A safari is an overland journey. It usually refers to a trip by tourists to Africa, traditionally for a big-game hunt and in more modern times to watch and photograph big game and other wildlife as a safari holiday. There is a certain theme or style associated with the word, which includes khaki clothing, belted bush jackets, pith helmets or slouch hats, and animal skins—like leopard’s skin.

Safaris In The Movies

The safari provided countless hours of cinema entertainment in sound films from Trader Horn (1931) onwards. The safari was used in many adventure films such as the Tarzan, Jungle Jim, and Bomba the Jungle Boy film series up to The Naked Prey (1966) where Cornel Wilde, a white hunter, becomes game himself. Also, safaris and the safari genre films were parodied in the Bob Hope comedies Road to Zanzibar and Call Me Bwana. An instant 15-minute helicopter safari was shown in Africa Addio where clients are armed, flown from their hotel and landed in front of an unlucky and baffled elephant. There are many Tour and Travel companies which can take you on a safari. It is fun going on Safari and seeing thousands of wildlife in their natural habitation.

Safari Fashion & Architecture

Many items worn on safari became fashion statements such as bush hats, pith helmets, bush jackets, with the costume eventually becoming a safari outfit.

The 1998 book Safari Style by Natasha Burns with photographs by Tim Beddow features interior and exterior design inspired by African safari lodges.

Safari Jackets

A safari jacket or bush jacket is a garment originally designed for the purpose of going on safari in the African bush.

Popularized by turn-of-the-20th-century Anglo-African adventurers, safari-style jackets were engineered for comfort and function.

A safari jacket is commonly a lightweight cotton drill or poplin jacket, traditionally khaki in color, with a self-belt and often with epaulettes, with four or more expandable bellows pockets. Safari jackets have been worn as mainstream casual clothing since the 1950s. They are particularly popular with photographers, as their many pockets allow a convenient way to carry film, lenses, flashes, and other small photographic equipment.

The Marvel Comics superhero Wonder Man wore a red safari jacket with black pants as his costume for a period of time.

Roger Moore’s James Bond wore beige safari jackets with matching pants in The Man with the Golden Gun, Moonraker, and Octopussy. Also, the safari jacket was a favorite of J. R. Ewing in the 1980s evening soap-opera series Dallas, where he usually paired it with a kerchief.

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