EASTCO is a company that has lead the way in community conservation in Tanzania; the first lodge to have joint community ownership (Boundary Hill Lodge); the establishment of the first community conservation area in Tanzania, (Tarangire Conservation Area); and a history of pioneering new, exciting and off-the-beaten-path destinations (the Swahili Coast, Kolo, Mkomazi and Lake Babati). We first opened the northeastern side of Tarangire to the community, low-impact wildlife tourism, in 1995 with Naitolia Camp on village lands, which, at the time, was only the second camp opened to protect habitat surrounding Tarangire National Park, and Ol Tukai Manyara on the eastern shores of the lake in the Tarangire-Manyara Wildlife Corridor.

Now 15 years later there are over 13 camps, campsites and lodges which have been established bordering Tarangire National Park, all have followed our lead and are involved in various degrees in community conservation, increasing by almost 50% the habitat protected adjacent to the park