| u are looking for an African safari adventure, you | | | | crocs and birds from a boat, while boats are also |
| will often find your self spoilt for choices. There is | | | | the best way to get around the swampy wildlife |
| Kenya with it's famous wildlife including the great | | | | sanctuaries of Namibia’s Capriivi Strip. |
| wilderbeest migration in masai mara. Then there is | | | | If you use a horse or an elephant as a as a |
| southern Africa with a lot to offer. If you are a | | | | means of transport you’ll be often be able |
| water person then, paddling up creeks, gliding | | | | to approach other species much more closely |
| across placid lakes and pushing through reeds | | | | than you would if you were on foot or in a car. |
| while dodging crocodiles is an exciting way of | | | | Neither horseback nor elephant-back safaris are |
| seeing wildlife, not so much for glimpses of crocs, | | | | particularly widespread in africa, however; in |
| or hippos (which may just be showing their | | | | general horses don’t have too good a |
| nostrils), but for the animals, so you can get much | | | | time of it in Africa thanks to sleeping sickness and |
| closer. Canoeing or boating safaris are most | | | | other parasitic diseases. Good places for |
| rewarding in semi-arid areas, whose rivers and | | | | horseback safaris include Kenya's masai mara, |
| lakes are obviously of paramount importance to | | | | Botswana’s elephant-packed Tuli and |
| local wildlife. | | | | Mashatu Game Reserves, Northern |
| Sadly kenya's masai mara and the famous mara | | | | Malawi’s inspiring \Nyika Plateau, |
| where the wildebeest migration occurs each year | | | | Zimbabwe’s Lake Mutirikwe National Park |
| doesn't offer that to visitors. | | | | (where you can get close to white rhinos), the |
| In West Africa drifting along in a canoe on the | | | | alphine highlands of Ethiopia’s Bale |
| River Niger is a major thrill, especially on the edge | | | | Mountains National Park, and Swaziland’s |
| of Niger’s portion of hyenas and jackals | | | | Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary. There are also |
| can be seen. Guinea’s parc National du | | | | horseback safaris at masai mara. |
| Haut Niger is more wooded, and gives you a | | | | Unlike their Asian cousins, the African elephant has |
| chance of spotting chimpanzees. Gabon is | | | | never been too partial to the ideal of having to lug |
| excellent for pirogue trips, with boats available in | | | | people around on their backs, so the recent |
| coastal Akanda National Park, and inland at | | | | introduction of elephant – back safaris in |
| Minkebe Lope National Parks. In East Africa, | | | | Zambia (Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park), South |
| Tanzania’s Selous Game Reserve is the | | | | Africa (Pilanesburg National Park), and in |
| main place for boating, which can be combined | | | | Botswana’s diminutive Mokolodi Nature |
| with bush walks. | | | | Reserve, owes unwitting thanks to the days ivory |
| You’re spoilt for choice in Southern Africa. | | | | poaching. Orphaned elephants rescued by |
| Boating safaris in Zambia’s South Lungwa | | | | sanctuaries, and their offspring, have grown up to |
| National Park are very popular, and the country | | | | be trusting of humans. |
| also allows canoeing safaris in the swampy Kafue | | | | Lastly don’t forget camels. In |
| National Park (great for water-loving antelopes), | | | | Niger’s Air Mountains, where small |
| and along the Zambezi. In the latter you can | | | | population of Savanna animals still survive, you can |
| extend your trip over several days, spending | | | | spend days on camelback exploring the edges of |
| nights under canvas. Neighbouring Zimbabwe also | | | | the Tenere sand dunes. |
| offers Zambezi canoeing expeditions, as part of | | | | Actually, “days” isn’t quite |
| trips to Mana pools National Park. To the north, | | | | true after a few hours in the saddle, you’ll |
| Malawi’s Liwonde National Park is an | | | | probably find walking a rather more comfortable |
| exceptional place for seeing elephants, hippos, | | | | experience. |