We went on our first African safari. Our trip would've been better if we'd known these 5 things before we left.

My husband and I went on a luxurious 10-day African safari trip. Jackie Longo My first African safari trip would have been better if I had known five things before I traveled. Bringing a day bag with a portable charger and sunscreen would've made our game drives better. I wished I'd packed extra clothes in my carry-on bag and planned my layover better. Each year, my husband and I try to go on a big summer trip. One summer, we headed to the beachy Maldives on a bucket-list vacation. The year after, we booked a 10-day luxury African safari trip, which felt like a cool change of scenery. For the first leg, we visited Arusha, the Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania. We then spent three days in Zanzibar for a luxury beach getaway on the Indian Ocean.