Belle'sFan
Mouseketeer
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- Feb 12, 2007
Interested in any recent experiences with this tour. Thinking of booking it in May. Is the animal viewing better than the AK park safari? How is the included meal? -assorted African tapas?
This is accurate!Savor the Savannah is more DH and I's speed. More drinking, less trekking
This is accurate!
We loved both, but it was really nice having the extended time at the boma to just chill out... especially during the hectic summer period.
Good question... we booked the 6:15pm slot (aiming for being on the tour at sunset) several months in advance. We were told on arrival that we were awaiting another party of 2 -- they just never showed up. I suspect that there is no way to really try to ensure / aim for being the only ones on the tour. And I am not certain how quickly these book up... not sure I'd want to wait if I knew this was something I really wanted to do.Thanks for all the info! I'm looking into it because we'll be there for the holidays, also hectic time. I'm thinking of keeping this tour for one of our last days, Dec 20 or 21, so we can enjoy the parks and avoid the crowds at the same time.
Did you book it in advance? What happened to your family would be our ideal situation, because neither my sister nor her kids speak fluent English, so if we take the tour, I'll be doing a lot of translation, and I wouldn't want to be a nuisance to other guests. Just the four of us would be perfect, so I was thinking about booking it a couple of days before, and trying to find a mostly empty spot. I'm sure the Lobby Concierge at All-Star Music can help us with that, am I right?
Good question... we booked the 6:15pm slot (aiming for being on the tour at sunset) several months in advance. We were told on arrival that we were awaiting another party of 2 -- they just never showed up. I suspect that there is no way to really try to ensure / aim for being the only ones on the tour. And I am not certain how quickly these book up... not sure I'd want to wait if I knew this was something I really wanted to do.
I would guess that on all of these AK tours, we've never had more than 12 people. I think that's a small enough group that any translating you're doing really isn't going to be an issue. We've found pretty agreeable groups each time, people accommodating each other. And when you're at the boma -- which is a big portion of this tour -- you have your guide, and at least 2 other AK CM's there. There's room to spread out and chat, ask questions, etc.
You're so welcome!Thanks for replying so soon! I guess I'll book it now, and hope for the best. We don't want to miss it, and we also want to do Caring for Giants on a different day.
We're just 4, so if we stick close to each other, hopefully I won't bother other guests.
Thanks again for all this info, really helpful!
We did Caring For Giants earlier this year, shortly after it started. It is also fabulous. So much one on one time with the elephants. Learned more about elephant poop on than one ever expects they'd ever learnYou're so welcome!
I'm sure you won't bother other guests with translating!! What crabby people they'd have to be if that was an issue for them!
Caring for Giants is definitely on our to-do list... you'll have to report back on that one!
We did Caring For Giants earlier this year, shortly after it started. It is also fabulous. So much one on one time with the elephants. Learned more about elephant poop on than one ever expects they'd ever learn
Unless they've made changes since we did it, they only hold it when it's light outThinking about booking this for our trip in December but wondering if it'll be too dark to really see any of the animals? Does anyone have experience going in the dark?
Thank you for the infoUnless they've made changes since we did it, they only hold it when it's light out