Most travellers are really keen to experience a luxury Africa safari – at least once! Depending upon one’s finances (as safaris are never cheap – they tend to start around £6000.00 per person or $8500.00 per person excluding international flights and can happily cost twice as much). Having said that, they are worth every penny – being one of the most amazing holidays you will ever encounter in a lifetime!

Whether its lazing idly in a hammock overlooking a pristine and beautiful stretch of beach, to having a luxury mobile tented camp set up for you, complete with candelabra and amazing cuisine (a private guide and a stunning location are a given!), to staying in a design inspired lodge with wildlife all around you – to perhaps going on a riding safari amongst the migration of the Masai Mara, or a canoe safari up the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe or a walking safari in the Selous in Tanzania or south Luangwa in Zambia, or having a private flying safari across the Skeleton Coast in Namibia, riding on the back of an elephant in the Okavango Delta in Botswana, or flying 4.5 hours to reach a fly camp so deserted that its just you and your staff and a bedroll in a tent where you can see the stars in a park as you watch the birds all come in to roost – this for me, is luxury on many levels!

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Some countries in Africa really lend themselves to walking safaris and Tanzania in particular, really does offer some of the finest walking safaris in Africa – alongside Zambia in the south luangwa.

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The real difference being that you can do walking safaris in Tanzania completely privately and not pay a fortune for the privilege. Whether its a walking safari for a day or two in Ruaha or Katavi in the southern parts of Tanzania, or a five day walking safari trail in the Selous – one of Tanzania’s most beautiful reserves – or whether you want to do a walking safari amongst the wildebeest migration in the Serengeti – in northern Tanzania – all of this is possible with our wonderful guides and private tented mobile operations.Many of our clients elect to spend a week between ngorongoro crater and the serengeti which offers the best of both worlds – incredible wildlife and amazing scenery and culture. Whichever way you would like to do it, contact us for the most extraordinary walking safaris with the finest guiding in tanzania!

A luxury African safari can mean many different things to many different people! To some, it will mean be hundreds of miles away from any other tourist – having a private camp set up just for you – with all the comforts of a hot shower, a wonderfully cooked meal and the myriad of stars above you. Add to this your private guide who shares anecdotes and knowledge and makes your safari – and your private vehicle or perhaps you may be on a walking or canoeing safari or even a riding safari. To others, it may mean a private luxury house or villa in the bush, with your own butler, again your own private guide and vehicle but with exquisite, design inspired surroundings. The scenery and the wildlife will of course, be extraordinary and when one has an amazing guide, each day is so exciting and filled with new information, sights and sounds.

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Whatever your desire, with a team of specialists who come from Africa and over 25 years of tailoring beautiful, African safaris, you are in the right hands!

A south luangwa safari is a must for anyone who is particularly interested in seeing new species, such as the thornicroft’s giraffe, or seeing a region which has the greatest density of leopard. In addition, it show cases an unspoiled africa, with some of the finest game viewing in southern africa. What the south luangwa is most renowned for, however, is its walking safaris which are legion. Here one can either just spend a few hours on foot with your private guide (and Zambia boasts some of the best guiding in Africa), or one can fly camp for a night or two, or literally take a five night walking safari, split between three camps. This is no route march – rather a gentle preamble into the bush with your professional guide explaining every nuance to you. You carry nothing except for a pair of binoculars and arrive to an ice cold drink – whether its a beer, a glass of wine or a gin and tonic! Sleep under canvas which is the best way of experiencing Africa and hearing the night sounds.

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For those who don’t want to go on a walking safari, then the more conventional vehicle based safaris equally allow you wonderful experiences in pristine areas. Many of the camps are located along the oxbow lagoons so one can see large herds of elephant congregating on the opposite bank, bathing and cavorting amongst the hippos.
There are some wonderful camps in this area – from owner managed lodges set in gorgeous locations with the most spectacular guiding, to lodges which have a multitude of hides so you can spend hours observing animals at close quarters which is perfect for photographic opportunities!

You could ask me where would be my favourite place to take a beach holiday and the answer would have to be Africa! For me, beach holidays in Africa provide everything! From beautiful beaches with warm, blue waters, to the unbelievably friendly local people who really make a holiday, but overall, it is the accommodation which is so unique. This ranges from huge, private villas that come with their own private boat and skipper, so the days can be spent snorkelling, water skiing or scuba diving privately with just your family or group of friends. Other alternatives are wonderful, chic Robinson Crusoe style retreats that have been made out of local reed matting and thatch – all incredibly comfortable and beautiful!  There are some fantastic private houses and even boats – dhows or catamarans that one can hire for a day or a week, exploring different islands. Madagascar also offers some truly unique places for the most stunning beach holidays – from private, boutique lodges to Relais et Chateaux’s. Many places, such as in Seychelles – have strong conservation themes and one can go out with botanists or zoologists or marine biologists, learning about the local mammals and plant life. Whether its kite surfing or staying at a boutique hotel with the most amazing seafood cuisine and relaxing around the swimming pool with a book – we have a wide selecti0n of the finest beach holiday retreats in Africa!

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There are several ways of experiencing wildlife amongst elephants and it all depends upon how close you want to get!

In terms of being with elephants, the top safari must be the elephant safari in the Okavango Delta in Botswana where you spend each day with them – walking with them amongst the herd – riding them – and being part of their family. It really is a special experience!

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You can also have around 4 hours with another herd in the Okavango Delta – with zoologist Doug Groves who explains every facet about them. This too is very special and a privilege to experience!

Otherwise the best elephant safaris must surely be in areas where one has the greatest concentration of elephants – so Chobe in Botswana – to the Tuli region in Botswana – to Samburu and Amboseli in Kenya.

Then we can also arrange for you to spend a day with researchers – this is not open to the general public.