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where to go in Africa ?
I am planning my first trip to Africa. What is a better choice,
Kenya/Tanzania or South Africa/Botswana? I want to see animals in the wild and beautiful scenery.... Cheers, Leo |
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"Leo Kerner" schreef in bericht ... I am planning my first trip to Africa. What is a better choice, Kenya/Tanzania or South Africa/Botswana? I want to see animals in the wild and beautiful scenery.... Cheers, Leo What a question. Impossible to answer. I advice you to visit both!! Hans. |
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I'm biased, but my recommendation for a first-time African visitor
from Europe or N. America is always South Africa. This is because South Africa is not as far outside of the average tourists comfort zone as East Africa can be. It's a much "gentler" introduction to Africa in many ways. Sure, if you're going on a package tour where you're escorted to the airport, then transferred to a luxury lodge in a 5-star coach, and spend ten days being wined and dined in 5-star luxury, then it could be in South Africa, Kenya, or any other country for that matter. TBH though, both Southern Africa and East Africa have their own unique beauty. Do them both... Marc - Johannesburg On Tue, 16 May 2006 20:27:01 -0400, Leo Kerner wrote: I am planning my first trip to Africa. What is a better choice, Kenya/Tanzania or South Africa/Botswana? I want to see animals in the wild and beautiful scenery.... Cheers, Leo |
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Leo Kerner wrote:
I am planning my first trip to Africa. What is a better choice, Kenya/Tanzania For value, east Africa is better. But only (in my opinion) include Tanzania if you go January through June. And skip April because of the certainty of rains affecting your trip. A trip that starts in Tanzania late May and finishes in Kenya is the absolute best combination of weather, airfares, lodge costs. or South Africa/Botswana? Great experience but more expensive for several reasons. Weak dollar (Canadian & US), cost of flights to get to and from Botswana and more expensive camps in both places. I want to see animals in the wild and beautiful scenery.... No problem - all of the countries you suggested offer that. |
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Leo Kerner writes ...
I am planning my first trip to Africa. What is a better choice, Kenya/Tanzania or South Africa/Botswana? I want to see animals in the wild and beautiful scenery.... I've been to Namibia, South Africa and Tanzania and while I enjoyed them all I definitely enjoyed Tanzania the most. The Serengeti is unique if you're there when up to 1.5 million wildebeest and zebras are on the short-grass plains (we probably saw 500,000 - 600,000 animals in one day in April) and Ngorongoro Crater is pretty unique too, with 80-100 lions, 400-500 hyenas, black rhinos, heavy-tusked elephants and 30,000 antelope in the collapsed caldera of an ancient volcano. Bill |
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"Leo Kerner" schreef in bericht ... I am planning my first trip to Africa. What is a better choice, Kenya/Tanzania or South Africa/Botswana? I want to see animals in the wild and beautiful scenery.... Cheers, Leo Hi Leo, both countries host amazing wildlife and game-parks. If you want to do the trip yourself then South Africa is the best choice. And I agree to the other answers given here already. Keep well. Regards from the bush, Corné. www.amukela.com |
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Leo,
If you have time (and money) visit both! -- ================================== Lou Andreoli Human, wildlife & nature photographer http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~louine ================================== "Leo Kerner" schreef in bericht ... I am planning my first trip to Africa. What is a better choice, Kenya/Tanzania or South Africa/Botswana? I want to see animals in the wild and beautiful scenery.... Cheers, Leo |
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Corné schrieb:
I am planning my first trip to Africa. What is a better choice, Kenya/Tanzania or South Africa/Botswana? I want to see animals in the wild and beautiful scenery.... Best of all is Namibia! There is all you want to see. Greetings from Heinz |
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....all four countries that you mentioned are lovely and interesting in different ways. South Af and Botswana are a bit easier to travel in if you're planning to rent a car and travel independently. The roads are better and it's easier to just rent and go. Kenya and Tanzania are just a bit more challenging. That said, I'm setting off in two weeks for my second trip to Tanzania, with a rental car. It took a while but I finally found a reasonable deal. We'll see how it goes. Allison -- Allison |
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