That's another important question to ask yourself. There are travelers who only do a 3-day safari and locate Tanzania safari map, others are only 15 days dedicated to doing safaris. In our case, from the month of our trip, we dedicated 6 days to the safari , being 4 days of what we dedicated to Masai Mara, staying at two different points in the park to see completely different areas. The diversity of fauna and flora in Masai Mara is incredible and to need any more details about Tanzania safari map browse our website.

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Keep in mind that the safari is what will take the most important part of your budget. Safaris are expensive. And they are also really exhausting. You wake up a lot, the roads are horrible and the distances become eternal, you spend many hours on real goat trails continuously jumping, you end up full of dust… So unless you have a true devotion to seeing animals for many days, I consider that 7 or 8 days maximum is sufficient . I really liked Masai Mara that I wouldn't have minded spending even one more day, but in the end, although each day is new and ends up being a surprise, basically it's always the same. We met people who had been on safaris for more than a week and were really exhausted.

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There are people whose objective in the trip in Tanzania safari map is to do only safaris, but in our case we wanted to see many more places in the country, in addition to that we made an incursion on the Tanzanian coast as well, so we had to weigh up both time and money how many days of safari we did. And I honestly think that the 6 days we were on safari were absolutely enough.

This is another question we asked ourselves and to which we pondered many times. We loved the idea of ​​visiting Serengeti, Kilimanjaro and especially Ngoro Ngoro as well. But we desisted for two reasons:

Going from Kenya to Tanzania for safari made the trip and browsing the Tanzania safari map so much more expensive. Safari in Tanzania is also much more expensive. For what to do safari in Tanzania we ate all the budget. On the other hand, as I mentioned earlier, our goal was to explore other areas of Kenya, such as the entire Swahili coast, so it also "stole" us for a long time.

 

So we decided to leave the safari in Tanzania for another occasion and also take the opportunity to visit Tanzania in more depth when the time comes.

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If your idea is to go there only with the idea of ​​doing safaris, perhaps it is a good idea to combine the safari with Kenya and Tanzania, but if in addition to the safari you want to see more places and you do not have a super comfortable budget, I recommend that you focus only in one of the two countries, depending on the time you travel. Remember that if you travel from July to September, it is better to focus on the parks in Kenya .

Contract the typical closed trip with the typical wholesaler who will sell you the typical trip . I will not give names but you can imagine that I am talking about the standard circuits that you can find in any agency. This option will be the most expensive and the least customizable.

Contract with locate Tanzania safari map a local agency for all your travel itinerary in Kenya   or a small part of the trip  or just the safari as we did. You can do this once you get there. But you have two drawbacks. One, you will waste a lot of time looking for the best option. And two, if you do not have references, nobody assures you that you will end up with someone you trust. In addition, in high season you may find the best guides and accommodation already complete. So although I am one of the typical people who never organizes a trip too far in advance and I usually do everything at my destination, in this case I was right to hire the part of the safari from home. I think it was an important part of the success of the safari.

Go to all the parks in Kenya on your own and once there find a guide / driver, etc. to take you from each park . This is totally feasible, but it will take much longer because getting to each park on your own is not such an easy task. In addition you are in Africa, unforeseen events are the order of the day. So this option is in my opinion the least recommended unless you have a lot of time.

 

And what I do not recommend at all is that you rent your car and do the safari on your own. In addition to that the distances are enormous in some parks and most likely you will get lost, not knowing where and when finding the animals can annoy the whole experience.
Free travel in Kenya is totally feasible and not complicated, we did it that way . It is not necessary to travel with an agency at all if you do not want to, but the part of the safari I think is important to carry it well organized . A safari is unforgettable and it will also take an important part of your travel budget. So yes, find, compare, and review various options. But don't skimp either. The cheapest option may not be the best. And you may get some unpleasant surprises for not choosing correctly.

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WHAT AGENCY DO WE CHOOSE FOR THE SAFARI

There are several very good local agencies with which you can organize the safari, or the entire trip to Kenya if you wish, but we, after looking at various options, opted for Masikio Safaris. It is a local tour operator based in Nairobi, specialized in the Spanish-speaking public , managed by two partners, one of them being Kenyan and the other Spanish, José Luis, who is the one you will have contact with when organizing your trip from home. José Luis has spent half his life traveling through Kenya and Tanzania and spends much of the year in Kenya. She is a passionate person who knows the destination by heart and who will not hesitate to give you sincere recommendations depending on what you are looking for.

 

I met him in person before organizing the trip and he gave me valuable advice. Even for the rest of the trip we did on our own. The organization part is exquisite and fast and the follow-up is great at any time of the day and any day of the week.

Once at the destination, the guide Tanzania safari map who accompanied us throughout the safari, Alex, was wonderful. He is Kenyan, but he speaks perfect Spanish, and besides being a person with an incredible sense of humor, he is a real crack as a guide, both in terms of knowledge of parks and animals, and his country. Many of the best moments of our safari we owe to him.

Travel by truck in a group. This is the cheapest option and also perhaps the least comfortable but the most adventurous.

Travel in the 4 × 4 sharing with other travelers . This option is also cheaper than a private safari, but everything will depend on the group with which you have to share. Keep in mind that a safari is already exhausting and if you have the heavy or complaining on duty in your group it can make you bitter the whole trip.

Travel in 4 × 4 on a private safari . This is the option that we chose. It will be more expensive than sharing, obviously, but you go at your own pace and you don't have to put up with anyone or make anyone put up with you. A safari is not something you do every day, so in my opinion, since investing in an experience like this, it is worth making the best of it.