{"id":196,"date":"2022-02-23T18:10:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T18:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.safaritravelplus.com\/travel\/?p=196"},"modified":"2022-07-28T08:13:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T08:13:01","slug":"why-are-safaris-so-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.safaritravelplus.com\/travel\/why-are-safaris-so-expensive\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Are Safaris So Expensive?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A Ngorongoro Safari In Tanzania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the 1900s safaris where an African hunting expedition. Gone are those days. Most of Africa\u2019s wildlife isn\u2019t where it used to be. In 1960 there were about 100,000 black rhinos alone in Africa today, there are about 5,000 left in the wild.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s safaris are designed with conservation in mind. Africa\u2019s wildlife and eco-system is very fragile and can only accommodate a certain number of visitors. To ensure that the balance is maintained the number of visitors have to be limited one way of doing that is by charging high prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High prices also help with conservation as most of the revenue collected is put back into sustaining the eco system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most African countries have a tourism policy that promotes \u2018high price-low density\u2019 to protect fragile ecosystems from mass human traffic the way Uganda charges $ 700 for a gorilla permits and Rwanda charges $ 1500 for their gorilla permits with only 96 permits available each day in Rwanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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