Budget Safaris

by: Jennifer Kumar

Today I found this site with 'budget safaris' to Kenya - Tanzania and of course other travels around the world.

The following are the thoughts on the site -Kenya Safari Listings

I browsed a few itineries on the site to Kenya and Tanzania and am really curious how they are so cheap. Maybe the accomidations maybe mostly in campsites. Also, are the itineries guaranteed (ie. if all the slots in a particular tour don't fill) do they proceed or cancel? Anyhow, I sent away for a brochure of one of the tours.

One thing about the site was quite unique is they offer travel blogs for their customers. I browsed some tagged Personal Trip Journals for Kenya,
and was impressed by the amount of blogs available to see, but from my point of view, two things can be improved - Titling the blogs on the index page can be improved by using the name of the country/tour and the dates attended. Far as I could tell, there were no recent blogs from 2007. But, I found a few intriguing I want to share.

Ulmius-Gestrelius Origins of Man Safari Nov 2005
We are making a somewhat different safari in Kenya and Tanzania: to take a look at some sites where findings from the origin of man have been discovered. However, we will not miss the opportunity to watch some wild life also.

Nancy & Tony's Little Break
Excerpts from two days:
“Arusha has the usual problems, ie touts bugging the hell out of you for everything, and can't walk anywhere at night, but we are used to all that now . Interesting place to wake up with 5am start of mosque blaring next to hotel followed about an hour later by cockerels crowing - yes even the big towns have chickens wondering the streets - no bird flu here - yet!” 20 Mar 2006 - Arusha via Moshi

“Lunch was also a highlight as the picnic was next to a beautiful lake full of hippos and zebras grazing nearby but poor Nancy lost her chicken leg to a large brown kite (like an eagle) that swooped from nowhere to scoop the chicken from her hands without laying a scratch on her - she got a big fright though - quite funny to watch though!! hence I ate my chicken in the landrover! (-:” 26 Mar 2006 - Ngorongoro Crater

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