In Kwa Mhinda, Makubi Safari Camp offers its guests several ways to experience a safari: guided walking safaris, game drives, and guided birdwatching. The activities differ primarily in what you want to focus on. For planning purposes, it is also important to note that these activities are offered to camp guests.

Walking Safari, Game Drive, or Birdwatching

On a walking safari, you explore on foot with a guide. The guides leading the walking safaris are FGASA-trained. A game drive offers a different format among the camp’s guest activities. If you are particularly interested in birds, you can choose a guided birdwatching safari; the camp lists qualified bird guides for this activity. You can therefore distinguish between the options based on your preferred focus: walking safari, game drive, or birdwatching.

Guidance is explicitly part of both the walking safari and birdwatching offerings. For walking safaris, the guides’ FGASA training is a specific distinction; for birdwatching safaris, the qualifications of the bird guides are highlighted. When choosing between these activities, it is therefore not just the type of safari that matters, but also whether you want to explore on foot or focus on birdwatching. Game drives complement the two guided formats as a separate option.

All three activities are offered to guests of Makubi Safari Camp. If you are planning your trip to Kwa Mhinda around one of them, take this guest requirement into account. The activities are therefore specific points to consider when choosing your stay, but they are not described as a general program for visitors who are not staying at the camp.

Optional Overnight Stays in the Wider Region

The Isyankisu Explorer Fly Camps in Selous offer another planning option. They consist of lightweight, non-permanent wilderness camps at two remote locations. These sites are in the wider region and should not be confused with the location of Makubi Safari Camp in Kwa Mhinda. So, when considering activities in Kwa Mhinda and the fly camps, distinguish between the camp’s location and the regional overnight locations.

Overnight stays at the Isyankisu Explorer Fly Camps are optional, must be arranged in advance, and are conditional on a stay at Makubi Safari Camp. They are therefore not an independent overnight alternative to staying at the camp. For your planning, this means a night at a fly camp is an additional option in the wider region, subject to certain conditions—not simply another place to stay in Kwa Mhinda.

If you are considering these nights, arrange them with the provider before your trip. Advance arrangements are part of this option, and a stay at Makubi Safari Camp remains a requirement. This allows you to treat the choice of safari activities in Kwa Mhinda and the question of an optional night in Selous as two separate but related decisions.

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