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Agree with everything you say O-dog, except the photography element. Granted my experience of all-inclusive wasn't in SA but I found self-drive to be better for photography, mainly because you can't control the movements of other people in the truck. I ended up with heads in the way and blurred shots because someone moved at the wrong time. Very frustrating.

Plus I can arrange to be in exactly the right angle for the best shot and I can wait patiently for the right moment without everyone else getting bored.

From my perspective the all-inclusive trip we did was purely so my SO, who normally does all the driving and cooking, could get a proper holiday.

Im up in Maun and I was thinking about what you said about too many people on some of these vehicles - perhaps in the Sabi Sands it is generally ok but you are defintely correct about up here on the day trip safaris - Sometimes 12 people on a vehicle or more. That must be frustrating. Guess its the same with all the jeep jockey day trippers into KNP.

Just to comment on the last few posts with regards to overloaded game-viewing vehicles: I have also found the opposite situation on Kruger's roads, which can become very frustrating for self-drive people. You often find game-viewing vehicles with only 1 or 2 guests on them driving around. Of course, this leads to congestion on the roads. They should actually implement a minimum amount of people for day-trip game-viewing vehicles from outside Kruger to prevent this problem. But I guess this is a topic for another day...