South Africa Safari Tour Overview

South Africa offers you a wealth of opportunities to see and photograph wildlife and is easily the most popular destination for safari tours.

The Big Five, those animals the great white hunters considered the most dangerous to hunt, are also some of the most exciting African animals to spot in the wild: lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo and leopard are all resident in South Africa's top parks and reserves.

For Big Five sightings, head for the Kruger National Park - an African safari icon; Madikwe Game Reserve - South Africa's best kept safari secret; or KwaZulu-Natal - where tiger fish round off your Big Five experience to an even bigger six.

One of the most important things is, that you take enough memory cards or films with you. Image-tank is also very handy. You will definitely take at least twice to three times as many photos than you had planned. The night before the safari check the batteries, empty the memory cards and clean the lenses. Before you choose your lodge you should check if the lodge or camp where you will be staying has electricity and what are the hours when it is available (some camps they shut it down during the night). It is unlikely that you will be able to use the tripod or monopod in the vehicle. I would suggest you, that you get a beanbag, sometimes just a jacket is enough. If the car-engine is running it is better to handhold your camera.

Most safaris spend a few days in one location, returning to a tent camp each night, then move the whole operation to another area and repeat the process. On two-week safaris, most tours book a stop at a fixed lodge midway, while shorter tours usually end up at one. While camp conditions range from upscale backpacking to oh-my-god-this-tent-is-bigger-and-fancier-than-my-bedroom-at-home, you should expect to rough it, at least a bit. That means everything from being ready to pack up quickly to putting up with some dust and bugs.

Here are just some of the wildlife you can see and photograph on a South Africa Safari.

• The Big Cats: leopards, lions, and cheetahs are surprisingly easy to find and photograph, though getting pictures of them hunting or with a kill is a hit or miss proposition.
•  Herds. Seeing a herd of cattle on a farm is one thing, but standing at the edge of thousands of animals is a photographer�s dream.
•  Elephants at Sunset. Sunsets in Africa are Sunkist-orange and spectacular. What better to photograph in silhouette against that dramatic sky than the real lord of the land?
• The Forgotten Animals. Monitor lizards, hyenas, wild dogs, asps, chameleons, and a much wider range of birds than you'd expect are all there if you look hard enough in the right places.

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