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Africa Safari Information

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?

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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• How to Book a Cheap Safari in Arusha
• Walking Safari in the Selous Game Reserve

Safari Web Sites to Whet Your Appetite:

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.

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.

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".

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Also worth visiting:

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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