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Articles
Private Safari or Guided Safari: How to Choose the Right Trip
Private Safari or Guided Safari: How to Choose the Right Trip One of the first questions people ask when planning a trip to Africa is simple: what kind of safari should I take? In general, there are two main approaches. You can design a custom private safari, built specifically around…
Articles
Photo Tours to Photo Safaris. Why The Shift In Focus.
Dave Burns Photo Tours is now Dave Burns Photo Safaris! After years of enabling travelers to experience the magic of an African safari, my company name now includes it. The word safari means journey in Swahili. It evokes what travelers tell me they love most: my safaris are carefully shaped…
Field Notes
Thirty Years After My First Trip to Africa
In 1997 I made my first trip to Africa. The plan had three parts: climb Kilimanjaro, explore Zanzibar, then head out on safari through the parks of southern Tanzania and into northern Malawi. I didn’t know it at the time, but that trip lit a fire that would eventually set…