you don’t. These walks are absolutely one of the best and most memorable African experiences on earth!
Wild and Nature Safaris is a Tanzanian-owned safari company created from our love for adventure, nature, and our beautiful country. We are based in East Africa and we offer unforgettable safaris to Tanzania’s top destinations — including the famous Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Mount Kilimanjaro, and the beautiful beaches of Zanzibar.
