5 day Walkers Dream Itinerary

Day 1 Serengeti Wilderness Area – Mobile Camp Leaving the security of the game viewing tracks we head off road into the wilderness walking areas. These areas were not visited for nearly 50 years except by the occasional ranger patrol, they offer a view of the Serengeti as it was...... un-marred by game viewing tracks and lodges. Once in camp we can go for an afternoon orientation walk – here we are the intruders and we must learn to blend in if we are to get the full benefits of our visit. Overnight in the Wilderness Camp

Day 2 Serengeti Wilderness Area - Mobile Camp Our first full day of walking – we set off early in the cool of the morning ..... stopping for lunch in the heat of the day under a shady tree or a cool overhang. Walking in the Serengeti is not about covering huge distances, it is about moving slowly so as not to disturb the wildlife, peering around a rock kopje to see a herd of impala grazing – oblivious to our presence, sitting above a waterhole to watch as the game come down to drink. Its about enjoying the smaller pleasures – finding out about the traditional medicinal properties of a tree, following the Honey Guide bird as it leads us to a hive ...... and on occasion getting our hearts racing as we stalk the larger more dangerous game – the buffalos and elephants ....or even perhaps lion. As we have walked the camp will have been broken down – moved ahead of us and re-erected in a new location – this is truly a ‘safari’ ...a journey – as we move though the wilderness. on a rock

Day 3, 4 and 5 Serengeti Wilderness Area - Mobile Camp Three full days of walking – we will move camp each day a we slowly wind our way across this vast wilderness, much as our distant ancestors did. Perhaps today following a river or climbing onto higher ground to investigate the mysterious rock kopjes that dot the landscape. There is so much still to be explored and we never take the same route twice! Overnight in the Mobile Camp again. Day 4 Serengeti Wilderness Area - Mobile Camp Our final day of walking – wandering amongst the towering rock kopjes , finding the spot where the elephants dig for water in the river beds, or perhaps coming upon a lion kill. Back to your Wilderness Camp for a final night of relaxing around the camp fire under the vast, star studded, African sky, listening to lions roar at each other across the plains as we settle down to sleep. walking by the kopjes

Day 5 Drive back out of the wilderness area and rejoin the tracks somewhere near Seronera in the Central Serengeti

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