Canoeing Safaris

There is no quieter way to move through the African wilderness than by canoe. Paddling silently across still water, you enter a version of the safari that the game drive vehicle simply cannot reach — close to the surface, close to the life that gathers along the banks, and completely at the pace of the river itself. Grand World Tours offers canoeing safaris in some of Tanzania’s most beautiful waterways, where hippos surface nearby, crocodiles watch from the banks, and hundreds of waterbirds work the shallows in the early morning light. It is calm, it is thrilling in its own quiet way, and it offers a perspective on Tanzania’s wilderness that stays with you long after the paddle is set down.