Is a safari or desert experience in South Africa on your bucket list?
This one’s for you! Get Africa safari vacation ideas and think about planning your bucket list Africa vacation experience in this short travel podcast. Africa has been on the travel bucket list of travel podcast host Laura for over 5 years. Two years ago, she researched many options for 2-3 week vacations that would encompass a mix of safari and big game viewing, desert experiences, unique animal viewing experiences, and stunning landscapes from red sand dunes to barren salt pans, lush delta waterways and famous waterfalls.
This travel podcast episode is a discussion about some of those places to go and things to do in Africa that she had researched to get Nick’s advice. And he has some great advice! We hope that you listen and enjoy this travel podcast about Africa Bucket List Trips and maybe spark the adventurer in you take an Africa safari adventure vacation. Happy listening…
Places in South Africa talked about in this travel podcast:
- South Africa (as a region)
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Kruger National Park,
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Botswana, Okavango Delta,
- Victoria Falls bordering Zambia and Zimbabwe
Bucket list things to do in South Africa mentioned in this podcast
- See penguins at Boulder Beach in Cape Town
- See the Skeleton Coast in Namibia
- Dune 45 in the Namib desert
- Drive the across the desert along the coastline of Namibia into Walvis Bay
- Surfing sand dunes in Namibia
- Seeing the Makgadikgadi salt pans in Namibia
- Seeing wildlife/safari experiences; Etosha National Park, Kruger, and a walking safari in a place we don’t know how to spell
- Flying into the Okavango Delta in Botswana
- Camping in the Okavango Delta in Botswana
- Riding a dugout makoro canue in Botswant in the Okavango Delta through reeds and lilypads to see birdlife and wildlife
Listen to “Bucket List Africa Safari Trip Advice w Nick Bratton” on Spreaker.
NOTE: In Laura’s Africa Bucket List Travel research, there are SO many great options for visitors to Africa. It really does merit more than two weeks of vacation if you can spend the time. And, in fact it was a three week trip that really grabbed her attention. In the end, she could not spare 3 weeks away for vacation at that time, but still to this day has aspirations to see the places on this trip. It look like a bucket list travel experience, offered by Intrepid Travels.
THE bucket list 3-week Southern Africa trip with comfort level experience:
Another, less expensive, version of that with more basic experience:
QUOTES FROM THIS PODCAST
You can drive to Walvis Bay from basically the southern end of Namibia and you basically drive up through the desert along the dunes on the coast.
(the salt pan) … “it just looks really crazy cool, and in stark contrast to the dessest”
“Do people really surf down the dunes in the desert?”
“Salt pans, Skeleton coast, dune surfing….”
“Okavango Delta… that place is fantastic”
“You can cruise around these dugout canoes, called a Makoros. One of the guides will have a pole and push the canoe around. The water is not very deep, it’s like 3-4 feet deep and you go through reeds and lilypads the bird life is just amazing.”
Q: “What kind of critters show up when you camp out on the Okavango Delta?”
A: “Oh, nothing to worry about.”
“Victoria Falls in on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.”
“A really good entry point for the American tourist who’s not looking for like the most adventurous off the map experience would be in South Africa.”
“(South Africa is) a very highly developed and modern country and a lot of the a lot of the aspects of Western civilization that we’ve come to take for granted here in the United States are present there.”
“Probably if you have a short period of time what I would recommend is one of a few things either flying into Johannesburg and then go into Kruger which is the biggest park in the country.”
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About Nick Bratton:
Nick is a writer, photographer, adventurer and explorer. He is currently writing a book about his time in Southern Africa and is the COO of Global Exploration & Recovery. You can find more of Nick’s work online at www.nicholasbratton.com or on Facebook as /brattontravels.
About The Adventure Hub:
This podcast was recorded at The Adventure Hub. What is the Adventure Hub? It is a unique gathering place, in the SODO area of Seattle. It’s what happens when adventure travel companies intersect with a winery, in a cool location for people mix and mingle.
It’s place to research, learn, and engage with passionate adventure travel professionals who can help you cultivate a transformative travel experience for your next escape. People visit the Adventure Hub for personal travel consultations or captivating presentations that will summon your inner explorer.
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