A safari is one of the ultimate honeymoon experiences and this top
five list, compiled from the travel diaries and experience of previous honeymoon safari
participants details the best of the best.
An African Honeymoon Safari is the Perfect Way to Celebrate Your
Marriage.
The pampering that you get on a honeymoon safari is second to none and
the surroundings are as beautiful as you will get anywhere in the world. All you have to
do is turn up and your safari
company caters to your every whim while you enjoy excellent cuisine and the
incomparable African wildlife.
So it's not in doubt that a safari is an awesome honeymoon experience
but Africa is a big place so it does beg
the question where the best honeymoon safari destinations are.
I speak from experience because I went on a honeymoon safari myself,
in the Okavango Delta in Botswana and the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe.
By combining a safari and beach honeymoon you are getting the
absolute best of both worlds and not much beats the Serengeti and Pemba Island, close to
Zanzibar.
The Serengeti rightly ranks as one of the best National
Parks in Africa and will give you a wonderful safari experience.
You can for example stay at the Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, built on
stilts right on the lip of the fantastic crater, which affords you some awesome views and
from there you can make forays onto the Serengeti plains themselves.
Then, once you have covered most of the Serengeti move on to the
secluded island paradise of Pemba and stay at one of the handful of luxury resorts there,
like the Fundu Lagoon Beach Resort.
The big advantage of Pemba Island is that it is far less
commercialised than Zanzibar and offers you a true island hideaway experience complete
with azure blue, crystal clear seas, white sands and palm trees. Magical.
Safaris
in Tanzania.
Another safari and beach combination honeymoon but with much more
variety, Cape Town offers far more than just stunning beaches.
Visit the winelands in the area, take a trip up Table Mountain, watch
whales at Hermanus, sip champagne at the Victoria and Alfred waterfront. That's just for
starters. There is more to do and see than you will be able to get around to.
The Kruger National
Park provides an amazing safari experience also, with a wider variety of wildlife than
any other reserve in Africa.<
Stay at the recently refurbished Lower Sabie Camp
in one of the luxury tents situated right next to the Lower Sabie River. I have watched
elephants crossing the river while sitting on the veranda with a beer in my hand. Can't
get much better than that.
Safaris
in South Africa.
My own honeymoon took me to the place that should rank as one of
the seven wonders of the world.
The Victoria Falls lives up to its reputation and is a natural wonder
that must be experienced. The Victoria Falls
Hotel provides good views of the deluge of water as you take tea in the gardens of
this charismatic hotel, oozing with colonial magnetism.<
To get your dose of safari, mix your falls visit with a trip across
the border into Zambia for a visit to the South Luangwa
National Park. This reserve was the birthplace of the walking safari and is famous for
its leopard sighting potential.
Stay at the Tena Tena Camp, which has
been ranked as one of the finest in Africa.
Safaris
in Zimbabwe.
The Okavango Delta is unique in all the world and a stay at
Selinda Camp will bring out its full potential for you.
See all the usual wildlife suspects and enjoy gliding along the river
in a canoe, called a mokorro, while you watch elephant and antelope along the banks of the
swamp.
Chobe National Park provides more opportunities to spot your favourite
wildlife, especially elephant and buffalo. Take a sunset cruise on the Chobe River and
dine watching hippo and elephant only a few feet away from the boat.
Safaris
in Botswana.
The camps in the Timbavati and Sabi
Sands nature reserves, which lie adjacent to the Kruger National Park in South Africa,
have raised the bar on luxury worldwide.
The Singita
Boulders Lodge, in Timbavati, is the first and only accommodation in the history of
Conde Nast Gold List Reader Poll to get a perfect 100 score; an honour it has held for
three years. It doesn't get better than this in terms of luxury.
And on the wildlife front you are virtually guaranteed of seeing the
'big five' animals because these are private reserves and the vehicles are allowed to go
off-road to track the big game.
Safaris
in South Africa.
First-hand accounts of travellers trip reports at African Safari Journals, heped to make
these our top five honeymoon safari destinations in Africa.
By Bruce Whittaker.
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