###  Overview

For families who keep Glatt Kosher, the question is not whether safari can be beautiful.

It is whether you can experience Africa without spending your holiday wondering what has been prepared, who has handled it, or what happens when you are hundreds of miles from the nearest Jewish community.

A properly planned Glatt Kosher safari removes that uncertainty before you leave home.

Kosher meals are coordinated in advance with trusted suppliers, private chefs and carefully selected lodges. Depending on the destination, kosher meat can be sourced through established suppliers such as Moishe's Butchery in South Africa or through Chabad communities and kosher networks in East Africa. Familiar provisions can be arranged before arrival, with menus planned around your family's standards rather than improvised once you are in the bush.

Shabbat is approached with the same precision.

Fresh challah can be prepared before sundown. Kosher wine is ready. Your lodge or private camp has already been briefed. Game drives are planned around your observance, allowing Friday afternoon to become quieter as the wilderness changes colour and the first evening stars appear.

Then the experience becomes what you came for.

A private vehicle moves quietly across the savannah at first light. Your children watch elephants crossing the road. A lion rests beneath an acacia while your guide explains what you are seeing. Later, dinner is served beneath lantern light, and conversation continues long after the plates have been cleared.

There is no need to explain why certain details matter.

They have already been considered.

That is the real luxury of a Glatt Kosher safari: not simply maintaining your standards in Africa, but being free to enjoy Africa completely.

The wildlife. The stillness. The family around the fire.

And the rare feeling that nothing has been left for you to manage.

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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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