Where to go

Where we send the people we love

Africa is fifty-four countries. We plan across all of them on request. The countries below are the ones we visit constantly, the reserves we have walked, the lodges we have slept in, the guides we know by name. Plus one more, much further south, when the trip wants it.

Start where you are pulled.

Eleven countries we know by heart

Where do you want to begin

A leopardess and her cub on a sand road in the Sabi Sand, both alert, the cub leaning into the mother's front legs
01

South Africa

Sabi Sand leopards. Cape winelands. The continent's best entry point.

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Mokoro guide poling a dugout canoe through the flooded channels of the Okavango Delta, Botswana
02

Botswana

The Okavango at flood. Linyanti elephants. Wilderness that is properly wild.

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A Maasai man watching the sun set over the Kenyan savannah, draped in red shuka with the sky going pink behind him
03

Kenya

The Maasai Mara. Laikipia plateau. The country that invented the safari.

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Wildebeest with hot air balloons over the Serengeti at sunrise, Tanzania
04

Tanzania

Serengeti migration. Ngorongoro. Zanzibar to finish. Africa at full volume.

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Sossusvlei dunes at first light, Namib desert, Namibia
05

Namibia

Sossusvlei dunes. Skeleton Coast. A country that does silence properly.

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Silverback mountain gorilla in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
06

Rwanda

Mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park. One hour with them changes you.

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Mountain gorilla group in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
07

Uganda

Bwindi gorillas. Kibale chimps. Tree-climbing lions in Ishasha. Wilder, rougher, worth it.

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Guests on a canoe trip on the Lower Zambezi at dusk, Zambia
08

Zambia

Lower Zambezi canoe trips. South Luangwa walking safaris. Slower, wilder, fewer vehicles.

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Infinity pool reflecting a mauve sunset over the Matusadona escarpment, Zimbabwe
09

Zimbabwe

Hwange elephants. Mana Pools on foot. Victoria Falls to bookend it.

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Beach bar built into an old dhow at dusk on Benguerra Island, Mozambique, with palms, lantern light and a couple walking the tideline
10

Mozambique

Bazaruto dunes and dhows. Quirimbas channels. The right place to land after the bush.

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Iceberg in the Southern Ocean, Antarctica
11 Beyond Africa

Antarctica

Heated camps in Queen Maud Land. Emperor penguins at Atka Bay. November to February.

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Our approach

We do not send you to a country. We send you to a moment inside it

The Sabi Sand in November is not the Sabi Sand in May. The Mara in late August is the migration. In April it is empty, green, half the price, and arguably better.

We plan around the season, the camp, the guide, and what you actually want from your time. Pick the country that pulls you in. We will handle everything that follows.

Heading somewhere we have not listed, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Senegal, the Republic of Congo. Talk to us. We have a network on the continent and we are happy to plan further afield when the trip is right for it.

Most journeys are not one country

The best safaris cross a border or two

South Africa and Botswana. Kenya and Tanzania, then Zanzibar. Rwanda gorillas paired with the Mara. Namibia followed by a few days in the Cape. Mozambique to end the bush at the ocean.

We plan multi-country journeys constantly. Tell us what pulls you in and we will work out the rest, including the awkward bits about charter flights, visas, and which border to cross where.

Not sure yet

Tell us what you are imagining

A handful of clients arrive knowing exactly where they want to go. Most do not. Both are fine.

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