Family Safari Archive
Mara Family
Posted by jimheck in Big Game, Family Safari, Mara on July 7, 2009
Family safaris usually occur at a difficult time for optimum game viewing. But the Mara won that game for us! Understandably, most family safaris are scheduled for the summer school holiday. Spring break is often too short, and there are often kids in the same family with different spring breaks. And with U.S. schools starting [...]
Kids on Safari
Posted by jimheck in Family Safari, Nairobi, Planning Travel on June 13, 2009
Children will make just as big an effort to get on safari as adults! Traditionally, American family safaris operate almost exclusively within the summer school vacation window, July and August. I try to push mine a bit earlier, since the game is better and the veld not quite as dusty and dry. The Addington family [...]
Kids on Safari
Posted by jimheck in Family Safari on June 8, 2009
Today I return to Africa for six weeks to guide two families, including some very young children. I’m often asked, is a safari a right experience for a kid? I’m guiding two back-to-back families, one of my favorite guiding gigs. Kids are fabulous on safari. They’re uninhibited, socially immature, reactive – all the things we [...]