where to go in Africa ?

I am planning my first trip to Africa. What is a better choice,
Kenya/Tanzania or South Africa/Botswana? I want to see animals in the
wild and beautiful scenery....

Cheers,
Leo

"Leo Kerner" <l.kerner@sympatico.ca> schreef in bericht
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>I am planning my first trip to Africa. What is a better choice,
> Kenya/Tanzania or South Africa/Botswana? I want to see animals in the
> wild and beautiful scenery....
>
> Cheers,
> Leo
>

What a question. Impossible to answer. I advice you to visit both!!

Hans.

Leo Kerner wrote:

> I am planning my first trip to Africa. What is a better choice,
> Kenya/Tanzania

For value, east Africa is better. But only (in my opinion) include
Tanzania if you go January through June. And skip April
because of the certainty of rains affecting your trip. A trip
that starts in Tanzania late May and finishes in Kenya is
the absolute best combination of weather, airfares, lodge costs.

> or South Africa/Botswana?

Great experience but more expensive for several reasons.
Weak dollar (Canadian & US), cost of flights to get to and
from Botswana and more expensive camps in both places.

> I want to see animals in the
> wild and beautiful scenery....

No problem - all of the countries you suggested offer that.

thanks to all...

Leo Kerner wrote:

> I am planning my first trip to Africa. What is a better choice,
> Kenya/Tanzania or South Africa/Botswana? I want to see animals in the
> wild and beautiful scenery....
>
> Cheers,
> Leo

Corné schrieb:

>> I am planning my first trip to Africa. What is a better choice,
>> Kenya/Tanzania or South Africa/Botswana? I want to see animals in the
>> wild and beautiful scenery....


Best of all is Namibia! There is all you want to see.

Greetings from Heinz

[Allison]

...all four countries that you mentioned are lovely and interesting in different ways. South Af and Botswana are a bit easier to travel in if you're planning to rent a car and travel independently. The roads are better and it's easier to just rent and go. Kenya and Tanzania are just a bit more challenging. That said, I'm setting off in two weeks for my second trip to Tanzania, with a rental car. It took a while but I finally found a reasonable deal. We'll see how it goes.

Allison