MOI SAFARI....(I)

All over the travel platforms safari packages keep popping up and people keep asking me what a safari vacation package is, it’s obviously not the Apple web browser. It’s a trip, a simple timeworn trip to the jungle.

A safari really is a trip on land, usually in a jungle or savannah scenery, the trip used to be planned for the  purpose of viewing or hunting animals, but in the modern days a safari trip would involve viewing, photographing, and experiencing animals in their natural habitats. Won’t you ask why safari trips no longer involve hunting? The simple reason is this: the law for the preservation of many animal species is getting passed and enforced by many governments today. It’s a good way to prevent our animals from going into extinction.

Safari is a Swahili word, which was originally gotten from the Arabic word ‘safara’ meaning travel. Most people think safari trips can only be taken in Africa but there are actually loads of safari destinations throughout the globe. For instance, safari trips can be taken in India, Peru, Bangkok, Brazil, Thailand,and Alaska etc.;everyplace one can spot animals in their natural habitat.

 

Safari trips are regularly taken to loads of places around Africa especially East Africa, places like Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Namibia, Zambia and not forgetting our own very Yankari game reserve in Bauchi State, Nigeria. There is just something about African Safaris…may be the blend of our culture gives it the ‘true’ experience.

Most trips into the jungle are done by Trucks. It is simply just too dangerous to walk around lions and elephants…and tigers and all sort of deadly creatures. A view from the safety of a truck allows one to see the animals closely with less danger. People also take some trips with legs, escorted with armed guides around.

The peak of the safari experience is the camping out in tents on the grassland; adventurous people like me will love that. And if you are too fearful or mystical to sleep in tents ,lots of huts and apartments have been built around these reserves to add some twist of home to your experience.

Today there are many operators throughout the African continent and worldwide offering diverse levels of safari package.

The pictures and stories I have heard say so much about what a safari trip could be, and I really don’t want to be left behind…so am planning my own safari trip, are you?