###  Overview

You may have travelled through Africa before. You may even have stayed in some of its finest camps. The harder question is whether you can bring your family's standards, traditions and expectations with you without having to manage them every step of the way.

A well-designed African kosher safari begins long before you arrive.

Private vehicles, experienced guides and carefully selected lodges are chosen around the way your family actually travels. Game drives can follow your interests rather than a shared timetable. Children can linger over an elephant sighting. Parents can return to camp when they want a quieter afternoon. Nothing needs to become a negotiation.

Kosher is handled with the same quiet precision.

Menus and provisions are arranged before departure, with kosher meat sourced through established suppliers such as Moishe's Butchery in South Africa or, where appropriate, Chabad communities and kosher providers in East Africa. Private chefs and lodge teams coordinate meals in advance, so familiar ingredients, sealed kosher wines and the food your family expects are already waiting rather than being improvised after arrival.

And when Friday approaches, the rhythm changes naturally.

Fresh challah is prepared before sundown. Shabbat meals are arranged in the privacy of your lodge or camp. Game drives are planned around your observance, allowing the wilderness to become a backdrop rather than a logistical obstacle.

Then Africa does what it does best.

A lion appears in the golden light. Elephants cross the plains at dawn. Your children stop reaching for their phones. Around the evening fire, conversation lasts longer because nobody has anywhere else to be.

That is the real luxury of a kosher safari.

Not simply seeing Africa.

Knowing that you can experience it fully, while your family's traditions remain completely at home.

Explore a private African kosher safari designed around your family.

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###  Kosher Food

Kosher food in Africa is certified by the Beth Din of South Africa which is the Jewish religious court responsible for ensuring that food and other products meet the standards of Jewish dietary laws.

Stainless steel pots and pans are boiled and torched clean between each meal or for a nominal fee new pots, pans, plates, and cutlery/flatware will be supplied and be inspected by you when you check into the safari lodge or camp, or if you prefer you can bring in your own pots & pans. After every use, they are washed in a special designated area. During your stay, you are more than welcome to inspect the kitchen to ensure you are pleased with how your meals are being prepared.

**Deluxe Option**

At our approved **Kosher Safari Lodges**, Pareve meals will be prepared fresh on-site by chefs who have been trained in kosher catering, and at your request, kosher milk products as well as kosher meat from a Mehadrin Commission Kosher Butchery will be brought in.

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**Private & Exclusive**

A Mashgiach who is Shomer Shabbat and has completed the Mashgiach kashrut course will be flown into the safari lodge. If the lodge doesn't have a dedicated kosher kitchen, he will set up a temporary separated kitchen with new cooking utensils & equipment as well as import the Kosher approved ingredients including Chalav Yisrael & Mehadrin meat as well as shabbos candles and fragrance for havdalah. He will supervise all the cooking.

If needed we can also get a private Jewish Kosher chef from a recognized kashrut authority to accompany him. Both of them are very involved in the Jewish community in South Africa and work with full permission of their overseeing Rabbi.

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###  Shabbat

**Shabbat While On Safari:**

For all lodges & camps that we recommend **Eruv is key**, so we ensure the lodges/camps we select are on enclosed grounds. To avoid elevators we book rooms at lower levels as well ensuring they don’t have electric pass keys or they are electronically disconnected during Shabbat.

To ensure compliance with Jewish dietary laws Shabbat dinner and lunch are cooked before Shabbat starts. A stove or grill with a blech or an oven will be used to keep food warm over Shabbat.

Hot water for tea or coffee over Shabbat will be boiled and preserved in flasks.

**Activities during Shabbat**

Whenever available we will select kosher safari Lodges that have watering holes where animals visit and from the comfort of your chair, you will have a wildlife viewing experience during Shabbat. Another option during Shabbat is to have a **[Walking Safari](https://www.jewishsafaris.com/luxury-safaris/walking-safari)** in the Masai Mara or Serengeti escorted by an armed guard

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