ESHKESH SAFARI The Custodians Of The Finest Masailand And Creators Of Fine Safari Experiences In Tanzania

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We are a privately owned safari company specializing in big game hunting and photographic safari. Our headquarters is situated in Arusha, Tanzania.

Arusha is where your traditional East African safari will begin and end. The name of a small village in Nothern Tanzania. This is where our company had its first hunting concession. The name’’Eskesh’’is a Datoga name and means ‘’white foot’’. It so happens that the soil in that area is volcanic ash from many years ago and is grey/white in color and the dust that forms is very white. When you walk through this dust your feet become white, hence the name ‘’white foot’’

The hunter/gatherers are a nomadic tribe of the Datooga people based in the northern volcanic highlands near Mount Hanang in the Manyara Region, Tanzania.

 

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Hunting in Tanzania

Tanzania has three classes of hunting licenses. A hunter must choose a ten-day, sixteen-day, or twenty-one-day license, and a larger variety of species are available on the longer licenses. For example, a hunter may hunt up to two buffalo and a variety of plains game on a ten-day license but must buy a sixteen-day license to hunt crocodiles and waterbuck and a twenty-one-day license to hunt elephant, sable, roan, lion, leopard, oryx, greater kudu, and eland. In addition to the license fee, trophy fees are charged for each species taken, as well as other government fees, which can add significantly to the safari cost.

The camp is 182 kilometers from Arusha and takes a 3-hour drive. You will be driven to camp via luxury SUV on the first day, the morning of your Safari from Arusha and you will be driven back on your last day, usually in the evening.

The option to fly via air charter from Arusha to our bush airstrip is available. All charter flights are an added expense and are NOT included in the cost of your basic safari rate. The charter flight begins on the first day at the hunting camp. Clients return by air charter to Arusha at the end of their safari (optional).

The Tanzanian hunting season is from 1st July through 31st December. The long monsoon rainy season is April / May, while the short rains usually fall between November and December. There is a minimal variation in temperature as Tanzania is located close to the equator. Masai land can be very cold at night, especially during June, July, and August.

The official language, as well as the lingua franca of Tanzania, is Swahili. All officials and some people in town speak English as well as Swahili, in addition to their own dialects. Our Professional Hunters speak English and Swahili.

 

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Game and Hunting Areas​

We have exclusive rights to the finest game concession area in Northern Tanzania, Masailand (MASAI EAST OPEN AREA). It is 182 kilometers from Arusha and takes a 2 and a half hours drive. Please see the map page for specifics. In addition to 28 species of game and birds available for hunting, our area is noted for very big leopard and excellent Cape buffalo plus all the Masai Land species, including Gerenuk. Record class trophies have been taken from this concession. Our hunting area is internationally renowned for the outstanding variety, quantity, and quality of trophies Masai Land can offer.
All the big FIVE are present except the RHINO which was wiped out in the seventies.

Elephant, Giraffe-Masai, Buffalo-cape, Eland, Greater Kudu, Zebra, Lion, Kongoni, Wildebeest, Oryx-Fringe earned, Lesser Kudu, Grant’s Gazelle, Cheetah, Leopard, Impala, Hyenas, Reedbuck, Bushpig, Warthog, Gerenuk, Bushbuck, Baboon, Klipspringer, Wild dog, Jackals, Thomson’s Gazelle, Steinbuck, Duiker, Porcupine, Ratel, Caracal, Serval cat, Wild cat, Mongooses, Pangolin, Civet, Genet, Dikidik, Suni and other small mammals.

We offer the opportunity to hunt during a 7, 10, 14, or 21-day safari. Safaris start on the day you depart Arusha and end on the day you return to Arusha. Please note that Tanzania government regulations stipulate the condition that a minimum 21-day safari is booked if a client wishes to hunt Royal Game. Please note that some travel time is taken with all safari camp transfers.

 

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Bird Shooting​

There is excellent bird shooting in Masai Land. Available species include francolin, duck, geese, and five species of francolin, and quail as well as pigeons, doves, and sand grouse. Three species of guinea fowl: vulturine Guinea fowl, helmeted Guineafowl, and crested Guinea fowl.
Ostrich, game birds-francolins, Spurfowls, water birds-ducks and geese; Bastards; birds of prey-vultures, eagles, falcons, kites, owls, etc.

 

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Our Camps

At Eshkesh Safari’s camps, you will enjoy the latest 4-wheel drive vehicles, luxury insect-proof tents, refrigerators, freezers, generators, radio, sprung camp beds, foam mattresses, lamps, linen, and tableware.

We have eight tents and can accommodate even up to sixteen guests at a time.

There is 24-hour electricity via solar and generator power. There is also 24-hour hot and cold water available.


Naibormut Camp - Spacious Double Accommodation

Lormorijoi Camp - Twin Accommodation

We provide a wide variety of international cuisine and are able to cater to the most delicate of palates.

Our camps are staffed with highly trained gun bearers, trackers, skinners, drivers, cooks, mess waiters, tent attendants, and porters.

The camps are constructed from local materials where possible, which adds to the ambiance.

ESHKESH SAFARI offers detailed personal attention to every safari. We are outfitted to the highest standards for the traditional East African safari.

 

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