About Tanzania

Possibly, in the northern Serengeti between roughly July and October, with several days there. Nobody can promise one.

Herds gather at a bank for hours and then do not cross, or cross where nobody is waiting. More days in the right sector improve the odds considerably; one day is a lottery ticket.

The one your month points at. Southern for December to March and the calving, central all year, northern for July to October and the crossings.

Booking "the Serengeti" without reference to the month is the costliest mistake available here — it is the size of Northern Ireland.

For one full day, yes — there is nothing else like it. It is also heavily visited and that is structural rather than fixable.

On a seven-night trip we would drop it and say so. The day is better spent in the Serengeti or on the coast.

Tanzania for scale, the Crater, the February calving, and the forty-minute hop to Zanzibar.

Kenya for more variety in shorter distances, conservancies that permit walking and night drives, and a lower cost for a comparable camp.

Four or five. Which coast matters more than how long — tide and seaweed vary enormously over twenty miles, and neither appears in a photograph.

For July to October — the migration months in the Masai Mara — six to twelve months is normal, and the best small camps sell out first. Christmas and New Year book up just as early.

For the shoulder months, three to four months is usually comfortable. Inside eight weeks we can still put a very good trip together, but you are choosing from what is left rather than from everything.

A Tanzania safari is usually quoted fully inclusive: accommodation, all meals, park and conservancy fees, your guide and vehicle, and transport between parks. Most camps include soft drinks, house wine, beer and laundry.

Not included: international flights, visas or travel authorisation, travel insurance, tips, premium drinks, and extras like balloon flights and spa treatments.

This site is a planning guide. When you send an enquiry it goes to Nomad Africa, our partner travel agency in Kenya, who prepare your itinerary and quote and handle the booking, the payments and you on the ground.

You deal with one team from the first email to the airport transfer home.

No. Sending your dates, getting an itinerary and getting a costed quote is free and carries no obligation. Money only changes hands when you decide to hold space at a camp.