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Accommodations
In this portfolio of accommodations, we will show you some of the types of properties that we use on our trips. Properties are always changing, as new and exciting accommodations become available. Since Born Free is not in the hotel business, we are free to select the newest and finest lodges without feeling the need to promote our own properties. Room choice and favored status is never a problem. Over the years, we have
developed an excellent reputation with the hoteliers of Africa. Our requests for rooms are always regarded as a priority, and a Born Free traveler can be assured of preferential treatment.
Hotels
& Game Lodges / Bush
Estates, Private Ranches & Country Inns / Permanent
Tented Camps / Mobile
Tented Camps / Semi-Mobile
Tented Camps
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Standards in Africa vary from properties that can be compared to luxury hotels in the United States to simple national park type facilities. Born Free selects hotels and lodges based on their location to the best wildlife viewing sites, friendliness of the staff, traveler's needs, food quality and cleanliness. Very important are the aesthetics, or the feeling that each accommodation captures. Views and compatibility with
the natural surroundings are also considered when recommending a property. A game lodge would be a property that is located in a game viewing area. Hotels are located in cities or towns.
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THE
WATERING HOLE AT THE ARK GAME LODGE
ABERDARE
NATIONAL PARK
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One of the great charms of Africa is staying in privately owned hideaways. In East Africa, many of these properties allow guests to take bush walks, night drives, horseback rides or camel treks. In Southern Africa, elegant estates and inns offer a wonderful way to meet people, taste local gourmet cuisine and enjoy warm, friendly hospitality. Throughout this catalog, you will see pictures and read about some of these
properties. If you are interested in more information please
call our offices for comprehensive information about these amazing
properties.
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NGONG
HOUSE BUSH ESTATE
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF NAIROBI, KENYA
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To capture the feeling of staying under canvas, while retaining the comforts of a hotel, permanent tented camps or lodges have been established throughout Africa. Properties vary in size, but all provide large tents, generally built on cement floors or wooden platforms. All the modern conveniences are provided, including flush toilets, plumbed water and in some camps, electricity. It is common to fly-in to the permanent
camps and utilize the properties 4x4 vehicles.
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SIANA
SPRINGS PERMANENT TENTED CAMP
MASAI MARA GAME
RESERVE, KENYA
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Mobile
safaris are truly the African safari of yesteryear.
Camps are setup in remote areas, away from the tour
circuit, where you are catered to by a personal camp
staff. This is the exhilarating experience that
enraptured Hemingway, Finch-Hatton and Roosevelt. Mobile
camps are set on private sites in top game areas. As
your mobile camp moves from one area to another, you
will stay in your choice of bush estates or
lodges. Born Free Safaris provides the widest range of mobile camping standards available in Africa. Choose from the elegant 1920’s luxury mobile style, with all the comforts of a 5-star hotel or a modest participation camp. With the assistance of a Born Free Safari Specialist, you set your itinerary and the camp standards including the size of the tent, menu, camp staff, toilet and shower facilities. Born Free mobile tented camps are a once in a lifetime experience.
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BORN
FREE SAFARIS HEMINGWAY STYLE
MOBILE TENTED CAMP
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The semi-mobile camp is a excellent value, and is designed to offer the experience of the mobile camp to the traveler who may only want to stay a few nights in a camp. Campsites are small, generally providing five to nine tents setup for a season in a select area. Sleeping tents are large, with very comfortable furnishings and proper camp toilet facilities, including hot and cold water. A dining tent and often a lounge or
library tent is also provided.
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