Take to the skies in Tanzania

‘Arusha’, ‘Tarangire’, ‘Ngorongoro’, ‘Serengeti’. With their musical, polysyllabic rhythm, these unfamiliar words will mean so much more after a week in Tanzania. A safari in this part of the world changes people; its magnificent, teeming vastness, home to countless animals and birds of every size, impresses an overwhelming urge to protect our planet, and an equally overwhelming urge to return.

How best to take in as much as humanly possible in just seven nights? With SkySafari, which will fly you between some of Tanzania’s most luxurious accommodation in style on a plane that seats just eight people. Home for the first night is the peaceful Elewana Arusha Coffee Lodge, in the foothills of Mount Meru. The next day, take to the sky to travel to Tarangire National Park; for every SkySafari guest, a contribution is made to Land & Life, ensuring local communities receive tangible benefits from tourism, and all trips compensate for flight carbon emissions. Days at Elewana Treetops are spent on bush walks with the local Maasai, marvelling at families of the country’s largest pachyderms – 3,000 elephants live here – and the camp’s 1,000-year-old baobab tree. At dusk, retreat to one of the open-fronted treehouses and sip a sundowner on the deck outside, looking out over plains rich with game.