The Journal
Honest, practical writing on planning a Tanzania safari — costs, timing, the migration, packing and the coast.
A week in the parks is intense; a week on the coast is the counterweight. How to fold Zanzibar into a safari without the two halves fighting.
You need less than you think, and different things than you expect. What actually matters, from clothing colour to the one item people forget.
The goal is not to tick off as many parks as possible. It is the right few places, in the right order, matched to when you can travel.
The migration is not an event with a date. Here is where the herds actually are through the year, and which phase is worth planning around.
Quotes run from $150 a day to over $2,000, and both are real. Here is what sits behind the number, and a realistic range for northern Tanzania.
A few quick questions so we can come back with something real rather than a brochure. Nothing here is compulsory except your name and email.
