Tour packages
Southern and western Tanzania, northern Kenya — vast, fly-in wildernesses where you can drive all day and rarely see another vehicle.
MittelklassePrivatIm Zeltcamp schlafen, klassische Safari
MittelklasseGeteiltIm Zeltcamp schlafen, klassische Safari
MittelklassePrivatKomfortable, feste Safari-Lodges
GemischtPrivatKomfortable, feste Safari-Lodges
GemischtPrivatPrivate Conservancy — exklusiv und weitläufig
MittelklassePrivatIm Zeltcamp schlafen, klassische Safari
MittelklassePrivatKomfortable, feste Safari-Lodges
MittelklassePrivatKomfortable, feste Safari-Lodges
MittelklasseGeteiltGünstiges Reisepaket für diese Route
LuxusPrivatCamps derselben Marke entlang der gesamten Route
MittelklasseGeteiltPrivate Conservancy — exklusiv und weitläufig
GemischtPrivatCamps derselben Marke entlang der gesamten Route
If you have done the headline parks, or simply want wilderness without crowds, the best of East Africa lies off the main circuits. These itineraries head to the genuinely remote corners — places reached by light aircraft, where exclusivity is the whole point.
Southern Tanzania — Ruaha holds an estimated 10% of the world's remaining lions and the largest elephant population in East Africa, with a fraction of the visitors of the northern circuit; park fees are lower too ($35.40/adult/day versus $82.60 in the Serengeti). Nyerere (formerly the Selous Game Reserve) covers 30,000 sq km of protected wilderness — one of the largest in Africa — and is the only southern-circuit park offering Rufiji River boat safaris alongside walking safaris and fly camping.
Northern Kenya — Samburu delivers the "Samburu Special Five" (Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe, Somali ostrich, gerenuk and beisa oryx) found nowhere in the south, while the conservancies of Laikipia pioneered the community-conservation model, with walking, riding and camel safaris on private land.
For those who want to go further still, Tanzania's western circuit — Katavi and Mahale Mountains — is in a category of its own. Katavi receives almost no visitors; in the dry season (June–October) its floodplains concentrate buffalo in herds of 1,000+ and hippos in shrinking pools of 600+. Mahale, reached only by charter flight or boat on Lake Tanganyika, is the finest chimpanzee-trekking destination in East Africa. Neither park has a road connection to anywhere; a charter flight is the only realistic option, and the remoteness is the reward.
These are fly-in safaris — building light-aircraft transfers in from the start is part of the plan. Tanzania's southern parks (Ruaha, Nyerere) are best June to November and largely close in the long rains (March–May). Katavi is strictly June–October. Mahale is year-round but best July–October. Northern Kenya runs year-round. Browse remote Tanzania parks and northern Kenya safaris below.
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