| Lodge Safaris in Tanzania - I will try | | | | throughout the Serengeti. Your choice |
| to avoid the travel clichés of - | | | | of camp will depend on what time of year |
| 'unique' - 'off the beaten track' and | | | | you visit Tanzania. A good camp is |
| 'renown for...' these tired and overused | | | | Kusini Camp in the Southern Serengeti, |
| terms are used over and over again for | | | | small luxurious, and in an ideal spot |
| almost every destination in Africa! The | | | | from the end of December until March, as |
| lodge safari in Tanzania is the best way | | | | the great migration is in this area at |
| to see this lovely country. Tanzania | | | | this time. However, the rest of the |
| has so much to offer, so many parks that | | | | year this camp is a bit isolated and |
| have few visitors and high | | | | animals may be harder to spot. |
| concentrations of game animals. Some | | | | A problem with planning a safari round |
| National Parks boast just one lodge in a | | | | the migration is that the migration |
| million hectares. Your Lodge safari in | | | | follows the rains and the rains are |
| Tanzania can truly offer a taste of what | | | | notoriously unpredictable. Your camp |
| the early explorers experienced. | | | | may end up being in the wrong area of |
| When choosing your lodge safari, choose | | | | the Serengeti. This year the migration |
| a lodge with care. Many visitors want | | | | was in the Northern Serengeti at a time |
| to see the great migration and the | | | | of year when normally the animals have |
| Serengeti. Some lodges are in fact | | | | crossed into Kenya. Many safari |
| hotels and although very nice; they do | | | | expeditions finding themselves in the |
| not contribute to that 'out of Africa' | | | | wrong country! |
| experience. What is called for is a | | | | This is a head ache for safari operators |
| camp experience; these private camps are | | | | as a disappointed client is not good for |
| ideal for the intimate African | | | | business. This can be solved with a |
| experience. So when you look to plan | | | | 'mobile camp' this is by far the best |
| your trip do not go for the 'lodge | | | | option but also by far the most |
| safari' but the private camp safari. | | | | expensive option. |
| Your choice of lodge or camp is an | | | | There are a new breed of camps emerging, |
| important part of the whole safari | | | | the semi-permanent camp. This is a |
| experience. | | | | tented camp that moves maybe three or |
| These camps are usually made up of a | | | | four times per year. It will follow the |
| small number of tents; not your two man | | | | migration ensuring that whilst the |
| tent with no standing room, sleeping on | | | | migration is in the Serengeti the camp |
| the hard and sometimes damp ground. Not | | | | will also be in the mist of the animals. |
| the cooking over a stove and eating | | | | One such camp I have heard good reports |
| grass and sand with your tinned food. | | | | about is EMC [Exclusive Mobile Camp - |
| No, these private camps have tents that | | | | Serengeti]. They are friendly, |
| have large comfortable beds, bathroom en | | | | knowledgeable, embrace fair trade |
| suite and butler service. The food is | | | | tourism and best of all the camp is very |
| of the highest quality and you dine from | | | | good value for money. They have a web |
| bone china and drink champagne [or beer] | | | | site and have an office in Arusha and |
| from crystal glasses. | | | | will give out details of the migration |
| If you want to listen at night to the | | | | and the position of their camp. This is |
| song of the African bush with the | | | | great for tour operators and also for |
| occasional distant [or sometimes close] | | | | people wanting to plan a safari. |
| roar of a lion; if you want to open your | | | | This is where the internet can help in a |
| tent in a morning to be greeted by | | | | positive way; to help you plan a safari |
| Impala and Zebra grazing so close to | | | | that will truly be a holiday of a life |
| your tent you could touch them; then | | | | time. There is no need to hope your |
| choose one of these camps. If you want | | | | travel agent will do a good job in |
| to be in a remote part of the park but | | | | planning your vacation. Take some of |
| close to the animals; if you want to | | | | the responsibility your self and plan |
| stand in to open plains of the Serengeti | | | | your safari; check out your destination |
| and not be joined by a caravan of twenty | | | | and accommodation. If you travel agent |
| other safari vehicles then the private | | | | or tour operator is not cooperative or |
| camp is the option above the mere mass | | | | flexible change them to someone who is |
| tourist lodge. | | | | willing to earn their commission. |
| There are several such camps scattered | | | | |