10 Important Clothing Advices For Your African Safari

Africa is blessed with different seasons and weather changes throughout the year. You need to change the clothes as you change the regions. When one visits from one country or continent to the other, he encounters many a differences. Almost everything changes like weather, the temperature, the food, the culture, and the landscapes. For example if your destination is the polar region, then you need to have more and more woollen clothes that covers from top to toe but if it is a tropical one then you need to pack the light loose fittings to keep your body cool. The globalisation has contributed a lot to the growth of travel industry. The citizens of all the nations involved in the tourism industry are going to a maximum extend in providing a homely atmosphere to the visitors in their land. This is why in case of clothing you have to remain indifferent means pack those that best suits the region you are visiting.

It is always not the atmospheric condition that governs clothing at various regions or countries in the world. Rather it is the custom and tradition of the visiting nation and the activity you undertake their put impact on your clothing. For example in Africa if visiting to Egypt (a trance continental country that stretches from Africa to Asia) you need (especially women) be covered up from neck to feet although it exists in the tropical region. At the same time, while Hiking Kilimanjaro In Tanzania in the same region, you need to pack the worm clothes. It is because the temperature would start falling when you would hike up to high altitudes.  But in the same region when you are heading for wild life viewing Safari in Serengeti National Park, the relax dresses with (half trousers and loose fitting tea shirts are recommended).

Africa for centuries has been the role model of all the hot destinations in the world for receiving more numbers of visitors from overseas every year. Mostly people flying Africa for its magnetic beauty that lies with its National Parks, Mountains, Rivers and lakes and in deserts and oasis. They get involved with a lot of activities that ranges from sky to underwater: from balloon safari to diving and snorkelling at some of the fantastic beaches on Earth. And it is natural that various landscapes and activities must demand diverse costumes to be worn. If you are packing for African Safari, then really you need to be very cautious in the selection of your clothing. A consideration on following factors would help you in this direction.

Things To Consider For African Safari:

1.   The Travelling Season:

The travelling season has been closely related with the packing of clothes. If it is summer, you need to pack the loose fitting dress materials which would allow the wind to touch your body, but if it is the winter or rainy season then woollen and waterproof jackets are the best options.

2.   The Location:

The location of the place also demands for a change in clothing. The clothing one needs while trekking on Sahara is not suitable for a man sitting on Kilimanjaro summit. The atmospheric temperature of both the places varies tremendously: so the need of varied clothing is required.

3.   The Duration Of Staying:

Duration at a place would bring the change in the quantum of clothes you are carrying with you. If high altitude is your destination then more pairs of stockings, gloves, over coats, hats, and boots are your clothing but if in plain area where the temperature is moderate you can manage with the normal clothing.

4.   Tradition Of The Visiting Country:

It is very important to pay respect to the customs and traditions of the country you are visiting. This appeals to the local people and helps you for a comfortable exploration. In Africa almost all the countries are Islamic and very strict on women clothing. You need to wear a burkha (a long frock that stretches from neck to feet) with a shallower. Men also are required to be dressed moderately.

10 Important Clothing Tips For An African Safari:

1.   Choose Neutral Colours: While visiting Africa, the game viewing at National Parks is your sole motto. So it is always recommended to carry the clothes of neutral colour with you. It is because the deep colours may irritate to the animals and you would be always eye catching. Wearing dress that matches with the jungle leaves is a good way.

2.   Bring Comfortable Clothes: Bring some comfortable clothes with you to wear at the private moments when you are not in outing, especially for when relaxing at your hotel or in a sea beach.

3.   Fast-Drying Materials: Africa is in the tropical zone and most probably the rain is expected in the afternoon. So the clothes which take less time to get dried up are always a good idea.

4.   Layer Up: Layer up your clothes. Separate your clothes in systematic layers for various itineraries. Means make separate layers for warm clothes, and loose fitting clothes. This would help you in finding them sooner and carrying them in a bag in an easy manner.

5.   Foot-Friendly Footwear: Foot wear are very important in African countries. Because it is a continent of hills and forests. Choose the foot wears as per your itinerary. Means for hiking you need the hiking boots and for beach holidays you need the water proof sandals. 

6.   Pack Practical: Before packing think, what clothes would be practically helpful for your itinerary in Africa. Think of what activities you are going to undertake there.

7.   Pack for the Weather: Judge the weather condition of the place you are visiting. If it receives more rain than other adjacent regions, then you need to pack more water proof clothing, but if its chillness is more you need to pack more woollen clothes.

8.   Don’t Over pack: Over packing is a unwise practice. It would just increase your freight charge and inconveniency on your travel. Besides there is utter most possibility of the things getting lost?  

9.    Bring Helpful Accessories: Only choose the bare necessary clothing and accessories to pack that would make your travel comfortable. Bare necessary accessories include the torch, the mobile, the fasted box, the camera etc.

10.       If You Don’t Wear It: Don’t Bring it: Don’t bring anything you don’t need to wear. This would just demand for extra freight charge and extra labour to carry them from your end.

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