Kuro Tarangire is a a little gem, a small, boutique eco camp situated in Tarangire National Park and in a migration corridor for buffalo and areas frequented by elephant herds. Tarangire is also famous for its giant baobab trees and red soil. Drinks around the camp fire are likely to be accompanied by the roar of a lion or the call of an owl.
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Sample Itinerary
On a normal day, your guide will take you on several game drives. This means waiting as elephant families cross the track, slowly weaving along riverbanks looking for lions, watching leopard asleep in giant baobabs, and scanning the great swathes of elephant grass for big herds of buffalo. There’s nothing small about these days.
As a special Nomad treat, you will be able to head out for a night drive after sunset and uncover the night creatures of the park. Often the first sign that something is out there, is a pair of eyes shining in the dark; it could be anything: a porcupine, a zorilla, a hyena loping home. This time too is when you learn how quietly an elephant treads.
A striking quality of the African bush is the soundtrack: a cacophony of trills, hoots, snorts and rumbles; this amplifies when walking quietly through the bush, in the hope of seeing game up close. Here they have special permission to walk in this park, a total privilege for those seeking a greater connection with the wild.
Herds of up to 300 elephants congregate here, whilst migratory wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, impala and eland can also be seen, with the accompanying predators following along behind. The swamps are where you will find over 550 bird species, the most breeding species in one habitat anywhere in the world. It is a birder’s dream with frequent sightings of yellow-collared lovebirds, which can be seen during a game drive alongside the river.
Night drives are richly rewarded with leopard, genet, serval, honey badgers and all sorts of other wonderful things.
There are only six large tents in Kuro spaced to ensure privacy. They are equipped for comfort, with hot bucket showers and enormous beds.
Lit by lanterns and solar lighting the Kuro Tarangire glows gently right in the heart of this phenomenal National Park.
Large and airy bathrooms with ensuite bucket showers inside and outside. Water on demand.
There is also one family unit with a twin and one ensuite bedroom.
The dining is a wonderful experience with wholesome food as it should be on safari. Any type of allergy is of course taken care of.
Trip details
Ecorating: 4.0
Season: All year round
Airport: Arusha airport (ARK)
Length: 4 nights or as long as you wish
Children: Allowed from 8 years old
Included: Activities, full board accommodation, drinks, but exclude park fees and flights – we help you organize this.
Travel ethics: Show respect for the religion and culture.
Visa: Visa to Tanzania
Time zone: GMT + 3
Vaccinations: Vaccinations for Tanzania
Packing: Sunglasses, sun hat, sunscreen, swim suit, bush coloured clothing for trekking in the forest, long sleeves and trousers, good walking shoes.
Local Currency: Tanzanian Shilling
Weather Arusha: Weather
Mobile networks and email: Mobile networks works ok.
Water: Buy bottled water, make sure that the bottles end up in the waste sorting.
Safety: This is considered as a safe place for tourists.
More information at: Travel tips Tanzania
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Since the beginning this camp is part of a group of camps, they have invested in local people and conservation as an integral part of their operation. The tourism industry depends on the preservation of Africa’s wild places, so it makes important sense to look after it.
Opportunities & Recruitment from within:
Central to their core business is the wish to see employees do the best they can for themselves. Many of the top guides started out as waiters or room stewards, and they continued to look for ways of giving everyone opportunities to realise their own ambitions within the company. The camps are especially proud of Emmanuel, the bike messenger, who is now competing at the Tanzanian National Cycling events and doing exceptionally well. His employment with the camps affords him better food which has made a huge difference to his performance. He also gets loads of practice on the job!
Training: The camps have had, possibly the most continuous and rigorous guide training program in Tanzania. Each year, both old and new guides come together to advance their knowledge through a series of modules and practical examination run by experts in the field. This not only includes wildlife skills and bushcraft, but photography, general knowledge and basic hospitality skills to make them amongst the best in the African safari industry. They are truly proud of their guides, and all people working there, and they wouldn’t be what they are without them.
Eco-loos: Many guests are blissfully unaware of the difficulty of obtaining water in certain remote areas of Tanzania. At some of the places, water bowsers must travel 80km each day to fetch enough water just for showers. To reduce the burden on our sensitive habitat, one has chosen to adopt eco-toilets that use a minimum amount of water and environmentally sound digestors while still ensuring comfort to guests.
Home-grown veggies: In the wild Mahale Mountains, there is a 24 hour ferry journey from the nearest town (or a 4 hour flight), where most of the camp food comes from. Through the Nomad Trust, they have set up a community vegetable garden a little closer to home, which now supplies a great proportion of the fresh vegetable used at the camp, and provides a valuable local income.
Getting involved: they don’t operate in a vacuum and as a company, they take a keen interest in what is going on throughout Tanzania and Africa. This camp is actively involved in national organisations that work towards better governance of wildlife and natural resources, and are strong advocates for responsible tourism wherever their voice can be heard.
Supporting worthwhile projects: In addition to the Nomad Trust, they also contribute to various organisations that are doing wonderful work around Tanzania. Most of the furniture in Lamai, for example, was made by a company that has been training former street kids to become professional carpenters.
