Uber Is Launching a Safari Expertise In South Africa — and Its Simply $200

Lions and zebras and elephants… oh my. 

Rideshare firm Uber is creating a brand new method for vacationers to South Africa to see unimaginable wildlife with a reasonable day journey from Cape City. The brand new “Uber Safari” possibility, which will probably be obtainable on Fridays and Saturdays by way of Jan. 25, will price simply $200 for as much as 4 individuals for the day, Uber shared with Journey + Leisure.

The expertise is bookable within the Uber app as much as 90 days upfront.

“We’ve designed our ‘Go Anyplace’ sequence to assist our clients e book bucket listing adventures with the Uber comfort they know and love,” Frans Hiemstra, the regional normal supervisor of Uber within the Center East and Africa, mentioned in an announcement shared with T+L. “With Uber Safari – one in all our most wild choices so far – our Reserve know-how makes it simpler than ever to unlock South Africa’s most iconic journey expertise.”

Vacationers who e book the safari will probably be whisked away from Cape City to the Aquila Personal Recreation Reserve in an Uber Safari-branded car. There, they are going to be greeted with a welcome toast and lunch earlier than boarding a conventional safari car for a recreation drive.

The Aquila Personal Recreation Reserve, which sits about two hours from the town, is a greater than 24,000-acre wildlife conservancy that options the “Huge 5”: lions, elephants, buffalos, cheetahs, and rhinos.

Johan van Schalkwyk, the business officer of the Aquila Assortment, known as the brand new expertise “the right mixture of contemporary comfort and pure magnificence, all whereas supporting wildlife conservation efforts which might be very important to preserving South Africa’s biodiversity.”

To e book the expertise, Uber clients should open the app and choose the “‘Uber Safari” icon from the house display screen. They have to then select a date and enter their pickup and dropoff areas. If their journey is confirmed, they are going to obtain an e-mail.

This isn’t Uber’s first enterprise into over-the-top experiences. Earlier this yr, the corporate supplied Champagne-fueled journeys to Epernay in France, and final yr, Uber launched sizzling air balloon rides in Cappadocia, Turkey.