Thoughts on safaris

   I’ve been on three safaris now, two tent and one luxury tent. Here are the pluses and minuses as I see them.

  If you can afford it, a lodge safari is the most comfortable. The food would be very good and the facilities are great and you stay in the park. A disadvantage is that they cost 5X a tenting safari. If you choose this option, make sure you will be in a car with no more than 4 people. If there is a lion on the left side, 6 people have to take turns watching. Very frustrating!

  Luxury tented camping is twice as expensive as tented camping but you get to sleep in mostly spacious places, eat six course meals and have hot showers The major disadvantage as I see it is that the camps are OUTSIDE the park so you have one to two extra hours of driving over bad, washboard roads. It’s very tiring!

  Tent camping is the cheapest and I’ve been told the restrooms are now much better. (They were horrible when I was there nine years ago) Some camp sites are not secure at night so you have to stay in your tent at night. NO peeing!

  If you can afford it , go lodge but ask for small 4X4’s. If you want cheap but not the cheapest, investigate several tenting companies. Some have bigger tents, a washing tent and better food. As always, you often get what you pay for.    My animal magnetism still works a little, I guess