Destination Africa: how to make a safari with children

Safari with children in Africa... You're crazy! This is the phrase that parents will probably hear who decide to make a different family vacation, a holiday surrounded by nature and wild animals. But it's not crazy, a safari in Africa does not have to be a recklessness, nor pose any danger to children.

There are many safaris Children Friendly, and that turn the experience of the youngest of the house into an experience that will change their vision of the world we inhabit ... How animals live in their natural habitat, no zoos, only their home, nature: savannah, steppe , jungle ... Not to mention that it is the way to become aware of the importance of caring for the environment while having fun and learning.


Safaris with children in Kenya, South Africa and Namibia

The best and most comfortable destinations to make a safari in Africa They are Kenya, South Africa and of course Namibia! First for the number of animal species that host their park: Masai Mara (Kenya), Kruger (South Africa) or Etosha (Namibia), including the big five: buffalo, lion, rhinoceros, elephant and cheetah.

For example in Kruger it is also The Elefunt center of the Sabi Sabi Private Animal Reserve It aims to promote knowledge and love for nature among the little ones. This center has two programs: the program of junior trackers, destined to children from four to eight years old, and the junior guide program for children between nine and twelve years old.


Namibia, on the other hand, is a very safe country, to the point that it is possible to travel by free, and camping in a camping with a rental vehicle, moving to the rhythm of the children of the house. This country has the peculiarity that we will limit ourselves to seeing animals only in the

Reserves like Etosha, crossing Namibia from South to North, by conventional roads we will cross with hundreds of animals (of the peaceful) gazelles, antelopes, zebras, giraffes, ostriches * a gift for the whole family that will make the hours in car pass very fast. Not to mention the adventure of camping on the roof of the 4x4, the adventure that all children want.

We will end up in Kenya, we will only be animals, also the native culture, different tribes that will open the minds of the little ones of the family. The Masais will act as guides for a magical world, the aborigines will teach them to hunt as in ancestral times, to make fire and to recognize the traces of the animals with which they share the land, in the most magical of reserves of Masai Mara Africa.


Safaris with children in other latitudes

It is also possible to make safaris with children in other latitudes, in countries as exciting as Sri Lanka, to go out in the footsteps of leopards, or to see ourselves surprised by whole herds of elephants ... You have heard about the Yala Park has a great variety of mammals, and let's not talk about birds, but it stands out as one of the parks with the highest density of leopards, while Minneriya is a paradise for lovers of pachyderms, eye! We talk about the Asian elephant that has nothing to do with the African elephant, we propose to go in his footsteps and why not visit one of the Elephants orphanages, like the one in Udawalwe, a whole experience with children, where you can get close to them and learn more about their way of life, food and others.

Whatever the destination chosen will be a trip that will remain in the memory of for life, for adults and seniors, we recommend a family safari!

Almudena Teulón Guerra. Traveler and travel designer of Mint57

More information about Africa in the following books:

- From an African train. Author Miguel Aranguren.

- Crying for the beloved land. Author Alan Paton

- Running to live. Author López Lomong, Mark Tabb

It may interest you:

- 10 sentences to reflect with children about the environment

- Keys to caring for exotic animals at home

- 10 steps to survive a trip with children

- Games to enjoy your children on trips

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