IS THERE POWER AND ELECTRICITY IN SAFARI CAMPS?
The beauty and thrill of visiting these remote areas is to get away from it all–to become one and part of the African wilderness. You will leave the TV’s, cell phones, pagers, and e-mails behind. The camps and lodges are often situated in the most remote areas, where there is no access to conventional electrical power. Most of the camps, however, do have generators on-site with 220v electricity (don’t forget to pack your adapters). Alternatively they make use of solar panels, which supplies most of the energy for the camps running water heaters, which is always hot when needed. The electricity derived from the generators is used to operate the refrigerators, ice machine and freezers that keep all the perishables fresh, and drinks cool at all times. The generators also charge the batteries that provide power in the form lights and overhead fans in the guests’ rooms. There is ample power to recharge batteries for cameras and laptops, however there will not be enough power to operate dev
