8 Day - Kafue National Park Safari

Gratuities Guidelines :

Tipping is entirely at your own discretion, and need only be done once, at the end of your stay. Regional (Botswana, Namibia, Zambia & Zimbabwe*) • Guide, Specialist Guide & Butler – We recommend about USD 20.00 per guest per day. • Mokoro Poler – We recommend about USD 7.00 per guest per day. • The General Safari Camp/Lodge Staff – We recommend about USD 20.00 per guest per day. This will be distributed equally amongst all the staff and may be placed either in the communal tipping box, left in an envelope with Management, or settled by credit card* on departure. • Massage Therapist – We recommend about USD 5.00 per treatment. • Transfer Driver – We recommend about USD 10.00 per guest per movement. • Porterage – We recommend about USD 5.00 per guest per movement. * Please note that Zimbabwe does not offer credit card facilities anywhere in the country. However, debit card transactions are accepted as funds are deducted from the account immediately. If you are travelling to Zimbabwe, we suggest that you carry small denominations of US Dollars for ease of transactions.

Regional (Rwanda/Uganda) • Professional Guides/Local Tour Leaders – We recommend USD 20.00 per person, per day. • Drivers/Guides – We recommend USD 10.00 per person, per day. • Transfer only Drivers – We recommend about USD 3.00 to USD 5.00 per group, per transfer. • The General Safari Camp/Lodge Staff – We recommend about USD 15.00 per guest, per day. This will be distributed equally amongst all the staff and may be left in an envelope with Management, or can be settled by credit card on departure. • Gorilla Trekking Guide/s – We recommend USD 15.00 per person, per trek (usually there are two guides and it is standard practice to tip after each trek). • Gorilla Trekking Trackers – We recommend USD 10.00 per person, per day for the group of trackers. • Porters on Gorilla Trekking – We recommend USD 5.00 per porter, per day (this is optional – wage paid for porter to their association). • Hiking/Trekking Guides – We recommend USD 10.00 per person, per day. • Baggage Porters – We recommend USD 2.00 per person, per movement at hotels and airports. At Bisate and at Magashi, guests may leave said gratuity in an envelope with Camp/Lodge Management. • Massage Therapists – We recommend including any gratuity, per treatment, in the total gratuity for the camp/lodge staff. This cash amount may be left in an envelope or settled by credit card with Camp/Lodge Management on departure. • Meals in Restaurants & Hotels – 10% of the bill which is customary on meal accounts if you are satisfied with the service. We do recommend making use of this service with the porters, as not only are they extremely helpful, they know the terrain like no other. Not only assisting with any bags, they provide a hand on the slippery slopes or steep parts of the trails. In addition, it is a way of giving back to the community as porters are organised via a cooperative and contribute to job creation, so that even more people benefit from the National Park. Porters are available at the start of each hike and do not need to be pre-booked, however, we would recommend including it in the service so that guests know it is already taken care of when they arrive at the starting point. 17 We recommend tipping your driver/guide/porter/tracker directly. For the general camp/lodge staff and massage therapists, gratuities in cash may be left in an envelope or settled by credit card with Camp/Lodge Management for further distribution.

Regional (Tanzania/Kenya ) • Note that in Tanzania these may vary slightly: • Private Guides (who host guests for the full duration of the safari, from start to end – i.e. not in camp guides for daily activities) – We recommend about USD 10.00 to USD 20.00 per guest per day. • Spotters are mandatory on night game drives – We recommend about USD 3.00 to USD 5.00 per guest per activity. • Rangers, as employed by Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA), are mandatory on both night game drives and nature walks – We recommend about USD 3.00 to USD 5.00 per guest per activity.

South Africa • Transfer Driver – We recommend about ZAR 100.00 per movement. • Driver and/or Guide on Sightseeing Excursions – For touring, half day or full day, we recommend about ZAR 200.00 per day. • Porterage – We recommend about ZAR 25.00 per bag. • Safari Guide/Tracker at Game Lodges – We recommend about ZAR 200.00 per day for the guide and ZAR 100.00 per day for the tracker. • Hotel/Guest House/Game Lodge General Staff – We recommend about ZAR 50.00 per day for the staff, i.e., housekeeping, etc. • Private Butler – We recommend about ZAR 75.00 per day. • Train/Rail Services – We recommend about ZAR 100.00 per day for cabin attendants and about ZAR 75.00 per day for the dining car servers. Restaurants & Hotels • 10% – 15% is customary on meal accounts if guests are satisfied with the service.

Generally speaking, gratuities can be paid in cash (local or foreign currency, i.e. US Dollars, EURO, and/or GBP) or alternatively, depending on the establishment, by credit card. We would like to emphasize that tipping is definitely not a requirement and should be offered only by choice, dependent on the service received