A Day on Safari

Game Drives on an African Safari

Your ranger will introduce you to some of South Africa’s most beautiful landscapes and its wonderful wildlife. Depending on the season, remember to take your camera and binoculars and a light sweater or warm jacket. The game awakens from the night in the early morning, and predators return from the hunt. Photo opportunities abound as you search for lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos, and buffalo. A myriad of other game also awaits – graceful giraffe feeding on the tall branches, hippos slumbering in the rivers, impala and zebra grazing in the grass, and fascinating birds as well. 

A stop at a scenic spot for coffee, tea, juice, and home-baked biscuits will allow you to stretch your legs and chat with your tracker and guide to learn more about the surrounding bush and wildlife. 

On return to your lodge, you’ll be presented with a fantastic breakfast – juices, cereals, fruit, eggs, bread, and more to sustain you. Then it’s time to settle back and review photographs taken on the drive, share stories with other guests, or freshen up in your room.

Afternoon Game Drives on Safari in Africa

As the day cools and the afternoon turns into evening, the wildlife rouses from their lazy afternoon naps, and the predators begin to search for their next meal. Your afternoon game drive provides the opportunity to witness the bush in action. You may be lucky to follow a lion on the hunt or watch as a herd of elephants comes down to the river to drink and play. Perhaps keep an eye out for hyenas as they steal a kill from earlier in the day.

Nightime Game Drives on Safari in Africa

Get your camera ready, ask questions, and put in your requests – no guarantees, but no harm in asking the ranger to find you an infamously shy leopard! Remember to take along a couple of layers of t-shirts and sweaters to protect against mosquitoes and keep you warm once the sun goes down.

Gaze at a vivid African sunset as you enjoy sundowners at a scenic spot. Then, keep a keen eye out for wildlife by the light of a carefully shone spotlight (so as not to disturb the nocturnal animals in the darkening bush).

Africa Safari Guest Reviews

"I didn’t want to leave..."

The staff was so friendly and accommodating, and the safari drives were unreal. Barely needed the binoculars because the animals were so close! I didn’t want to leave (I may have cried on the last day). Our ranger and tracker were SO good! It was very exciting to find tracks or other signs of wildlife and be able to track them through the bush. And when we weren’t on the drives, we were being treated to the best meals made from all fresh and local ingredients and periodically treated to a giraffe or elephant sitting right at the lodge! I can’t say enough about how much we enjoyed the entire experience!

Halle & Scott C.

"Everything we dreamed of, hoped for, and more than we expected!"

Our Tented Safari in Style experience, with an add-on to Victoria Falls, was everything we dreamed of, hoped for, and more than we expected! The accommodations throughout the trip were outstanding, and the service at each was unparalleled. Our ranger, Allister, took us close for great pictures but always reminded us to enjoy the moment. He paced the game rides so we could enjoy each encounter and watch the animals engage in their environment. Our favorite memories include: giraffes fighting, a lioness eating a recent kill, an elephant herd on the move, and a baby rhino playfully approaching the bull.

Ivan and Leigh Ann B.