Chimpanzee Fly-in Safari: Day-by-day

With the feel of a homely country house, Rivertrees is relaxed, welcoming and a haven for birdlife. It's also exceptionally well placed between Arusha and Kilimanjaro Airport, an ideal spot to start or finish a safari. Yet with its lush tropical gardens filled with flame trees, bougainvillea, hibiscus and banana trees, it's so much more than just a stopover.

With views of the lush gardens is the open-sided dining room, a more rustic set-up with exposed brick beneath a thatched roof and an old dhow that now does service as a bar. It's a popular venue for locals as well as guests, attracted at least in part by a pizza oven and barbecue. Tables and chairs are also located on a paved terrace under the trees, which are also the home to several colobus and sykes monkeys.

To stay here is to relax in cool, cottage-style rooms, their red polished concrete floors dotted with traditional grass mats, their four-poster beds draped with mosquito nets, their bathrooms featuring striking concrete baths.

"The accommodations were fine, close to the airport."

M & SfromUSA

Arrived 18 Sep 2024, 2 nights

With a big swimming pool, a wooden deck over the Usa River, and views on a clear day to both Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro, to limit a stay to just one night seems rather a shame. See our full report on Rivertrees Country Inn

Chada Camp is a bush camp occupying a woodland spot on the edge of Chada Plain in the heart of Tanzania's Katavi National Park. It aims to offer guests an authentic safari experience in this remote park 50km east of Lake Tanganyika – and is sometimes known as 'Chada Katavi Camp'.

"Katavi is simply a specular location for viewing wildlife"

Mr A.fromNewton Abbot

Arrived 3 Oct 2022, 3 nights

Chada is a wild camp, aiming to suit those who want a traditional safari experience with good food, comfortable beds, and great guiding. You're immersed in Katavi National Park bush, not insulated from it – and in one of the most remote and wild reserves in East Africa. See our full report on Chada Camp

Greystoke Mahale is a unique, high-end camp that sits on a white-sand beach overlooking Lake Tanganyika's clear waters inside the remote Mahale Mountains National Park. The lodge is named after the legend of Tarzan and much of the experience here revolves around life in the forest, particularly chimpanzee-tracking.

"Simply the very best safari experience we have ever had."

Mr A.fromNewton Abbot

Arrived 6 Oct 2022, 4 nights

Mahale Mountain National Park is one of the most remote and most beautiful parks in Tanzania - if not Africa - and Greystoke Mahale is definitely the best camp in the park. The chimpanzee experience is incredible, the afternoon boat rides relaxing, and the camp itself is beautifully constructed and very well run. The knowledge and personalities of the camp's guides are unbelievable; they add so much to the whole experience. For those who aren't afraid to go off the beaten track, and have the budget to stretch, you won't be disappointed by a trip here. Greystoke Mahale is a very special place. See our full report on Greystoke Mahale