Great Safaris Trips Highlight Winners of CondÃ© Nast TravelerÂ’s 2013 Readers Choice Awards

(I-TravelNewswire.Com, October 31, 2013 ) GLENDALE, Calif. – The infamous Condé Nast Traveler’s 2013 Reader’s Choice Award has honored a large list of resorts and hotels ranging across Africa this year. Veteran African travel outfitter Great Safaris private, luxury safaris feature a majority of the winning properties as accommodations for their travelers. In 2014, Great Safaris is offering a 50 percent discount for a second traveler on the Cape & Kruger tour, staying at several lodges featured in the magazine award.

According to Condé Nast Traveler, nearly 80,000 travelers participated in the Reader’s Choice survey, more than ever before, casting 1.3 million votes. Winners in the resorts and hotels categories were praised for their customer service, accommodations, activities, food, their location and design.

An example of award-winning accommodations on Great Safaris discounted Cape & Kruger tour is the Sabi Sabi Bush Lodge on a private game reserve in South Africa. It came in as the 5th best safari lodge in all of Africa, ranked at 98.3 out of 100.

"It's absolutely amazing luxury in the middle of the bush," a Conde Nast Traveler reader said.The location that secured a perfect score in the Reader’s Choice Awards and travelers can expect to spot giraffes, wildebeests, and lions during three-hour game drives or at the reserve's water hole.

Another top lodge featured in Great Safaris’ trips was named as one of the Top 100 Hotels and Resorts in the World is the Kirawara Luxury Tent Camp in Tanzania.

As told by Condé Nast Traveler, “Located between the crocodile-rich Mbalageti and Grumeti rivers, this Edwardian-style camp on a hillside above the plains puts guests in log-tethered stone-and-thatch accommodations full of steamer-trunk wardrobes, brass lamps, and sepia photographs. ‘We had lions wandering around the camp, but the wonderful staff kept us informed as to how to handle the situation.’ Waiters in maroon Swahili robes serve hot English breakfasts and dinners of roast meats, local cheeses, and homemade sorbets. In addition to game drives, activities include guided nature hikes, crocodile safaris, and excursions to Lake Victoria. The annual wildebeest migration streams past the camp.”

Great Safaris guests can visit this prized lodge on their Greatest Show on Earth itinerary.

For more information on Great Safaris luxury African tours and their unmatched accommodations, contact Dave Herbert at info@greatsafaris.com.

About Great Safaris:
Great Safaris is an award-winning luxury African safari outfitter offering the convenience of a US booking office coupled with seven fully-staffed on-site offices in Africa. Destinations include Botswana, Egypt, Jordan, Kenya, Uganda, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, the Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Great Safaris offers luxury programs to help adventurous travelers explore Africa and create enriching life experiences. For more information please visit Great Safaris’ web site at www.greatsafaris.com. Great Safaris is a recipient of National Geographic Traveler’s 50 Tours of a Lifetime award, and a proud member of the United States Tour Operators Association, ASTA Tops, and ARC.

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