A South African safari need not cost breaking savings. Here is a rundown of some money-saving tips in going on a Safari Adventure Trip.

South African Safaris are an infamously expensive holiday choice. There are ways however to relish a bush experience for under if you do things like the locals. One is exploring the national parks, like visiting South African National Parks. It operates 20 parks across the country and offers cheaper tours as compared to privately operated lodges.

Lodging choices in the national parks ranges from campsites, huts, and chalets to cottages and guesthouses. All of these can be booked through the parks' central website. In Kruger, companionable types can self-cater in one of the rest camps. The biggest of these, Skukuza, which offers cottages of various sizes, shops, a steakhouse chain restaurant, and play areas and swimming pools for families. A cottage for four costs approximately $168 per night.

Those who dream of a truly isolated South African safari bush experience might opt to an electricity-free tent at one of the wilderness camps, where only a truncated fence splits people from animals. Tamboti offers on the Kruger's western edge, a two-person tent that costs $39 a night. Moreover, Kruger's include a variety of bush camps with the most popular Biyamiti, Talamati, and Shimuwini. A bush cottage at Biyamiti, on the banks of the Mbiyamiti river, comfortably accommodates a family of four, costs from $157 a night. Around the camp, there are the wild dog, white-tailed mongoose, cheetah and leopard are often seen.

Shimuwini refers to the huge 3,000-year-old trees that contour the Letaba River. There are cottages along the Shimuwini dam that cost around $73 a night accommodating two persons. To those who want to enjoy South African Safari with privacy, Talamati, is suitable. Only residents are allowed to use the place's access roads and waterhole. Cottages accommodating two persons cost around $73 night. From the cottages' verandas, giraffe, kudu, eland, impala, zebra, rhino and buffalo are frequently seen, says, The Guardian.