African Big Cats Safaris
Our Arusha based tour operator African Big Safaris offers tours in Tanzania and has distinguished itself from the crowd through excellent service and innovative itineraries.
Whether it is fantastic game viewing on a budget camping trip or luxury lodge safari in Tanzania, or mountain trekking, excursions, a honeymoon beach holiday in Zanzibar and cultural activities, well experienced, closely-knit team of professionals will help you make your African dream true and will do their utmost to guarantee your satisfaction.
All our guides have done wildife safaris for over 10 years and conduct each safari with optimum care to provide our customers with a truly memorable experience. We introduce you to our beautiful country, its culture, its friendly people as well as the stunning wildlife.
Our fleet of 4×4 safari vehicles have roof hatches and individual window seats provided for each client. Our staff is here to answer any questions and provide you with information 24/7. We are looking forward to show you our aweinspiring Tanzania.
Hermanus Whale Cruises
A warm welcome to Hermanus Whale Cruises who offer you a "tail" you can tell others, and an incredible, up close experience of 2 hours boat-based whale watching in Hermanus on South Africa’s whale coast.
We have been operating in the Walker Bay area since the first permits for boat based whale watching were granted in 1998. All our skippers and guides are registered tour guides and come from the local community of Hawston just outside of Hermanus. Their combined experience enables us to provide you with a vast amount of local information, especially within the boat based whale watching area.
Our Tours
Our boat based whale watching company is based in the new harbour of Hermanus on the Cape south coast, a 90-minute drive from Cape Town. We can take up to 87 passengers including 5 crew members on board. There is an open top viewing deck that seats 28 passengers, while the front viewing deck seats 7. Our "Whale Cruiser" is wheelchair-friendly! We serve snacks, mineral water and soft drinks during the trip. Our seasonal operating period is from June to December.
Southern Right Whales are migratory mammals. They spend one season in one place and the rest of the year in another, and travel long distances in between these seasons. In summer (December through May), they are in the cold polar regions of the Southern Hemisphere where food (mainly krill) is present and plentiful. Winters (June through November) are spent around the shallow coastal waters of Southern Africa, South America and Australia. The shallow, sandy-bottomed and sheltered bays of our coastline are perfect for mating, calving, nursing their young and resting.
From January to May and four time s a day (weather permitting), we also offer one to two hours long eco-tours, a sight-seeing experience where you can interact with dolphins, seals, clawless otters and a variety of sea birds.
If you would like to explore South Africa’s diverse culture on land, join us for a cultural tours where you meet the local people and learn more of their history, culture and environment. We will also visit several historic fishing villages and Moravian mission stations, and gladly arrange a township tour.
Sentinel Mara Camp
Enjoy authentic Out of Africa safari elegance close to nature at the luxury, owner-run and eco-friendly Sentinel Mara Camp & Safaris, which is tucked away in a riverine forest within the Big 5 Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
Our Accommodation
Apart from the safari lounge, fine dining tents, gourmet bush picnics, 3 lounge tents where Wi-Fi as well as charging facilities are available, and game viewing or Maasai cultural activities, this gorgeous boutique camp offers excellent privacy with 8 spacious en-suite safari tents facing the Mara River as well as 2 forest facing tents. Each tent is tastefully furnished with campaign furniture to capture the romance and adventure of a bygone era.
This excellent safari camp is situated in the prime Musiara Marsh area of the Masai Mara National Reserve, renowned for its outstanding game viewing. It is here where both the BBC "Big Cat Diaries" and Disney's "African Cats" were filmed. You are assured of an excellent game viewing experience. During the annual migration, various crossing points are easily accessible from Sentinel.
The camp itself is set up along the Mara River with wonderful bird life and the private and natural setting ensures that you have a most enjoyable, authentic experience of the African bush. Being on high banks above the river means that there are always hippos and crocodiles in the river below to be seen with other animals coming to drink, or crossing the river at times.
Our Activities
In addition to time spent relaxing at the camp with the river and wildlife seen from this amazing location, there are a number of activities for you to enjoy. Our bespoke approach to safari hospitality means that each group enjoys a personalized and flexible experience to match their particular preferences while at our camp.
Daily game drives can be complimented by guided bush walks in a nearby area with our naturalist, or a bird walk in the forest around our precincts. We offer a longer walk on the escarpment with amazing vistas of the savannah plains.
You can also visit a Masai village for an opportunity to see their lifestyle and learn about their customs and culture. A balloon safari with champagne breakfast is another option. Our passionate and well qualified guides are always ready to engage in conversation ranging from history and current affairs to culture and conservation in a way that is entertaining and educational. They have a whole range of stories to tell you!
Tongole Wilderness Lodge
Tongole Wilderness Lodge is situated in the heart of Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve and offers spacious, luxurious suites for discerning travellers. All rooms feature a shower and a large hand-built sunken bath which can double as a plunge-pool with a view during the day.
The reserve is home to a vast array of bird species and mammals such as elephants, lions, hippos and monkeys.
About Our Lodge
Tongole Wilderness Lodge is an exciting new eco-tourism venture deep within the pristine woodlands of the Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve. Our vision was to create a stunning luxury wilderness lodge with first-class accommodation, food, service and safari activities that will delight our guests. The long-term aim is to benefit the local communities and the conservation of the abundant wildlife through sustainable tourism. The lodge has created significant training and employment opportunities in a deprived part of the country and with it has brought hope and pride in the area.
Built with a vision of sustainability, the luxury safari lodge is fully eco-friendly. Both electricity and hot water are produced by solar energy.
At Tongole we pride ourselves on our friendly and personal service. Our professional team include trained chefs, knowledgeable safari guides and experienced game scouts. You’ll be greeted with a smile and every request will be enthusiastically attended to.
World Unite! Kenya
Join World Unite! for volunteering or an internship in nature and wildlife conservation in Kenya. Work with rangers in the sanctuaries Lumo and Taita Hills, both bordering the Tsavo National Park without a fence. Accompany the rangers on daily safari drives and bush walks to register animal sightings and carry out maintenance work in the reserve. Also get involved in the ranger’s environmental education of pupils in 4 surrounding villages.
World Unite! is an organization that provides Intercultural Exchange and Global Learning opportunities. Since 2007, we have been organising Internships, Volunteering Assignments, Active Travel and Cultural Experiences in various countries. Many programs are available online and you can join remotely without travelling!
Personalised connections make us who we are! Many of our our former participants are still in touch with us, with their volunteering/internship project and with other participants, even after many years of their first travel with World Unite! Many participants have chosen World Unite! several times to travel to various countries.
World Unite! South Africa
In Cape Town and its surrounding areas you can teach, intern or volunteer in the field of social work, support an inner-city nature reserve, do a hotel internship, help at an animal shelter, complete a healthcare internship (elective placement) or psychology internship.
If you want to get involved in environmental and wildlife conservation and protection, we also arrange volunteer work with rangers in South Africa, for penguins and other seabirds, vervet monkeys and other animals. For ethical reasons, however, we do not work with any projects that keep large African wildlife in captivity.
World Unite! is an organization that provides intercultural exchange and global learning opportunities. Since 2007, we have been organising internships, volunteering assignments, active travel and cultural experiences in various countries.
You can also combine our programs in South Africa with our programs in Tanzania and Zanzibar. Our support team is happy to assist you planning your time as a volunteer or intern in Africa!
World Unite! Tanzania
World Unite! is one of the organisations that is active for the longest time and that is most established as a provider of volunteering and internship support services in Tanzania. Our head office is in Moshi at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro. Our programs in the Kilimanjaro region include healthcare internships (including elective placements), volunteering and internships in teaching in kindergartens, community centers, schools and special education, in social work, women's empowerment and capacity building, law internships, veterinary internships, and others.
In Mweka we run our own year-round Mother Nature environmental and climate protection camp on the grounds of a tree nursery. Under expert guidance, you can participate as a volunteer in reforestation work and in the promotion of indigenous seeds, energy-efficient cooking, and innovative concepts such as aquaponics. Another focus of the program is community work and immersion into the local Chagga village community, which is a unique cultural experience!
Other locations in Tanzania where we arrange various internships (e.g. media internships, medical internships, architecture internships) are Dar es Salaam and Mwanza.
You can also combine our programs in Tanzania with our programs in Zanzibar and South Africa. Our support team is happy to assist you planning your time as a volunteer or intern in Africa!
