Gapi Africa Safaris

Serengeti National Park — GAPI Africa Safaris
Serengeti — Lion pair
14,763
km² Protected
3,000
Wild Lions
1.9M
Wildebeest
14,763 km²
Park Area
Serengeti National Park · Northern Tanzania

The WildUnchanged.

14,763 km² of open savannah. 3,000 lions. 1.9 million wildebeest. Your sole-use mobile camp repositioned monthly to follow the animals.

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3,000
Wild Lions
40% of Africa's total population
1.9M
Wildebeest
Continuous annual circuit
14,763
km² Park
Largest savanna ecosystem
500+
Bird Species
Year-round diversity
Lioness and Cub
Lioness & Cub · Seronera Valley
3,000 lions — 40% of Africa's population
Mara River Crossing
Mara River Crossing · August
John Mazinga — positioned before the crossing begins
Cheetah
Cheetah · Short Grass Plains
350 cheetah — one of East Africa's healthiest populations
Elephant Herd
Elephant Herd · Seronera
6,500 elephants in the Serengeti ecosystem
Dawn
Dawn · Serengeti Plains
Sole-use camp inside the park
Serengeti National Park

Where the horizon ends at nothing.

The Serengeti is not Africa's largest national park, nor its most remote. It is, by universal consensus, the most extraordinary concentration of wildlife on earth. At 14,763 km² of open savannah, riverine forest, granite kopjes, and seasonal wetland, it supports a biodiversity no comparable area can approach.

GAPI operates a sole-use mobile camp inside the park boundary on a GAPI concession, repositioned monthly to follow the Great Migration and resident pride movements.

The distinction between inside-park and outside-park matters enormously. Most lodges are outside, with 6am-6pm access. Our camp is inside. You remain after sunset. Lions 200 metres from your tent at 11pm are not possible from outside the boundary.

The guide team is led by Gapi Stephano and John Mazinga, whose twelve years and 300+ Mara River crossings make him one of the most experienced migration specialists in Tanzania.

"The morning was ours alone. Forty-two lion in one pride. No other vehicle. The silence was the most extraordinary thing I have ever heard."

Lord & Lady H., Wiltshire · Serengeti 2024
Key Facts
14,763 km² — the world's most celebrated wildlife ecosystem
3,000 lions — 40% of Africa's total wild lion population
1.9 million wildebeest in continuous annual circuit
Big Five all present year-round
500+ bird species
GAPI mobile camp repositioned monthly: always where the wildlife is
Wildlife & Experiences

What you will encounter.

Lion Prides
The Lion Prides of the Serengeti

3,000 lions — 40% of Africa's wild population. GAPI guides track three resident prides by territory. Morning drives before 5:30am produce lion sightings on approximately 95% of game drives year-round.

Big FiveYear-RoundSole-UseDawn Drive
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Great Migration
The Great Wildebeest Migration

1.9 million wildebeest and 250,000 zebra in continuous circuit. Calving in January-February. Grumeti crossings in June. Mara crossings August-September. GAPI's camp is repositioned monthly to wherever conditions are most extraordinary.

Year-RoundMara CrossingsCalving SeasonMobile Camp
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Cheetah
Cheetah on the Short Grass

350 cheetah — one of East Africa's healthiest populations. Lameck Stanslaus has a methodology for locating cheetah at first light that produces sightings on approximately 80% of morning drives in season.

350 CheetahShort GrassMorning DrivePhotography
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Elephants
Elephant Herds of the Serengeti

6,500 elephants. GAPI positions the vehicle downwind and stationary — the herds pass within metres without disturbance, giving close photographic access impossible with engine-running approaches.

6,500 ElephantsYear-RoundMatriarchal HerdsPhotography
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2024TATO — Operator of the Year
2024Travelife Platinum
2023Relais & Châteaux Partner
2022Safari Awards — Best Private Operator
2022Condé Nast — Top Outfitter
2024TATO — Operator of the Year
2024Travelife Platinum
2023Relais & Châteaux Partner
2022Safari Awards — Best Private Operator
2022Condé Nast — Top Outfitter

What they carry home.

★★★★★

A wildlife encounter of extraordinary depth. Our guide's knowledge of individual animals — their territories, behaviour, histories — transformed observation into understanding.

Lord & Lady H.
Wiltshire, UK · 2024

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