Shikar vs Safari - What's the difference?
shikar | safari |
(India) Hunting, sport; a hunting expedition.
* 1888': Where other men took ten days to the Hills, Strickland took leave for what he called '''''shikar'' , put on the disguise that appealed to him at the time, stepped down into the brown crowd, and was swallowed up for a while. — Rudyard Kipling, ‘Miss Youghal's ''Sais''’, ''Plain Tales from the Hills (Folio Society 2007, p. 25)
hunting guide (elsewhere besides India, e.g. Australia)
A trip into any undeveloped area to see, photograph or hunt wild animals in their own environment.
A caravan going on a safari.