Keys To Customizing Your Safari
SP Safari Tours is here to work with you and to help you arrange for your dream safari. We'll customize you safari, perfect it, and operate it. Our staff is experienced, connected and incredibly well traveled into the land. We're passionate about these adventures and we specialize in tailor-made safaris per individual's initial desire..
May it be a photographic safaris, a family safari, cultural safari, walking safari, or even birding safari, we will combine many years of travel experience, exceptional guides and drivers and paying attention to every detail whatever your interest, we can make it happen. Allow us to create the experience for you while you create the memories for generations to come!
We are privileged to have offices in the United States as well as in Kenya, Africa. SP Safaris Tours Company specializes in designing private safaris right "Into the Heart of Africa". With clients in the United States and throughout the world, including the news and entertainment fields, SP Safari Tours Co. is considered one of the premier safari operators for customized safaris especially when traveling into Africa.
Some of the questions we may ask you to help you plan your best experience in safari;
- How many days do you want to do a safari
We hardly need to state that the length of time you spend on an African safari has a direct impact on how much it’s going to cost you. And the more days you spend on safari (with the same company), the less you’re going to end up paying on a per day basis.
- When do you want to go?
Visiting much of Africa during the school holidays costs more than going outside the holidays, but other local factors can also impact the cost of your safari. The majority of African national parks have periods when the wildlife spotting is better than other times. If you want to keep costs down, try visiting during a park’s off season. While this can mean less visible wildlife and, if it’s the Wet season, occasionally washed out roads, it does bring significantly lower prices, less tourists, and gorgeously lush countryside.
- What level of accommodation are you comfortable with?
As with any holiday, accommodation is going to eat up the lion’s share of your budget. Starting at the very top are the highly exclusive, tented camps with hot air balloon activities. This is often found in private or community conservancies. Deliciously romantic they might be, but there’s no getting away from the fact that these places cost a fortune. In high season many come in at a cool $1,000 per night per people including meals.
- What location of the accommodation do you prefer? inside park or outside?
One good way of saving money is by staying outside of the parks. The problem with doing this is that you’ll normally miss the first dawn light or the glow of dusk. Both of which are the prime animal spotting times.
- How do you want to get around (on a safari van or Land cruiser)?
Most camps and lodges offer morning and evening safari drives. At the very top-end places these will be conducted in custom-made luxury safari jeeps. At the opposite end of the spectrum come the pop-top minibuses used by many budget safari companies. Be careful with these. Some companies make sure that every seat in the vehicle has someone sat on it and if you get a middle seat you won’t see much.
- How luxurious would like your experience to be?
Head to big name parks such Masai Mara or include helicopter safaris and you’ll find higher prices. Other safari types to hike your prices includes Gorilla trekking but the experiences are phenomenal.
- Are you requesting a specific requirements due to interests or hobbies?
National park boards are fully aware that people are willing to pay more to see a cheetah than a hornbill (a type of bird). Visiting a park with an abundance of large and visible mammals will invariably cost you more than visiting a small, low-key park where the wildlife attractions are more specialized. If keeping costs down is important then limit your time in big-name parks and instead get excited by the birds and the bees in the smaller, lesser known protected areas.