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WILD4 BOOKING INFORMATION - how to book your Safari with us
BOOKING CONFIRMATION
Please EMAIL or PHONE US to check availability for the Photo Safari you would like to sign up for.
At the same time please let us know if you are interested in any of our extensions and if you would like to hire any of our camera equipment.
To secure your place on any of the WILD4 Photo Safaris, you will need to pay the non-refundable US$ DEPOSIT
(see individual safaris for the amount due) as well as send us a completed booking form and the signed Release and Assumption of Risk document.
if you have decided to hire equipment then a 50% deposit on the total for the equipment hire is also due along with your deposit. You will also need to fill out and sign the equipment hire & terms and conditions of hire document.
All tour fees are payable in United States Dollars US$
Deposits and final tour payments are to be made via international bank transfer. Payment details are to be found on the booking form.
All bank transfer fees are to be paid for by the client.
Final payments for all tours are due 90 days before departure. If we do not receive final payment at this time we reserve the right to regard your booking as cancelled. Our cancellation fees will then apply.
CANCELLATION FEES AND REFUND POLICY
We must receive a formal written notification of your cancellation.
Deposits are non-refundable.
If for any reason a participant ends a tour early or does not make use of a service that as been included in the price of any scheduled tour, tailormade tour or tour extension, no refund for this unused portion or service will be made.
Tour fees are not transferable.
All Photo Safaris
A non - refundable deposit of $1500 per person is required for all tours except for the "LIONS & LEOPARDS of MALA MALA" TOUR WHERE A US$ 2000 deposit is needed. Full payment of the tour fee is due 90 days prior to the departure date. We must receive written notification of your cancellation, at which time the following fees apply:
> 89 to 60 days before departure: 75% of tour fee
> 59 or fewer days before departure: 100% of tour fee
NB** we urge all our clients to take out travel insurance that will cover any unforseen cancellations
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
ACCOMMODATION & CATERING
At WILD4 Photo Safaris we believe in spending the majority of our time out in the field taking photographs. To be in the best locations for wildlife, we often have to use what accommodation is available. We stay away from over priced, flashy accommodation with health spas etc., but do not make use of cheap, budget accommodation. Instead we prefer to channel your tour fee into good vehicles, excellent guides and quality locations that offer the best for photography.

All the accommodations & camps we use are clean & comfortable with a hotel grading of 3 or 4 stars and have the following facilities as standard:
> En-suite bathrooms with flush toilets and hot water
> Electricity for re-charging batteries etc.
> Daily servicing

Food on our photo safaris is based on a western diet.

Breakfasts and lunches are usually in the form of a packed meal that we take on board our safari vehicles. Depending upon the location, dinners are either in restaurants or outdoors in a campfire setting.

Special medical dietary requirements can be catered for on our Kruger Safaris. Advanced warning is essential and a small surcharge may be necessary.
HEALTH & FITNESS

None of the tours that WILD4 Photo Safaris offers, requires a high level of fitness from the participants unless otherwise stated in each safari description. However, it is recommended that participants are in good health. If you are concerned at all with your own personal health then please contact us with more details before you sign up for any of our photo safaris.

We do make use of 4x4 safari vehicles which are not the most comfortable vehicles to travel in and we do drive on some bumpy roads in some of the locations.
By far the easiest and most comfortable safari is to the Kruger National Park in South Africa.

By paying your deposit and signing the booking form and the Release and Assumption of Risk document, you confirm that you are of reasonable fitness and good health and will not in any way knowingly create a risk for yourself or other tour members.

Medical conditions brought to our attention after you have confirmed your place on a tour will not be considered as exceptions to our cancellation policy.

WILD4 will not assume any responsibility for payment of any medical expenses incurred by participants on any tour.

INSURANCE
It is strongly advised that you take out your own travel insurance to cover medical, personal and photographic equipment. If for any reason you are unable to make the tour or if the tour has to be cancelled it is best to have your own travel insurance to cover these kind of eventualities.
LIABILITY

Wild4 Photographic Safaris and/or their Agents, assumes no liability for injury, damage to property, loss, accident, delay or irregularity which may be occasioned by any circumstance whatsoever.

Wild4 Photographic Safaris accepts no responsibility for additional expenses due to any circumstances whatsoever.

Wild4 Photographic Safaris reserves the right to:
> substitute accommodation of a similar standard to that advertised.
> change the itinerary or mode of transport as a result of changes to airline schedules.
> cancel or curtail any tour. A full or pro rata refund of only received payments will be given.
> substitute your tour leader / guide. This cannot be held as grounds for participant cancellation or refund.
> cancel the participation of any tour member based on unacceptable or disruptive conduct.
> adjust the price of any safari based on the final number of participants (due to cancellations etc)

In order to join the tour, each participant must submit a signed, un-edited WILD4 Booking, terms & conditions, liability & waiver form. Failure to do so will result in non participation with no refund.

PRE TOUR DOCUMENTATION

During the build up to your safari we will email you a number of documents and will keep you informed as to what has been seen and photographed on the tours that preceed yours. Please feel free to write to us at any time with any questions or concerns you may have about your safari.
You will receive the following formal documents from us before your tour begins.

1) Confirmation of receipt of deposit & basic itinerary
2) Kit list of clothing and equipment suggestions
3) Photo skills questionnaire & special medical dietary requirements if any
4) Vehicle orientation documents
5) Pre arrival documents, full itinerary, addresses and contact details

TOUR COSTS

Each individual safari will detail the exact costs that are included or excluded in your tour fee.

Each safari offers a per person SHARING fee and a per person SINGLE fee.

If you are a single traveller and would be happy to share accommodation with another single (same gender) participant then you need to let us know on your booking form.
We will do our best to match you up with another single traveller. However, if another single traveller is not available then you will be charged the full SINGLE RATE PRICE.

NB* KENYAN & TANZANIAN Photo Safaris - re single photographers.
If you are a single photographer signing up for any of the Kenyan or Tanzanian photo safaris and we are unable to find another single photographer to share your vehicle costs, you will be liable for a single vehicle usage surcharge detailed on every photo safari description page.

Cost increases from our suppliers may occur at any time and are beyond our control. In such cases we will be forced to change the price of the safari accordingly and we reserve the right to do so without notice. Such unforseen increases cannot be viewed as grounds for refunds or cancellations.

 
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