C6 - Wednesday, March 28, 1984 - North Shore News SE craved | (Sn | A DREAM COME TRUE Africa isn't just for the wealt EVER DREAMED of going on safari in East Africa? For many years owing to prohibitive costs, only Hollywood movie stars and the very wealthy could afford it. That situation has changed —- -—__dramatically_over—thetast 15 -_ bankrupt Amin’s tyrannical eight year regime effectively put an end to tourism in beautiful but years and, while a safari may still be considered a trip of a lifetime it is well within the A TYPICAL AFRICAN safari scene, with lions lounging in the foreground, ambrelila-like (except for the lower plains and coast where it tends to. get humid) can be distinctly cold. Most safaris begin and end in Nairobi, Kenya’s beautiful cosmopolitan capital. Here you set off with your compa- nions in a six-seater mini-bus, ‘speaking African driver nam- holidays is a two-week safari ~ ed Jeremiah, Moses, Samuel followed by a few days relax- trees in the background and a van of tourists discreetly sigh fmancial reach of budget- conscious travellers. Safari is a Swahili word which has been adopted worldwide to more or less represent any type of rugged journey. In East Africa, whether you are making a brief, overnight business trip or embarking on a three- week expedition, you are go- ing ‘‘on safari.”’ Recognizing its unique wildlife as a prized national heritage, Kenya banned hun- ting several years ago, and the days of the hunter return- ing triumphantly to camp bearing his leopard skin or elephant tusk trophies came to an end. _ Ever since, photo safaris have become increasingly popular as more and more people record their adven- tures on film and ‘‘shoot’"’ at the world’s largest con- centration of big game with a camera. For the first-tamer to Kenya and Tanzania (id ing at the Indian Ocean coral coast. Most people are attracted by the well-known names of Treetops, where the then Princess Elizabeth first heard of the death of her father, King George VI; Meru, former home of Elsa, the lioness; Serengeti, scene of the remarkable migration of palins game; Ngorongoro, the world’s largest crater; Tsavo, renowned for its massive elephant herds and, Amboseli, dominated by Africa’s highest and most spectacular mountain, 19,340 foot snow-capped Kilimanjaro. The best times to visit are November to March or June to September, when the days are hot and sunny. The ‘‘rains’’ fall in’ the inter- vening months and the game is more dispersed, the red carth roads can be slippery and dangerous, and vchicles get boggecd down. 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