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SOUTHERN AFRICA

4 TIPS FOR at the same time can be a major stumbling block.
PLANNING Bushtracks can work with a single family point of
contact, or help with communicating across branches
of your family group to make the earliest phases of
planning and schedule negotiations go smoothly
for everyone.

YOUR FAMILY TIP #3: Research Safari Camps
SAFARI Designed With Your Family’s
Needs in Mind

Our website, www.bushtracks.com, allows you to

filter 340 camps for ones with Family Friendly Activities

TIP #1: Don’t Procrastinate! or Educational Excursions. Or choose suitable camps

based on the youngest traveler’s age in your party, or
safari camps with triple rooms or family rooms, or safari

The African safari camps we recommend to our camps with swimming pools. Later in your planning

guests are ones we trust from 24 years of experience our expert planners can help you with the details of

of African safaris for families – including our own. dietary restrictions and accessibility issues.

They are located in reserves with diverse wildlife and

fewer crowds, where the resident guides are top- TIP #4: Start With Our Top Safari
notch and the owners and managers are committed for Families
to sustainable tourism practices. However, some of

these camps have as few as 18 Southern Africa’s Best Private
Reserves and Victoria Falls (page 14)
beds available. If you are a family Take your family on one
of 10, your group will occupy half is a favorite safari for families time
of the best safaris for all and time again. It’s just the right
of the camp! For this reason, we generations, see page 14 length, includes fantastic wildlife
strongly encourage groups of 10
or more to begin their planning as sighting in Greater Kruger in the

soon as possible. Getting the right company of guides who specialize in safaris for kids

camps, and connecting them with the proper routing, and teens. Many opportunities for diverse activities

makes all the difference in getting the most out of your on land and water offer something for everyone in a

precious time in Africa. If your family wants to plan a multi-generational group. And everyone enjoys the

summer 2015 safari, now is the time to get started. changes in scenery from the majesty of Victoria Falls to

TIP #2: Consider “Outsourcing” two of the best private, big game reserves in the world.
Planning Across Family Groups On www.bushtracks.com you can start with this

safari, and customize it to your desired dates, number
of travelers in your party – and modify the duration

If your family is spread across states or even cities, of your trip and your accommodations to suit your

coordinating everyone’s schedule to arrive in Africa budget, and receive an instant quote.

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