Positive impact
Projects in Tanzania
By making bold, and often pioneering, investments into ecologically and economically vulnerable regions, we aim to turn these areas into viable conservation economies, benefitting both the local communities as well as the environment.
We acknowledge that people and nature are inseparable partners, so we work closely with communities, authorities, NGOs and industry partners to achieve the best possible long-term outcomes for all concerned. With the help of our guests, who contribute a levy of US$5 for each night they stay with us, we’re able to make the most significant positive impact toward our goal of empowering these areas, including the communities and wildlife that call them home.
Our Twende Porini programme welcomes children from local communities to experience what a safari is all about. As well as having plenty of fun as our guests, they learn about the importance of protecting our wildlife and conserving the areas that we call home, and the benefit that tourism can have for their communities.
Asilia Scholarship Fund
Every year, Asilia identifies promising students who don’t have the means to further their education and supports them with scholarships to do so. Assistance is given for courses that fall within the tourism and teacher-training categories, and job opportunities are provided to those who complete their studies.
K9 Unit
Honeyguide’s K9 Unit is the only unit of its kind in the field of anti-poaching in Tanzania. Specially trained dogs are used to track and capture poachers in several regions across Tanzania. As a result of this, the poaching of elephants has been dramatically reduced.
Chimpanzee Habituation Project
The unique Chimpanzee Habituation Project on Rubondo Island focuses on introducing the current group of chimpanzees to the presence of humans, as well as monitoring, conserving and protecting the chimps and their habitat.
Eastern Serengeti Livestock Encroachment Unit
The Eastern Serengeti Livestock Encroachment Unit aims to protect vital wilderness areas and create sustainable practices to ensure these areas are continuously monitored and cared for.
Serengeti Cheetah Project
The Serengeti Cheetah Project monitors changes in birth and survival rates of cheetahs. With approximately 210 cheetahs in the Serengeti ecosystem, this research provides invaluable insight into the challenges facing their populations and aims to help make conservation of these wild cats easier.
Southern Tanzania Elephant Project
The Southern Tanzania Elephant Project is an elephant conservation programme that aims to protect elephants and enhance human-elephant coexistence. The project works towards long-term security for both the communities and elephants of the region.
Simanjiro Easement Project
Critical grazing areas for wildlife are quickly disappearing in Tarangire which has resulted in a severe decline in wildlife numbers and an increase in pressures on Maasai livelihoods and cultural practices. The Simanjiro Easement Project aims to establish community-owned and -led conservation and grazing areas.
Tarangire Lion Project
The Tarangire-Manyara ecosystem harbours one of the major lion populations remaining in Africa. The Tarangire Lion Project collects vital information on the ecology and demography of these lions, as well as providing insights into human and lion interaction, to find suitable opportunities for lion conservation.
Ngorongoro Human-Wildlife Conflict Project
The Ngorongoro Human-Wildlife Conflict Project aims to reduce livestock predation by carnivores and the retaliatory killing of carnivores. The team researches and documents local pastoralist knowledge regarding human-carnivore conflict and incorporates it into a recently developed human-carnivore conflict toolkit.
Lionscape Coalition
The Lionscape Coalition is a new initiative of the Lion Recovery Fund. It enables Africa’s top tourism operators to take action in the recovery of lion populations and their landscapes through the support of on-the-ground conservation efforts, as well as encouraging guests to support the protection of lions.
