I hear the drums echo in the night ~ Toto: Africa
African Safari regions
So, where to begin? Well, in brief, two regions lead the way. One is the southern region which comprises South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. This offers Kruger Park, the Okavango Delta, Etosha, Victoria Falls and up-and-coming Luangwa. Malawi with its superb lake is the quiet safari secret.
The other major safari region is the east, where well-known Masai Mara and Serengeti are the wilderness crown jewels of Kenya and Tanzania, and Rwanda offers unique gorilla treks. Let’s highlight some options.
Kruger National Park, South Africa
Experience: great wildlife, very close up.
Added value: outstanding wildlife viewing all year round. Kruger offers exceptional lion and leopard viewing, and there’s the extra thrill of being in an open-sided vehicle with your expert game ranger and tracker team. Sit back, keep your eyes open, enjoy the sounds, smells, surprising sights of Africa, up close and very personal. The private safari lodges here are modern and comfortable, and are very accessible. Value for money, too. A bit more …
Okavango Delta, Botswana
Experience: an ecological jewel with stunning wildlife.
Added value: remote, a rare experience of a vast shallow-water delta in the heart of a desert. Exquisitely pristine, it offers the quiet water-based viewing from dug-out canoes, as well as land viewing in open safari vehicles. It costs a bit more but you’re paying for untouched, untamed Africa here. A bit more …
Chobe National Park, Botswana
Experience: abundant elephant herds and spectacular waterfall.
Added value: large elephant herds, a joy to observe in their group interactions from close up. They are attracted to the gentle, winding Chobe River to drink, so game viewing is a combination of water-based and land-based experiences. A big plus is its proximity to the spectacular Victoria Falls, with its easy access via scheduled flights. A bit more …
Luangwa Valley, Zambia
Experience: unspoiled Africa distilled to its purest essence.
Added value: a remote, large, untouched explorer’s paradise, highly regarded for the walking as well as vehicle safari. You tap in to the heartbeat of Africa by touching, hearing and feeling it. The area teems with wildlife and is still very uncommercialised. Top game drive viewing of wildlife and river viewing as well. Access is getting easier year on year. A bit more …
Serengeti & Masai Mara, Tanzania & Kenya
Experience: epic, ancient force of nature.
Added value: long, shimmering vistas of stunning landscapes that speak of quintessential Africa. For front row seats to the last remaining great natural migration on earth, you come to this region, the original home of the safari. Expect a big canvas revealing a spectacular natural phenomenon that is uncommon in our age of dwindling wild areas. Don’t skimp on accommodation; go up. It’s so worth it. A bit more …
Etosha, Namibia
Experience: all the wildlife, in an ancient desert.
Added value: a large region, bigger than Kruger, with remote desert setting, where the wildlife is often concentrated around waterholes, called pans. The pans, as a result, attract very good game viewing. Namibian landscapes are spectacular. Self-drive is a popular method of getting to the wildlife areas, and fly-ins are also possible, and faster, benefitting visitors who score time economies. Namibia is more comfortable, temperature-wise, in our winter months, but summers are manageable according to region. A bit more …
Zimbabwe
Experience: some of the best safari guides in Africa.
Added value: a largely untouched by time, undeveloped country which, as a result, offers great authenticity and a strong sense of true wilderness. This is home to all the iconic wild animals we know and love, and not only that, some of the finest game rangers in Africa have trained and continue to work here. In addition, it is home to the remarkable Victoria Falls. A bit more …
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