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Has anyone here ever been on Safari?
- Thread starter Smurfy
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billfred
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Smurfy said:
Smurfy - I have been on Safari's in both South Africa and Zimbabwe. Best vacations I have taken. I plan on doing one again now that my kids are grown and can enjoy it. Think of it as an investment in your life - you will never forget the memories.
There are a lot of ways to cheapen up your trip. I changed the lodge we were going to and did a more hands-on safari and saved $6k over just 3 days.
Seriously, I'm getting jazzed up just thinking about it. It sounds like a wonderful experience. Having never left the country, I have the opportunity to travel and visit to such countries and China, Japan, Costa Rica, Venezuela, all placed my husband has lived - but I want to go to South Africa. I need to talk to my husband about this. This would be a trip of a lifetime for me.
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alien amp pharm
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Just drive to the zoo, you Wildebeest
I did Tanzania back in '96. Cost me 11k total, not including tips to PH and trackers...which was about another 1k. That was for 5 species: Gazelle, wildebeast, Hartebuck, leopard and Cape Buffalo. It was a great experience but I wouldn't probably do it again......just more hunts I would rather do for less money, hassle and time.
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pintoca said:
There is no "a" in wildebeest
...but there is a dick in pintoca
no shit SHERLOCKA. never said it was. what I DID say was that I have the opportunity to travel to these other places out of the country basically because my husband has lived there and knows people in these areas where we could stay during a visit - BUT - I would much prefer my first trip out of the States to be an African Safari.pintoca said:
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GoldenDelicious
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billfred, meet alzheimers. alzheimers, billfredbillfred said:
anyway like toca said, safari with me on saturday nights, ill guide you
billfred
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Smurfy said:
Cape Town is one great city. You will be pulling the want ads and looking for real estate before you leave. The amazing thing about that drive though is that you go through these fantastic beach towns that only have about 10k people. They are just ideal and you wonder - where is everybody.
Now - I went before the big change in government. I know safety has always been an issue but I don't know how much it has changed in the last 10 yrs.
I will say this, I liked Zimbabwe as much or more than South Africa. Victoria falls is a little bit of heaven on earth. You can go there, stay at the Falls Hotel, Raft down the Zambizi river, and drive down to their National Park, Hwange and have a really great trip and it will be a lot cheaper. Problem is it is more elephants and less cats than I think you will see in SA.
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Ilk
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Smurfy said:
Great reviews on it
Some journals on this site..
http://www.african-safari-journals.com/south-africa-safari.html
Def a must see in the future.. Go for it..
billfred
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Smurfy said:
Smurf,
Another thing to cheapen up your trip, if you go in the USA summer, it is winter there and most of the Safari's are almost half price then. It is cold on the morning and evening drives but you just need a jacket and you are fine.
The brush is dead then and you can see more animals than summer where it is full grown.
digimon7068
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Smurfy said:thanks for moving this thread, assholes.
this thread is about taking a vacation, not about hunting.
Blah, blah, blah. . .drop the towel.
digimon7068
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Smurfy said:lol I think I'm going to change my abatarimous here and on MySpace. I'm old and married, afterall. It's not very appropriate. I should have more respect for myself. I should be more mature.
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digimon7068
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Smurfy said:sognare di conservazione
che peccato
digimon7068
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Smurfy said:no, not at all.
dovrei giudicare
no i didnt unfortunately. and now i dont have the time or the money really. maybe someday. its still the one place i really really want to visit outside the States. I dream of it.
needmassnow
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I did the same drive. South Africa is the most memorable place I've ever been to! I took a 22 day vacation there with my ex-girlfriend, and her dad footed the entire bill, airfare included. I literally spent $40 for the entire vacation.
We went on 4 safari's while we were there in different parks, and they are unbelievable. No safety standards at all, you can basically get mauled by a lion or a buffalo if you want, and those buffalo don't fuck around! It's been about 6 years since I was there, and I still think about it all the time. It really is worth every single dime you (or your wife's parents) will spend!
needmassnow
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I don't know about most beautiful city in the world, but Capetown is by far the nicest city I've ever seen. They way it's laid out across the coast, with hills and the houses are incredible. I saw more Range Rovers and Mercedes in Capetown in one hour than I've seen in 10 years of living in Boca Raton.
Waverly6969
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I have done a safari in SA. Elephant Plains up by Kruger. Was fantastic. Also spent time in Capetown. Camps Bay in Capetown is great.
chris302001
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Lets go babe!
:wink: It would be so awesome. But it's SOOO expensive LOL
chris302001
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Well, yeah... Im not talking about tomorrow or even next year, but maybe in like 5 or 6 years we should do it.
pintoca
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Sup Bro, bumping old threads as usual. Lots of banned folks in here, good thing I spared myself the drama
So did the trip work out for ya?
green_apple
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It was awesome. This is real nature. I don't like zoos.
endless6106
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