Big Five Tours and Safaris equips all its safari vehicles with two way   radios, so that drivers can communicate with their base, each other and   the lodges. Most lodges and hotels also have a telephone, but the   service, particularly for overseas calls, is both erratic and expensive   (a $50 minimum is not uncommon). More remote lodges and camps are likely   to rely on radio for communications. Most game parks are now within   cell phone range.