African Safari Clothes, What To Wear on Safari

Important Safari Clothing to Pack.

What is the right color for your safari clothes?

Bright colors should be avoided while carrying out safari activities in the jungle, but these can be used while enjoying a dinner back at the lodge. Neutral colors like light brown, green, Khaki are good for safari activities during the day and they are highly recommended all over Africa, in Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania. Black and blue shirts are not good in the jungle since they attract tsetse flies and other insects.

Below is a list of the necessary clothing to pack for an African safari to Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania;

The long sleeved tops or Safari Shirts

These will help with protection from the insect attacks while carrying gorilla or chimpanzee treks, walking hikes, since they offer safety from direct cuts from the tree branches, thorns, vines as well as nettles.

Long trousers

Jeans are mostly recommended for most of the hikes and treks since they show less or no dirt and offer safety and protection during Jungle hours.

Shorts On Safari in Africa

These are mostly recommended to be won at the lodge and during day time when is the sun is much. They are not good for gorilla and chimpanzee hikes, volcanic hikes or nature walks since they expose the body to dangerous tree branches, vines and thorns. The shorts should be worn when an insect repellent has used on the body.

Safari Socks

These should be of cotton type or wool since they offer protection to the feet.

Under wear

These must be washed clean while on safari so it’s advisable to buy some detergent in small quantities to be able to keep them clean.

African Safari Hat

This is a must carry and it should be a brimmed hat, you can easily buy one in Ugandan craft shops to be able to protect the face as well as the neck from direct sun light.

• Safari Jacket

This should be light enough for your body to carry. This is recommended mainly because in most of the national parks where hiking and trekking takes place, rain is expected in the evening hours of the dry season, so these jackets can be of help especially during jungle time.

• Swimming suits

These are mainly recommended for those who are to stay in up market hotels or lodge with swimming pools, Again there those clients who might be interested in swimming in our lakes like Lake Bunyonyi, Lake Kivu of Rwanda as well as Lake Mutanda.

Pajamas

These are so important especially if you are preparing to travel during a wet season since in places like Bwindi, the weather can be so cold especially during at Night.

Light sweater on Safari

This will help mostly during morning hours and evening hours in the Jungle

Outing clothes

These clothes help when back in the city and you have a few outings within the city. It can a dinner dress for ladies or a suit for the men.

Important safari gadgets and equipment’s

These items below are the necessary gadgets and equipment’s on any safari to East Africa. In case you are bringing a laptop, smart phones, and tablets, you endeavor to protect enough protection.

• Camera and accompanying equipment’s: Endeavour to carry a camera that is well equipped with its items as well as a lens cleaner to keep the camera lens clean.
• Enough Batteries: Carry a complete set of chargeable batteries along with a good charger, these should be in your handy bag within the vehicle or car.
• Binoculars: You are advisable to carry a pair of binoculars and these will depend on which activity you are to carry out like birding or game driving.
• Camera Memory card : you are advisable to carry extra memory cards for the cameras if you are to take many photos in the jungle
• Journals: these can be brought along to write down some unique experiences within the places visited.
• Flash Light. Bring this along to help you take photos even in the dark like during night game drives.
• Electric Items are also recommended

Note:

In Rwanda, plastic bags are not allowed and you will be charged for dropping them around. Uganda is also against plastic bags though they are still in Use. In case you have space left in your luggage, end ever to carry some souvenirs like balls, children books, t-shirts to give away to the nationals while on your safari.

Light bags are right for an African safari and always remember to carry specific day packs to engage in nature walks, chimpanzee treks and the mountain gorilla treks. The heavy bulky bags or suit cases are a discomfort and will make your safari difficult especially with carrying the bags to the safari cars and to the lodges.

Always an activity will determine which gadgets a traveler will need to pack and this will help in avoiding unnecessary packaging which is done by most of the tourists. Different safari activities like Hiking, gorilla and chimpanzee treks, mountain climbing bicycling and volcanic hiking require different safari gadgets and so tourists should take time and know exactly which activities they are to engage in.

The weather of the place to be visited should be considered before packing the right gadgets to use. For example in Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania there are some rainy and dry seasons , so it’s important to do some research and find out when is the rainy or dry season in these two countries. Most of the accommodation facilities in Rwanda and Uganda provide detergents like bathing soap and shampoo; however, tourists are advisable to always carry at least a bar of soap to help with washing personal items. The tourists are also advisable to always put their valuables like the Binoculars, money, cameras, phones, iPods in their carry-on bags to avoid being displaced in the Jungle.

Below is a list of all the important gadgets to be packed on any African safari to Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya or Tanzania

Luggage safari Bag

With the luggage safari bag, Mobility is the key factor since movement becomes easy when the safari bag is light for the clients. It’s mostly advisable to use suit cases with key combinations instead of those with keys since it’s so easy to lose the keys within the Jungle. Most tour operator’s advice that clients use duffel safari bags since these can easily be stored and also give added value mobility on an African safari.

A handy day pack

This should be of waterproof since the weather can change anytime while in the jungle. This mainly helps the clients to carry some personal items that they need while in the jungle and it’s the main reason why it comes in handy. These can be used to carry important documents, drinking water, snacks during the game drives, hikes, nature walks, and chimpanzee & gorilla treks.

The money belt or Bag

The money bags are mainly recommended for the clients since these help with safety for money, it’s advisable that they are made of cotton so as to be able to be carried near the body to avoid sweating. It’s also necessary to wear it fast and then a safari cloth put on top to provide more protection to the cash, once it’s put on top of clothes; it leaves you vulnerable to thrifty. The important documents to be put in this money bag should include; a passport or a copy of it, phone numbers (emergency), as well as the international immunization card.

Safari Boots/ shoes/Saddles

These should be comfortable for you and they should either be black or Blue since these colors show less dirt. White colored shoes are good but not fit for a jungle safari in Uganda and Rwanda. The boots to be used for hikes and treks should be comfortable to ease walking. These should also be light enough to provide traction and protection when needed. See more about safari shoes. For town usage, one pair of shoes will be needed for any appropriate occasion. More so comfortable saddles near the lodge are of good use. The flip flops are commonly used around the swimming pool and extra shoes races are of an advantage.