Saturday, August 22, 2009

Enjoy An African Safari Adventure

By Lee Reid

Do you love being outdoors? Is your idea of vacation involve spending time observing wildlife in their natural habitat? If so, an African safari vacation may be the ideal vacation for you.

African safari vacations have become very popular and there are numerous companies that provide packages designed to bring a bit of adventure under expert supervision.

Accommodation is usually in lodges and camps, equipped with hot showers. Meals and barbecues are prepared by the company cook.

Kenya is one of the main destinations for this type of vacation and a beach holiday could be combined with an African safari. The country has 40 National Parks and game reserves. One of the most spectacular is the Kimana Game Sanctuary, which is located at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Two other popular national parks in Kenya are the Mount Kenya National Park, which is a rich rain forest, and Masai Mara, which consists of stretching plains. If you happen to go on one of the African safari vacations in Kenya, your guide will drive you and the other tourists either in 4x4 vehicles, open back trucks or mini buses.

If flying is your thing and you want to see the landscapes from high above, there are African safari vacation packages that include flying in a small plane. You'll see giraffes, leopards, crocodiles, gazelles, zebras, hippos and lions during your African safari adventure in Kenya.

If you want to see a variety of landscapes -- wetlands, open grassland, semi-dessert, old forest -- then an African safari vacation in South Africa is the perfect vacation package for you. If you want to explore on foot, car or light aircraft, go on an African safari vacation in South Africa's Phinda region.

There are also African safari vacation packages that include exploring South Africa by boat. Expect to see lions, buffalo, rhinos, leopards and elephants. You'll see packs of hyenas and wild dogs, leopards and elephants when you tour the Madikwe Game Reserve.

There are also African safari packages to Uganda and Rwanda. If it's chimpanzees and lowland gorillas you want to see, you'll see plenty of them in Uganda. You'll see gorillas at the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.

To see a variety of bird species, pick an African safari vacation that includes a tour to Uganda's Mgahinga Volcanoes in its itinerary. You'll see elephants, giraffes, antelopes and birds when you tour the savanna in the Queen Elizabeth National Park. Another popular destination in Uganda is the Murchisson Falls National Park. The waterfall is a wonderful sight and the wildlife include baboons, warthogs and zebras.

Mountain gorillas abound in Rwanda. It's said that if you'll see about 350 mountain gorillas in the slopes of the Parc National des Volcans. Uganda and Rwanda are popular African safari destinations for those who are after seeing volcanoes, lakes, forests and waterfalls, as well as lowland and mountain gorillas in their natural habitat.

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