Safari holidays are not cheap and combined with the long flight times from the UK to South Africa (most popular safari destination) are often not suitable for families with young children. If this is the case then why not let your children experience the next best thing and boost their education at the same time.

Many safari parks across the UK offer educational workshops. Although these are entirely different from going on an actually safari, they can be fun and educational at the same time. These workshops usually include time behind the scenes with the animals such as helping feed them, clean them out and observing their behaviour with humans and other animals. There is often a chance to meet with the other staff members and ask them questions about their day to day job and also time to play and participate in games. Often these trips are organised by schools, but if you can get a group of children who want to go, you can sometimes book these workshops privately.