{"id":4439,"date":"2014-12-30T11:56:47","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T11:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/AFRICAtime\/?p=4439"},"modified":"2025-03-21T14:55:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T14:55:34","slug":"tips-for-tipping-on-your-safari-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/tips-for-tipping-on-your-safari-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for tipping on your safari holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8835\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8835\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-8835 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/37299506-6de7-483a-9856-e175bca1ce39-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Rhinos and giraffes in front of a safari vehicle\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/37299506-6de7-483a-9856-e175bca1ce39-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/37299506-6de7-483a-9856-e175bca1ce39-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/37299506-6de7-483a-9856-e175bca1ce39-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/37299506-6de7-483a-9856-e175bca1ce39.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On Safari<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our clients frequently ask us \u2018how much should we tip on safari?\u2019 The simple answer is that it\u2019s entirely up to you. It\u2019s not a requirement to tip, but if you are satisfied with the service you receive then we always recommend that you show your appreciation by tipping. The income of many staff\u00a0working in tourism is\u00a0significantly boosted by tips, and any tip will always be appreciated.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">General tipping tips<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Tipping should reflect the level of service you have received. If you have received outstanding service from your guide or general camp staff then you may wish to tip generously. Equally however, if you are dissatisfied with the level of service, tipping is not compulsory.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">The recommended tip for driver guides is approximately USD10-15 per day per guest. For general staff such as bar staff, waiters and housekeeping we recommend tipping USD5-10 per day to be put in the communal tip box and shared between the staff.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Tips in USD are generally accepted in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/tanzania\">Tanzania<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/zambia\">Zambia<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/zimbabwe\"> Zimbabwe <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/mozambique\">Mozambique<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We remind you that our tipping tips are just a guideline, and that ultimately, any amount that you are able to tip will be\u00a0appreciated and will help the local community.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Speak to the experts: 020 8423 3000<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,421,11,68,477,63,395,30,24,493,90,580,29,28],"tags":[492,26,491,490],"class_list":["post-4439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-botswana","category-ethiopia","category-kenya","category-malawi","category-mozambique","category-namibia","category-rwanda","category-south-africa","category-tanzania","category-travel-tips","category-uganda","category-wildlife-and-safari","category-zambia","category-zanzibar","tag-driver-guides","tag-safari","tag-tipping","tag-travel-tips"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_9844.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4439"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11156,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4439\/revisions\/11156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}