Experiencing Ikorongo

Experiencing Ikorongo

The Singita Grumeti concession area includes two iconic Tanzanian game reserves: Grumeti and Ikorongo.  Grumeti is where the majority of visitors tend to spend the lion’s share of their time.  It is astonishingly beautiful with wide-open plains and abundant wildlife...

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A Look at 2017

A Look at 2017

What a year it was for the Singita Grumeti Fund! With the generous support of many donors and partners the team on the ground was able to implement an array of projects and programs to increase the impact of our conservation...

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Girl Power + Giving Tuesday = Positive Change

Girl Power + Giving Tuesday = Positive Change

This week the Singita Grumeti Fund hosted a series of women’s and girl’s empowerment sessions.  Over the three days 700 girls and women joined together to hear about topics ranging from the importance of confidence and career development to menstrual...

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An Elephant’s Rescue

An Elephant’s Rescue

  This past week the Singita Grumeti Fund, in partnership with the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI), saved an elephant’s life. On October 12th, a bull elephant was seen with a grotesquely swollen front-right leg and a badly slashed trunk. ...

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Introducing the Singita Grumeti Fund Canine Unit

Introducing the Singita Grumeti Fund Canine Unit

They have arrived! The dogs, Tony, Popo, DJ and Radar were warmly welcomed to their new home.  Although they have already undergone quite the journey from Washington DC to the Serengeti, Tanzania, their story is just beginning. Having been rescued...

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World Ranger Day

World Ranger Day

The Singita Grumeti Fund has 115 dedicated game scouts, working across the 350,000 acres where they are based out of 12 scout camps and 12 observation posts. The scouts are out on patrol and ambush day and night, putting their...

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Safeguarding the Livelihoods of People and Wildlife

Safeguarding the Livelihoods of People and Wildlife

Human wildlife conflict occurs where people and wildlife live in close proximity to one another.  This interface is often negative. Conflict typically results in the destruction of crops or the killing of livestock with retribution killings and the destruction of...

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Protecting the Migration

Protecting the Migration

There is no other place in the world that hosts a land-mammal migration as numerous as the Serengeti-Mara wildebeest migration…an inexplicable event until you experience it in person. This year the wildebeest flooded into Singita Grumeti on the afternoon of...

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Language Camp at Singita Grumeti

Language Camp at Singita Grumeti

During the month of June, the Singita Grumeti Fund hosted 90 children at an English immersion camp held at the Environmental Education Center.  Through a collaboration with language experts from Concordia Language Villages and Concordia College, third and fifth grade students attended the camp while their local schools...

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Managing Human-Wildlife Conflict

Managing Human-Wildlife Conflict

by Dr. Kristen Denninger Snyder  At Singita Grumeti, the return of elephants and lions in large numbers to the reserve has been a very welcome indicator of the success of management efforts, but also means that interactions between wildlife and the growing...

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Scouts Receive Advanced Medical Training

Scouts Receive Advanced Medical Training

The safety of the Singita Grumeti Fund scouts is of utmost importance.  The 110 scouts working here put their lives on the line every day.  During their daily patrols it is very possible that they may come into conflict with...

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