March 18, 2008
African Safari Boating And Wildlife Safaris
If you are looking for an African safari adventure, you will often find your self spoilt for choices. There is Kenya with it’s famous wildlife including the great wilderbeest migration in masai mara. Then there is southern Africa with a lot to offer. If you are a water person then, paddling up creeks, gliding across placid lakes and pushing through reeds while dodging crocodiles is an exciting way of seeing wildlife, not so much for glimpses of crocs, or hippos (which may just be showing their nostrils), but for the animals, so you can get much closer. Canoeing or boating safaris are most rewarding in semi-arid areas, whose rivers and lakes are obviously of paramount importance to local wildlife.
Sadly kenya’s masai mara and the famous mara where the wildebeest migration occurs each year doesn’t offer that to visitors.
In West Africa drifting along in a canoe on the River Niger is a major thrill, especially on the edge of Niger0s portion of hyenas and jackals can be seen. Guinea0s parc National du Haut Niger is more wooded, and gives you a chance of spotting chimpanzees. Gabon is excellent for pirogue trips, with boats available in coastal Akanda National Park, and inland […]
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