Our Classic Mobile Camp is a totally private and exclusive camping experience, accommodating up to 8 people, with large walk-in tents each with dressing area, private en-suite shower and toilet. There is a separate dining/mess tent, and free bar. This camp reflects the style and luxury of the Classic Camping safaris of a bygone era.

The camp operates all year round and is always set up within reach of the Migration, with pre-booked campsites confirmed well in advance. We are able to move the camp to other locations if requested in advance. It can move to the Ngorongoro Highlands, Lake Manyara National Park or Tarangire National Park or in various other wilderness areas of Northern Tanzania.

The Classic Camp is a self sufficient unit transported in a custom-designed 6x6 truck with a trailer and a dedicated pickup truck. These carry all the water and fuel, a camp freezer, tents, bedding, cutlery, washbasins, fresh fruit and vegetables, bar, ice, camp crew and everything else you could possibly imagine that would make your stay comfortable, whilst maintaining the core requirement of being mobile.

We have our own fuel and water, and so do not depend on the proximity of these services when we plan itinerates. All we need to consider is the wildlife density and the overall experience of being in the wild. This enables us to be, and we often are, far from other tour groups, roads, lights, and other signs of civilization. This is a unique element of being on a real safari, and it is amazing to think that in the rushed and interconnected world we live in today, it is still possible to totally get away, sit by the campfire under a starlit sky and not see another light anywhere…. nor hear another sound other than those of the African bush.

You might wonder why this camp is so special, or why the camp should be mobile, and what we mean by “mobile”?

Firstly, the camp is booked solely for you on an exclusive basis. There are no other guests in camp. There is no need for you to compromise your needs with other people’s here, no waiting for service while the steward attends to other guests, or having to explain which group you belong to so you may be told where your dining table is located. There are no set meal times. Quite simply, the camp becomes your home. You have meals when you want, and how you want. We can also make use of camp facilities while on our activities. One day your guide might plan an early start and take a picnic breakfast. You can then stop at your convenience, find a spot and sit in camp chairs and watch, for example, zebras come to a waterhole to drink. Another day, the camp crew might bring out an elaborate brunch that you can enjoy sitting at a dining table set under an acacia tree and served by the camp waiters. Each day is different and because we do not need to concern ourselves with other guests and the crew does not have to cater for anyone else, we are at liberty to relax and experience the rhythm of Africa in a way hard to do in larger camps or lodges.

As this camp is mobile it can easily pack up and move with the seasons. We select the best campsite for your safari, and the camp is erected there ready for you when you arrive. In the Serengeti, that would mean you would be near the lush Serengeti Plains in the green season, as that is where the herds are at that time of year. In the dry season you could be in the woodland to the north-east or even in the rolling hills in the north-west, far from the Plains, but always in the vicinity of the Great Migration.

Being located in areas where there is no tourist activity for months at a time, there are often very few tracks or roads, resulting in minimal disturbance to the environment. Since our camp is truly mobile, we leave no structures or waste when we depart; not even the campfire ash. Nobody would know we were ever there.
While the camp is mobile, it has all the comforts that you could imagine, complete with a separate dining tent with its own bar. Your tent comes with fresh towels, solar lighting for all areas of the tent, convenient canvas shelves for your clothes, relaxing chairs on your veranda, a dressing table and mirror and hot showers at any time upon request.
All these comforts mean it takes around twelve hours to break camp and load it into the truck. We plan the camp’s movements before a safari; after three or four days in the mobile camp, we may stay in a permanent tented camp or lodge for a change of atmosphere, and to allow mobile camp to move to a new location.

Our custom-built safari tents comprise four sections all under one roof... veranda, bedroom, dressing area and shower and toilet. The inner tent structure is 9 metres long (27 feet) and 3.6metres wide (12 feet).

The Veranda
In the front there is a large, covered veranda which provides shade and a vantage point to enjoy the views and any visiting wildlife. This is furnished with a couple of comfortable recliner chairs and a wooden side table.

The Bedroom Section
The bedroom section is a 16 square metres (186 square feet) tent, which is more than two and a half metres (8feet) high in the centre and a metre and seventy centimeters (5.5 feet) at the shoulders, giving great comfort and all the room you need to spread out clothes, books and camera equipment. For coolness, it has large netted windows on all sides, with rain flaps that can be zipped up easily. It is totally waterproof and has a sewn-in groundsheet of heavy plastic to keep out insects and other uninvited guests. It has an overhead solar light and each bed has its own bedside light.

We can provide tents with twin or triple beds or a single king-size bed

The Dressing Area
There is a dressing and shaving area, complete with dressing table, large make-up mirror, a hanging hold-all and a washbasin.

Shower and Toilet Areas
There are two sections at the rear of the tent comprising the shower and short drop toilet closets. Hot water for showers is available at all times. This area is lit by an overhead solar light.

Classic Tent Service
The tent steward will bring you refreshments and care for your laundry and other housekeeping needs.

The arrangements are provided on a full board basis with free mineral water, soft drinks, beers and wine served at meals

Meals on safari can be delicious, using the wonderful variety of fresh and organic grown vegetable and fruit; Bread, cakes cookies and muffins are freshly baked using no more than a tin box covered with coal as an oven! We pride ourselves on our healthy and ingenious food, garnished with home-made sauces, relishes and fresh herbs.

Meals are silver service in a large dining tent with full size tables with candles lit at dinner - sometimes we choose to dine out under the stars with a barbecue over the campfire.
Snacks are served around the evening camp fire

We are well-experienced in meeting the needs of special diets , including vegetarians, Kosher or Halal religious requirements, allergies, or other reasons.

There is a free bar which includes imported gin, vodka, Scotch whisky, Martinis, wines, beers, mineral water, juices and soft drinks. It is a tradition to serve champagne around the camp fire on the final night.

We provide a high staff ratio, including full tent service, waiters, chef, camp hands and camp manager. The number of staff provided is according to the party size but is works out around one staff member per guest.

Nothing, other than your camera, binoculars and personal needs!

You need no money, no computer and no iPhone!

But do bring your intention to communicate with the amazing and wonderful natural World!