Rivertrees Country Inn is an excellent way to start your East African travels: a tranquil forest setting in the foothills of Mount Meru with splendid views of Mount Kilimanjaro. Your first night on safari is spent in a well-appointed and spacious room offering wonderful vistas of the estate’s gorgeous gardens. The lodge is conveniently located just under an hour’s drive from both Arusha and Kilimanjaro International Airports, the gateway to Tanzania’s northern safari circuit.

Travel to a remote location in central Seronera, known as one of the most reliable game-viewing areas in the Serengeti. Check into your Hemingway-style canvas tent at the intimate Namiri Plains, boasting creature comforts like crisp linen, hot-water showers and a flush toilet.

‘Namiri’ is Swahili for ‘big cat’ and you will certainly enjoy unbeatable sightings of cheetah in this area. Go on daily game drives with skilled ranger-and-tracker teams in search of Seronera’s residents, as well as being privy to unusual sightings like aardwolf, serval and endangered pangolin. If you are visiting between about May and July, you will enjoy front-row seats to the Great Migration when thousands of wildebeest make their annual pilgrimage through Seronera.

Time marches on and it is time for you to relocate to a private mobile camp set in a secluded corner of Ruaha National Park. Kwihala Camp’s location alternates between two sites, so you will always enjoy an unspoilt setting. Its spacious canvas tents are charmingly furnished and feature shaded verandas with safari chairs.

You go on day and night game drives with local guides and enjoy quality predator sightings like lion, cheetah and leopard. Start your days with delicious breakfasts in Kwihala’s mess tent or for something truly unique, a memorable ‘bonnet breakfast’ can be prepared for you on your safari vehicle’s hood in a wild and off-the-beaten-track location.

The final chapter of your safari adventure will be written in Africa’s biggest game reserve. The sheer size and scale of Selous can be difficult to imagine, but its breathtakingly wild and beautiful landscape will mesmerise even the most seasoned safari goer. The great Rufiji River is the reserve’s lifeblood and teems with birds, elephants and Jurassic-sized crocodiles.

With a name that translates to ‘Heart of the Selous’, Roho ya Selous is perched on a hill within a sensational photographic section of Selous. This luxury tented camp offers sweeping views of the famed Rufiji River and lies close to an area that’s known for offering the best game viewing in the reserve: Lake Manze and Lake Nzerakera. Highly knowledgeable guides will take you out on game drives, guided walks and river safaris to enjoy superb big game sightings and predator action.

After a last morning in the wilds of Africa, a short light aircraft flight takes you to Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam International Airport for your journey onward.