WELCOME TO AFRICA
Safari First Timers-Guide
If it is your first time planning an Africa safari Tour, East Africa is the pioneer safari destination, so it is a great choice for first-timers. The safari concept was started in East Africa, particularly in Kenya, and the word translates to “making a journey” in Swahili. It referred to the long distances people would have to traverse for trade routes and so forth in its original context. Today, African safaris has been popularized in film and literature through grand tales of adventure, romance, and thrills, and that’s what it just is.
If you’ve never been to Africa before, you have so much to look forward to. East Africa offers the most leisurely introduction to the continent for first-time travelers, and it has the wildlife, scenery, ambiance, and expertise to show for it. East Africa is the eastern region of the African continent. It includes safari heavyweights like Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and the Indian Ocean islands of Zanzibar and Seychelles.
The region is renowned for its massive concentrations of wild animals and stunning scenery. Shaped by the tectonic forces that created the Great East African Rift, some of East Africa’s biggest geographic landmarks include Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, Rwenzori Mountains, and the Virunga Mountains. East Africa is also home to the world’s second-largest freshwater lake, Lake Victoria, and Lake Tanganyika, the world’s second deepest lake.
In East Africa’s rainforest are rare primates that have come to win the fascination of both seasoned and first time Africa safari travelers. No other wildlife encounter can rival sitting with endangered gorillas in their natural habitat and observing our ancient relatives’ fascinating family dynamics. The emerald rainforests of Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park and Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park are incredible destinations for gorilla trekking, Africa’s most powerful wildlife experience.
East Africa’s climate is atypical of equatorial regions, surprisingly cool and dry for its latitude. Thanks to this temperate climate and East Africa’s abundant resident wildlife, the region is widely regarded as a fantastic year-round safari destination. Its wide and open plains mean there is virtually always game to see, no matter what time of year you visit.
From the wide-open plains of Kidepo Valley National Park to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest enchanted misty jungles, Source of the Worlds Longest River The Nile, Equator, World Heritage sites and several cultural, social and entrepreneurial communities let’s our local experts know your interests and organize your safari to Africa.
PRIVATE AND GROUP SCHEDULED SAFARIS
A private, custom safari is a meticulously planned tour tailor-made, with the help of a safari consultant, to suit your particular travel style, avoiding your dislikes and bending towards what will make your experience a memorable one. Compared to a group safari that is already planned and priced for you, a tailor-made safari requires your involvement with an expert to put together and squeeze maximum value.
If you’re booking directly with a local expert, emails and phone calls will be exchanged back and forth from the start till you get the destinations, attractions, accommodation, transportation, and meals right. Private safaris are more engaging, and the planning process can be a great experience for the traveler.
Most of our Uganda safaris are tailor-made, all the way, with the traveler’s whole involvement. We employ our local knowledge of destinations and years of expertise to help our guests plan high valued safari trips.
What is the Value of a Private, Custom Safari?
1-For the Privacy
I simply can’t imagine a better way to immerse yourself in the wildlife of a region, to explore hidden corners, and appreciate nuances while enjoying the benefits and enormous satisfaction of traveling under your own power. Privately planning a comprehensive safari is aimed at bringing you the immediate, highly personal satisfaction of discovering a new world on your own terms.
A tailor-made safari gives you the privacy to visit the places you like, with the people you’re comfortable traveling with, at your own time, pace, and pay the price you can afford without alerting the whole destination of your presence. We’ve created especially enjoyable private Custom Safaris for eager first-timers, connoisseurs, celebrities, college buddies, friends-since-kindergarten, big bubbly families, and avid parties of one.
2-For the Sheer Luxury
The sheer freedom of thoughtful selection of where you’ll staying and how you’ll be traveling gives you luxurious access to the destination’s finest camps, lodges, hotels, private villas, and estates.
A Private Uganda safari gives you the luxury of privacy and the uncomplicated serenity that comes with it, and the luxury of choosing where and when you want to go, where you want to stay, all based on your interests and inclinations.
3-For the Service
Every Custom Safari is guided from beginning to end by a highly-credentialed Safari Manager or travel guide. It is a great way to take advantage of the expertise, destination relationships, and strong knowledge power that the manager has acquired over many safari trips like yours. Because you are traveling in a foreign land, the safari manager makes sure you’re in the right place at the right time, service beyond your expectations, and bail you out when in unexpected trouble.
3-For the Flexibility
Because you get to completely personalize what activities to include on your custom Uganda safari itinerary, our local safari experts can include everything from gorilla trekking in the misty mountain forests, hiking, rafting the white Nile rapids, birding, horseback riding amidst giraffes, and dancing with Batwa Pygmies to hammock-lazing, long picnics in the shade of acacia trees, and leisurely–or highly focused–game drives. You alone can put a limit to how much adventure you can have in Africa. If a particular camp, specific safari theme (let’s say; cultural, wildlife, hiking, birding, landscape) entices you, we’ll make it happen for you. Some people go on safari in search of serenity and refreshment, and some seek adrenaline adventures. A Custom, private Safari can accommodate either or both approaches. Our experts will craft a safari that meets your interest and energy levels, day-by-day, hour-by-hour.
Group and Scheduled Safaris?
Our guaranteed-departure small-group safaris operate with the same deep dedication to service and comfort as our private Custom Safaris.
Group safaris are also a bountiful source of inspiration for your Custom Safari in fact, this entire website is a grand grab bag of ideas for places to safari, lodges, camps, social enterprises , community based organizations and lodges to luxuriate in, and activities to be astounded by. For instance, you might look at the safari options that may look nice for your family or colleagues and let our safari experts know about the numbers and interests then turning the small group safari into your own private safari. Or you might want to tinker with the itinerary a bit or a lot. Our Custom Safari experts will work alongside you to create a customized itinerary that fits your needs exactly.
Our local safari experts are available to exchange more with you. Answer your questions , take your booking and process your requests.