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Combine Katavi's wild floodplains with Mahale's chimpanzees by light aircraft — Tanzania's ultimate remote-wilderness fly-in circuit.
Tanzania’s far west holds two of Africa’s greatest wilderness experiences — Katavi’s staggering dry-season game concentrations and Mahale’s wild chimpanzees on Lake Tanganyika — but both are deeply remote. A western fly-in safari links them by light aircraft into one extraordinary, exclusive circuit for the seasoned traveller.
You’ll go from thousand-strong buffalo herds and crowded hippo pools on Katavi’s floodplains to sitting among chimps in Mahale’s lakeshore forest, with white-sand beaches to finish. It’s about as wild and far from the crowds as African travel gets.
Light aircraft to the remote western floodplains.
Buffalo herds, hippo pools, and walking safaris.
A scenic flight to Lake Tanganyika.
Trek to wild chimps, then relax on the lakeshore.
The most remote and exclusive safari in Tanzania — and priced accordingly. It rewards experienced travellers who've done the classic circuits and crave genuine wilderness and chimps. Logistics are involved and weather can shift bush flights, so build in a little buffer. For the right traveller, it's the trip of a lifetime.
These are the destinations we most often pair with Western Tanzania Fly-In Safari, based on route flow, season, and how the wider itinerary fits together.
Tanzania's second-largest park and home to roughly a tenth of the world's lions — baobab hills, the Great Ruaha River, and almost...
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Tanzania's third-largest park and arguably its most remote — vast floodplains, enormous buffalo herds, and dry-season rivers crowded with hippo and crocodile.
Plan This Stop →Forested peaks rising straight from the white-sand shore of Lake Tanganyika — home to one of the largest protected populations of wild...
Plan This Stop →Tanzania's smallest park, but among its most storied — the forested lakeshore where Jane Goodall changed how the world understands chimpanzees.
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