Stay in the best safari lodges - for free.

The Safari Awards, in conjunction with Safari365, would like to take you on safari for free... And not just any safari: you will stay exclusively at the lodges and camps which have been voted for as the best of the best in the Safari Awards.

All you have to do is vote for your favourite lodge, camp, mobile operation, conservation organisation or safari guide in the Safari Awards in order to enter the prize draw. Just visit www.safariawards.com to vote BY MIDNIGHT, 8th SEPTEMBER.

Safari Awards founder Rosanne Cobb comments 'It takes just two minutes to vote online at www.safariawards.com, but means the world to the lodge or camp you vote for. If you enjoyed your safari, give a little back by honouring the staff with a vote in the Safari Awards - and you might just find yourself back on safari in 2015!'

Prizes

There is one main prize up for grabs, a £10,000 / USD 15,000 safari in Eastern Africa, and the best bit is that you can take a partner too. The itinerary in brief:

Day 1: Hatari Lodge, Tanzania -
Day 2: Fly to Serengeti Migration Camp
Day 3: Serengeti Migration Camp, Tanzania
Day 4: Fly to Kicheche Mara Camp, Kenya
Day 5: Kicheche Mara Camp
Day 6: Drive to Mara Toto Camp, Kenya
Day 7: Mara Toto camp
Day 8: Fly to Hemingways, Nairobi
Day 9: To the airport to return home

There are smaller prizes of free nights for two people, again all staying exclusively at Safari Award winning lodges and camps.

Take a look at http://safariawards.com/prizedraw/ for more details and terms & conditions. The closing date for entry is midnight September 8th, and winners will be notified by September 30th 2014.

Notes for editors

The Safari Awards are now coming up to their tenth year, and continue to unearth the best of the best in wildlife travel accommodations and providers. The Safari Awards are truly independent and are headed up by a panel of 13 of the best independent safari specialists globally - www.safariawards.com/judges.  Voting ends at midnight September 8th, and the Safari Awards results will be announced on 2nd November in London (request tickets at http://safariawards.com/safari_awards_party/).

Safari 365 specializes in tailor-made tours and safaris to Southern and East Africa. Based in Africa, they offer customers from all over the world the ability to access local knowledge and information when planning a dream safari to Africa.
Head-office is based in Cape Town (South Africa), with an operations office in Arusha (Tanzania) for an end-to-end service of East African itineraries. Today, more than 1500 clients annually elect to travel with Safari365 due to the excellent service, rates and passion for Africa they provide.

A brief description of the Safari Award-winning lodges in the prize draw itinerary:

Hatari Lodge - Tanzania
The Lodge sits at the northern edge of Arusha National Park – the long forgotten secret – in the heart of Tanzania, beautifully situated in acacia woodland allowing breathtaking views of the Momella meadow, rich with wildlife and at a close distance the majestic Kilimanjaro. Hatari Lodge offers nine comfortably furnished rooms, each with an open fireplace and a spacious bathroom.

Elewana Serengeti Migration Camp - Tanzania
Hidden among the rocky outcrops Serengeti Migration Camp is located at the starting point of the Migration. Comprising of 20 luxurious elevated tents, each with spacious and richly furnished bedrooms, Serengeti Migration Camp blends seamlessly into the environment.

Great Plains Mara Toto Camp - Kenya
A perfect blend of comfort, adventure and intimacy make this a gem in the otherwise confounding matrix of camps in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve. Mara Toto positions itself squarely in the heart of magnificent predator country, and the camp's traversing rights of both Mara North Conservancy and the Maasai Mara Game Reserve give guests the flexibility to explore far and wide in search of arguably the finest wildlife sightings on earth. The camp itself consists of five custom-designed tents of light-colored flowing canvas open on the horizontal side with canopied ceilings.

Kicheche Mara Camp - Kenya
This classic tented camp has moved from its former home in Lemek and is now located in Acacia Valley in Mara North Conservancy. The camp is located in a prime wildlife area, in this top quality conservancy, and game viewing starts frequently in the camp itself.
There are only eight tents, each comfortably furnished with an en-suite bathroom, flushing toilet and hot safari shower.