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luxury safari tips you can trust
A normal
safari day
A
day full of rich experiences
Luxury safaris are quite active because guests want to make the most of their learning-adventure trip. I prepared this timetable to give you an idea of a typical day.
5:30
am
After coffee and a light pre-breakfast snack, you depart on a 3- to 4-hour game drive with your ranger and tracker in their safari vehicle. Bring your
camera and binoculars.
Mid-drive
You stop in the wilderness for hot coffee, tea, or hot chocolate served with
a light snack.
9:30
am
You return to the lodge, where a hearty breakfast awaits you. Or,
sometimes, you enjoy a full-fledged bush breakfast in the "middle of nowhere".
10:00
am to 1:30 pm
This is the time to relax at the pool, take a nap, curl up
with a book on your or the lodge's veranda, have a massage in your room, or join
a one-hour ranger-led midday interpretative walk through the wilderness.
1:30
pm
Lunch is served, either in the main dining area or on your private
veranda.
4:00
pm
After tea service with other guests, you embark on your several hour evening drive.
Mid-drive
You get out of the safari vehicle to have cocktails with your safari mates in a
remote natural setting.
8:00
pm
On your return from the drive, you have cocktails and dinner with your
companions. This could be in the indoor dining area, or in an enclosed open-sky boma, or in the bush, or almost anywhere.
9:30
pm
You enjoy after-dinner drinks with your old- or new-found friends - or
go to bed after your active day.
The times above are for summer. Winter times are slightly different because the daylight period is shorter. For example, the winter morning drives leave at 6 am, and dinner begins at 7:30 pm.
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