Most old Africa hands hold Tanzania in a special place, close to the heart. Its people are gracious, its wildlife plentiful (to put it lightly), and its landscapes awe-striking—from its deep lakes to its 19,000-foot apex at Kilimanjaro, from the rolling plains of the Serengeti (a “warm ocean of life,” Beryl Markham called it) to some of the least-visited and most enchanting parks in Africa.

 

Travel in Tanzania, especially to its remotest areas, demands the kind of astute planning we relish. Private mobile safaris make great sense here, and ours take us in comfort, safety, and unassuming luxury far into the back of Tanzania’s beyond, allowing us to explore seldom-seen landscapes and visit untrammeled tribal cultures on foot, horseback, or even camelback, as well as in open Land Rovers, boats, helicopters, light aircraft, and hot-air balloons. We also visit small private lodges tucked away from guidebook notice. In short, we are eager to provide private travelers with a personalized, expertly guided, classic experience of this heart-stirring country.

 

Two more Tanzanian temptations: an idyll on the beaches of the Indian Ocean coast (with a visit to the island of Zanzibar, perhaps); and a private, magnificently guided and supported nontechnical climb of Kilimanjaro, far off the normal tourist route, from the tropics to the arctic, to the top of a continent.