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Out on a drive in the Serengeti
The mobile tent set up for you
A walking safari out in the Mara

Private Mobile Safaris in Tanzania

One of the most exciting ways in which to enjoy a private family safari is to have a tented camp and support team just for your family. Your private tented camp will be set up and managed by your support team one of which will be an excellent chef preparing sumptuous meals. You can enjoy these under the stars, in the dining tent or out in the bush as part of your game drive. Your tents will be of the large walk in style with comfortable beds and safari furniture. At the front of each tent is a large veranda with table and chairs, and at the back is an en suite bathroom, where you will be able to have a hot shower at any time of day, you just need to ask you team.

Where better to really be at one with Africa than the Serengeti; it’s one of the largest and richest wildlife reserves in the world. The soil of the Serengeti is very fertile creating oceans of grassland which rolls onwards stretching far into the distance in every direction.

The Serengeti is home to millions of animals including elephant, graceful giraffe and many species of antelope ranging from the tiny dik dik to the larger hartebeest and waterbuck. Whilst on safari your family will have superb opportunities to spot the predators including lion, and the sleek looking leopard and cheetah. If you safari in the Serengeti during the migration you will see the 1.5 million wildebeest and 300,000 zebra which traverse the plains in large herds in search of fresh grass and water. The migration is in the Serengeti from October to June after which time it crosses the Mara river into the neighbouring Masai Mara.

The Serengeti is full of variety with unbroken grassland in some areas, towering hills, great partially eroded rocky kopjes in the east and south, while to the west woodland and forest lead down to Lake Victoria. A variety of attractive acacia trees are found throughout the Serengeti, and by rivers there are huge fig and rain trees. The rolling plains change appearance from season to season; covered in brilliant green grasses with beautiful flowers during and after the rainy season with bright beige and yellow grass colours predominating in the dry season.

With a private mobile safari you have absolute flexibility and the sense that the whole safari experience is just for your family. Your guides will be highly experienced and, of course, available to take you wherever you wherever you wish to go. Travelling by vehicle you will be able to search out the large herds, sometimes approaching very close and you will build up a series of unforgettable moments as you watch these creatures interacting. Sometimes if you stumble across something spectacular such as a pride of lion or leopard with a kill you might simply remain still for an hour observing and listening to your guide explaining the animal. As sun begins to set you’ll head off again to a beautiful spot for a refreshing sundowner before returning back to camp where dinner awaits.