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amibia offers fantastic self-driving family safari holidays. However, as stunning
as the country's scenery is, it's unlikely to
keep your youngest entertained for hours. Therefore, family holidays here are best for families with
older children, who are fine with longer drives they'll love the freedom and the sheer variety of a
family holiday to Namibia.
As accommodation for your family safari holidays in Namibia, we usually recommend smaller
guest farms and lodges because these tend to
be more flexible, for instance with regard to meal
times.
Many of them have a big garden and adjoining rooms specifically designed to accommodate
families on Namibia safari holidays. You're unlikely
to find special activities for your children, but a
friendly and informal atmosphere will usually allow
them to run around and be noisy. Alternatively, for
ultimate privacy, consider Namibia's exclusive-use
villas and houses!
In addition, compared to other African countries,
family safari holidays in Namibia can be considered as relatively safe: many lodges are set in
areas with little dangerous game and all Namibia
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holds a very low malarial risk.
However, Namibia isn't only a destination for
family safari holidays. We won't deny that its
coastline doesn't make for 'classical' family beach
holidays with azure, bath-warm water and palmtrees. Instead, you'll find a deserted stretch of
barren land, scattered with ghostly shipwrecks and
lapped by the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean,
where seals live in huge colonies. It's a really special area - and more than worth exploring!
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ith fun activities and the fascinating
culture of the Maasai, Kenya offers
great family safari holidays for older
and fairly active children - who will often find the
Maasai people particularly interesting to meet. At
the beginning or end of your family safari head for
the Kenya coast for some of the loveliest family
beach holidays in Africa!
Many of the lodges and camps that we feature
in Kenya are well-suited for family beach and
safari holidays, although almost all of them have
age restrictions. In practice, these rules can often
be bended so that you can go on family holidays
with children younger than the theoretical age
requirement.
However, you should be aware that during
family safari holidays in Kenya children need to
be constantly supervised, because some camps
are close to a river, most aren't fenced and game
risks are usually high. Due to the layout of some
lodges, for instance their high walkways, steep
steps or missing handrails, parental supervision is
additionally necessary.
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In general, even Kenya's most child-friendly
lodges rarely have specific children's programmes.
Nevertheless, in most cases the staff will show a
very positive attitude towards younger visitors
and may flexibly arrange activities off the ordinary
schedule to make your Kenya family safari holidays as enjoyable as possible.
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