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Safari Styles

Mobile Camping Safari

A light canvas camp that moves with the seasons to stay close to the wildlife.

The Shape of the Trip

What a mobile camping safari is like

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What it's like

Walk-in tents with real beds and bucket showers, a mess tent, and a crew who set up and strike camp for you. The camp moves to follow the game — often into areas the permanent lodges cannot reach — so you fall asleep to the sounds of the bush and wake up in the middle of the action.

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Best for

Travellers who want to feel closer to the wilderness than a lodge allows, and who don't mind a simpler set-up for a fraction of the luxury-camp price. Ideal for following the Great Migration.

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Where you'll stay

Private mobile camps (yours alone) or seasonal semi-permanent camps that relocate twice a year with the herds. Comfortable canvas — proper beds, an en-suite bucket shower and safari loo, lantern light, and meals around the fire.

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Good to know

'Camping' here does not mean roughing it — it means canvas and flexibility, not a sleeping bag on the ground. Nights get cold and the crew fills hot water bottles. A private mobile camp can be pitched almost anywhere you want to be.

Starting Points

Example trips

A few of our trips that suit this style. Each is a starting point — we adjust the route, the pace and the camps to fit you.

7-Day Classic Northern Circuit Safari

7-Day Classic Northern Circuit Safari

The complete northern circuit — Tarangire's elephant herds, two full days in the Serengeti, the Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara...
7 days
6-Day Great Migration Serengeti Safari

6-Day Great Migration Serengeti Safari

A migration-focused safari that positions you in the right part of the Serengeti for the season — calving on the...
6 days
4-Day Katavi Wilderness Safari

4-Day Katavi Wilderness Safari

Tanzania's most remote big-game park — dry-season buffalo herds a thousand strong, hippo pools packed to bursting, and hardly another...
4 days

Tailor-made, always

Build your camping safari

Tell us when you want to travel and we'll place the camp where the wildlife will be — private or seasonal, wherever you want to wake up.