Your First African Safari: What to Expect and How to Prepare

You can expect to go on at least two game drives a day. The morning game drives start at sunrise — prime time for large feline viewing. After breakfast, you embark on another game drive in the early afternoon, followed by lunch and then a final late-afternoon game drive.

The goal is to see all species in the big five: the African elephants, lions, leopards, buffalo, and rhinoceroses. On each drive you'll have a park ranger driving the jeep and a tracker, whose main job is to sit in front and track the animals.