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A safari is an overland journey. It usually refers to a trip by tourists to AfricaAfrica

Africa is one of the greatest sized continents of the Earth....
, traditionally for a big-gameBig Five game Overview

The phrase Big Five game was coined by big game hunters and refers to the five large mammals that were originally most sough...
 huntHunting

Hunting is the practice of pursuing animals to capture or kill them for food, recreation, or trade in their products....
 and in more modern times to watch and photographPhotograph Overview

A photograph is an created by focusing light onto material having a light-sensitive coating....
 big game and other wildlifeWildlife

The term wildlife refers to living organisms that are not in any way artificial or domesticated and which exist in natural h...
 as a safari holiday. There is a certain theme or style associated with the word, which includes khakiKhaki

Khaki, in British or European parlance, is a type of light brown fabric with a green tinge, or the color of such fabric....
 clothing, belted bush jackets, pith helmetPith helmet

The pith helmet is a lightweight helmet made of cork or pith typically from the sola or a similar plant , with a cloth cover...
s or slouch hatFacts About Slouch hat

A slouch hat is a wide-brimmed felt hat with a chinstrap most commonly worn as part of a military uniform....
s, and animal skins—like leopard'sLeopard Summary

The leopard is one of the four 'big cats' of the genus Panthera....
 skin.
EtymologyEntering the English language in the late 19th century, the word safari means "journey" in SwahiliFacts About Swahili language

Swahili is a Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa....
. Originally from the ArabicArabic language

The Arabic language , or simply Arabic , is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language fami...
 ??? (safara) meaning travel
The verb for "to travel" in Swahili is "kusafiri", the noun for the journey is "safari". These words are used for any type of journey, e.g. by bus from NairobiNairobi

Nairobi is the capital of Kenya, lying on the Nairobi River in the south of the nation....
 to MombasaFacts About Mombasa

Mombasa is the second largest city in Kenya, lying on the Indian Ocean....
.






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1909   Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip was sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.






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A safari is an overland journey. It usually refers to a trip by tourists to AfricaAfrica

Africa is one of the greatest sized continents of the Earth....
, traditionally for a big-gameBig Five game Overview

The phrase Big Five game was coined by big game hunters and refers to the five large mammals that were originally most sough...
 huntHunting

Hunting is the practice of pursuing animals to capture or kill them for food, recreation, or trade in their products....
 and in more modern times to watch and photographPhotograph Overview

A photograph is an created by focusing light onto material having a light-sensitive coating....
 big game and other wildlifeWildlife

The term wildlife refers to living organisms that are not in any way artificial or domesticated and which exist in natural h...
 as a safari holiday. There is a certain theme or style associated with the word, which includes khakiKhaki

Khaki, in British or European parlance, is a type of light brown fabric with a green tinge, or the color of such fabric....
 clothing, belted bush jackets, pith helmetPith helmet

The pith helmet is a lightweight helmet made of cork or pith typically from the sola or a similar plant , with a cloth cover...
s or slouch hatFacts About Slouch hat

A slouch hat is a wide-brimmed felt hat with a chinstrap most commonly worn as part of a military uniform....
s, and animal skins—like leopard'sLeopard Summary

The leopard is one of the four 'big cats' of the genus Panthera....
 skin.

Etymology

Entering the English language in the late 19th century, the word safari means "journey" in SwahiliFacts About Swahili language

Swahili is a Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa....
. Originally from the ArabicArabic language

The Arabic language , or simply Arabic , is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language fami...
 ??? (safara) meaning travel
The verb for "to travel" in Swahili is "kusafiri", the noun for the journey is "safari". These words are used for any type of journey, e.g. by bus from NairobiNairobi

Nairobi is the capital of Kenya, lying on the Nairobi River in the south of the nation....
 to MombasaFacts About Mombasa

Mombasa is the second largest city in Kenya, lying on the Indian Ocean....
. The person generally attributed to having used the word in English is Sir Richard Francis Burton, the famous explorer.

Touristic usage

Although the word safari came to popular usage in reference to hunting and touring expeditions in East AfricaEast Africa Overview

East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easternmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geo...
, it is now used generally to mean any long or adventurous journey or expedition, e.g. whale watchingWhale watching Summary

Whale watching is the practice of observing whales and other cetaceans in their natural habitat....
 safaris, photography safaris, eco-safariFacts About Ecotourism

Ecotourism means ecological tourism, where ecological has both environmental and social connotations....
 etc.

As a cinema genre

The safari provided countless hours of cinema entertainment in sound films from Trader HornTrader Horn (1931 film)

Trader Horn was the first film shot on location in Africa....
 (1931) onwards. The safari was used in many adventure films such as the TarzanTarzan

Tarzan, a character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1912 novel Tarzan of the Apes, and then in tw...
, Jungle JimJungle Jim

Jungle Jim is an American newspaper comic strip first published January 7, 1934, by writer Don Moore and artist Alex Raymond...
, and Bomba the Jungle Boy film seriesFacts About Film series

A film series is a collection of related films in succession....
 up to The Naked PreyThe Naked Prey

The Naked Prey is a adventure film starring Cornel Wilde, who also directed and produced....
 (1966) where Cornel WildeCornel Wilde

Cornelius Louis Wilde was an American actor....
, a white hunter, becomes game himself. Also, safaris and the safari genre films were parodied in the Bob HopeBob Hope

Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG,, born Leslie Townes Hope, was a famous British-born American entertainer who appeared in vaudevil...
 comedies Road to ZanzibarRoad to Zanzibar

Road to Zanzibar is a 1941 Paramount Pictures comedy film starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour and marked ...
 and Call Me BwanaCall Me Bwana

Call Me Bwana is a 1963 farce starring Bob Hope....
. An instant 15-minute helicopterHelicopter

A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors, Helicopters are classified as ...
 safari was shown in Africa AddioAfrica Addio

Africa Addio is a 1966 Italian documentary film about the end of the colonial era in Africa....
 where clients are armed, flown from their hotel and landed in front of an unlucky and baffled elephantElephant

Elephantidae is a family of pachyderm, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea in the class Mammalia....
.

Fashion and architecture

Many items worn on safari became fashion statements such as bush hats, pith helmetFacts About Pith helmet

The pith helmet is a lightweight helmet made of cork or pith typically from the sola or a similar plant , with a cloth cover...
s, bush jackets, with the costume eventually becoming a safari outfit.

The 1998 book Safari Style by Natasha Burns with photographs by Tim Beddow features interior and exterior design inspired by African safari lodges.

See also

  • Safari jacketSafari jacket

    A safari jacket is a garment originally designed for the purpose of going on safari;...
  • Safari parkSafari park

    A safari park is a zoo-like commercial tourist attraction where visitors can drive in their own vehicles and observe the wil...


External links

  • , regarding safari workers and AIDS/HIV, May 23, 2006