Tottenham to Tanzania?

The latest of the BBC’s Tribal Wives to give up her everyday life and spend a month living with one of the world's most remote tribes is Dionne Braham. London teacher, Dionne, headed to Africa to stay with the polygamous Maasai tribe in Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Highlands. The Maasai are one of Africa’s largest and most famous tribes, their menfolk having up to 10 wives and women are expected to marry and bear children from the age of 14.

Wildlife Worldwide can’t guarantee any proposals of marriage during its 10-day Spirit of Tanzania safari visiting the Maasai heartland, home to Tanzania’s Lake Manyara and Tarangire National Parks and Ngorongoro Conservation Area, but can promise heart-stopping scenery, superb game-viewing and the start of a love affair with Africa. Tours depart London daily, year-round.

Depart the UK for Arusha and make for Tarangire NP, a grossly underrated park and still one of Africa’s best-kept secrets. The park lies just off the popular ‘northern circuit’ and doesn’t fit conveniently into a week’s safari. However, this is a bonus for wildlife enthusiasts as the game-viewing in this quieter reserve is superb. Often just seen as a stopping off point en route to Ngorongoro Highlands, Lake Manyara NP is a small and interesting park that definitely warrants a visit, if only to see the park’s famous tree-climbing lions and massive baboon population.

Next, Ngorongoro Conservation Area including its eponymous crater and huge expanses of highland plains, scrub bush and forest covering approximately 8,300 square kilometres, home to the Maasai tribes. Often referred to as the 'eighth wonder of the world', Ngorongoro Crater contains possibly the largest permanent concentration of wildlife in Africa, with an estimated 30,000 large animals. The final part of the safari focuses on Serengeti NP. Equal in size to Northern Ireland, the park contains an estimated three million large animals, most of which take part in the perpetual migration that is one of nature's greatest wonders.

The tour costs from £2,695 p/p (22 Aug-8 Dec & 25-31 Dec 08) including flights, transfers, safari lodge accommodation, most meals and expertly guided activities.

For more information, visit Wildlifeworldwide.com.