How do you serve a Glatt Kosher meal at a game reserve that sits hours away from the nearest Kosher shop? That is the question Glatt Safaris fields more than any other, and the Johannesburg based operator is now laying out the full answer. With the Tishrei chagim finished and spring settling over South Africa, Torah observant families are turning their attention to the year ahead, and the company is explaining exactly how it works, from the ingredients it brings in to the temporary kitchens it assembles out on the road.
The business dates back to 2013, when Chanan Green, a frum Israeli South African, put together a safari for family members visiting from Israel. The experience showed him how difficult it was for religious travellers to find trips that treated kashrut as a priority. Mainstream tours carried no Kosher option, while the Kosher tours on offer were often costly and paid little attention to the quality of the food. Green built Glatt Safaris to fill that gap.
Bringing the kitchen to the bush
Within Cape Town and Johannesburg, Kosher restaurants can supply the meals. The bush is a different matter, and with no restaurants anywhere nearby, Glatt Safaris carries the entire operation with it. The team flies in its own food, its own chefs and its own mashgichim, then builds temporary Kosher kitchens at wherever the group happens to be staying. Every ingredient is imported Kosher, and guests are free to examine them for themselves.
Each meal is three courses, Kosher…
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