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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We went on Safari in Tanzania a couple of years ago. It was amazing.

I'm sure you know what colors to take to wear. As far as clothing goes, I'll just say to make sure to take a fleece and warm long pants; mornings and evenings can be quite cold. And I'll add that we didn't wear the hats we took. I wouldn't bother to buy expensive "safari hats" lol. Everyone does; you don't need them. Do take sunglasses, though.

Do take binoculars, and take a pair for each person if possible.

As far as tipping goes, you have probably been given a guide by your TA? For how much to tip guides/lodge staff/etc? I would recommend that you add up the money you think you need based on that ... and then double it. We found we needed tip money a lot more often than we thought we would. For example, on flights from one lodge to another someone would handle our bags -- they needed a tip. We booked a tour in Zanzibar and there was a driver and a guide -- and both needed a tip. And on and on. We used American dollars, which seemed to be preferred, and using them as opposed to local currency helped me keep track of things a little more easily. We organized tips in advance before we left -- I had an envelope for the guide at lodge one, for staff at lodge one, for guide at lodge 2, etc. Oh, one other piece of advice about tipping at lodges: I had budgeted tips per day, and I kind of screwed it up because I'd thought of "per day" as the number of nights we were staying there, when really the staff was helping us a huge amount for each day we were there, if that makes sense, including the day we left. For example our guide took us out the moment we arrived and took us out early morning the day we left. So I had wrongly counted out tip money for Guide at Lodge 1 for 3 days in advance and put it in the envelope, when I should have counted it out for 4 days. I adjusted while there, but then started running out of tip cash. So consider that. If this doesn't make sense let me know.

And I will disagree with PP who suggests staying in one location. It was very much worth it for us to fly from the Serengeti on the Mara to Ngorongoro. [/quote]

What was the all-in per person cost of your trip, by the time you factored in all the tips, buying clothes, hotels, food, flights, everything?  Ballpark is fine, thank you![/quote]

About 18-19k, including flights there and back.[/quote]

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