How do I prepare for an African safari?

6 Steps to Plan your Safari in Africa
  1. Step 1: Where To Go and What To See. ...
  2. Step 2: Consider Travelers and Preferences. ...
  3. Step 3: When to Go. ...
  4. Step 4: Set Your Budget. ...
  5. Step 5: Choose your travel provider. ...
  6. Step 6: Book Your Flights & Get Ready.




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Toilet Stops on Safari This is one of the most common safari questions that we receive. Going to the bathroom while on safari is a little different from going at home. Actually, it's a lot different. Park entrances, picnic areas and lodges usually have bathrooms but on game drives and walks, you 'go' in the bush.

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Jeans are okay to wear, but when you're limited in luggage weight and planning to have laundry done in camp, a lighter weight zip off pant will be easier to carry and dry faster. While Africa is comprised of a lot of desert and can get very hot at certain times of year, it's not always hot.

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Conventional wisdom suggests the best time to go on safari is during the dry season, which is June to October for the majority of sub-Saharan Africa. It's easier to spot animals at this time, because they gather at water sources due to the scarcity. However, Africa's seasonality is legendary.

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If you're a first-time safari-goer, we highly recommend planning a longer trip to make it well worth your while. As a general rule of thumb about two weeks (or 10 full days minimum) is a good amount of time to properly enjoy your first time in Africa.

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Safaris are casual, so bringing fancy items to wear to dinner is unnecessary. Still, I like to change into something a little nicer for the evening. Because it was chilly and I was trying to avoid bug bites, I always wore long pants in the evening, typically pairing those with a long-sleeved shirt and my sweater wrap.

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Shorts and shirts are quite comfortable on a safari especially during the day, but sometimes during the game drives and short walks in the bushes you might wish you had covered up a little more. So light weight pants in light colors like cream,khaki and Chinos or grey are good for the game drives and walks.

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Animals lurking in the African bush have much more finely tuned night vision than you. Don't tempt them into making you their midnight snack. During safari tours, don't stand up. And don't stick anything out of the vehicle.

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Wearing white increases your visibility to wildlife, while bright colours, particularly red, can frighten animals.

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While white might be a versatile colour that can go with many things, it does not blend in well in the African bush. The terrain, while breathtaking, is also rather dusty, particularly during the dry season.

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South Africa, Namibia, and Kenya are often considered the cheapest African safari countries to visit. Followed by Botswana, Uganda, Rwanda, and Tanzania.

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