The Great Migration Safari on a Budget

The Great Migration Safari on a Budget : The best way to witness one of earth’s greatest wildlife spectacles across Kenya and Tanzania without thousands of dollars on a budget is staying outside of the park or choosing to join a safari group through contacting a reputable tour operator. This is truly immersive and enjoyable experience. Choosing to stay in public campsites or value tented camps instead of high –end lodges and this helps to cut off accommodation costs. It depends on the season of travel.

In the world, there are two places you can visit to witness the spectacle of the Great Migration: Serengeti National Park in northern Tanzania and Masai Mara National Reserve in southern Kenya. More fact, Serengeti National Park host the migrating herds from nearly December to August. The herds then move into the plains of the Masai Mararenearly August to December annually.

Interestingly, Serengeti and Masai Mara offer equally remarkable Great Migration safari experiences. But it depends on time of the year you’re visiting either choosing to visit Kenya or Tanzania. Each country offers its perfect season of when they have to leave or where else they wish to visit before and after. Travelers planning their next move to country that offers a cheaper Great Migration safari, then we advise you to visit Serengeti. Serengeti National Park is cheaper overall because of its lower daily park tariffs.

Here are some of basis that can help keep your costs down on a Great Migration Safari as explained below;

1. Camp at a public campsite or stay outside the park

If your wallet is very efficient, then, this is the best choice, as it reduces your daily tariff total substantially.

Choosing to stay in public campsite is the best way you can save money on expensive park conservation fees and public campsites helps to cutoff cost much less than luxury internal park lodges. Visitors who stay outside the park get to interact more closely with nearly towns and community cultures.

Public camping fees of the Masai Mara during peak season costs USD250 for a foreign adult overnighting. While, public campsite in Serengeti during peak season costs 120 for overnight.

‘’Note that sometimes the camping fee is included in the booking fee.’’

Opting to stay outside of either park helps you to save a great deal per night. This is the best option to consider when thinking about the budget. Camping is one of either park’s public campsites.

The cheapest public campsites in both parks ranges between 30USD to 45 USD per person per night.

There are other affordable accommodation options on offer in both national parks, like luxury camping and budget lodges. The range of prices depends on the facilities, and there isn’t much difference between the Kenyan and Tanzania offerings.

Choosing to stay outside the park is an enjoyable experience than staying outside of the park. It involve in less driving each day.

2. Do a self-drive safari or join a budget group tour

If you choose your Great Migration safari to be part of a long over landing safari, then a self-drive is good to go option. Because you eliminate the tour operator’s fee which turns into a cheap trip.

You should consider how much research and admin you’re adding to your trip. If you do a self-drive safari-especially if that safari includes crossing national borders. Note that, it will cost you higher tariffs at both the Serengeti and Masai Mara if you’re entering with a registered vehicle outside of the country.

If you wish to cut off the time consuming logistics of a self-drive safari, then the most affordable way to see the Great Migration is to join a budget group tour operator.

Take it that, tour operators are often able to reach out to agent discounts which are not open to the public. More so, group travel offers lots of savings. To be pointed out a 24 hour vehicle tariff at both national park.’’ Which is around USD8 to US$9 per day for locally registered vehicles’’ is reduced when shared between a group. So whether joining an organized group safari or doing a self-drive, you want your vehicle to be in good mechanical condition.

Also note, if you’re going to be staying in permanent accommodation, travel with someone or as a couple or ask your tour gent if there’s solo traveler you can joinm with.

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3. Prepare your own meals

The cheapest option to reduce on costs during trip is buying or preparing your own meals. However, you will need a placed refrigerator system, and not every public campsite has electricity. For that case, you will need to purchase most of your foodstuffs in a city or town before accessing the park.

Many budget tour operators tend to put up permanent campsite or budget lodges where all meals are inclusive. The meals are usually yummy and great value for money. So, always be on ease and convenience when it comes to meals.

Whether you choose to do your own meals or book an all-inclusive accommodation. It’s advisable to carry your own snacks to the park. If you choose to buy food inside the park it comes with understandable markup and end up costing you.

4. A plan a shorter safari

Simple discussion of both the Serengeti and the Masai Mara charges on visitors multiple daily tariffs the more you stay in the park. The number of days you visit either increases your trip budget respectively.

In the Masai Mara, the entrance fee during peak season costs USD200 per a dult. Whereas, the Serengeti charges USD83.

So, we recommend you for at least to take two full days for viewing the Great Migration. If you want to balance saving money with the fact that you have already invested an iconic deal of time and money to experience the world spectacle of wildebeest migration.

5. The Serengeti charge far less in daily park fees

The park entrance fees for both Serengeti and the Masai Mara is charged 24 hour, including the conservancy, accommodation, and vehicle tariffs. These tariffs, work far more in the Masai Mara.

Note: A non – East African adult who enters the Masai Mara in a smaller ,locally registered vehicle and speeds a night  at public campsite will pay about USD450 in total tariffs every 24 hours. Comparison to Serengeti will pay about USD200. So as you can see, the one staying at Maasai Mara for 24 hours is more slightly to pay double per day in tariffs than to be in the Serengeti National park.

Fact that, other significant monetary considerations like ‘’accommodation’’, aren’t notably different by park activities-we see that the Serengeti offers more affordable Great Migration safari than the Masai Mara. Just get started now.