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Guides, comparisons and honest planning advice from the people who put the trips together.
Safari planning
The river crossings get the attention, but they are one week of a twelve month calendar, and the months either side often make the better trip.
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The east has the wind and the tides, the north has swimmable water all day, the southeast has neither the crowds nor the nightlife.
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Most packing lists are padded. Six things make a real difference to how much you enjoy a week of game drives.
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Three days is enough to see one park properly. Two is a long drive with animals at the end. Here is how the arithmetic works.
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The river crossings get the attention, but they are one week of a twelve month calendar, and the months either side often make the better trip.
4 min read
Success on Kilimanjaro is decided by acclimatisation days, not fitness. What each route actually gives you.
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They share an ecosystem and a border, and they suit different travellers. A straight comparison without the marketing.
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Long connections on routes east can usually be stretched to three nights at little or no extra airfare, if you ask at the right moment.
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Rooming lists, staggered arrivals and a budget you have to report against. What to decide first and what can wait.
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It is the single most expensive hour of most Kenyan itineraries. Whether that hour earns it depends on things nobody tells you at booking.
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