The Grown-Up Travel Podcast

Safari pricing is confusing. The range is enormous — from a few hundred dollars a night to several thousand — and the relationship between what you pay and what you experience is rarely what people assume.In this episode I explain exactly why safaris cost what they do, and more importantly, what that money is actually buying. The answer surprises most people.I've stayed in the most expensive camps on the continent and the most remote ones. I've seen what the money buys — and what it doesn't. Cost, material luxury, and the quality of your wildlife experience are three completely separate things. This episode untangles them.If you're trying to work out whether a safari is worth the price — or which price point actually makes sense for what you want — this is the honest answer.Andy Higgs is the Campfire Connoisseur — honest safari expertise, warmly delivered.

Most people who go on an African safari have a genuinely good time. They get close to lions. They take great photos. They come home happy.But some of them — if they're honest — sensed that something was slightly off. The convoy of vehicles at every sighting. The feeling of being one of many rather than one of few. The quiet thought, never quite voiced, that maybe there was a version of this that was different.There is. And in this episode I explain what it is, why nobody told you about it at the booking stage, and what to ask before you spend serious money on your next trip.I've been going to Africa for over 30 years. I've been in the main reserves with twenty vehicles around one lion. I've been in private conservancies with no other human in sight for three hours. I know the difference. This episode explains it.Andy Higgs is the Campfire Connoisseur — honest safari expertise, warmly delivered.