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Pole Pole in the media
We often arrange African trips for top journalists and a few of the resultant articles are online. Pieces written about Pole Pole include:
Here be monsters by Brian Schofield
Published in The Sunday Times on 9 Apr 2006
Published in The Sunday Times on 9 Apr 2006
See our articles page for more pieces about our trips and safaris
Pole Pole is often combined with:
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Selous Impala Camp
|26%|
Selous Impala Camp is situated on a wooded stretch of the stunning Rufiji River within the Selous Game Reserve. Simply though stylishly designed, it offers varied safaris and combines well with its sister camp in Ruaha National Park, the rather more spartan Mdonya Old River Camp... Read more about Impala Camp
Beho Beho
|22%| 
Beho Beho has a unique location in the Selous Game Reserve – high on a hill in an area dotted with baobab trees. Indeed, the name Beho Beho means ‘breeze’, which is apt given its airy location. Its site was first used as early as 1972, and it’s not only one of the reserve’s ... Read more about Beho Beho
Southern Sun Dar
|17%|
The Southern Sun is located in Dar es Salaam's town centre, making it very convenient for those who only have a short stay in the city. With an outdoor pool, restaurant, fitness centre and variety of other facilities, it is a pleasant and good value hotel.
Southern Sun ... Read more about Southern Sun
Lake Manze Adventure Camp
|14%| 
Lake Manze Adventure Camp opened in 2007 on a prime location overlooking Lake Manze, which is one of the more northerly of a series of lakes and rivers within a rich alluvial floodplain of the Rufiji River. Set in a grove of borassus, doum and wild date palms, it lies at ... Read more about Lake Manze Camp
Serena Hotel Dar
|13%| 
Conveniently close to the airport, in the centre of town, the Serena Hotel Dar (previously called the Moevenpick Royal Palm Hotel) is perhaps the city's best large hotel: it's very professional and ideal for short overnight stops.
The Serena Hotel Dar has 230 rooms in ... Read more about Serena Hotel Dar
Mwagusi Safari Camp
|13%| 
Set on the banks of Tanzania’s seasonal Mwagusi River, Mwagusi Camp is relatively smart and comfortable, yet rustic in feel. It has been operating in Ruaha National Park since the 1990s. As a result, the game, which is drawn to the river and surrounding area, is well-habituated... Read more about Mwagusi Safari Camp
Sand Rivers Camp
|12%| 
Sand Rivers was founded by safari legend Richard Bonham. Its site, deep inside the Selous Game Reserve, overlooking a wide curve of the Rufiji River, streaked with sand banks and girdled by rocky outcrops, was spotted when he explored this region with writer and traveller ... Read more about Sand Rivers Camp
Chole Mjini Lodge
|11%| 
Chole Mjini is one of the most original small lodges that we know in East Africa. It stands on Chole Island, just off the coast of Mafia Island, which is a peaceful and charming hideaway in an area that sees little tourism.The lodge was built to be environmentally sound, ... Read more about Chole Mjini Lodge
Mdonya Old River Camp
|9%| 
Set in acacia woodland in the heart of Ruaha National Park, Mdonya Old River Camp was designed with a conscious desire to remain simple, and keep within its surroundings. It makes no apologies for sticking to safari basics – in fact it rather revels in the idea – and this ... Read more about Mdonya Old River Camp
Kwihala Camp
|8%| 
Kwihala is a well-established camp in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania. In recent years Kwihala has changed management and its location within the park but its excellent standards have been maintained. Thanks to some investment, the camp has also benefitted from refurbishment... Read more about Kwihala Camp
Plantation Lodge
|6%| 
The privately run Plantation Lodge, first opened in 1998, lies between Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Lake Manyara National Park, a short distance from the bustling Tanzanian market town of Karatu. Set in three hectares (seven acres) of beautifully maintained gardens, ... Read more about Plantation Lodge
Nomad Serengeti Safari Camp
|6%| 
Nomad Serengeti Safari Camp is a classic tented mobile camp for up to 14 guests. The camp changes location several times a year, broadly following the wildebeest migration around Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park, when hundreds of thousands of animals move through the ecosystem... Read more about Nomad Serengeti Camp
Serena Inn
|6%| 
The Serena Inn in Stone Town is part of the internationally renowned Serena chain, which has hotels all over East Africa. The buildings which make up the Serena Inn were once used as the residence for a Chinese doctor but it has been a hotel for the since the 1990s and ... Read more about Serena Inn
Siwandu
|5%| 
Plush and luxurious, Siwandu (formerly known as Selous Safari Camp) is set amid mixed woodland on the shores of Lake Nzerakera, in the central part of the Selous Game Reserve. Lake Nzerakera is located a few miles north of the Rufiji River, connected to the main river by ... Read more about Siwandu
Beho Beho Tree-house
|5%| 
Beho Beho has recently opened a new fly-camp for guests who stay for four nights or more at the main camp. The Beho Beho team have built an exclusive treehouse which enables couples to spend a night under the African sky from the comfort of a purpose built platform in the treetops... Read more about Beho Beho Tree-house
Oyster Bay
|5%| 
Owned by the team who run the top-end Beho Beho Camp, in the Selous Game Reserve, The Oyster Bay Hotel is in the 'Oyster Bay' district of Dar es Salaam. The hotel overlooks the Indian Ocean and is about a 15-minute drive from the city center and about an hour from the airport... Read more about Oyster Bay
Selous Impala fly-camp
|4%| 
If you are staying at Impala Camp for more than a few nights, then adventurous travellers should consider fly-camping as an option.
If you opt for a night's fly-camping, then you'll head out into the bush in the afternoon with a 4WD vehicle and guide - exploring further ... Read more about Impala fly-camping
Ras Kutani
|4%| 
Ras Kutani is situated on a quiet stretch of white beach south of Dar es Salaam, tucked in amongst lush tropical vegetation on a wild stretch of coastline. To get there you'll be rowed across the calm waters of a lagoon. Rustic yet stylish, it aims to have the feel of a ... Read more about Ras Kutani
Beyt al Salaam
|4%| 
Beyt al Salaam, previously Beyt al Chai, has recently reopened it's doors (Jan 2014) having changed owners and been completely refurbished.
The Beyt al Salaam is a small boutique hotel which is relaxed and peaceful, and a favourite amongst our travellers. The building ... Read more about Beyt al Salaam
Unguja Lodge
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Unguja Lodge is a small, relaxed and friendly lodge in a lovely spot overlooking the picturesque Menai Bay Conservation area on Zanzibar's south-west coast. While there is coral in the bay, there is no coral reef to act as a barrier, so it's easy to walk out and swim here at low tide... Read more about Unguja Lodge
