A useful tip for people going on self-drive safaris - you may come across places in the parks called 'look out points' - don't get out of your vehicle!

The signage was quite confusing and when we went with a guide later on, he was shocked that we'd been out of the vehicle.

Also, beware group safaris - definitely cheaper but sometimes your companions can get agitated by the animals - at the time the guide had been worried about the fact that my brother and I were only 12 and 14 but in the end it was the fully grown woman who was scared of the elephants and moaned to be taken back to the lodge.

The best holiday - if you have the opportunity to take your children on a safari, go for it! My brother and I will never forget it and it was a real eye opener in other ways too - such as seeing for the first time whole communities living on the embankment of motorways in tin houses - they can't teach you in school the way seeing that in person can.

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