SOUTHERN AFRICA
Desert, delta, and everything between
Southern Africa is wilder, more remote, and more demanding of stillness. We’ve spent years learning its rhythms – and we bring the same standard here that we built at home.
A region of immense scale and contrast
Where the Okavango floods in slow silence, the Namib Desert meets the Atlantic in fog and rust, and the Luangwa Valley holds one of Africa’s last great wildernesses, largely unchanged.
Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Namibia each pull in a different direction — and all of them are worth following. Whether you come with a single ambition or none at all, Southern Africa tends to exceed it.
Botswana
The Okavango Delta floods into the heart of the Kalahari each year — an improbable inland oasis that draws elephant in extraordinary numbers and predators with room to move. Botswana offers vast private concessions, low tourist volumes, and some of the most carefully managed wilderness on the continent.
The continent's most exclusive safari model.
What makes it special
Okavango · Chobe · Kalahari · Linyanti · Savuti · Moremi · Tsodilo Hills · Makgadikgadi Pans
Experiences
Canoe safaris · Meerkat encounters · Quad biking (seasonal) · Horseback safaris · Sleep-outs · Star beds · Walking with San Bushmen
Zambia
Zambia pioneered the walking safari, and has never strayed from its roots. The South Luangwa Valley is deep bush, remote and unhurried. Victoria Falls announces itself long before you see it. Two very different experiences, both worth building a journey around.
Home of the walking safari in Africa
What makes it special
Victoria Falls · South Luangwa · Lower Zambezi · Leopard capital of Africa · Carmine bee-eater colonies · North Luangwa · Kasanka bat migration
Experiences
Canoeing · Lower Zambezi canoe expeditions · Tiger fishing · Sleep-outs · Walking with expert guides
Zimbabwe
Hwange's elephant herds are among the largest on the continent. Mana Pools, flat and floodplain-wide, is where predators and prey play out something ancient along the Zambezi. Among those who know Africa well, Zimbabwe is frequently a favourite.
Classic guiding and extraordinary value.
What makes it special
Victoria Falls · Mana Pools · Hwange · Matusadona · Gonarezhou · Matobo Hills · Ancient rock art
Experiences
Canoeing · Big Five safaris · Walking with elephants · Photographic hides · Devil's Pool · Steam train experiences
South Africa
The Cape's mountains meet two oceans. The Kruger stretches across the northeast, one of the continent's great game reserves. Between them, winelands, coastline, and a city in Cape Town that holds its own against anywhere in the world. It is, in many ways, the easiest entry point into Africa, and one of the most rewarding.
Exceptional combination of safari, food, wine and coast.
What makes it special
Big Five · Winelands · Garden Route · Sabi Sands · Kruger · Madikwe · Phinda · Tswalu · Cape Peninsula · Boulders penguins · Table Mountain cableway · Robben Island
Experiences
Whale watching · Franschhoek Wine Tram · Michelin-level dining · Art galleries · Contemporary design · Shark diving · Hiking · Surfing · Winelands tours
Namibia
Namibia has landscapes so sparse and elemental they feel almost otherworldly. From Sossusvlei and the Skeleton Coast to Damaraland and Etosha, there's scale, desert-adapted wildlife, and night skies that go on forever.
The world's greatest desert landscapes
What makes it special
Fish River · Skeleton Coast · Sossusvlei · Himba · Damaraland rhinos · Etosha · Sandwich Harbour · Cape Cross seals · Desert elephants · Shipwrecks
Experiences
Himba cultural encounters · Hot air balloons · Scenic flights · Dark sky astronomy · Living Desert tours · Dune exploration
EXPERIENCES
SOUTHERN AFRICA
Canoe & Mokoro Safaris
Botswana · Zimbabwe
Drifting through the inner channels of the Okavango Delta or paddling the wide bends of the Lower Zambezi — It’s one of Africa’s oldest ways of moving through the wild, and still one of the best.
Mana Pools exploration
Zimbabwe
A UNESCO World Heritage Site where elephant, lion, wild dog and buffalo move freely through riverine forest and open floodplain. It is best experienced on foot — unhurried, close and completely absorbing.
Cape Winelands tours
South Africa
Explore some of the world’s most celebrated wine estates, many just an hour from Cape Town. Each offers its own distinctive character, exceptional wines and reasons to stay a little longer.
FIRST TIME TO AFRICA
You don’t need to know it all before you begin
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