Safari Experiences Part 2

May 2021

Awaken your senses

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A follow up to our Safari Experiences Part 1, in this blog we’re featuring some more exciting activities and experiences that guests can enjoy in Africa.

Camel Safaris

Traverse beautiful landscapes, in the company of the camels and your Masaai guides, fine tuning your senses and experiencing the land in vivid and exciting details. Escape the constraints of a vehicle and lose yourself in the wild where the camel train is the only traffic for miles. As you walk through the stunning landscape, from high mountain forest to broad sand rivers, experience the ecology, habitat and wildlife from a totally unique perspective. Start your day with the rising sun, enjoy a delicious hot breakfast and begin your journey accompanied by the Masaai tracker and the camels. At your own pace investigate the things you encounter along the way. Arrive at your next camp greeted with a cool drink and a gourmet lunch then spend the afternoon relaxing, enjoying a dip in the river, before going for an evening walk and sundowner. In the evening, enjoy drinks by the fireside and a three-course dinner under the stars. With your feet up and a cool drink in your hand, you are reminded how simple true luxury really is.

Chimpanzee Trekking

Trekking chimpanzees, our closest living relatives, is a truly mesmerising and deeply impactful experience. Two of the best places to see chimpanzees are in Uganda and Rwanda.
Uganda has over 5,000 habituated chimpanzees, and one of the best places to see them is Kibale Forest National Park, home to the highest concentration of chimpanzees – over 1,500. Like the mountain gorilla trek, once you come across the chimpanzee group, numbering anywhere from 30 to 80 individuals, you have an hour to enjoy their company. Another memorable, exciting and challenging experience is an all-day chimpanzee habituation experience in Kibale National Park. Visitors can accompany researchers and guides into the forest where the chimpanzee groups are less accustomed to human presence than those visited on the Primate Walk and spend the day following and viewing them.
Visitors to Rwanda can also go chimpanzee trekking in Rwanda’s Nyungwe National Park, home to 13 primate species and over 500 chimpanzees.

Swimming with Whale Sharks

From November through til March, the waters of the Indian Ocean on Kenya’s south coast is the best place to dive with and experience the gentle whale sharks. This is an experience that should be on every divers bucket list.

Swimming with whale sharks in their own environment is an experience of a life-time. Though the whale shark is the largest fish in the world, it is the most gentlest and poses no threat!
In Kiswahili the whale shark is called “papa shillingi”, translating as “shark covered in shillings”. Kenya’s beautiful coast is one of the best places to swim with these majestic and gentle giants.

A Zambian Walking Safari

It’s an adventure that gives you the most exhilarating and exciting eye-level understanding of the wildlife and the bush! As you walk in the wilderness, experiencing the sights, sounds and smells of the bush, you become part of the environment, your senses heightened, the heart beating a little faster. Watch the animals from a safe distance as they quietly go about their life, they recognise you only as another animal; it’s a primal and emotional experience.
A walking safari is extraordinary, incomparable to any other safari experience.
As the birthplace of walking safaris, South Luangwa in Zambia is a great place to get out into the wild, awaken your senses and really experience true Africa.

Safari Experiences Part 2