The travel trade has a role to play in building a more sustainable safari future. The onus will be on them to set realistic expectations and talk about the greater experience, Kritzinger said.

Since 2017, William Sargent, a police-approved snake expert, has been running nocturnal so-called “Snake Safaris” through the verdant, biodiverse terrains of Hong Kong.

This photograph from September 2016 shows better times for the safari industry in Kenya. Hundreds of thousands of tourists would descend on the Maasai Mara in August to see the annual wildebeest ...