Everyone has a different philosophy on travel I realize, and even Pausanias cautioned me about taking our four year old up to the Kenya/Sudan border several years back. We’ve since taken him to six different countries in Africa most recently driving the skeleton coast ourselves.

Here’s what I know. 1) Africa is very expensive, 2) go bungy jumping off the Vic falls bridge, 3) there’s no need for malaria medication as I’ve never seen mosquitos, 4) take some risk. And ki-nrt knows a ridiculous amount about African travel on this board.

The truly high end way to travel Africa is with a private guide/private plane. Singita, Serian, wilderness are all the second tier options, and sadly our travel has never hit the high end luxury standards as its out of our budget. we did however bump into a group at one of the lodges that we doing this, and they, not surprisingly were pretty rich. I think ralph blofield is considered to be a top guide?