An African safari is one of those bucket list trips that feels completely out of reach for most families.

But what if you could fly there using points, stay at safari lodges with points, and even offset some of the cost with the right credit cards?

Today, we're breaking down the best ways to use points and miles to make a safari way more affordable.

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Hey, I'm Pam. And I'm Jess.

Let's talk points.

So Megan and Jess both recently returned from safaris in Tanzania with their families.

And we talked about this last week in part one.

We discussed their itineraries in detail.

But now we want to help you learn how you can make a safari more affordable with points.

In part two, we'll breaking down both flight and hotel options on points.

All right.

So we are going to start it out with flight options for getting to Africa.

We're going to focus on Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa.

I feel like those are probably a few of the more popular safari options. This is not, I'm going to say it from the beginning.

This is not an exhaustive list of flights or hotels. Because every week we have people listen

and they message us and they're like, but what about this? Well, you didn't talk about this. I'm saying you're right now. This is not an exhaustive list. There are other options.

These are just a few of our favorites and that we think could make sense for you. So Pam is going to

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