Forest Chem Chem

Forest Chem Chem offers 3 vintage-style tents as well as family tent suite, fashioned in classic safari style to enhance your connection to your beautiful surroundings. Each tent comes with a king-size bed, storage for clothing, a table and chair, and an en suite with both an indoor and outdoor shower, vanity, toilet and dressing area. The family tent comes with a second twin bedroom.

Guests at Forest have complete flexibility with their dining to fit with their activities. Breakfasts are a simple buffet with options like cereal, fresh fruit, homemade pastries, and cooked bacon and eggs. Enjoy lighter lunches to keep you going through the day before a slightly more formal 3-course dinner around the campfire, including dishes like soups, curries and meats.

Journey to the heart of one of Africa’s most remarkable and remote plains of wilderness for unmatched experiences in connecting with nature and the opportunity to observe the magnificent wildlife up close. Witness the wonders of the Tanzanian wilds from an open-sided, photography-optimised safari car. While staying at Forest Chem Chem, you’ll have excellent chances to see an amazing array of animals. Their game drives make the most of the cool early mornings and evenings when the wilderness first stirs and is no longer slowed by the day’s heat. Watch the herds of zebra, giraffes and antelope and the prides of lions, spot cheetahs and packs of wild dogs, and if you’re lucky catch some glimpses of elephants and shy elands. For a fully rounded safari experience, night-time drives are also available so you can see how the bush is still bustling with life even after the sun goes down.

Leave the cars behind and stretch your legs with an expert guide. Walking the same ground as the animals of the Tarangire takes your safari to a far more intimate level. There are some things that you simply can’t appreciate while on a game drive, so once you slow down your eyes will be opened to all these new things you hadn’t noticed before. Only by getting up close are you able to fully appreciate the role of every little piece of the ecosystem.

Start your day on a high as dawn breaks across the plains. Glide silently over the Tarangire and take in the beautiful scenery and undisturbed wildlife below. Expect to be starstruck by the serene silence and stillness, the perfect setting to take in the wildlife from above without any interference.

Guests staying at Forest Chem are invited to visit one of the nearby Maasai villages on an unforgettable cultural tour. You’ll have the chance to meet and get to know some of the locals, see how they live their day-to-day lives and learn about their vibrant culture.

In rural parts of east Africa, herders are faced with challenges in protecting their livestock from lions and other predators. Livestock are very valuable in the lives of these herders and communities, so naturally protecting them is a top priority. However, as a consequence of the perceived threats from wildlife, herders will retaliate and kill animals to lessen the threat to their livelihoods, or simply out of revenge.

Similarly, farmers can have their crops damaged by elephants and crops are essential to the feeding of these communities, so their losses can have dire, even fatal, consequences. Chem Chem is therefore working to supply local farmers and herders with bomas that protect livestock from predators and prevent elephant raids on crops. They are also working to monitor lion movements and ensure elephants stay within the bounds of the reserve, and thus to prevent clashes between local communities and wildlife.

Poaching is a menace that not only devastates wildlife but also threatens the long-term sustainability of the communities in the whole region. The Tarangire-Manyara Ecosystem has become a haven for elephants and is somewhere they can remain safe from the dangers of poaching. Chem Chem’s anti-poaching initiative prioritises the immediate need to protect animals targeted by poaching, which requires training, manpower and equipment. Together with government agencies, they conduct joint projects and intelligence-led operations to ensure wildlife like elephants are protected against ivory poaching and other items traded on the black market, as well as bushmeat poaching.

Forest Chem Chem is surrounded by a wondrous ecosystem, home to all manner of animal and plant life. Chem Chem recognises that to best protect and preserve this natural, it first needs to be understood. A research project has been put in place so they can get a fuller picture of what’s happening on the ground, what needs to be done to preserve the environment and wildlife, and how best to accomplish this. The first step they took was to collar one lion to track its movements and show that the Tarangire-Manyara Corridor is working. Their rangers are also continuously collecting data on the movements of other animals to determine patterns and identify any areas for concern.

Work with communities is key to conservation in the wider Tarangire Ecosystem. The surrounding areas are home to villages that have amazing rich cultures but little access to many resources. To help bring balance in these areas, Chem Chem is currently committed to supporting some of the schools in the local villages, with aims to expand their support to all schools in the area. English courses are provided for young people and women to further broaden the scope of their educations. It’s Chem Chem’s hope to give as many people as they can equal chances to expand their knowledge and skillset to give them as many opportunities as possible.