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This may be what you think of when you hear “safari,” but it’s not how you should pack for one! You know what to wear on a beac...

Oxpeckers piggybacking on an African buffalo “Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus)” by Flickr user Ian White licensed u...

Black rhino in Serengeti National Park Photo: Thomson Safaris guest, Clarence Wong One of the greatest tragedies of the widespr...

We took our kids on a family safari with Thomson a decade ago and we all still talk about it as one of our best, best family va...

People ask us all the time: why choose Tanzania for safari? Compared to other East African safari destinations, Tanzania is an ...

“Rawr” by Flickr user kahumphrey licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0 They may be top of the food chain, but underneath the fearsome ro...

We pride ourselves on providing top of the line safari experiences that travelers will remember fondly for years to come. But f...

Photo: Thomson Safaris guest, Cheryl Harvey When we think of zebras, “stripes” is probably the first thought that comes to mind...

This is a classic and traditional peanut stew of Tanzania. It’s delicious. It calls for coconut milk, which actually pairs REAL...

Several macronarian sauropods; from left to right, Camarasaurus, Brachiosaurus, Giraffatitan, and Euhelopus “Macronaria scrubbe...

Chimpanzees are our closest relatives in the animal kingdom, and they share upwards of 99% of our DNA. It only stands to reason...

Kuria woman “Kurias singing and dancing” by Angela Sevin – originally posted to Flickr as Kurias singing and dancing. Licensed ...

Protecting rare and endangered species isn’t just about changing attitudes towards wildlife conservation; sometimes it’s as si...

Arial photo of Rufiji River, Selous Game Reserve By BBM Explorer, Ipswich, United Kingdom [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.or...

Elephant trunks are much more than oversized snouts! These amazing appendages are integral to almost every part of an elephant’...

By Van der Weyde (Bibliothèque nationale de France) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons They came from Germany, England, and...

Photo: Thomson Safaris guest, Fain Zimmerman They’re closely related to horses, and they already sport a SWEET paint job, so wh...

Crocodylus anthropophagus “Crocodylus anthropophagus NT” by NobuTamura email:[email protected] palaeocritti – Own work. Lic...

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Photo: Thomson Safaris guest, Adam Nielson Almost as soon as we start learning the names of animals, we start learning the name...