Family Safari Experiences

Preparing food in the bush far away from a supermarket or a bakery calls for more than your fair share of ingenuity. The Chef at your camp or lodge is always willing to share a trick or two with children. Baking fresh bread in a pot on the fire or making griddle caked is always a treat when served hot with melting butter and a golden pool of wild honey.

Ever wondered where most of Bear Grylls’ survivor techniques originally come from? Look no further than the bush craft that originates in Africa. Imagine how proud your children will be when they show their pals how to make a fire without matches, how to make a toothbrush from a twig and how to find their way in the bush without a compass. Your personal guide will always be there to make each day on safari a valuable and enriching experience for your children.

Even today the Maasai rely entirely on traditional weapons to hunt and defend themselves. The long graceful spear with which they fearlessly face lions, the Maasai sword, huge shield and elegant bow and arrows are still their favoured weapons. The skills in handling these weapons are handed down from generation to generation and who is better equipped to teach your child to shoot accurately with an undersized bow and blunt arrows than a Maasai warrior. With infinite patience, care and kindness they take the young ones through the drill of aiming, draw the bow and letting the arrow loose at the target.

For thousands of years tribesmen in Africa have looked to the night sky for meaning and inspiration. The Maasai of East Africa saw the Pleiades above the horizon from September to mid-May. They knew that these 6 stars, which stayed in a group like a herd of cattle, were only visible during the rainy season. The Basotho bushmen of Southern Africa saw the southern cross as a giraffe with an outstretched neck and the Zulu (of the same region) interpreted it as the tree of life. These myths legends are as alive in Africa today as they were then and your Asilia personal guide will teach you all he has learned from his forefathers about the stars, their meaning and how they affect life on earth.