Adventure Luxury Travel Ideas

OK, everybody has heard all about the rioting in Kenya after the elections. People canceled their trips to safari there. Same thing in South Africa when people heard that they were killing the illegal immigrants and refugees.

While it is true that there was rioting in Kenya, according to Jetta Bates-Vasilatos writing in Recommend Magazine, not one tourist was hurt in Kenya. Most tourists on safari never even knew anything was happening in localized areas of the major cities.

The same is true for South Africa. While once again it is true that there was some bloodshed in isolated pockets, that violence was never directed at tourists. I had clients on romantic vacations in both locations at the time and they never had a problem. They came back glowing and gushing about what a great time they had!

The question was “is travel to Africa safe?” The answer is yes in the majority of areas of Africa. One must take the usual tourist precautions of course, but the tourist, safari, nature and cultural areas of Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda currently is safe and open for business. Because of the perception of danger, those planning their trips to Kenya and South Africa have shied away. Those that are savvy travelers are taking advantage of bargain pricing in South Africa and Kenya to attract the travelers back. Those that have been there before know what a bargain the safari offerings in both countries are right now. They are scooping them up. Should you be?

Check the news. Are you seeing anything lately about strife in either country? What are you hearing? What are your plans for travel to Africa? Have you changed any of your plans? Have you postponed any of your plans for Africa travel? Have you switched travel to another country? Let’s have a dialog about this! Pitch in and comment.