![]() This includes camera equipment and hand luggage. Only soft bags (no hard suitcases can be transported as they physically cannot fit into the aircraft) will be accepted. Therefore, the following considerations must be noted for these types of fly-in safaris: The aircraft have physical space restrictions. Many of the airfields used on safari are over 3000 feet above sea level and are located in the tropics, and therefore the permissible aircraft carrying capacity is reduced. The aircraft are designed with a maximum bodyweight and luggage weight allowance. Here's what it said about luggage for charters.Īs is noted above there are strict weight restrictions on any itinerary including light aircraft (charter) transfers for the following reasons: It lists the max luggage restrictions for a number of African airlines. Here is a good website on the subject, as well as answering other safari questions. But, if others want to continue to do so, go right ahead, but it's a choice, not a requirement. I still think it is really silly to be carrying your bags if your wheeled bag will fit through the cargo door, and meets the weight limitations. While I do value the inputs of other more experienced safari-goers, as has been pointed out many times, we should use those inputs as a starting point and verify for ourselves. But nowhere have I seen a blanket prohibition on wheels in any of the countries popular for safari travel, and I have looked(If you have a specific reference I would love to see it). ![]() Yes, if the bag is too big, it won't fit into the compartment on small planes, and Jasher (Julian) just commented on another thread seeing someone having to leave a bag behind because it was too big. You seem to be mixing two subjects, clemantis, max dimensions, vs. So, carry on, but me, I'm gonna continue to roll, without a worry-or pain. But, why in the world would we?įor the kind of $$$ any safari costs, I would be reconsidering my TA and camps, if they could not definitively answer the wheel question. Ruth is an avid runner, and I am a cyclist, so we are in very good shape, and could have shlepped unwheeled duffels through a/p's if we had to. And, never a question in Zambia of putting the wheeled duffles on intra-camp flights. And, at the worst, if something does break, you're no worse off than if you didn't have wheels in the first place. Our cheapo 28-inch Walmart duffels that survived nicely in nearly 3 weeks in Zambia flying among 4 camps weigh barely 4 pounds, and I've never, over the years, have had a wheel or handle break. Could it be that it's a natural psychological defense of a purchase commitment already made, rationalizing the misery of carrying all your belonging on your shoulders?Ĭuz, having been a multi-decade veteran of carrying non-wheeled bags through a/p's, my back and shoulders are so very thankful of finding relief in my current travels. So, aside from the weight penalty (no more than 1.5 pound extra if you shop around, and I'll trade the weight penalty to my shoulders any day, or do without), what's the deal with the virulent bias against wheels? I just don't get it. But we did not leave the question to chance in advance as we contacted both our TA and camp managers who would be meeting us at the a/p's/strips. We never had a problem in xfers among 4 camps in Zambia. Or, being told in advance that he/she could not do it. ![]() In all the responses, I have yet to see that anyone was denied being able to put their soft-sided duffle with wheels on even the smallest of airplanes. And, the attack on wheels continues ("evil wheels"?). Whew, the third thread on duffels in a week.
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