When we started our trans africa trip I read many reports of people who had paid the $400 and was really disapointed. When we got to the area though, I wanted to be disapointed myself instead of believing those before us.

The result was that we spent $1 000 to visit 4 parks for one day each. They were Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorogoro and Serengeti.

We saw 24 Lions, three cheetah, one leopard and many many other amaizing sightings. We missed the migration in Serengeti, but cought up with it in the Mara. In Ngorogoro we saw one mega herd of wildebeest and wathced some lions stalking them while cheetah were looking on.

So this beggs the question: Is it all worth it?

For us, travelling for a year and doing once ion a life time things, I would say it definitly was! The horrible Serengeti road did no damage to our LC, but at times we drove at 10km/h. The secret is to have enough time not to rush.

If you read my Tanzania notes (Link above) you will see clearly how we did it.

On that note, Masai Mara is only about $125 a day for two people in one vehicle and I definitly prefered that to Serengeti.

It's a tough one, like paying $1 000 for two people to spend one hour with Gorillas or paying $1 000 each to climb Kilimanjaro. If the budget allowes, do it all! That would be my advice.

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