Pour Ebola, aucun cas n'a été détecté en Afrique de l'Est mais il y a eu un ou des cas en Espagne, en France, aux USA... Consulte le site de l'OMS sur EBOLA, tu y trouveras des infos a priori plus fiables que celles d'un safariste de retour de Tanzanie...
Et tu n'as pas besoin de prétexte pour demander le tarif le plus incitatif pour toi.
Je prévois également un voyage en Tanzanie fin décembre (pour le Kilimanjaro). Du coup, j'ai aussi eu droit à quelques remarques inquiètes de ce genre.
Voilà ce que je leur répond:
Si on regarde une carte du monde (trônant fièrmement sur un mur de mon salon pour illustrer le propos), on remarque que la région touchée par l'épidémie d'Ebola, c'est à dire quelques pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest est clairement plus proche de la France (La Suisse dans mon cas) que de la Tanzanie (c'est grand l'Afrique!).
En plus si on y réfléchi, certainement que très très peu de Tanzaniens voyage vers l'Afrique de l'Ouest, et inversement.
Alors que les Européens voyage partout, et que si des Africains de l'Ouest voyage, c'est généralement pour émigrer vers l'Europe.
Donc, si on y réfléchi posémment, sans se laisser influencer par la psychose des médias, il est certainement plus sûr de se rendre en Tanzanie que de rester en Europe 😛
Ces gens qui voient Ebola partout et répandent leurs craintes sont soit des jaloux soit des paranoïaques.
Par contre il est clair que le dernier assaut terroriste du bus au Kenya la semaine dernière est un peu la goutte d'eau qui fait déborder le vase en ce qui concerne ce pays.
28 morts quand même... information très peu relayée dans les médias. On ne sait même pas qui sont ces gens, y avait-il des touristes parmi eux ? Mystère... Et même s'il n'y en avait pas c'est pas une raison pour ne pas en parler plus que ça.
L'opacité de l'information ainsi que toutes celles la précédant décrédibilise les autorités de ce pays dont on devine la pression énorme sur les médias occidentaux (depuis l'attentat du centre de Nairobi il y en a eu plein d'autres et dans des zones touristiques dont on a très peu parlé).
Enfin, la Tanzanie pour l'instant semble épargnée par ce fléau bien pire qu'Ebola.
Bonjour
Oui la Tanzanie est loin de l'Afrique de l'Ouest et pas à craindre plus que cela à propos d'Ebola. Il est vrai qu'il y a eu une zone épidémique plus proche car une épidémie d'Ebola, désormais finie, a eu lieu en RDC. Donc bien plus près. Mais c est réglé.
En outre quand vous etes en condition de voyage, pris en charge quasi du soir au matin, vous n etes pas réellement au contact de la population et des risques de maladie. Les européens touchés étaient généralement, si pas tous, des agents de santé qui n'ont pas été seulement dans les pays touchés mais plus que cela, ils ont été au contact des malades quotidiennement.
Aucun risque donc.
Concernant les attentats de shebab, cela touche essentiellement le Kenya et surtout les zones touristiques (ou pas touristiques) les plus proches de la Somalie (mais pas seulement). Idem pour cette attaque de bus qui concerne la zone frontière et qui visait les non musulmans du bus (ils ont séparés les gens et abattus tous les non musulmans, 28 personnes). La Tanzanie est épargnée pour le moment.
Bon voyage, je ne pense pas que ce sera un argument pour négocier à la baisse.
Je suis moi-même en période d'hésitation pour 2015 entre Tanzanie et AFS (j'ai éliminé le Kenya pour les raisons indiquées). Je pense que ces 2 pays se complètent.
Le gros avantage de la Tanzanie c'est que de Paris on atterrit directement au coeur des réserves (Arusha) sans avoir à louer une voiture et faire des heures de route comme en AFS, ce qui doit être pénible juste après le voyage en avion.
Par contre en AFS il y a la possibilité si l'on part nombreux de louer de superbes et spacieux cottages pour un prix modique, que ce soit sur la côte (Ste Lucie) ou plus près des réserves (Merloth park).
Un long voyage (15 jours et +) doit forcément coûter moins cher en AFS qu'en Tanzanie. Mais j'ai aussi l'impression qu'il faut réserver davantage à l'avance car les africains du sud voyagent beaucoup dans leur propre pays.
Bref je pense faire les deux mais pense commencer par la Tanzanie.
Je suis moi-même en période d'hésitation pour 2015 entre Tanzanie et AFS (j'ai éliminé le Kenya pour les raisons indiquées). Je pense que ces 2 pays se complètent.
Le gros avantage de la Tanzanie c'est que de Paris on atterrit directement au coeur des réserves (Arusha) sans avoir à louer une voiture et faire des heures de route comme en AFS, ce qui doit être pénible juste après le voyage en avion.
Par contre en AFS il y a la possibilité si l'on part nombreux de louer de superbes et spacieux cottages pour un prix modique, que ce soit sur la côte (Ste Lucie) ou plus près des réserves (Merloth park).
Un long voyage (15 jours et +) doit forcément coûter moins cher en AFS qu'en Tanzanie. Mais j'ai aussi l'impression qu'il faut réserver davantage à l'avance car les africains du sud voyagent beaucoup dans leur propre pays.
Bref je pense faire les deux mais pense commencer par la Tanzanie.
pour la tanzanie, tu t'es renseigné auprès de quel TO ?
safari-afrique.com, corto safaris, belafrica et leboo safaris font partie de ma présélection.
Maintenant je n'ai pas encore demandé de devis détaillé ne connaissant pas encore mes dates. De ce côté j'ai beaucoup de souplesse donc je vais me renseigner d'abord sur les dates des vacances scolaires des américains, des anglais et des allemands pour tenter d'éviter ces périodes.
PS : D'ailleurs sur belafrica.com il y a une infographie sur leur page d'accueil qui répond parfaitement à ta question sur Ebola. (J'aime bien ce site car il est très bien fait et leurs tarifs sont très complets incluant toutes les options)
Par ailleurs, est-ce que vous pensez que Ebola peut etre un argument pour négocier le tarif ??
Genre "si tu es contaminé, on te rembourse le billet retour" ? 😇
(va falloir rajouter la France à l'aire de répartition du chacal ! 😕)
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