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The Safari Cost Breakdown

What a luxury safari night is actually built from, the four things that move the price, and a worksheet for comparing two quotes that look different but are not.

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Accommodation, meals, park fees, guiding and transport, the way safaris are usually costed. Trips are from about $800 per person per night, including camp, meals, park fees, guiding and transport on safari. International flights are extra. Your quote is one total that includes every charge Nomad Africa makes, with no booking fee added later. Visas, travel insurance and tips are not included. Paying from India? Your bank may collect TCS (tax collected at source) on an overseas tour payment. It is a tax, not a fee from us, and it counts towards your income tax. Prices are in US dollars. We will tell you honestly what your budget does and does not reach.
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What the breakdown covers

What a luxury safari night is actually built from, the four things that move the price, and a worksheet for comparing two quotes that look different but are not.

  • What each level buys, per person per night
  • The anatomy of a night at US$1,500
  • The four cost drivers, and which ones you can feel
  • Costs that sit outside every safari quote
  • Where the money changes your trip and where it does not
  • Worked budgets for a couple, a family and a group buyout
  • A worksheet for comparing two quotes like for like
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The first page of The Safari Cost Breakdown

Above about US$800 a night, every camp in Kenya has a good bed, a good cook and hot water. So why does one cost twice another? This breakdown answers that, so you can read a quote (anyone’s quote, including ours) and know what you are looking at.

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