Every country we plan journeys in, and the parks worth crossing an ocean for — plotted on real geography, not an illustration. Hover a marker for the short version, tap it for the long one.
Africa splits into two safari halves that run on opposite seasons. Knowing which half you are looking at is the fastest way to narrow a route.
Eastern Africa — Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda — is open plains, big herds and the Great Migration. It pairs naturally with Zanzibar or the Seychelles. Southern Africa — Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Namibia — is waterways, deserts and walking country, and pairs with Cape Town, Victoria Falls or Mozambique.
Combinations work best within one half of the continent. The Serengeti with the Maasai Mara, the Okavango Delta with Victoria Falls, or Kruger with Cape Town all sit within a short flight of each other. Crossing between East and Southern Africa in one trip is possible but costs a day in the air each way — usually better as two journeys.
Most journeys begin at Kilimanjaro (JRO) or Nairobi (NBO) in the east, and Johannesburg (JNB), Cape Town (CPT) or Maun (MUB) in the south. We book your safari around the gateway that suits your routing rather than asking you to fit the gateway.
Camps are connected by light aircraft on fixed schedules, typically 40 to 90 minutes between areas. Flying rather than driving is what turns a six-hour transfer into a morning game drive, which is why fly-in routing is built around airstrips rather than roads. Baggage on these aircraft is usually limited to a soft bag of around 15kg — see the packing list.
Start with the half of the continent that matches your travel dates, pick two or three areas within it that offer different habitats, then let the flight schedule set the order. If you tell us your dates and what you most want to see, we will suggest the route rather than ask you to build it — start planning, or see when to go.