The Africa We Know & Cherish
Eastern and Southern Africa is where we are rooted. Ask us about anywhere in Africa — we have people and places we trust across the continent.
You don’t need to know where you want to go, tell us what moves you. What you’ve been dreaming of for your Safari and we will put you in the right place and the right time.
“At the risk of hyperbole — it was truly, truly an enriching, fulfilling, thrilling and amazing trip”
TANZANIA
Our home country
Tanzania is where Journey to Africa began and where our roots run deep. The northern circuit is iconic for good reason — but Tanzania rewards guests who go further, deeper, and off the well-worn route.
Tarangire & The Ngorongoro Crater
Elephant-rich Tarangire in the dry season is one of East Africa's great wildlife spectacles — ancient baobabs, and a feeling of space. The Ngorongoro Crater is a world unto itself — a collapsed volcanic caldera teeming with wildlife, including one of Africa's last great black rhino populations.
The Serengeti
The iconic migration happens here every year and it never gets ordinary. But the Serengeti is not just one place — where you stay in relation to the Migration makes all the difference. We know exactly which camps to use and when.
Zanzibar & The Coast
Spice-scented and historic Stone Town, powder-white beaches and the warm Indian Ocean. Zanzibar is the natural full stop to a Tanzania Safari — and one of the most beautiful islands in the world.
Remote Southern & Western Tanzania
Harder to reach places that rewards those who make it. Ruaha is vast, wild and lion-heavy. Nyerere, Africa's largest national park, is best explored by boat along the Rufiji River. And Mahale, on the remote shores of Lake Tanganyika, offers chimpanzee trekking in a setting so beautiful it barely feels real.
KENYA
Georgie's home country — and the place she knows best.
Kenya is extraordinary in its variety: the Masai Mara in the south, vast Laikipia in the north, the unique wildlife of Samburu, and Amboseli under the shadow of Kilimanjaro. Every region rewards the curious traveler — there is always more to discover. Beyond the iconic spots, there are places that are so off the well trodden path that we love to share with our guests.
Amboseli & The Chyulus
Elephants against Kilimanjaro — one of Africa's most iconic images, and even more extraordinary in person. The nearby Chyulu Hills add something wilder and more intimate to a classic Kenya circuit.
The Masai Mara
Kenya's most iconic Safari destination — home to the Great Migration's most dramatic river crossings, resident lion prides, and a density of wildlife that makes every game drive feel extraordinary. We know exactly where to put you and when.
Lamu & The Kenyan Coast
Ancient Swahili coral stone towns, dhow Safaris, world-class diving and warm white sandy Indian Ocean beaches. The perfect full stop to a Kenya Safari.
Laikipia & Northern Kenya
The Kenya most people haven't discovered yet — and the one we love most. Vast private conservancies, the Northern Five, Samburu culture, and Reteti Elephant Sanctuary. This is Georgie’s home ground.
ZAMBIA
Mefi went to Zambia in 2024 and has not stopped talking about it.
Zambia is the original walking Safari destination — and once you have been, you will understand why it inspires such fierce loyalty. South Luangwa, the Lower Zambezi, and Kafue each offer something different. What they share: exceptional guiding, genuine wilderness, and the feeling that you have the bush to yourself.
South Luangwa National Park
The home of the walking Safari — raw, wild, and unforgettable. The Luangwa River draws everything in, leopard sightings are among the best in Africa, and the bush here feels genuinely untouched.
Lower Zambezi National Park
Intimate camps, exceptional guiding are exceptional, and the mighty Zambezi River. Mefi’s favorite: the Winterthorn Forest that glows gold in the afternoon light. Lower Zambezi feels like a secret world - uncrowded, secluded and utterly wild.
Kafue National Park
One of the largest national parks in the world — and one of the least visited. The Busanga Plains deliver lion, cheetah and open skies without another vehicle in sight. For the traveller who wants to go further.
Victoria Falls
Mosi-O-Tunya — the smoke that thunders — you’ll hear it before you ever see it. Swim in the Devil's Pool with nothing but a slippery rock between you and the drop. Fly over the falls on a helicopter or microlite. Goosebumps guaranteed.
BOTSWANA
Home to the Okavango Delta - like no where else on planet earth.
Botswana has made a conscious choice to keep visitor numbers low — which means when you are out there, the bush often feels entirely yours. Explore by mokoro, boat, and 4x4 across some of the most extraordinary wildlife habitat on earth.
Chobe National Park & Savute Region
Home to the largest elephant population on earth, Chobe is a place of extraordinary abundance, where herds of hundreds move through the floodplains and boat Safaris on the Chobe River become a stage for dramatic wildlife viewing.
The Okavango Delta
Every year, floodwaters pour down from the Angolan highlands and transform this extraordinary landscape — dry plains become shimmering lagoons, channels fill with life, and the wildlife that calls this place home moves with it.
Makgadikgadi Pans
A stark contrast to the Delta's waterways, the Makgadigadi pans are a sun-bleached ancient lake bed that feels like the edge of the earth. The vast salt crust, tracking the massive zebra migration and just the harsh raw beauty of it. It’s a soul-stirring wilderness that completely redefines the African Safari experience.
Concessions In & Around the Delta
The Delta is spectacular, but its private concessions and community-run reserves in and around it give an exclusivity and freedom to your Safari. Our favorites like Gomoti and the Khwai Community Concession mean off-roading to track leopards, staying out after dark for thrilling night drives, and experience walking Safaris that simply aren’t allowed elsewhere.
NAMIBIA
Like nowhere else on the continent. A Safari for the landscape as much as the wildlife.
Namibia does not play by the usual Safari rules. This is not a destination for dense game sightings and crowded waterholes — it is a destination for vast silence, ancient landscapes, and wildlife that has adapted to survive in one of the harshest environments on earth. It rewards the curious traveler completely.
Etosha National Park
Namibia's wildlife destination — a vast salt pan surrounded by savanna where desert-adapted elephant, lion, black rhino, and cheetah congregate around permanent waterholes. The floodlit waterholes at night make for game viewing unlike anything in East Africa. Quiet, spacious, and completely on its own terms.
Sossusvlei & Deadvlei
The oldest desert on earth, sculpted into dunes that burn ochre and orange at dawn. Deadvlei's bleached camel thorn trees, standing dead in a white clay pan against blood-red sand, is one of the most photographed landscapes in Africa — and even more extraordinary in person. A hot air balloon over the Namib at sunrise is one of those experiences that stays with you.
The Skeleton Coast
Five hundred kilometers of wild Atlantic coastline where desert meets ocean, shipwrecks rust slowly into the sand, and desert lions hunt seals on the beach. The Skeleton Coast is a fly-in destination — remote, dramatic, and unlike anywhere else in Africa. For the traveler who wants to go as far as it is possible to go.
Damaraland
Rocky outcrops, fossil riverbeds, and ancient plains. Damaraland is home to some of the last free-roaming desert black rhino on the planet, tracked on foot across landscapes that feel genuinely prehistoric. The Twyfelfontein rock engravings — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — a cultural depth that sets this region apart.
ZIMBABWE
Underrated, unhurried, and quietly extraordinary.
Zimbabwe is one of Africa's most underrated Safari destinations — and those who have been tend to become fierce advocates. The people are warm, the guides are among the finest on the continent, and the two headline destinations could not be more different from each other.
Hwange National Park
Land of the giants. Zimbabwe’s flagship wilderness, with some of the largest elephant herds on the planet. The landscape shifts from Kalahari sands to teak woodlands, creating a dramatic backdrop for witnessing lions, leopards, and rare African wild dogs congregate around vital watering holes.
Victoria Falls
Mosi-oa-Tunya — the smoke that thunders. Zimbabwe's side of the Falls is quieter and more atmospheric than its Zambian counterpart, and the town offers everything from white-water rafting to sunset cruises on the Zambezi.
UGANDA & RWANDA
Chimpanzees & Mountain Gorillas, amongst other hidden Safari gems
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Kibale for chimpanzees, Queen Elizabeth for tree-climbing lions. Uganda pairs beautifully with a Tanzania or Kenya Safari for a trip that covers everything.
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Rawer and more demanding than Rwanda — steeper terrain, denser forest, and over half the world's remaining mountain gorillas. For the traveller who wants to go deeper.
Volcanoes National Park
Spending an hour with a family of mountain gorillas in Rwanda's misty highlands is one of those encounters that genuinely changes you.
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Tree-climbing lions, boat Safaris on the Kazinga Channel, and the rich biodiversity of a park sitting at the crossroads of several ecosystems. The perfect Safari complement to Uganda's primate trekking.
Kibale National Park
Some of the best chimpanzee trekking on earth. Over 1,500 chimps, ancient rainforest, and an encounter that is loud, chaotic and completely thrilling.
Where will your Journey to Africa take you?
We’ve been doing this for over 25 years and we love showing the people and places we know and cherish. Tell us what moves you and we will create a Life Changing Safari that you will carry with you forever. The majority of our guests keep coming back to keep exploring Africa, we think you’ll want to too.