The Serengeti has no edges you can find from the ground. It simply continues — one million wildebeest moving through it in a circuit that has nothing to do with calendars. Zanzibar sits a ferry ride east, spice-scented, labyrinthine, a city that has been trading with the world for a thousand years. The people who live between these two extremes deserve schools and healthcare that reflect the value of what they steward. Every Wanderpact booking in Tanzania funds So They Can — a charity that works with rural government schools to train teachers, keep girls in classrooms, and give children in some of East Africa's most underserved communities a real education.
Impact partner
Empowering communities through education in Kenya and Tanzania
So They Can partners with rural government schools to train teachers, keep girls in classrooms, and give children in East Africa's most underserved communities access to quality education. They work through local governments, not around them.
55,000
children reached
55
partner schools
28,000
girls supported since 2009
1,056
teachers trained
76%
increase in girls' enrolment in remote Kenya
Curated stays
Where to stay.
Central Serengeti
Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti
Seventy-seven rooms, suites, and villas built around a watering hole the elephants visit daily. An infinity pool faces the plains; a discovery centre tracks the migration in real time. The most refined base for the Serengeti.
Starting at
From A$2,600/night
Stone Town
Park Hyatt Zanzibar
Two adjoining heritage buildings on the Stone Town seafront, including the nineteenth-century Mambo Msiige. Sixty-seven rooms behind hand-carved doors, with the spice markets, dhow harbour, and Forodhani Gardens a short walk in any direction.
Starting at
From A$1,000/night
Kendwa, Zanzibar
Zuri Zanzibar
Fifty-five rooms, bungalows, and villas on the powdery north-west coast where the swimming is best year-round. A working garden supplies the restaurants; the property is one of the only design-forward stays on the island.
Starting at
From A$650/night
Kiwengwa, Zanzibar
Meliá Zanzibar
A forty-acre beachfront estate on the north-east coast. One hundred and twenty-four rooms with The Level adults-only enclave at the centre, seven restaurants, a Marine Foundation conservation programme, and the spice plantations a short drive inland.
Starting at
From A$550/night
Bawe Island
Bawe Island Zanzibar
A private island ten kilometres off Stone Town, reached by boat. Seventy villas with private pools, multiple beaches, and the rare luxury of being the only resort on a small coral island. Opened in 2024 by the Cocoon Collection.
Starting at
From A$1,400/night
Stay in Tanzania.