What to expect from a self-drive African safari?

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It might sound like the ideal safari, driving yourself through the African bush, just you and the wildlife and no crowds, only nature and beautiful animals. This is for sure the ultimate safari feeling, but it has also a “down side”. Driving yourself around in the bush comes also with hassles like black cotton soil, sand, water, no road signs, rocky terrain, rivers and more. Are you ready for that? Do you know how to behave when an elephant is coming towards you? Do you know how to drive in sand and water or on wet black cotton soil? How are your navigation skills? When you are an inexperienced African safari traveller, consider doing that safari adventure with a guide or joining a group with more vehicles. It is just so much easier when more hands help digging your car out of the sand.

For some first hand impressions of a self-drive safari in Chobe, Botswana, read Mark Unwin’s article about his self-drive adventure and learn for your own. Read what he experienced right
here.


Ute Sonnenberg for Roho Ya Chui, Travel Africa