A guide for budgeting

Before you go you pay Absolute Africa for:

Price of Safari:

We also can take payment for your gorilla permit prior to departure, and for arrangements on

Zanzibar Island if you wish to stay with the group on the island:

Gorilla trekking

Zanzibar arrangements including return ferry, four nights accommodation spice tour and transfers:

Once in Africa you pay the following on the ground costs:

The group kitty

The kitty is an essential group payment payable in Africa on day one to your group.

The group kitty covers two meals a day and camping throughout whilst the group is with

the truck including three nights in a lodge in Swakopmund and the final night in

Ashanti Lodge, Cape Town.

It also covers The Mara, Lake Nakuru National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park and

the Kazinga Channel game cruise, Ngorongoro Crater, Mikumi National Park, South Luangwa

National Park (season pending), Etosha National Park (2 nights), Namib Naukluft, Fish River Canyon,

and entry to The Cheetah Park, Cape Cross Seal Colony and a visit to a Maasai village.

Remember the kitty payment is a group fund that you pay into locally. Where there is money left
over the group together decide what then happens to any remaining funds

Optional extras

A recommended typical budget for your optional excursions that might pay for

once in Africa would be:

Some clients spend more, some less. The above is a typical estimate selecting
from the following main choices during the 71 days. Do re-check your budget looking 

at what might tempt you.

                                            

Hells Gate National Park                                                         

White water rafting on The White Nile                                

Kayaking                                                                                 

Quad biking                                                                            

Volunteer work in a local school                                          

Chimpanzee reserve                                                                                                                                     

Serengeti National Park*                                                     

Manyara National Park                                                       

Dolphin boat trip including a visit to the red colobus monkeys                                                          

Snorkelling Mnemba Atoll                                                     

Scuba diving - 2 tank on Zanzibar                                        

Horse riding in Lake Malawi                                                

Houseboats on Lake Kariba                                                 

Lion Walk                                                                               

Elephant Ride                                                                        

Bungee Jump                                                                         

Gorge Swing abseil, flying fox (full day)                            

Gorge Swing - (1 jump)                                                       

Tandem sky dive from                                                          

White water rafting The Zambezi                                        

Flight of the Angels                                                             

Breakfast drift canoe                                                            

Sunset cruise                                                                       

Interactive drumming                                                           

Chobe National Park                                                                                  

Flights over the Delta                                                                               

Okavango Delta guided mokoro safari                                                   

Evening game drives, Etosha National Park                                           

Tandem sky dive Swakopmund                                                                

Sandboarding                                                                                             

Quadbiking                                                                                                 

Township tour                                                                                            

Open sea fishing                                                                                        

Guided walk on the Sossusvlei Dunes                                                    

Rafting on the Orange River                                                                     

Wine tour Stellenbosch                                                                             

*Some months the truck drives the alternative route through the Serengeti

and the Serengeti then comes out of kitty with the resultant price reduction to £115.

Spending money

You will also need spending money to cover drinks, lunch, souvenirs,

and meals and camping when the group isn't with the truck on the

off chance you don't participate in an overnight safari such as the Serengeti,

this money also covers you if you wish to upgrade occasionally from camping.   

The recommended spending money for the Absolute Safari is:

Visas            

Depending on your passport, your visa budget should be:

 

Pre safari:        Please click here to go to the pre-departure section.

ESTIMATED TOTAL  BUDGET FOR TRIP:

This is a realistic approximation of a typical budget provided as a guide only.

Remember you then need to budget for flights, insurance, vaccination costs and any equipment you might need such as a sleeping bag.

Any queries? Call our office on +44 (0) 208 742 0226, email us at

absaf@absoluteafrica.com or skype us on skypeabsoluteafrica