Lamai Serengeti (to read more click here)

Built on one of the most magnificent sites in the northern Serengeti, the Kogakuria Kopje, Lamai overlooks the area’s rolling grasslands – through which the great migration pours from July to October.

The Big Five are regularly spotted on game drives, and leopards and lions often roam the camp (hence the presence of Maasai guards with huge spears).

Sand River Selous (to read more click here)

This stylish but rustic camp has nabbed the most beautiful spot in Africa’s biggest wilderness park, the unheralded Selous.

While oozing history and class, Sand Rivers isn’t over the top – it’s ideal for those who don’t want crowds, but do want big, comfortable rooms open to the breezes and sounds of the wild, along with good food and wine.

Don’t come here if you just want the Big Five, fast; this is true bush life – unspoilt, raw and vast, with a smattering of game to be found. One main perk is the amount of space – it is miles away from any other camps – but this does mean the best game is found on the plains an hour’s drive away.

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Mkombe’s House Lamai, Serengeti National Park

Best for families with young children
The majority of safari camps and lodges are not set up for young children, but this exclusive-use sister property to the eight-room Lamai Serengeti was designed especially for them: there are two fenced-off pools (including one for infants and toddlers), the staff cook to order and game drives are when it suits. Set on a rocky outcrop with classic Serengeti views, the simple thatched-roof construction has two suites with rooms for up to six children leading off them, and the stylish interiors — by Arusha-based Joanna Cooke — integrate local crafts. River crossings of the Mara River (July to October) are nearby.

Entamanu Ngorongoro, Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Best for the Ngorongoro Crater
This Unesco-protected caldera and highland area are home to a dense concentration of game — including the critically endangered black rhino and flamingos on Lake Magadi — and a cluster of safari lodges and camps near its two entry points. Low-impact Entamanu is set slightly apart, but close enough to have astonishing views into the crater bowl and the Serengeti behind (the name means “circle” in the Masai language). The seven tents are furnished in a beautifully simple style that showcases African crafts, and activities include cultural visits and unforgettable Highland walks with a guide, a Masai scout and an armed ranger.

Greystoke Mahale, Mahale Mountains National Park

Best for primate watching
The Mahale Mountains in western Tanzania are famous for their chimps: there are some 800 of them here, around 75 of them habituated. Guests at this spectacular beach lodge on Lake Tanganyika are likely to spot other primate species, too, including red colobus, red-tailed monkeys and vervets. Dhow trips are good for bird watching as well as swimming, well away from the shallow water and encounters with hippos and crocs. The six wood-and-thatch bandas have an upper deck reached by steps carved in an old canoe, and sunset is watched from a bar on the rocks.

Chada Katavi, Katavi National Park

Best for out-there adventure
This six-tent camp is way out west near Lake Tanganyika — guests often have it to themselves. Open from June to end October, it offers a changing wildlife spectacle as the Kakuma River dries up, the plains turn gold, and the remaining pools become increasingly contested by the huge numbers of hippos, while crocs hunker down in riverbank caves. The setup here is beautifully simple and life quickly becomes a mesmerising round of hot bucket showers, bush breakfasts and sundowners around the camp fire. For the full-on experience, opt for a bush walk out onto the vast Chada plain or a night’s fly-camping under the stars.

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Sand Rivers Selous, located high on a rocky peninsula in the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania were some of the first to introduce the idea of fly-camping to the world. Essentially, fly-camping involves sleeping out in the wilderness with minimal facilities. It is the ultimate form of connecting to the African bush and exploring deep into off the beaten track spaces.

This bucket list experience at Sand Rivers Selous typically involves a walking safari during the day, observing large and small animals on foot. A comfortable tent, hot water bucket shower, and delicious meal awaits at the end of the day and your adventure deep into the wilderness. Evenings are best enjoyed around a crackling fire under a blanket of stars listening to the nocturnal calls of the bush. There is nothing quite like it in the world.

FISHING IN THE SELOUS

The red path ribbons through bush that is blushing green at the first rain. We don’t see another vehicle; it’s like we’ve got the land all to ourselves. Originally called the Selous after the English conservationist who inspired novelist Henry Rider Haggard’s Allan Quatermain, Tanzania’s Nyerere National Park was renamed in in a nod to the country’s first president. It is one of the biggest on the continent – more than twice the size of Kruger. We’re on the Rufiji River to catch tiger fish. Africa’s most exciting freshwater species, they run a hard, fast fight. They’ll whip the line so that it whines, breaking the surface then darting beneath the boat. It lurches but the tigers only yield when they tire, and often they don’t. When we can’t get them, we catch enormous catfish with fingernail-pink skin and whiskered heads...

Coming in at number one is Serengeti National Park, in northern Tanzania. The Serengeti shares a border with Kenya's Maasai Mara National Reserve (which we will chat about more when you reach the number 10 spot on this list). Serengeti’s sprawling grasslands make for those classic safari views with flat-topped acacia trees and grazing herds of zebra and antelope. These grazing herds attract large numbers of predators, and the open plains make for a fantastic destination to watch lions and cheetahs in action.

Nomad Tanzania has the beautiful Serengeti Safari Camp which is the perfect location to catch the wildebeest migration.

The Mahale Mountains on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, halfway between the Burundi and Zambian borders, are home to a thriving population of some of the last wild chimpanzees in Africa. The only way in or out of Mahale is by charter flight with the last stretch done by boat. In the entire park, there is not a single road, so your entire experience will be on foot. This is a wholly unique wilderness and a long way off the beaten track. But the lake, the beaches, the extraordinary forest, and of course the chimpanzees all make it a journey well worth undertaking.

''It is immediately obvious that you are in very remote location with no roads nearby and only mountains and chimps for company. Visitors to Greystoke are responsible travellers, who love an adventure, looking to do something off the beaten track and away from crowded safari routes. The air is scented with jasmine, the forest rich, the water of the lake gin-clear and slightly chilled, If I dare put an imprint on this paradise, I had better get it right.”

Tanzania is a bucket list destination for many as it embodies that raw East African safari feel. So, why should you visit Tanzania now? Do you want me to start with the selfish reasons? Yes, let’s start there in case you need convincing. In Ngorongoro Crater with Nomad Tanzania, we were one of 6 or so vehicles in the crater, which is practically unheard of...

The pandemic has stalled tourism across the world. But in Africa the situation is profoundly precarious. When will we be able to go back? And, crucially, what will be the right way to do so? 

Nomad Tanzania has 14 camps in Tanzania; it also runs logistics into remote areas, working with communities that without tourism would have little alternative but to exploit their wildlife negatively. The company is highly socially responsible — the employees are empowered (all but one of the camps are run by Tanzanians) and locals benefit (this includes a finance scheme for guides to own the safari vehicles). One star in its portfolio is Greystoke Mahale on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, where Nomad works closely with the neighbouring Tongwe Trust, an impressive community forest-protection project...

''There’s a company called Nomad Tanzania, which is really making a difference. They have a series of camps in Tanzania and also run logistics. I think they are socially responsible to a very high degree— the employees are empowered; the communities benefit. They’re environmentally intelligent and cutting edge. I would like to think that companies like that will not only survive this, but will also be seen as belonging to the next zeitgeist, which is less about gold taps and more about conscious, connected humanity.''