{"id":491234,"date":"2026-06-09T20:16:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/491234\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T20:16:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:16:36","slug":"from-tigers-to-jaguars-10-iconic-safari-adventures-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/491234\/","title":{"rendered":"From Tigers to Jaguars: 10 iconic safari adventures around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Okavango Delta is simply one of Africa\u2019s most mind-blowing wonders, a massive, lush oasis smack in the middle of the parched Kalahari Desert. Rather than emptying out into an ocean, the Okavango River fans out inland, creating a sprawling web of lagoons, islands, and narrow channels teeming with life.<\/p>\n<p>You can glide through the peaceful waterways in a traditional mokoro (a dugout canoe), bringing you incredibly close to elephants, lions, cheetahs, leopards, and highly endangered African wild dogs.<\/p>\n<p>When to go: Peak viewing happens from June to August when the seasonal floodwaters arrive, forcing wildlife to congregate on the remaining patches of dry land.<\/p>\n<p>Image Credit: Canva<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Okavango Delta is simply one of Africa\u2019s most mind-blowing wonders, a massive, lush oasis smack in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[38966,246,61,60,211016,211015,82,211017,211014],"class_list":["post-491234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-adventure","tag-environment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-national-parks-in-world","tag-safaris-in-world","tag-science","tag-travel-recommendation","tag-wildlife-safaris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}