| African Safaris have always intrigued people who | | | | the water holes. Animals get immense solace by |
| keep an adventurous bent of mind. The cravings | | | | splashing around in the water. That is why in the |
| of the jungle are so prominent, in the keen safari | | | | dry season water holes are flooded with herds of |
| buffs, that they just cannot let go any | | | | animals; and if you are close by you get a chance |
| opportunity of doing a Safari. Safari in an African | | | | to have a peep at your favorite animal. In the dry |
| country can fit in perfectly with people who are | | | | season the dense under-bush thins out so it |
| intending to set the jungle tracks on fire this year, | | | | makes the job of spotting animals all the more |
| and are desperately waiting for the moment | | | | easy. |
| when their eyes will spot the tiger pug-marks. | | | | Another question worth pondering over is "What |
| Summer is the best time to go on a Safari | | | | should be the right time of the day to go on a |
| Outing! | | | | Safari"?The guides say that either it should be |
| An African Safari is indeed an exhilarating | | | | early morning or at dusk. In the hotter months |
| experience altogether but the thing to look for | | | | early morning is the time when animal |
| should be the time when it is done. It is actually | | | | movements are at their peak. Midday is not the |
| too hard to say which time will be best for going | | | | best time to go for animal watching. Sun is furious |
| on a safari because the weather in most of the | | | | during midday so most of the animals are dozing |
| African countries like Namibia, South Africa etc. is | | | | under the shade of trees. The chances of |
| excellent all the year around. But, if the views of | | | | spotting animals is very thin at midday because |
| the professional guides are taken in to | | | | the animals are miles away from the safari tracks |
| consideration then the time when the animals can | | | | on which you are driving. They are probably hiding |
| be spotted at will is when the season is dry. | | | | in some secluded place; they might be concealed |
| Animals get perturbed when the temperature | | | | under a dark under-bush. |
| starts to climb! | | | | So, before embarking on an African Safari see to |
| This is the time when animals make a beeline for | | | | it that you pick out the right time. |