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Nomad in Southern Tanzania
Heading out into the immese vastness of the Nyerere National Park or Ruaha National Park in our custom built safari cars is a thrill best experienced first hand. These areas are some of the largest conserved tracts of land in Africa and it matters hugely to us that you get to see the best of them. In Southern Tanzania we like to get right out there. To creep carefully through paths in the thick riverine bush to emerge - unseen - in magical secluded flood plains. More often than not there are treats in store; vast flocks of great white pelicans fishing in dwindling pools, wallowing families of elephant socialising, prides of lion sleeping off a meal.
Othertimes we float on the river by boat in Nyerere, or let the game come to you in Ruaha. Be it breakfast on a sand bank down river from Sand Rivers Selous or Kiba Point, watching elusive monkey-hunting crowned eagles, and listening to shrill cries of hyraxes as you dangle a hook in the water. Or, sat on your veranda at Kigelia Ruaha watching elephants digging through the sand for water in the dry river bed below your tent. All in all, days in Southern Tanzania aren't about box ticking, or endless driving in search of the next animal. It's a sense of gradual absorption in this corner of the natural world that we'd love you to feel.
Southern Tanzania
Freedom to ‘just be’ in the heart of Africa.
Our early days in Southern Tanzania
Its been a few years now since the first stones for Sand Rivers were laid in the early 90s, and much water has passed in front of the lodge since then, but we like to think that the spirit of Southern Tanzania remains the same.
Richard Bonham, together with Lizzie and Bimb Theobald created what is now today the most iconic camp in Nyerere, Sand Rivers. Richard now runs the incredible Big Life Foundation in Kenya.
It was while leading a portered walking safari through this part of the world in the 80s that Richard stumbled upon this particular bend of the Rufiji River. Straightaway he knew he'd found somewhere special. He'd spent months crossing the whole African continent by river and walked extensively throughout Southern Nyerere, so he had some grounds for confidence in his judgement.
Our founders were a little bit bonkers, and all together hell bent on living a life in the wild. Thankfully our activities are slightly less hair raising than they once were, but their legacy of adventure and really getting out into the wilds of Tanzania lives on, and is at the core of everything we do.
