Safaris and Wilderness Travel
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Walking in the bush is where all your senses come into play and your experience is stripped down to the raw, vivid and very liberating feeling of really being in wild Africa. Often walking isn’t so much about game viewing as the whole experience – sounds and smells as much as what you actually see. But game viewing doesn’t get a lot more real than crouching a few yards from the banks of the Mara River seeing wildebeest crossing the raging torrent a matter of yards below you. This kind of experience is a possibility in certain wilderness areas of the Serengeti where only a small number of responsible operators are granted access. Walks can be for an hour or two in the morning or evening, or, for the more adventurous they can be over a period of days, supported with a light camp.
While most of these safaris are tailor-made, we’ve dug up a few special opportunities where you can join a group of like-minded people. These trips run in January, February, July, August and September. It’s as easy as a phone call, so get in touch to find out more.
The Serengeti is the best known safari destination in the world with good reason. Even if you exclude the Wildebeest Migration with its 1.5 million odd animals, the proliferation of animal life in the Serengeti defies belief. In the company of a good guide, this can be like stepping into a wildlife documentary. We’d advocate building your safari in northern Tanzania around the greater Serengeti, but you do need to be aware that being in the right place at the right time is everything in this neck of the woods. Find out when the Serengeti Wildebeest Migration happens. Read more?
Our approach with the Light Mobile Camp has been to emphasize the ingredients that give a safari its unique flavour - an excellent guide, access to the best areas, great food and a comfortable camp – while minimizing the cost on things that most people can do with out in the context of a safari…namely the bling. This camp is aimed squarely at folks who are after an outstanding wilderness experience that is both real and affordable. It was specifically to offer an alternative to staying in public campsites in busy areas on a budget camping safari, or standing in buffet lines on a lodge-based safari. Light mobile camping makes it possible to have a remote, private, comfortable and stylish bush experience. Take a look at a short video to find out more about this camp. Read more?
Vanessa's 16 years in travel has seen her knowledge develop from sub-Saharan Africa into North Africa, Central and Southern America and the Galapagos. Consequently, she’s a veritable encyclopaedia of travel information and exceptionally cool, calm and collected in the face of the greatest planning demands.
