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