Plan your African safari
Choose a Kenya or northern Tanzania safari: compare countries, plan a first trip, locate your Masai Mara or Serengeti base and match dates to the wildlife you want.
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Choose your next safari-planning step
Start with the country comparison, choose a Mara or Serengeti base, or match northern Tanzania dates to your wildlife goal.
Kenya or Tanzania for your safari?
Compare a short Mara-led Kenya stay with a northern Tanzania circuit. The right starting point depends on your wildlife goal, safari nights, road or air arrangements, complete cost and onward beach connection.
Compare Kenya and Tanzania for safariThe guides below distinguish places and seasonal wildlife priorities. Dates and camp locations never guarantee a sighting.
Start planning your first safariPlanning your first safari?
Use the first-safari guide for practical night allocations and a booking brief. Then choose Kenya or northern Tanzania before comparing camps and transport.
Plan your first African safariPlan your safari
Explore guides
- Botswana safari: choose Chobe, Moremi or an Okavango camp
- Kenya or Tanzania for safari?
- Kenya safari planning
- African safari cost: prices, fees and a complete budget
- Plan your first African safari
- Best time for an African safari: choose by region
- Tanzania safari planning
- Planning a Serengeti safari
- When to go on safari in Tanzania