The only colour I would totally avoid is white- with dust and sunscreen, after one safari you will probably never get it white again. In Kenya, many guides are dressed in traditional Masai wear- top to toe in red. Clothing colour only matters for walks (and then it is crucial). I also happily wear sandals on game drives in hot weather, and I disagree that red is a complete no no for clothing either. I have some proper outdoor wear trousers, but I also like loose linen trousers for hot weather. I am guessing most lodges in South Africa are a bit better connected to mains electricity and perhaps they have washers and dryers for laundry, but in other countries many safari camps still do laundry by hand and air dry it. Even if the weather is cold enough for them to be comfortable (as I'm sure it is in some months in Southern Africa), there is the laundry issue and the weight issue. I'd also say jeans were a no-no on safari, and I've just done my 30th trip. That is for first-timers, in my experience.įrom my second report on travel to the area:
It features a telescoping handle, smooth-gliding wheels, and cinch straps. With a 137-liter capacity, this duffel is able to hold the items of the biggest pack-rat while being easy to transport. You really need very, very little on these trips check some threads here on packing for Bots and SA safaris.īTW: Jeans and neutral t-shirts will be fine, no need to get into the whole khaki, safari mode. This is the problem which LL Bean seeks to rectify in the LL Bean Extra-Large Rolling Adventure Duffle. They were not as strict as I imagined, as there were people on our tiny-plane flight that had wheeled hard-sided bags. I did the same thing with the LL Bean.the "large" one, no wheels.