Choose a joining group if you are one or two people, you are comfortable with shared stops, and the lower per-person rate matters. Choose a private vehicle if you are travelling with children, you want a photographer's pace, or you need to start and finish on your own schedule. On Kilita's cards the private rate is higher because the vehicle is not split. A 5-day northern-circuit camping safari is $1,000 joining or $1,300 private.
How Kilita plans it
A joining departure still needs a minimum number of travellers. If the date does not fill, the choice is usually to move the date, pay the private rate, or change the route. Ask that question before you book flights. Private does not always mean a private lodge. You can have your own vehicle and still sleep in a shared campsite or a lodge.
What to do next
- Ask the minimum group size for the joining rate.
- Ask what happens if the group does not fill.
- Private vehicle and private room are different things.
- Families usually prefer the private vehicle.
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