"Tenting out near Seronera west of the center of the [Serengeti] plain . . . I heard a low rumble, like thunder, off across the plain to the east. As I squinted into the sun, I saw the first of an enormous herd of wildebeest emerging from behind the trees on a course directly across the right front of my camp site. On and on they came, thousands of them, and they were running at full stride, all out, shoulder to shoulder. When at last they had gone, the sense of quiet and space returned, and Serengeti's sense of timelessness." Harold T. P. Hayes, The Last Place on Earth, 1977, pp.57-8.

Reminiscent of the classic safaris from early in the previous century, a mobile tented camping safari offers the ideal combination luxury accommodations and intimacy with the African wilderness. Each carefully selected site comprises 7 to 10 large and comfortable canvas tents with standard twin or queen beds and private en suite baths, with separate dining and lounge tents. Gourmet meals and all beverages are provided. Generators produce electricity for light and refrigeration.

Mobile tented camps are best experienced in Tarangire National Park and Serengeti National Park.

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Tarangire National Park, the “Baobab Capital of the World,” is known for its wild landscapes, resident elephants, large prides of lion, leopards, giraffe, buffalo, the last remaining pack of wild dogs in northern Tanzania, and excellent year-round bird-watching with more than 300 bird species. The Tarangire River is the only permanent water source within the 2,600 square kilometer park. During the dry season herd animals of all kinds (wildebeest, zebra, gazelles, and antelopes) migrate from the surrounding areas to this life-sustaining source of water.  Also in the dry season the amazing giant rock pythons leave the swamps to live in the trees at their edge, from where they will attack and kill large animals of all kinds, providing a most unusual natural spectacle.
Kilimanjaro to Tarangire: 2.5 hours by safari vehicle.

Serengeti National Park is probably the most famous wildlife area in the world.  Its pure numbers are staggering. Nearly 4 million animals reside within its ecosystem, including a million and a half wildebeest, a quarter million zebra, twice that many gazelle, and tens of thousands of the their predators (lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena, jackal, crocodile, etc.).  The Serengeti is also the site of one of the most magnificent events of the natural world - the migration of more than a million wildebeest in a cyclical process that occurs in different stages and areas throughout the year.  Moreover, the vast park offers breathtaking scenery unto itself.  Scattered throughout the southeastern short grass plains are kopjes, geologic wonders comprised of exposed gneiss and granite shaped by the wind and temperature fluctuations.  Different environments emerge as you head deeper into the Serengeti, where you will discover riverine forests, acacia woodlands, hills, and open grassland that create a vast geographic mosaic.
Kilimanjaro to Serengeti: 6 hours by safari vehicle.

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Photo Credits: Rich Clampitt, Dan Logen, Sandy McFarren, Mike Rucker.