Walking Safari
A walking safari is normally designed to fit into your
safari schedule, and can be scheduled early in the morning or late afternoon
when tropical temperatures are cool. Until recently walking safaris were
offered mainly in the Selous Game Reserve and Wildlife Management Areas and
restricted to a few National Parks like Gombe Stream, Mahale Mountains, Rubondo
Island, Udzungwa Mountains, Kitulo, Mt Kilimanjaro and Arusha (Mt Meru) which
may be extended into trekking. Today visitors can enjoy safaris on foot in Tarangire National Park, the Ngorongoro
Conservation Area including Ndutu, and within some designated locations in the
Serengeti hitherto restricted to game drives and balloon safaris only.
The walks are guided and normally accompanied by an armed
ranger. A walking safari is an excellent break from game drives, where visitors
will learn some fascinating facts about nature, birds, reptiles, insects and
medicinal uses of local plants, which you may not fully appreciate from the
seat of your safari car. While the scents and sounds of the African bush are
better sensed on foot, it is without doubt an adventure and a thrilling
experience especially when the walk extends into wildlife habitats where
encounters with freely roaming animals are the norm like in the Selous,
Ngorongoro including Ndutu and Tarangire game parks.