What are the tents & facilities like for the different modes of camping?
On full-participation safaris and non-participation camping safaris we use spacious dome tents which erect easily. They have full floors and zippered mosquito netting. A short person can stand at the center. They are rated as 3-4 person tents but are used for just one to two people. You will be provided with a foam mattress and a camp chair. Toilet and washing facilities vary from country to country. In South Africa and Namibia, and some places in Botswana, Zambia, and Mozambique, travelers stay in established camp sites where there is access to constructed, communal ablution facilities with running water for showers (often only cold water) and flush toilets. It is in Botswana mainly, and where in an itinerary we may specify “bush camp”, that such facilities are not available and a bush shower and bush toilet are provided as part of the camp equipment. A bush shower and bush toilet are constructed from the same kind of dome tents as those which accommodate travelers, but with the groun
