Читать книгу (101 things to know when you go) ON SAFARI IN AFRICA - Patrick Brakspear - Страница 23

Your personal safety and security is mostly a matter of common sense. So take the same precautions while travelling in Africa that you would in any major city at home:

 Do not carry large sums of cash (see above for information on Cash, Credit Cards & ATM’s).

 Any cash money (together with your passport and other travel documents) is best carried in a money pouch under your shirt (not in a bum-bag or fanny-pack on your hip in plain view – all too visible and easily cut away) or stowed in your camera bag or day pack (which should remain in sight at all times).

 Keep a close watch on your personal bags (camera bag, day pack etc.) when walking in crowded areas (airports, markets, restaurants and on the street).

 Avoid walking alone at night. In some of the major African cities it is not advisable to walk the streets at night (Nairobi and Johannesburg among others).

 Consider leaving your passport, airline tickets and cash in a safe place (the hotel/lodge safe) when venturing out.

 Keep tempting valuables (including phones, cameras, wallet pouches, handbags) out of sight, and certainly not on the back seat, in your hire car or tour bus/4x4 and especially not in your room at safari camps/lodges – lock them up in the room safe or hand them in to management (rather than as temptation for staff).

 Consider leaving your jewellery at home.