The Cost of An African Safari

It is important for those planning on visiting Africa during the holidays or for a safari vacation to realize that the costs may seem strange for the first-time visitor. However, with the high cost of fuel world-wide, the cost of doing an African safari has generally increased. This is particularly so for those in Europe and USA who have the largest number of tourists coming to Africa. The exorbitant cost of airlines is what makes this particularly biting. However, once in Africa, costs are generally very low except the cost of fuel in landlocked countries whose fuel has to be transported through some bad roads. These fuel costs are further reflected in the costs of the tour by the tour operators who are trying hard to see that the can give their clientèle the best without incurring losses in the process.

The depreciation of the dollar against almost all currencies has not helped matters either. Many of the local currencies have fairly gained value against the dollar. However, if you are looking for a great safari experience with minimum costs say in East Africa, you would do well to do an overland tour of the whole region beginning from any of the East African countries. East Africa has generally gained a reputation has a tourist destination due to the rich biodiversity of its protected regions. Many of the major tourist attractions are mountain gorilla safaris in Uganda and Rwanda, the great wildebeest migration of the Masai Mara and Serengeti national park, birding safaris in the Albertine region with its endemic bird species, wildlife safari in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzanian.

All this has been enhanced by the great climatic conditions of the region and the vegetations especially in the Great Rift valley areas. In the Eastern Rift valley region we have great attractions in the Ngorongoro crater area. Here there's a high density of both birds and wildlife due to the climatic conditions in the region created by the surrounding mountain peaks and the rich volcanic soils. Then there is the Albertine region with its many protected areas due to its rich biodiversity, many of which have been declared world heritage sites by UNESCO. This region boasts of bird species, butterflies, reptiles, mountain gorillas, golden monkeys and many animal species found no where else in the world.

The beauty of the region which has been the focus of many a discovery channel documentaries is what has led to the high influx of tourists to East Africa. Despite the increased air travel costs, Africa is increasingly the tourist destination choice of many people from Europe, Australia, Newzeland and USA not to forget the increasing trickle of tourists from Japan, China and the UAE.
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