If we want tourists to talk, surprised that some are saying! This hint of truth is mixed with nonsense, usually so that the story more believable.
My wife and I were born in Africa, lived here for our lives and the most visited national parks, the Kruger, Kalahari, Kilimanjaro.
We believe that the top 10 myths African Safari, which we have heard, but obviously made with our experience, so you can take your decisions based on facts.
Myth # 1: is Africa, warm, moist and dangerous!
Fact: more people get spiders and snakes, biting their homes like in Safari. Most safari made the cold winter months tend to be open in the jungles of Savannah and the best time for Safari when mosquitoes and snakes, inactive.
Myth # 2: Africa is not safe for tourists due to political instability.
Fact: Kruger National Park Receives only about 1.5 million visitors each year, of which about 60% of the visitors are foreigners. The United States can accommodate three times in Africa-Africa is a continent with many countries-there is a problem, but in General, Southern African parks in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia, safe and peaceful.
Myth # 3: African Safari is a vacation adventure.
Fact: traditional Safari this relaxed event that takes place in a vehicle. Go to the Park to self drive Safari or excursion on research performed to watch wildlife or photography. Their only effort will raise your camera or your Sun Downers!
Myth # 4: Experience wild Africa nature should you “rough.”
Fact: you can do self-drive and rough, but you also have the option to do self and stay in bungalows comfortable bathroom or do safari with luxurious accommodations and gourmet. We have done all three, and a true wilderness experience, bungalow in the desert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park, prefer the baths.
Myth # 5: African Safari is a very expensive!
Fact: we look very nice posting self-contained Safari tents family cottages 150 United States dollars. 00 per night (2 persons) costs on average. If you are a tourist on your flight will be article more expensive and if you use your frequent flyer mileage, expenses, dramatically reduced Safari integers.
Myth # 6: the most visited parks on your African wildlife safaris to your experience.
Fact: place to stay, it’s pretty Kruger Park, a park for the duration of more than 300 km from North to South, you can spend 10 days in the South of the Park and you will find everything you need to know here. You must provide, African Safari, visited with the quality of life, rather than simply list Parks Division.
To see myth # 7: migrating WILDEBEEST or big five is the Holy Grail of search on Safari and Safari without it!
Fact: some people will lose their timing and migration while others outside the big five animal crosses. Our advice is to not irritate and Safari is much more than these two attractions. You have five six large birds, small animals and difficult physical challenge to find eleven, and make great photos of the theme! We won several contests, photography and most of our award-winning images of insects, reptiles and plants is an animal less seen.
Myth # 8: a guide for animals to be found.
Fact: we were on the series group trips in two national parks and private reserves, but we better sight if self-drive. It boils down to go to your gaming Guide to the correct time (cooler part of the day), attention to shape, colour and movement in the forests and in the right place at the right time.
Myth # 9: this is necessary to get the expensive bazookas slowly good great photography.
Fact: long lens beneficial if Safari, but it is useless. We photographed the Super seven (plus five great Cheetah and wild dog) in Kruger Park a few metres from our vehicle. 300 mm 4 x tele 1. Converter will be sufficient for most capacity. You have a body like Megapixel Nikon D7000 cutaway shots, 18 May and a decent resolution.
Myth # 10: Safari game drive lasts 3-4 hours and twice a day, just before sunrise and again shortly before sunset, so it does nothing for seven hours a day.
Fact: let the game discs in the early hours of the morning, but I’m on vacation and can sleep! But keep in mind that day as you sleep, most likely on the day of the Leopard and the pride of lions, to see more!
Our usual it’s too early in the morning to go and then stay for the rest of the day. In the first half are much cooler than, so we usually do so in the morning to see more games in the afternoon. In addition, you can stay all day if you do self drive Safari-this is where you boss! Keep in mind that more likely animals as cheetahs in the heat of the day, in a way that you, if they are hunting.
So there you have it to the top 10 myths of African Safari!