Ever wanted to go on an African safari? Well here’s everything you need to know beforehand.
We recently went on a 3 week safari through Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda, and have previously been on safaris in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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Bringing all of that experience together we’ve created a list of 20 tips and advise of things we wish we knew beforehand.
0:00 Intro
0:37 The Great Migration
1:45 Dry season v Wet season
2:04 Research the animals
2:31 Budget v Premium trips
3:24 Advantage of jeeps
4:06 National Parks v Private Reserves
5:24 Clothing
7:03 Binoculars
7:27 Bring snacks
8:30 Dinner
9:31 Immodium
9:43 Cash
10:12 Make friends with your driver
10:58 Everything is slow
12:56 Explore outside the bubble
14:11 Always go on the safari
15:05 Boat tours
15:58 Hot air balloon
16:39 Appreciate what you see
17:10 Put the camera down
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😮 another one again yap very educative very nice to watch. God bless your union it's amazing how you represent giving us hope that marriage works. As usual welcome back n back to KENYA.
These tips are great! Thank you so much!
Is diarrhea common during these safaris?
Anyway wish you guys had a great day🙏
DO NOT USE IMMODIUM under any circumstances. If you have the runs just keep drink a lot of fluids until it passes. IMMODIUM stops you from passing diarrhea but your body still produces it and it has no place to go. This can result in severe blockages and a perforated intestines. VERY Dangerous. I almost lost my brother for this very reason.
Thanks
All tips made sense to me.
Did you tip the driver at the start of the tip?
Pls, how much is a good tip approximately?
Question: The snacks you say to bring, and the beer – Can I bring it from home? Will they allow on the airport custom?
Thanks a lot , best advices videos safaris for non native English speakers ever , easy to understand
These are very great tips.
What does an “expensive” safari cost, like what price range?
How much is a great tip for the driver?
what? your safari lodge did not take you on a sundowner with drinks/apps every sunset?
But they say the animals don’t like the brighter colors?
I love your advices especially the last one
great video and tips! Which malaria tablets have you used? I read that there are several types and you have mentioned that other people had more side effects.
Nice format and useful information
Pole Pole!!!
(Slow Slow!)
Amazing Video Full Of Ideas, I Retire In Less Than A year And A Safari Is On My Bucket List. Thank You So Much For Making This Video.
Really nice tips!
I suggest charcoal tablets…either instead of immodium or in addition to immodium.
How much is a good tip there?
Those AREN'T JEEPS!
You do need cash a lot in ksh for tips and for a lot of the handcrafted souvenirs you'll likely want to buy. Most hotels will exchange for you. You could do mpesa which is good to bur its really nice to have tip money for hotel staff, drivers and have money for places that don't except card. Especially if you forget to tell your bank your going international
Thank you so much for all that useful information. Hopefully within the next couple of years from now. My wife her ultimate dream vacation wants to go on a african safari. I would love to get her 1.
Quite useful .. will update once am back
OMG 🙏🏿 thank you for that. I will definitely be doing private reserves …
You guys vis was extremely helpful. I will be going to watch others.
Thanks for making this video. Lots of good tips. I wonder, what is a good tip to give the driver?
Sheers, Ed
I have a question do you recommend to go with a tour? Or better to do everything by by ourselves like flight tickets hotels on Safari because I find the tours very expensive.
How much did you tip the driver? What is the tipping expectation in safaris?
This is very helpful and great base packing list.
Great tips
im planning a safari and wondering if there are any places to rent camera zoom lenses while there? i only have a 300mm zoom lens. will this be good enough?
I did one of the camping safaris (a slightly upper scale one where they put up and take down the tents and cook for you) and always highly recommend the experience.
Our first night I woke up to a very low frequency (like 2x per minute) heavy breathing sound in out UNFENCED campsite. I was too chicken to investigate but one of the others was braver and it turned out a bull elephant had literally laid down between our tents for a nap!
Did have to do a careful check for bright eyes before heading for the bathroom in the Serengeti campsite though.
Doing a 9 day Kenyan safari in September. Advice has been invaluable! Most important question… recommendations for wine, beer & spirits? Other than hotel bars, where do you get that desperately deserved night cap?
You have the best advise for a first time person on safari. You are the best. Thanks
Nice video. I am planning to go next year. I am working with a company because i am travelling solo and what i like best is at each point there are 5 to 10 lodges to chose from from budget to ultra luxury which allows me to control the costs. I can look at different trips and play around with them to get what works for me. Canada has strict rules about approaching whales when on whale watching tours (and if you are smart when you are on your own for bear, bison and other large mammals) so it is important to me to go with like-minded companies for the game drives.
Great job guys. I would only add a bit about tipping in camps and lodges, unless you include those tips in your price, like we do.
Can't believe you go three full weeks on safari and don't bring binoculars…