Luxury Safari – The Bargain of a Lifetime
A luxury African safari is the trip of a lifetime. Photo credit: First Cabin Travel.
Robert Kenyon contributed this guest post.
A luxury safari is a bargain when you consider the destination and crunch the numbers.
How many times will you visit Africa to witness wildlife? Once? Twice perhaps? Given this, shouldn’t your safari be full of great memories that can be rekindled again and again? Spread the cost of a luxury safari over a lifetime and the holiday becomes a bargain.
Given the option, would you choose a safari camp that is overrun with visitors? Each meal taken sidestepping along a buffet line? Or would you prefer candlelight dinners and fine wines shared with a limited number of fellow travelers – perhaps as few as 14.
Of course, this kind of luxury trip will not be inexpensive, but it will seem like a bargain when these treasured moments are recalled for years on end.
African safaris search marshlands and grasslands in search of wildlife. Photo credit: First Cabin Travel.
On your first safari adventure in search of animals, do you want to share a van and be relegated to using roadways? Or would you rather travel across grassland in a Land Rover?
A lion is not a lion after all. If you stay at a large camp, you will find that this lion – who may have seen thousands of visitors previously – lies on the ground totally unmoved by the many vans that surround it. Envision yourself edging for position just to gain a good sighting of the animal along with many others trying to do likewise.
The best safari photo ops are with a small number of fellow travelers. Photo credit: First Cabin Travel.
Wouldn’t you prefer being where the wild animals are truly wild and not accustomed to hordes of travelers? Wouldn’t you enjoy a setting where the tents are grand, where the bread is freshly baked minutes before dinner, and everyone who shares the dinner table knows each other’s names?
No doubt that the cost for such a luxury safari will be higher, but the quality of the experience will be also higher and the memories more pleasant to recall. The enormity of the difference between traveling on safari at average or below-average camps and what can be experienced on a luxury safari at truly grand camps cannot be overstated.
Personalized service is a big part of any luxury safari. Photo credit: First Cabin Travel.
Safari in Africa certainly rates as one of the finest journeys one could ever wish for in a lifetime of travel. It is much better to take one step back, delay your journey if necessary, but do not deny oneself the pleasure of a luxury safari in the wonder that is Africa. All things considered, a luxury safari is a wise investment that reaps heartfelt, glorious memories for many years to come. Delay if you must, but denying yourself such a magnificent experience you should not.
Robert Kenyon is the owner of First Cabin Travel, which since 1989 has offered genuinely luxurious group and custom tours to destinations worldwide. The mainstay of bookings comes from repeat clientele and their enthusiastic referrals.
Category: Safaris
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