"Liz" wrote in message
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> IMPORTANT enough to top-post:
>
> Number one big hint:
> *Don't* try to cram too much in, or you'll spend all your time travelling
> between destinations rather than seeing the animals.
Thanks for this brilliant reply. It is very helpful with this kind of "on
the ground" advice. I get your point that I shouldn't try to cram too much
in. I was leaning that way before, but now I am convinced.
> Serengeti would be preferable to the Mara in December, as that is where
the
> big numbers of animals will be.
> If I had - only :-((( - a week in Kenya in December (the short rains
should
> be over, but nothing is guaranteed) I'd probably spend 3/4 nights in
> Samburu/Buffalo Springs, a night at either Treetops/The Ark or Mountain
> Lodge and 2/3 nights in Amboseli.
>
>
> Alternatively, if you wanted to include Serengeti, you could do 2 nights
in
> Amboseli, 3 nights in Serengeti and 2 nights at the Ngorongoro caldera.
> Or some combination of the Northern Circuit in Tz, leaving out Amboseli
but
> including Tarangire or Lake Manyara.
I'll do some reading on this then. Exactly the kind of advice I was looking
for!
> If that's your *priority*, i.e. it might be your only trip to Africa
(don't
> even think about betting on it!) and you really want to see gorillas, than
> it's realistic.
> There are only so many gorilla permits per day. I don't know how likely
they
> are to be full up in December: they usually advise you to book well in
> advance. Friends who went one July said that people on another tour
thought
> they had permits for two consecutive days. It turned out they only had
one,
> and the permits for the second day were sold out so they just had to 'hang
> around the camp' for the morning, pretty miffed.
My first thought was that this sounded very interesting, but "difficult" in
the given timeframe. You seem to confirm this - so I guess I'll put that
plan on hold for the time being.
> Info about all the places mentioned above except Uganda on my
non-commercial
> website: main index http://www.v-liz.com/index2.htm.
> Liz
Thank you very much!
-Simon
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