Safari in Africa

Africa contains around a dozen countries which offer serious savanna safari, with each one offering a unique range of landscapes, wildlife, lodges and experiences.

There is also a range of further countries which offer complementary elements such as tropical beaches, archaeology and culture.

On the linked page, we run through all of the countries that we offer in Africa. The chances are extremely high that the right safari country for you is one of the first seven listed.

seven prime countries for safari

Africa contains over a hundred locations which offer serious savanna safari, with each one offering a unique range of landscapes, wildlife, lodges and experiences.

On the linked page we list nineteen areas, starting with the three most popular. If this is your first safari, then there’s an eight percent chance you will include one of these in your trip.

After that, we highlight various lesser-visited but equally high quality reserves, all of which are great, most of which are easily included in trips, but some of which are extremely remote and expensive to access.

nineteen prime locations for safari

It is impossible to overstate how important seasonality is to a savanna safari trip.

The month that you choose to travel will greatly affect where you go, what you will see, how much traffic you will encounter and how much you will spend.

In the linked article, we divide the year into five periods. The first two, the Jun-Oct dry season and the Nov-Dec early green season, cover probably 95% of all trips.

The other three periods cover the more complicated Jan-May period, when conditions change fast, but which contains some real hidden gems.

Please feel free to read as much or as little of this as you wish. Ultimately, we will always take full responsibility for your trip being perfectly constructed around the seasonality.

dividing the savanna safari year into five key seasons

There are so many different types of safari.

Classic savanna safaris classically involve driving around the bush looking at lions and elephants.

Trips to these areas can be tuned to focus on specific activities, like walking safari, motorboat safari and canoe safari. Or trips can also be tuned to focus on specific animals, like wild-dogs and elephants.

But safaris need not be limited to the savanna plains, they can explore tropical forests, mountain ranges and deserts.
They need not be limited to Africa. We operate safaris to South America, Asia and even Antarctica.

And safaris need not be limited to focusing on land mammals. They can concentrate on marine life, or cultural explorations, or even historical explorations.

If you can find one of the options below that appeals to you, then click on the link and you will be taking a really big step to finding your ideal safari.

discover the type of safari that most appeals

Tailor-made safari trips can range literally from USD 2500 to USD 50,000 per person.

The median cost across all trips is around USD 10,000 per person, excluding the international flights. However, this number is artificially elevated by a relatively few very expensive trips. The mode value is closer to USD 8000 per person.

We love building trips at all levels.

At the lower end, we love working with guests who need to be more careful with their money. We very much know how that feels. We enjoy the challenge of finding truly authentic safari options. We also love the lodge operators at this level, who tend to be independents who do it for the love.

At the higher end, it is such a privilege to be able to work with guests who are willing and able to spend big to create truly epic trips. The options at this level are mind-boggling and there’s loads of space for us to be truly creative.

Unsurprisingly, the biggest range of ingredients is to be found in the middle of the range, so there’s lots of room for us to be critical and discerning when creating perfect combinations.

In other words, whatever your budget, we will be delighted to work with you to create a truly amazing trip.

you define the budget

The biggest and most important decision that you will most likely make when organising your trip is deciding which expert travel company to work with.

We hope that you will choose us.

Our aim is, quite simply, to help you discover and create a perfect trip.

Whether you intend to head in Africa, we will make sure your trip exactly meets your specific requirements.

Most of our guests really appreciate authenticity. We can help you to get beyond the mainstream tourist trails, to remote locations and to unique and characterful accommodation. We can help you to encounter remarkable wildlife and to engage with fascinating people.

You can choose to make your trip more authentic, more adventurous, more luxurious, better value … whatever you want it to be. We are here to make that happen.

flexibility, authenticity and intensity