Experience Tanzania with Red Knot Safari Company.
We provide customized travel experiences with emphases on cultural learning, active holidays, and adventure.
Walking Safaris
There is something magical about viewing wildlife while walking on your own two feet, experiencing the geography of a place under your own power. Consider making your Tanzanian safari about getting back to nature with our experienced staff and guides.
Staff recommendation: Explore the dry season river systems and wildlife of the vast Ruaha in a multi-day hike.
Running and Cycling
Red Knot Safari Company was born out of Red Knot Racing Company, the premier endurance racing company in Tanzania. We ourselves are avid endurance athletes and would love to help you experience our beautiful country in running shoes or by mountain bike.
Staff recommendation: You and your friends run a couple of days on Mount Kilimanjaro, and then cycle our K2N race course in a private tour.
Climbing and Trekking
Summit Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest mountain at 5895 m (19342 ft), or make it a full trio of northern Tanzania peaks by adding Mount Meru and Ol Doinyo Lengai. We also arrange non-climbing treks if you’d like to get off the beaten track for a few days.
Staff recommendation: 2-day trek from Ngorongoro Crater to Lake Natron, and then a quick climb of Ol Doinyo Lengai, the “Mountain of God” (pictured).
Cultural Experiences
Tanzania is rich with culture and tradition, boasting more than 120 different people groups. Red Knot Safari Company feels strongly that understanding a place requires understanding the people in that place. “A stranger has big eyes but doesn’t see very far.”
Staff recommendation: Visit the Hadza, one of the last hunter-gatherer tribes on earth, and learn archery, tracking, and digging for tubers.
Educational Tours
Whether you are interested in music, art, history, geography, or biology, we can ensure your time in Tanzania is the learning experience you desire. Shorter educational opportunities and museum visits can be built into your itinerary, and in some cases we can arrange courses for university credit.
Staff recommendation: The Serengeti for biology, followed by a history of early humans at Olduvai Gorge and then geology at Ngorongoro Crater.
Service Learning
Red Knot Safari Company and Red Knot Development are fully committed to making the world a better place, and we actively pursue that end. Enrich your own Tanzanian experience by combining travel with service to others in the areas of sport, agriculture, clean energy, or clean water.
Staff recommendation: Assist in the distribution of subsidized water filters or solar lights en route to hot springs and waterfall hikes at Lake Natron.
Family Travel
Red Knot’s owners and staff have extensive experience living and traveling internationally with children, and we understand what is required for your family to enjoy the journey and the experience.
Staff recommendation: For young children, Tarangire National Park and Ngorongoro Crater make for a great 3-4 days of wildlife viewing with shorter drives. Then go to the beach in Zanzibar!
Luxury Experience
Your Tanzanian safari is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Why not treat it like one? Indulge yourself; travel in comfort and sleep in luxury with Red Knot Safari Company.
Staff recommendation: You literally can’t go wrong with our preferred luxury accommodation provider Nomad Tanzania — throw a dart at the map of Tanzania, and treat yourself to true luxury.
Student Groups
With 10 years of experience arranging travel for student groups in Tanzania, whether your goals are to climb Kili or study international development, we take the stress out of large group travel.
Staff recommendation: Do a little bit of everything —. intro to worldview classes, Maasai boma visit, coffee farm tour, Ngorongoro by vehicle, Tarangire by foot, and Arusha National Park by canoe.
We believe a quality safari is a customized safari. We can include any number of personal goals and objectives in your tailor-made travel itinerary.
Contact us to begin creating your ideal Tanzanian experience.
We founded Red Knot to make the world a better place, and we stand by that commitment. A minimum of 2% of our total revenue goes directly to support community development work in Tanzania.
Red Knot Safari Company was born out of Red Knot Racing Company;
our roots are in active holidays and creative adventure.
Consider building your travel package around one of our events.
Kili Trails Festival
Kilimanjaro Trails Festival is a spectacular weekend of trail running, mountain biking, camping, food vendors, and live music on the lower slopes of West Kilimanjaro. Kili Trails is a celebration of the outdoors that boasts something for every member of the family. Now with 100 and 200 kilometer gravel racing options!
26-28 January 2024
K2N Stage
K2N is a 4-day mountain bike race through stunning landscapes and extraordinary wildlife areas, from the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro to the shores of Lake Natron. Registered riders enjoy 7 all-inclusive days and 6 nights in Tanzania, with 4 days of remote backcountry racing. Unparalleled beauty. Unforgiving terrain. Unforgettable experience.
29 May - 1 June 2023
Kilimanjaro Trail Run
Kilimanjaro Trail Run offers four high altitude racing events on Africa’s tallest mountain, half marathon to 74 kilometer (46 mi). The terrain at 3800 meters (12600 ft) is as unforgiving as the scenery is beautiful! Also on offer will be the option to join us post-race for an unveiling of our 100 and 200 mile (160 / 320 km) courses, coming soon.
2-3 September 2023
