Africa
The beautiful continent of Africa conjures up a stillness and an undertow of exhilaration all at the same time. This is a continent that doesn't just offer travel experiences—it transforms, challenges perceptions, and creates memories that resonate long after the journey ends. Roughly divided into four segments – North, South, East and West it stretches 12,000 km from Marrakech to Cape Town; and 5,500 km from Cairo to Dakar in Senegal. The distances top to bottom and east to west are huge but the distances within the segments are more manageable and often linked.
We have deep roots and extensive knowledge of Southern, East and North Africa.
We travel there multiple times a year and we have spent years there collectively, personally visiting the wild and beautiful places we sell.
About Africa
Southern Africa
There is possibly no more diverse region than Southern Africa. Botswana’s Okavango Delta with its waterways and floodplains and the remote communities of the Kalahari Desert; Namibia’s ancient rock art and towering red dunes; the roar of Victoria Falls and the Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe and Zambia; all have their unique allure. South Africa is renowned for the fabulous game of the Sabi Sands and Kruger National Park as well as the laid-back sophistication of Cape Town and the Winelands. Mozambique’s pristine waters, impossibly beautiful beaches and coral reefs are a great finish.
The Geography makes it possible to combine two or three countries in one journey.
Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa and Mozambique are all connected by short and efficient inter-country flights or road transfers.
The Botswana border is less than an hour from Victoria Falls by road and Maun, Botswana is about a 2 hour flight from Cape Town and 1.5 hours from Johannesburg.
Kruger National Park and the Sabi Sands are a 2 hour flight from Cape Town.
You can wake up in Cape Town, sleep in the Okavango Delta of Botswana for a few days and then drive to Zimbabwe for sunset drinks on the Zambezi River!
South Africa
South Africa has long been celebrated for the exceptional game density of Kruger National Park and the legendary Sabi Sands. Easily accessed from Johannesburg or Cape Town, the region offers some of Africa’s most renowned lodges, outstanding guiding, and incredibly diverse safari experiences. South Africa is also blessed with possibly the most beautiful city in the world – Cape Town. Starting your Southern Africa safari adventure here gets you over jet lag; you can summit Table Mountain; meander dramatic coastal roads; dine in world-class restaurants; and you have with dozens of beautiful hotels to choose from. Within an hour or two, you can be in the famous Cape Winelands, where Franschhoek and Stellenbosch sit nestled among vineyard-covered valleys offering hiking, biking, eating and, of course, wine tastings. Personally, we think it may just be the most beautiful wine region in the world.
Botswana
Botswana is blessed with a multitude of landscapes and topographies. The Okavango Delta, a living liquid eco-system that shifts with the seasons, creates one of Africa’s most remarkable wildlife destinations. Dotted with
small, privately owned camps there is something for everyone and the exceptional wildlife density in the Delta, Chobe, the Savute and the Kavango region makes this is a slam-dunk for first timers or repeat guests. In addition there is the ethereal, with shimmering horizons of the Kalahari Desert and Makgadikgadi Salt Pans with giant baobab trees and palm oases sheltering remote tented camps. This is also the land of the nomadic San people who have roamed here for millennia, surviving in the harshest of environments.
Zimbabwe & Zambia
The international airport in Victoria Falls makes this a hub for arrivals and connections which can combine the thunder of Victoria Falls with the safari areas in Zimbabwe and Zambia. Hwange and Mana Pools in Zimbabwe, and South Luangwa and the Lower Zambezi National Parks in Zambia, offer a truly wild safari experience. Known for large elephant herds, excellent cats sightings, wild dog and heaving, noisy hippo pods. The bonus is the beautiful Zambezi River which runs wide and slow through reed islands, sandbanks and floodplains teeming with animals – this is Africa’s Eden. Lesser known National Parks like the 1.25 million acre Gonarezhou in southern Zimbabwe; and the Kafue and Liuwa Plain Parks in Zambia, will get you into frontier safari territory– there will be no line up of vehicles on game sightings!.
Mozambique
If time allows you can add a final few days soaking up the pale blue waters of the Bazaruto Archipelago which rise like a mirage of blue and white just off the coast of Mozambique. Easily accessible from South Africa or Zimbabwe, it offers white powder beaches and a slow island pace – think snorkelling, diving, beach picnics, horse riding in the dunes and mountains of fresh seafood. The perfect reset after time in the bush. There is a simplicity here that feels deeply restorative and unstructured in the best possible way. More recently Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique has been hailed as one of Africa’s greatest conservation success stories with 3
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