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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kitefarrago" data-source="post: 3586662" data-attributes="member: 91670">For your stated preferences I would second Josh's suggestion of Namibia. Spend some time in Etosha, where lions, elephants and giraffes are certainly present (although lions aren't always easy to find), and think about which other parts of the country you would like to see, then make sure you leave enough time to get out and walk (which is possible pretty much anywhere you're likely to stay apart from Etosha). Botswana has become hugely expensive, and I think Kenya (and possibly Tanzanya) is headed the same way. This is a combination of fees for national parks plus safari camps charging prices that are quite breath-taking if you look at the costs per night (even if everything bar alcoholic drinks is usually included).For walking within a national park, the usual recommendations are Luangwa in Zambia and Mana Pools in Zimbabwe. I haven't visited those places, but certainly while guides carry guns it is incredibly rare that an animal is injured, and as I understand it these incidents are investigated and could well result in the guide losing his or her license, so they have a very strong incentive not to do anything stupid. Judging by trip reports I have read these places do allow visitors to experience life `in the bush' in a way that's not possible in most other places.Andrea</blockquote>