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CHIKANDA SAFARIS & ADVENTURE
Chikanda Safaris designs imaginative tailor-made safaris and expert advice across a variety of destinations all around Southern highlands of Tanzania (Southern Circuit The undiscovered wild)
Our Services
Cultural tours
We offer cultural tours that allows visitors to experience the authentic local customs and traditions of the ethnic groups found in the southern highlands of Tanzania, these tours may include Storytelling, Traditional dances visits to Markets, traditional villages, farms (Coffee, Cocoa, Banana plantations and Avocado tour)
Kitulo National park
Perched at an altitude of 2600m between the rugged peaks of the Kipengere, Poroto & Livingstone Mountains. Referred to by locals as “The Garden of God”, Kitulo National Park is renowned as one of the great floral spectacles of the world and is the first National Park in tropical Africa to be established to protect its flora.
Mpanga kipengere game reserve
A visit to Mpanga Kipengere game reserve will take you to different waterfalls like Kimani waterfalls, Nyaugenge waterfalls, Lyamakunohila waterfalls, here you can enjoy hiking, walking safaris, waterfalls, swimming as well as bird watching and a magnificent assortment of wild flowers (from November to March).
Lake Ngosi tour
On your exploring the world you will discover an exciting sight of outstanding natural beauty and superb hiking location, where you can find different species of flora and fauna, the forest has an endemic three horned chameleons and the area is covered by magnificent highland forest, beautiful flowers, huge trees, grassland and bamboo trees that make the visit of this place a truly unique experience.
Rungwe crater lakes tour
This is an amazing and worth tour that takes you to Six different crater lakes found in Mbeya region Rungwe District council, which are Itende crater lake, Kiungululu crater lake, Itamba Crater lake, Ikapu Crater lake, Kiungululu crater lake, Kingili Crater lake and Kisiba crater lake
Beach relaxation
The beach is simply stunning with the breathtaking views of Livingstone Mountains as they drop majestically into Lake Nyasa (Matema Beach) Activities to be done are beach sports, canoeing, boat ride and swimming as well.
EXCELLENT Based on 14 reviews Michael M.2024-08-10Verified 100% Recommend Chikanda Safaris & Adventure On our trip, they took us to the Kawetire View Point with the most amazing view of the Great Rift Valley and also to Lake Ngozi (the second largest crater lake in Africa) inside the Mt. Rungwe Nature Forest Reserve where we enjoyed hiking for about 1.7 km to the Top viewing point and lots of nature inside the forest and the cool breeze of the Forest Canopies during the walk. The guide (Mr. Amos) was very knowledgeable about the history of the town, the Lake and other sites/cultures in Tanzania, was easy to get a long with and demonstrated profound passion for what he does and kindness. Letisha M2024-08-07Verified Simply the best We had an amazing experience in Mbeya, Chikanda Safaris did an amazing job organizing hikes to Mount Rungwe, Lake Ngosi and the View point at the Great Rift . Our tour guide Amos was so Patient and amazing. We will definitely come back for another amazing experience. Bálint D2024-03-17Verified Great hike! Very good service and price (80 000 TSH for Ngozi Crater by foot and public transport). Godwin is a great guide and the Crater very impressive. Don't miss it, and don't miss Mbeya. powl_49102024-01-08Verified Great trip to Lake Ngozi We went to Ngozi Lake with the company. The guide (Clever William) and the driver (Gilbert) picked us from our hotel. For the whole trip, they told us interesting stories about the nature and could answer us every question we had. It was a great choice to go here and a great luck, that we had Clever and Gilbert with us, because the were so nice and funny! I hope to see them again :) Beige672024-01-01Verified Wonderful hike Godwin led us up Mount Mbeya. Very professional and with a lot of detailed knowledge of nature and culture. The hike is strenuous but worthwhile. We'd love to do it again! Mohamed S2023-12-29Verified Amazing Enjoyed my trip with chikanda, we had fun and took lots of pictures.. I advise other people to book their safari with chikanda Winter_Photographer2023-12-21Verified Highly recommend but make sure vehicle provided is in good condition An unforgettable day enriched by the expertise of guides Goodwin and Issaya. Our hike to the Ngozi Crater Lake viewpoint followed by a visit to the Great Rift Valley View Point offered breathtaking vistas. The informative commentary from the guides elevated the entire experience. Highly recommend Chikanda Safari and Adventure! This review would have been 5 stars if the 2nd vehicle was in better condition. Martin Mwaura2023-08-12Verified Had an Amazing Experience Took a solo trip to Mbeya and Chikanda Safaris did an amazing job organizing hikes to Mount Rungwe, Mbeya Peak and Lake Ngosi. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to any person wishing to explore Tanzania Anange L2023-06-18Verified Worthwhile my weekend Had such a memorable visit at Mpanga Kipengere waterfalls. The guiding was top notch…very hospitable and accomodating. Very fair charges as well. Don’t worry if travelling solo…your photography/vlogging needs are very well covered ?. I’d recommend Chikanda…no doubt Andreas F2023-06-10Verified Trip to Ngosi Crater Lake I took a one day trip with Amos of Chikanda Safaris to Ngosi Crater Lake on 9 June 2003. It was an unforgettable experience, profesionally organised and led. We drove up the hill from Uyole, very difficult driving but Amos mastered the road perfectly. We left the car at the boundary of the nature park and hiked about 2 km up hill through the mountain rain forest. Saw huge wild banana plants. Amos showed me how to extract water from banana leaves as a survival tip in case running out of water. We reached the view point above Lake Ngosi at about 10 a.m., just in time before the clouds came up and covered the crater. Beautiful view into the crater and the lake. On the way back down Amos stopped the car several times to meet my birding desire. We saw large Hornbills and colorful Sunbirds. To sumarize: Highly recommendable safari organiser. Andreas from Germany
Need Car hire
in Mbeya?
Looking for car hire and an airport transfer at Songwe international airport you can hire a car from us for your airport transfers, we can arrange your transfer to your next destinations. We do offer shuttle services too and between cities contact us and we will offer you the best deal