Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
October 2008
Assessment Criteria
Satisfaction in %
Comments
Pool
-
Tent/ Room
70
you walk on rubber, its a long drop loo and you don't have a
water basin inside
Restaurant atmosphere
80
they set up an extra dining tent which is nice!
Food
80
if you compare this to a permanent camp then the food is much
less attractive but given that... nice
Management & Staff
80
nice and friendly, a bit helpless here and there and not busy
Camp/ Lodge
70
didnt look too nice overall but real safari feeling
Originality of reserve
80
no off road which is good on one hand, on the other it limits the
opportunities
Diversity of reserve
100
great, from dry to green
Wildlife - quantity
100
everything in good numbers
Wildlife - diversity
100
well, there is everything in
Wildlife - extraordinary occurrences
90
almost kill, intercations of male lion with 8 cubs etc
We weren't lucky enough (again) to catch the migration here. They moved just outside of the park we were told into the north east.
And we were located in the middle of the park regardless that we wanted to stay in the north (that’s what we ordered at least). We
found out, that the location of where the private camp is being set up is being dictated by the rangers of the park. If we would have
known this we would have chosen a permanent lodge well located in the north.
Okay, Serengeti is great. There was no place before which we have visited anywhere which such a great wildlife. Even though one
is not allowed to get off-road usually one can find something exciting (such as kills) just next to the road. Having said this, one
might go for an hour without encountering much. But then landscape is beautiful and variation too. And you never know what is
behind the next corner. The pictures will speak for themselves.
Before you get there be aware, it is amazingly expensive for tourist to go there (50US$ per day and head and car, the guide
comes cheaper). The camping spot is expensive too and as mentioned above, nobody knows where the rangers will put you. The
private camp is a trade: you are all alone with your guide and 4 other staffs (cook, waiter, truck driver, and I don’t know, there was
a 4th one with an unknown function but very friendly and then the guide). They set the camp before you arrive. So far so good. If
everybody is nice and the guide is a good one, then you should be okay. If not, you are hooked up with them for that time with no
escape.
No doubt, sitting next to the fire in the evening with a glass of wine, just the 2 of you while hearing the lions roaring in the
distance... this is an experience! A cool one.
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