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Shapes
Four lengths, and what each one fits
Shapes to argue with rather than packages. Availability and your month will change all of them.
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By length
The four shapes
| Nights | Shape | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 4 Serengeti + 3 Zanzibar | One flight. Drop the Crater at this length — the day is better spent elsewhere. |
| 10 | 4 Serengeti + 1 Crater rim + 5 Zanzibar | The workhorse, and the most common trip we build here. |
| 12 | 3 + 3 across two Serengeti sectors + 1 Crater + 5 Zanzibar | Two sectors means contrast rather than more of the same. |
| 14 | Add Nyerere or Ruaha, or take seven on the coast | Room for genuine variety without rushing. |
The rules these follow
- Three nights minimum per camp, four if river crossings are the goal. Two nights is one full day.
- Bush first, coast second. Always. The sea repays the sleep the safari costs.
- The Crater is a day, not a stay. One night on the rim, down early, on.
- The sector follows the month, not the other way round.
- Nothing scheduled on an anniversary date — no flight, no transfer, no 5.15 start.
Two Serengeti sectors, or one for longer?
A real choice at twelve nights and up.
| Two sectors | One, for longer | |
|---|---|---|
| You see | Two quite different landscapes | One properly, including further corners |
| Flights | One more | One fewer |
| Cost | Higher | Lower |
| The guide | Two who half-learn you | One who knows you by day three |
| Suits | A first trip wanting range | Photographers, and anyone who hates packing |
What we would resist
- Two nights anywhere, which is one full day and no room to be unlucky
- The Crater on a seven-night trip, which costs a day you cannot spare
- Tanzania and Kenya together, which is one ecosystem with a border through it
- Two beach stops, which is the same week twice — stay longer on one coast instead
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