Kuro Tarangire

Kuro has a total of 7 en suite safari-style lodge rooms, including a family unit featuring 2 full-sized en suite bedrooms. They’re spread out on either side of the communal areas to ensure privacy. To blend into the bush surroundings, the rooms are light and airy, and have been created with a thatch-over-canvas design. Each room has a four poster double bed with mosquito netting, a cosy lounge area, storage for clothes, a small table and a private veranda with outdoor seating. The en suites have indoor and outdoor showers, flush toilets and hot water on demand.

Guests staying will be able to enjoy Kuro’s fresh, home-cooked meals, in keeping with the camp’s wholesome and rustic vibes. Start off the day with a simple buffet breakfast followed by cooked dishes including eggs, bacon, tomatoes and sausages. Breakfasts can also be packed up and enjoyed out in the bush following a morning walk or early game drive. Lunches are also served from buffets consisting of lighter dishes such as salads, pizzas and slaws. In the evenings, dinners are hosted in the main dining area but it’s no trouble to arrange a private table under the stars. They consist of 3 delicious courses and can be complimented by some drinks by the campfire before and/or after.

Journey to the heart of one of the Tarangire for unmatched experiences in connecting with nature and the opportunity to observe the magnificent wildlife up close. Witness the wonders of the Tanzanian wilds from an open-sided, photography-optimised safari car. While staying at Kuro, you’ll have excellent chances to see an amazing array of animals. Their game drives make the most of the cool early mornings and evenings when the wilderness first stirs and is no longer slowed by the day’s heat.

Watch the herds of zebra, giraffes and antelope and the prides of lions, spot cheetahs and packs of wild dogs, and if you’re lucky catch some glimpses of elephants and shy elands. For a fully rounded safari experience, night-time drives are also available so you can see how the bush is still bustling with life even after the sun goes down.

Leave the cars behind and stretch your legs with an expert guide. Walking the same ground as the animals of the Tarangire takes your safari to a far more intimate level. There are some things that you simply can’t appreciate while on a game drive, so once you slow down your eyes will be opened to all these new things you hadn’t noticed before. Only by getting up close are you able to fully appreciate the role of every little piece of the ecosystem.

The way in which Nomad conduct their business in Tanzania is a huge part of what makes them the company they are today. From inception, their founders have always believed in investing in local communities and providing opportunities for both staff, and the wider community. From the way Nomad camps are built to the ways in which they source and purchase their interiors, to the microfinance model that is unique within the industry. Nomad Tanzania sources local ingredients and materials and employs local people to invest in the communities in which they operate. This supports the local economy and provides an income for the families that live alongside Nomad’s camps.

Many villages on the outskirts of National Parks are sustained on a shoestring of resources and are in serious need of support. Nomad are staunch advocates of these communities and seek to offer help and support in whatever way possible, with a firm belief that they too should share in the spoils of tourism. As such, Nomad work to improve the basic healthcare and education opportunities for these communities, seeking to improve the situation faced by all individuals wherever possible.

The Watato Go Wild programme seeks to welcome local Tanzanian school children into various Nomad camps to identify top performing students and provide them with future career prospects by imparting first-hand skills and knowledge of the tourism industry. Collaborating with local schools, children can broaden their horizons by partaking in wildlife lessons and workshops, headed by experienced Nomad guides while embarking on safari game drives.

In the Beds for Meds initiative, Nomad staff actively search for spaces within camps, or an empty safari vehicle and guide, and use any opportunities to organise a medical outreach clinic for neighbouring communities. Working with health professionals from hospitals in Arusha and beyond, citizens of all ages from neighbouring villages are brought into camp to receive medical treatments. This initiative helps to fill the gaps in health services in remote communities. Camp teams are requested to remain vigilant, and upon finding individuals in need of plastic surgery or other specialised cases, they are put on planes to get the treatment they need from programme partners in Arusha.

Community training workshops are actively run in neighbouring communities, focussing on relevant eco-friendly activities that can help families become more self-reliant and secure by diversifying their income options. Employment opportunities in villages bordering National Parks can often be quite limited, causing many communities to live off the land with few other available prospects, despite the risks and challenges. These workshops seek to educate, encourage and equip communities to be able to engage in ventures more financially sustainable, while promoting ecologically friendly land practices.

Nomad utilises their presence in Tanzania’s wild areas, and partnerships with well-established conservation institutions in order to help organise and fund internship opportunities for determined, conservation-minded young Tanzanians. These opportunities provide keen young adults with conservation focused field experience and the knowledge and understanding to be ambassadors for the environment back in their own communities.

The Frankfurt Zoological Society works to protect Serengeti’s wildlife, using patrol teams to remove snare-traps one by one. For every night’s stay at one of Nomad’s camps, one dollar is donated to the de-snaring Serengeti Programme.

Numerous Mogumu Hope Centres are based in the villages that border the Serengeti National Park, offering refuge to young girls fleeing from female genital mutilation (FGM). Although FGM is illegal in Tanzania, it is sadly still practiced in some rural villages. The centre works to ultimately reunite the girls with their parents on the agreement they will not be at risk of FGM or early child marriage, as well as raising community awareness, changing minds, and standing up for girl’s rights.