Tips For Doing A Tanzania Safari In Africa

No doubt going on an African safari is among the dreams of many travelers who want to meet face to face with the most authentic nature. We might describe as thrilling the pure prospect of going out searching for lions, leopards, elephants, or rhinos to take pictures at a distance that you only considered possible in TV documentaries. If you’re looking to make this journey so unique shortly, I ‘d like to be able to give you a set of suggestions or tips for making a safari in Africa and making the experience perfect. Would you want to know more about Tanzania safari then navigate here.

What to do and what not to do, in which countries you can live the most spectacular safaris, what is the best time to go on Tanzania safari or how to distinguish the white from the black rhinoceros (and I already expect that the secret is not the color) are some of the things that should be very clear before embarking on a great adventure that little or nothing will have to do with the film Memories of Africa, but that can be even more rewarding. 

What clothes will we be carrying on a safari in Tanzania?

– The ideal dress for a safari is the most comfortable for us. No more no less. Since first thing in the morning (we are talking about 4 or 5 in the morning) it can be quite cold and terrible heat when we are in full sun, it is best to take several layers to be able to take off during the day. 

You can start a safari with fleece and end in a short sleeve and fanning ourselves with the cap having spent only an hour apart. On the other hand, the beige color is more grateful in the face of the dust with which we will surely keep until we return to the city. What is certain is that we do not need to wear a salakot hat (helmet-shaped) or strictly follow the dress code of Doctor Livingstone and British explorers of the nineteenth century.

– Concerning the footwear that we must wear, comfort must prevail. The Tanzania safaris are made by car at 99% (unless we choose one on foot, which there are), so it is not necessary to go crazy or complicate our lives too much. As with clothing we must be practical and advocate for feeling comfortable.

The Big Five and what the Big Five are Not

– Hunters have applied the term Big Five to describe their most prized items. These are lions, elephants, hippos, leopards, and buffaloes. With the new concept of tourist safari in which only photographs are shot (hunting safaris seem to be completely despicable), it is very typical to set goals around the animals to see. 

It is a fun and always motivating way to enjoy, especially, that first time we do a safari in life. And the famous big five are an incentive during the trip, there is no doubt.

– A common mistake in safaris is to be so focused on the goal of the Big Five, that we forget that there are almost 150 species of mammals that can appear at any time in the national park or reserve in which we are. 

Or is it not exciting to see the cheetahs running, that the hippos take their heads in the water or watch the giraffes eat? Actually, in a Tanzania safari, there are as many incentives as we want to get. To quickly realize that the Big Five does not live in Africa will be positive to improve our experience.

– It’s not unthinkable but doubtful to visit one of those hunting scenes that we see in the documentaries. The challenge is maximum but there is the chance, it’s real, too. We must think, anyway, that the documentary filmmakers who record the images that later appear on television are shot months, and sometimes years, collecting shots that they cut for a report of a maximum hour. 

I have done many safaris in my life and for years I had only seen the odd amount. It was in Savuti, Botswana, where I could witness a spectacular hunting scene in which a pack of lions surprises a lone buffalo. 

And they killed him in front of our noses. This is like throwing dice, it depends a lot on the number of attempts and, above all, on the luck we have. What I mean is that we should not become obsessed with things like this, because on a safari everything must fit in our suitcase except disappointment. Too much is already being in the home of lions, leopards or hyenas. Too much is to see 30 zebras run at once or hear the elephants sweep up close.

– A very recurring doubt on the part of those who travel to Africa to go on safari is how to differentiate a white rhinoceros from a black one. Curiously, the denomination of both species has little or nothing to do with color. The Dutch settlers referred to the mouth so straight and wide of white rhinos with the term wijde, which means precisely “wide”. When the English heard this word they confused it with white, whose meaning is none other than white, so they ended up calling them white rhinocerosTranslated into Spanish as white rhinoceros. 

The black man, on the other hand, has a very sharp mouth and, unfortunately, to see him in freedom is almost to hit the lottery, since he is critically threatened with extinction and of every 100 rhinos that we can see in our lives, only a couple could be black The western subspecies was recently extinguished and it is believed that in 2013 the last black rhinoceros of Mozambique was poached. 

In the end, its attractive horn is so valued by the Chinese and its stupid belief about the aphrodisiac properties that it has, that if the current trend does not stop within twenty or maximum thirty years, the total extinction of the rhinos that live in freedom in Africa, whether white or black.

And so far this series of recommendations or tips for doing a safari, either our first or tenth time. While you are reading this, I find myself doing a safari in Botswana in which it is my return to the South African country. Really to see animals running free, which means looking at nature directly in the eyes is one of the most rewarding sensations that can be had traveling. 

Perhaps because we can witness and value life in all its splendor, stopping looking at both the navel and assuming once and for all that we were the last to arrive and the first to mess up everything. Some time ago I realized that happiness in my travels has a lot to do with contemplating the irrefutable beauty of freedom.

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