Safari Holidays in India

What’s the difference between going on holiday and going on a trip? Going on holiday involves screaming children, traffic jams, cramped aeroplanes and horrible hotels. Taking a trip – going on safari holidays, for example – is an adventure no-one ever forgets.


It’s a nice distinction – no more, almost, than a linguistic trick. The connotations of the word “holiday” are inextricably bound up with ideas of frustration and let down – a kind of mandatory escape from the annoyances of daily routine, which is quickly found to be a simple translation of those annoyances to another place. Safari holidays bring the meaning of the words “travel” and “adventure” to the whole thing, making a holiday in the wild a real escape. When a person goes on safari holidays, he or she is getting what people have always wanted from the idea of getting away: a genuine adventure, a real trip.


Safari holidays are the perfect way to explore the wild side of a break without losing the comfort of a proper holiday. “Travelling”, which is a little different from simply getting away, though often exposed to the same kind of wildlife and scenery, is difficult and often slightly dangerous: safari holidays, on the other hand, are well-organised, properly insured and structured in such a way that participants achieve a sensational balance of proper comfort with stunning wild adventures.

Imagine this: the Big Five (rhino; lion; elephant; hippo; and water buffalo) viewed safely in their natural habitat. Hundreds, even thousands of bird species seen in the wild. And all of it structured and led by an expert – someone who knows where to go, when, and how to do it safely. That’s what safari holidays allow people to do. Get right into the action, in natural surroundings and habitats, often avoiding the hours of frustration associated with looking for wildlife and definitely bypassing the dangers attendant on trying to do it yourself.


After the dawn ride in search of timid animals, the night safari or the midday jeep trek across a National Park, participants in safari holidays get the chance to freshen up, relax and dine in the sumptuous surroundings of a luxury game lodge – or enjoy the rustic charms of a safari hotel styled on the traditional dwellings of the region. Astonishing cuisine, naturally, is all part of the safari holidays package – as is the inexhaustible fund of knowledge resting inside the head of the game wardens and top-flight guides that lead groups out into the wild. Sounds a lot better than two weeks in Bognor Regis.