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The essence of these experiences is always the spectacular natural landscape and wildlife, but your safari can be incredibly comfortable too, as all of these regions have luxurious and stylish accommodation options that can feel almost as attractive as the wildlife itself. There is a range of accommodation choices on safari.
The terminology for where to stay on safari can be confusing! Here is our quick guide to safari accommodation.
The safari hotels tend to be much larger and less personal and intimate versions of lodges.
As a matter of course, they tend not to have their own safari vehicles or guides, and so we would arrange a private safari for guests and use the hotel simply for board and lodging.
The definition of a lodge is less clear. This is a term used for a smaller, often owner-run accommodation, as distinct from a large hotel.
They are usually truly luxurious and beautifully appointed, usually have swimming pools and almost all have their own resident vehicles, trackers and guides. A lodge is a typical place to stay on safari.
A tented lodge or camp is a permanent structure which never moves, in which accommodation is under canvas. Most have solid, wooden floors, proper bathrooms, running water and will include a fully solid structure bar and restaurant area.
You can experience the sensation of a night under canvas, with tent flaps pegged open to the stars, the sound of the African night all around you, but enjoy the comfort of real porcelain and heavy, wooden beds. Tented Camps are equally as well appointed as a lodge, in terms of comforts such as swimming pools etc.
An alternative form of mobile camping is increasingly available. There are a lot of camp owners who recognize the value of setting up a camp close to the migrating herds.
These camps are really semi-permanent tents, very big, very luxurious, and you will not witness their ‘mobility’! Your camp will be prepared before your arrival and remain for the duration of your stay. This is really the only way to guarantee peak migration game viewing.
A private, mobile fly camp is packed up and pitched on a fresh patch of the wild park each day.
These may be as elaborate or simple as you are prepared to pay for. However, carrying cookers and supplies, mess tents and showers is always going to be expensive, though wonderfully personal and providing a unique experience. Tents are usually small and fairly basic. Some safari lodges offer single night fly-camping in the bush.
Mawiri Tours & Safaris is amongst one of the leading Tanzania tour operators, offering a wide range of safari tours and adventure travel packages.
Africa is by far the world’s most unique continent and the Tanzania safari excursion makes Tanzania the best destination in Africa, still holding onto its vastly untouched natural beauty.
