###  Overview

You shouldn't have to choose between the safari you want and the way your family wants to travel.

A genuinely private safari itinerary should begin with your family, not a prewritten package. Perhaps you want the Serengeti for the Great Migration, a few quiet days in Ngorongoro, and Zanzibar afterward. Perhaps your children need slower mornings, your parents prefer shorter game drives, or Shabbat needs to become the natural centre of the itinerary rather than something fitted around it.

That is where thoughtful planning changes everything.

Your safari can be built around your preferred pace, wildlife interests, accommodation style, flight connections, private vehicles, family time and Jewish observance. Game drives can be arranged around Shabbat. Friday afternoon can be deliberately unhurried. Your lodge or private camp can be prepared before sundown so the evening feels peaceful rather than operational.

Kosher dining can be planned well before you arrive. Depending on the destination and availability, kosher meat may be sourced through established suppliers such as Moishe's Butchery in South Africa or Chabad communities and kosher networks in East Africa. Private chefs and lodges can coordinate menus, ingredients and preparation in advance, rather than leaving important details to chance.

The result is not simply a customized itinerary.

It is a journey in which the logistics quietly disappear.

Your guide knows when the family wants another hour with the elephants. Your children can sleep late after a long game drive. A private vehicle means nobody else's schedule determines your morning. And when Shabbat arrives, you are not trying to make the safari work around your traditions. The safari has already been designed around them.

That is the difference between booking a safari and having one thoughtfully created for you.

Tell us how your family wants to travel, and we'll build the journey around it.

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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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