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Ten destinations.
Each one extraordinary.
Every destination on this page has been personally experienced, not researched from a brochure, but lived, explored, and deeply understood.
These are not destinations that have been read about in a brochure. They are places that have been lived, explored and loved deeply. Every recommendation comes from genuine knowledge, of the suppliers, the lodges, the seasons, and the moments that make each one irreplaceable.
Ten Extraordinary Destinations
Forbes Recommended. Emerging Destination
01
The Wild Heart of Africa
Zimbabwe is Africa at its most authentic, vast, unhurried, and extraordinary. Forbes Magazine has repeatedly named it among the continent's most compelling destinations, and yet it remains gloriously undiscovered. Hwange National Park hosts the largest elephant concentrations on earth. Victoria Falls, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, thunders with a force that makes the ground tremble. Mana Pools offers Africa's finest walking safari, where you step out of the vehicle and into the wild on foot. Lake Kariba, Africa's great inland sea, provides a finale of rare beauty. Zimbabwe produces some of the finest safari guides on the continent. This is not a destination you visit. It is one you carry with you.
Ultra-Exclusive. UNESCO Heritage
02
Where the Wild is Sacred
Botswana is intentionally exclusive. The government limits visitor numbers to protect the ecosystem, the result is the most pristine wilderness experience in Africa. The Okavango Delta, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is accessible only by light aircraft and mokoro canoe. Glide through papyrus channels at dawn, walk flood plains where lion tracks cross elephant tracks in the soft earth. Chobe National Park hosts one of the highest elephant concentrations on the continent. For those who feel they know Africa, Botswana is the reminder that they have not yet seen everything.
Classic Safari. Great Migration
03
The Classic Safari Story
Kenya is where the idea of the African safari was born. The Masai Mara remains one of its greatest expressions. Every July, one and a half million wildebeest cross the Mara River in a thundering spectacle that has defined Africa in the world's imagination. Witnessed from a private conservancy, without another vehicle in sight, it is as overwhelming as any experience on earth. Amboseli provides the iconic image of elephants beneath Kilimanjaro. Kenya's range of safari accommodation, from classic tented camps to extraordinary private houses, is unrivalled on the continent.
Perfect First Safari. Year-Round
04
Three Countries in One
South Africa is Africa's most versatile destination. No malaria in the Western Cape, world-class infrastructure, and Big Five game viewing in the Sabi Sands that rivals anything on the continent. Cape Town consistently ranks among the world's great cities. The Garden Route offers dramatic coastal scenery and whale watching between June and November. Combine Cape Town, the Garden Route, and five nights in a private Sabi Sands reserve and you have one of the world's great two-week journeys.
Gorilla Trekking. Pearl of Africa
05
The Pearl of Africa
Uganda is Churchill's Pearl of Africa, a country of extraordinary landscapes and a wildlife experience that is entirely its own. Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is among the most profound wildlife encounters on earth. When a silverback turns and meets your gaze in the forest, nothing else exists. Uganda also offers chimpanzee tracking in Kibale Forest, tree-climbing lions in Queen Elizabeth National Park, and Murchison Falls, where the entire Nile forces itself through a seven-metre gap in the rock with breathtaking drama.
Once in a Lifetime. Mountain Gorillas
06
A Country That Changes You
Rwanda is one of Africa's most profound surprises, a country of extraordinary beauty, remarkable culture, and a resilience that humbles every visitor. The Land of a Thousand Hills is home to mountain gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park. Spending one hour in their presence, in the forest, in the mist, is an experience that resists description. The lodges surrounding the park are among the most thoughtfully designed in Africa. Kigali is clean, safe, and genuinely impressive. Rwanda rewards those who arrive with open eyes.
Most Complete Safari Experience
07
Safari and Sea in Perfect Balance
Tanzania offers the most complete safari experience available anywhere in Africa. The Serengeti rewards those who experience it privately, fly-in camps that move with the wildlife, private vehicles, private guides, and no crowds. The Ngorongoro Crater is a natural amphitheatre teeming with every species you could hope to see. Tarangire's ancient baobab landscape is unlike anything else in East Africa. And then there is Zanzibar, where the Indian Ocean and the spice-scented streets of Stone Town provide the perfect counterpoint to days in the bush. Tanzania is our most-booked destination for first-time safari clients. The reason is simple. It always delivers.
Dramatic Landscapes. Desert Safari
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Africa at Its Most Dramatic
Namibia is Africa's great visual spectacle, a country of vast, cinematic landscapes that feel more like another planet than another country. The Namib Desert, the oldest on earth, produces the great orange dunes of Sossusvlei that glow like fire at sunrise. Etosha offers superb Big Five game viewing around waterholes where the desert forces every species together. Damaraland is home to desert-adapted elephant and black rhino. The Skeleton Coast, where the cold Atlantic meets the desert in an atmosphere of eerie, beautiful desolation, is unlike anything else in Africa.
Unique Wildlife. Endemic Species
09
The Island That Evolution Forgot
Madagascar broke away from the African continent ninety million years ago and took its wildlife with it. Ninety percent of its species are found nowhere else on earth. The lemurs, from the tiny mouse lemur to the haunting indri whose call echoes through the rainforest, are worth the journey alone. The Avenue of the Baobabs at dusk, where trees up to 800 years old line a dusty track as the sky turns to fire, is one of Africa's great images. Madagascar is for the genuinely curious traveller who wants something no one else has done.
Walking Safaris. Victoria Falls
10
Africa for the Adventurous Soul
Zambia invented the walking safari, and the South Luangwa Valley remains the finest place on earth to experience it. Your guide leads you on foot through the bush, tracking lion, approaching elephant at close quarters, reading the landscape in a way no vehicle ever allows. South Luangwa has arguably the highest concentration of leopard anywhere in Africa. The Lower Zambezi offers extraordinary canoe safaris past hippo pools and elephant at the water's edge. Zambia also shares Victoria Falls with Zimbabwe, the thunderous eastern side, where rainbows form continuously in the spray.
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The perfect safari does not have to end at the airstrip. Add days or a week in one of the Indian Ocean's most beautiful destinations. We design the combination seamlessly.
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