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Africa Safari Information

Anyone considering or planning an African safari will be faced with a number of difficult choices.

Questions that must be answered include:

  • Costs - for most this will be the major consideration (except for a lucky few!)
  • Destination - where do you most want to go on safari?
  • Duration - how much time do you have?
  • Time of year - rain and wind can wreck your safari
  • Getting there - what's involved?
  • Once there - self-drive or join a tour group?
  • What to take - travel light or dress for dinner?
The list is by no means exhaustive. Other questions will arise (can we take the children?), while for some the answers will be more clearcut.

You may, for example, have seen a National Geo program on Botswana's Okavango Delta - or the Serengeti migration - and that's where you're determined to go.

For others, it's particular birds - or the desert scenery of the Kalahari - that appeals.

The choices - in destination, type of accommodation, and costs - for an African safari are enormous, so the more you can limit the variables, the easier it will be to make a decision.

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Been There, Done That

Cutting through the sales talk of safari operators' brochures and web sites can be a chore. A more reliable source of valid information is often provided by those who've been there and done it. The articles below will help anyone looking for tips and advice about going on an African safari:
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Safari Web Sites to Whet Your Appetite:

(Note: Clicking on safari sites listed below will open the web site in a new window)

OnSafari.com - a comprehensive resource for researching, planning and booking your safari to Africa.

You'll find detailed descriptions for more than 100 trip itineraries, 15 African countries, over 300 safari camps, lodges and hotels, maps, travel tips, wildlife, the best time to travel, game parks and more.

OnSafari web site

Africanhorizons.com - offers over 60 safaris and tours to Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, South Africa and the Seychelles.

Contains a FAQ section that'll prove useful to anyone visiting Africa for the first time Also allows you to choose by destination or price.

Africa Horizons website

Africaguide.com - comprehensive guide to the whole African continent with detailed travel information, daily news headlines, a People and Culture section plus "Travel diaries by travellers for travellers"

Also useful forums "visited by thousands of people interested in Africa".

Africa Guide website

Game-Reserve.com - a site "dedicated to wildlife - the mammals, birds and reptiles of the great African tableau, to the national parks and game reserves which are home and habitat to these myriad creatures...".

Offers comprehensive descriptions of the top African wildlife preserves and regions. Good photo gallery plus useful mammal and bird checklists.

Game Reserve website

Lionroars.com - Lion Roars Safaris is a family owned business that "aims to show guests the Real Africa" - so expect to visit smaller, more exclusive destinations in Zambia's Lower Zambezi National Park.

From personal experience, I can highly recommend a safari along the banks of the Zambezi River - in addition to traditional game viewing from safari vehicles, you can also canoe the many channels that abound with birdlife, or fish for fierce tiger fish. You can download a free Zambezi Safari screensaver from here.

Winston Safaris & Trekking - specializes in "affordable, private, custom, Tanzanian Safaris". Their guides will take you to the stunning game parks of the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara, Tarangire and Arusha National Parks. They can also arrange trips to the Southern Circuit of Selous, Ruaha, Mikumi and Sadani. Winston Safaris does only private, custom tours of Tanzania, so guests will not be traveling with a group of strangers.
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CCAfrica.com - is comprehensive and well presented with lots of info, though it naturally focuses on the lodges owned by the company (Conservation Corporation Africa).

From the site you can get the latest on the "Greatest Show on Earth" - the Great Migration of more than 2 million herbivores on their epic East African journey. Fascinating reading with first-hand accounts of the migration.

CC Africa website

Wilderness-Safaris.com - a well-established, very experienced tour operator with lodges and camps across a range of countries, including Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, Malawi, ande Seychelles.

Wilderness also cater for special interest safaris.

Wilderness safaris website
Africa-safari.net - "specialise in tailor making journeys that suit your time & budget constraints as well as your style and pace. Additionally the journeys listed can be altered and combined to create a unique and personalised safari".

Cover safaris to Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.

Africa safaris website
Discover-Botswana.com - comprehensive info on this popular safari destination, the site provides an opportunity for Botswana to showcase the uniqueness and diversity of the tourism industry and its investment opportunities. Discover Botswana website
TravelAfricaMag.com - online version of Travel Africa Magazine. Many useful articles and comprehensive travel information, but access to articles is limited for non-subscribers. Africa Travel Mag website

Also worth visiting:

AfricaTravel-Information.org - up to the minute travel advice regarding Africa.

Toursaa.com - browse & book safaris, tours, nature and adventure travel in Southern Africa Over 2500 products to choose from.

Südafrika für Bayern.com - ein Spezialveranstalter, der deutschsprachigen Besuchern persönliche Betreuung im Lande bietet und preisgünstige Safaris vor Ort organisiert. Nicht-Bayern sind herzlich willkommen.

SouthAfrica.net - the official South African Tourism website, providing "the most comprehensive online source of information on travel to and in South Africa".

Parks-sa.co.za - official website of South Africa's national parks

Zambia - the African Safari.com - this is a new site, but well worth a visit if you're planning a safari to Zambia. The owner of the site lives in the country and is obviously passionate about Zambia and takes pride in showcasing the wide range of safari options available in his country.

KZN Wildlife.com - official website of Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (the former Natal Parks Board), offering a huge amount of information about the parks and nature reserves it controls in KwaZulu-Natal Province.

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