Choosing Your African Wildlife Safari � The Basics

You can take your game drives as and when you wish - subject to reserve regulations. They lack theflexibility in terms of routing and pace. You are likely to meet new people and share ideas too.

Destination KenyaMasai Mara, home to the annual migrations, offers some of the continents most spectacular sights ofmillion-strong herds of wildebeest and other plains animals in July and August.. On bush walkexperienced rangers and trackers escort you.

Where should You Go for your African Wildlife Safari?Kenya and Tanzania in East Africa and the Republic of South Africa in the southern Africa offer thebest opportunity for African Wildlife Safaris.

Group escorted toursThese are more affordable since you are joining other travelers doing similar safari programs likeyours.

Amboseli National Park: with a view of magnificent mount Kilimanjaro and noted for elephant,wildebeest and buffalo.

Kruger National Park of South Africa is arguably the most popular self-drive destination for wildlifesafaris in Africa.

Ngorongoro CraterCrater, the largest crater in the world is home to the rare lion, elephant, rhino and wildebeest.

Games drives: in the private game reserves, game drives are in open four wheel drive vehicles. Theytend to be on the pricier side.

Destination South AfricaKruger National Park, with its 3000 kilometer of well-maintained roads is ideal for a self-drive safari.

Destination TanzaniaSerengeti covers over 14000 squire kilometers of open plains and contains the largest concentrationof plain animals in the world.

Game drives: For both Kenya and Tanzania, there are usually 2 game drives a day; early in themorning and again late in the afternoon, each lasting typically, about two and a-half hours. You canask for the vehicle you intend to hire to be delivered at the airport so you can pick on arrival ordelivered to your hotel, from where you drive to your camp or lodge at your chosen reserve.

Self-drive safarisThey offer the greatest flexibility, enabling you to set your own pace of travel. They are designedaccording to the desires of the traveler. These are sometimes referred to as tailor-made tours.However, it is accessibility means that it attracts around 650 000 visitors annually and can becomevery crowded during the school holidays in July and December.

Private individual tours

Private individual tours are suitable for those seeking freedom and are able to pay for it. For self-drive safaris, we recommended a microbus or a large car.

Vehicles are generally four-wheel drive microbuses with pop-up roofs.

Private individual Tours and Group escorted tours are popular in many African destinationsincluding Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa and Uganda, among many others.

In most cases, once you get into the Kruger park, game drives are conducted in open-topped safarivehicles piloted by safari experienced, enthusiastic English-speaking drive-guides and nativerangers.

Accommodation and meals:Kruger has a highly developed infrastructure including 21 modern self-catering rest camps,providing basic standard of accommodation. Petrol is available at the rest camps

The wilderness of Samburu has a river that attract large variety of games, via the forested Aberdare,known wild wide for its tree, lodges, floodlit waterholes and prolific wildlife

Here we summarize the highlights in each of the 3 countries since each provides a different varietyof landscape, accommodation and wildlife.

The advantage of Kruger is that it is relatively inexpensive and you travel on tarred or graveledroads-easier for families with young children or elderly person who may find off- road drivingdifficult. Each of the different types of safaris offers particular advantages; Private Safaris give youthe privacy together with the flexibility on routes and pricing. Of course, it is never possible toguarantee which animals you will see - they are constantly moving in search for food and water-it israre indeed to take a safari in any of these destinations and be disappointed

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