Tour Operators Great Lakes Region

Vic Consult Tours & Safaris is a tour operator based in Mwanza, offering safaris in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. In the Serengeti, it offers wildebeest migration tours departing from Mwanza, as well as top-of-the-range lodge tours such as a budget camping tour lasting from 1 to 12 days. Tours then extend to other northern parks (Manyara, Tarangire, Ngorongoro) or to Kenya. The agency also organizes treks and stays in Zanzibar...

This independent local agency organizes tours throughout the Mbeya region. The English speaking guides are very competent and friendly. In addition, their service is cheap. Hire bikes and provide information on all possible explorations: Ngozi Crater Lake, village visits, Kitulo Plateau, trekking to Mbeya and Rungwe peaks, Matema Beach and even Ruaha National Park. This agency contributes to finance a development project of the Sisi Kwa Sisi farm, 40 km from Mbeya: fair tourism and solidarity.

Given the wild, difficult to walk in, but incredibly beautiful region, it is better to use the services of a local agency to avoid skating in the mud or logistical organization. This local agency organizes cultural visits in villages of the region and hikes around the lake in the region of Kagera (whose capital is Bukoba), but also in the whole country. Serious, friendly and not too expensive agency, which has a camp, the Maruku Paradise Beach located directly on a beautiful beach.

Serengeti Travels & Tours is a travel agency located in Mwanza. They offer a wide range of travel services, including safaris and tailor-made tours. They also specialize in exotic adventures, offering you the chance to enjoy unique experiences.

This tour operator has been in business for almost 30 years and specializes in Tanzania's western corridor. For groups and individuals, the agency offers exclusive safaris, cultural excursions, ecological safaris, student excursions, mobile tent safaris and fishing safaris. The company's modern all-terrain vehicles are equipped with radios. Masumin Tours & Safaris also offers car and safari vehicle rental services.

This multi-awarded Mwanza-based incoming travel agency, launched in 1966, organizes tours in the Lake Victoria area and in the main national parks of the country, with accommodation in lodge or safari tents and even camping tents, to suit all budgets. His experience and knowledge of the parks, accommodation and guides makes him a good reference for visiting the Lake Victoria area in particular, or the Tanganyika and Serengeti areas for a good safari.

This tour operator based in Mwanza, on the shores of Lake Victoria, has a fleet of modern, top-of-the-range vehicles to visit the entire region, including the western corridor of the Serengeti, and of course Rubondo Island, but also Gombe National Park. And further afield: Ngorongoro, Manyara, Kilimanjaro... The staff is competent and operational. Fortes Africa also offers other interesting car rental services for 4x4 enthusiasts and independent travellers, such as a car garage and even a gym and a bookshop!

This local agency based in Mbeya is a great companion for exploring southern Tanzania. Anthony is an exceptional driver-guide, English-speaking and very friendly, who knows every reserve in the south and center of the country inside out. The agency organizes all possible safaris in the southern parks of Ruaha, Selous and Mikumi, its speciality, but also in the west, as far as Gombe, Mahale Mountain and Kigoma. For example, it's possible to make a loop via the south and then the west to explore Lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika.

A high-end company offering safaris and luxury camps in Gombe and Mahale parks, as well as elsewhere in Tarangire, Serengeti and Katavi. For Gombe National Park, the agency offers 3-night packages (departing on Mondays) and 4-night packages (departing on Thursdays) for chimpanzee watching. The same applies to Mahale Mountains Park. It is possible to combine a visit to Gombe and Kigoma, or Katavi and Mahale Mountains, or Katavi and Gombe. On-site information available from the agency at the Hilltop Hotel.