I'm not sure how many of you TPers have been to Africa or want to go or would be interested in this sort of thing, but next on my list of things I want to do with my life includes an African safari. Cheesy and perhaps cliche, I know. A lot of the places I looked up it's just a bunch of rich people having picnics and bird watching in Zanzibar or something, but I did find one that looked pretty sweet and it is AMAZINGLY inexpensive, in my opinion anyway...
http://www.overlandafrica.com/tours_temp.asp?TourNo=197
This is like a 46 day trip for 880 bucks, plus a few more side expenses. Catch it, airfare isn't included. But to me it's still a good deal and very legit. You get to go to a lot of national parks, go white water rafting, see Victoria Falls, and it's kind of a happy medium between something well catered and planned out and roughing it. You get to see South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Uganda, Kenya, and Zanzibar.
So to me, 46 days in Africa, meals included, lodging included (though more often than not you're camping out), for 880 bucks without airfare seems like a pretty good deal.
Anyway if you're thinking of a safari, that site is a good place to start. They have longer and shorter trips as well, with a wide variety of countries to see. One thing these sorts of trips do require in case you didn't know (cos I had no idea but I suppose it makes sense), is you must have traveler's insurance.
Anyhoo, I was very surprised how inexpensive such a thing is and thought I'd pass on the info.
safaris!
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