Tanzania offers incredible game viewing in the famous Serengeti National Park, the setting of the spectacular Great Migration, the dramatic and ancient Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire with huge baobab and elephant and Manyara with its huge flamingo encircled lake.
Then there is the wild and little visited Katavi and Mahale National Parks in the West. These remote parks are truly off the beaten track and feel very different to the busy and far more accessible Northern Parks.
As if that wasn’t enough, Tanzania is also home to the Selous Game Reserve, recently re-named Nyerere National Park, it is the largest protected game reserve on the continent. The Selous river lazily meanders in huge loops through the landscape in great reflective ribbons bringing life sustaining water to myriad birds and beasts, this spectacular landscape is even more magical from the air.
Away from the National Parks and safari are the exotic, paradise islands of Zanzibar, Mafia and Pemba, idyllic white sandy beaches encircle these verdant isles that are bursting with papaya, melon and banana trees. The diving, snorkelling and deep-sea fishing are world class, the sea food is exquisite from the smartest lodges to the vibrant Stone Town street-food markets.
Add a challenging dimension to your Tanzania and tackle a Kilimanjaro climb. The majestic peak is free standing and is the tallest peak on the continent. If mountaineering is a challenge too far, enjoy a riding safari, walking safari, hot air balloon excursion, or a cultural village visit.
Tanzania is vast and diverse, raw and colourful, vibrant, tranquil and exciting all at once, a lifetime of holidays couldn’t exhaust its riches.
From the verdant sparkling waterways of the Okavango Delta to the arid expanse of the great Kalahari, Botswana is a land of great contrast. This precious, peaceful country offers a plethora of luxury accommodation as well as exhilarating mobile camping and tranquil house boat accommodation.
Safaris in Zambia are popular for the abundance of wildlife, exceptionally high standards of guiding and the opportunity to visit Livingstone and the Victoria Falls as well as a world class walking safaris and less crowded national parks.
Zimbabwe has emerged from a period of unrest to once again welcome visitors and re-take its place as one of the world’s leading safari destinations. Zimbabwe has a long history of safari and offers some wonderfully situated luxury and mid-range camps and lodges in its huge national parks.
The original birthplace of the safari, Kenya is stunningly beautiful and offers incredible game viewing as well as picturesque white sandy beaches lapped by azure waters. The infrastructure is reliable and the people are friendly and welcoming, the range of accommodation is broad, from remote, intimate, rustic camps to luxurious hotels with exquisite décor.
Breathtakingly beautiful, Uganda stands out from its drier neighbours Kenya and Tanzania for its incredibly fertile crater lake landscape. In contrast to nearby savannah landscapes the lakes provide plentiful life-sustaining water to the flora and fauna and are topped up by two good rainy seasons each year.
Rwanda is a gem of a country in central Africa, entirely land locked, it sits in the Great Rift Valley and is known as ‘the land of a thousand hills’. These rolling verdant hills are blanketed in part by one of Africa’s oldest remaining forests, Nyungwe, which is renowned for its remarkable array of orchids and huge troops of striking black and white Colobus monkey.
Famous for never-ending, pristine dunes, the white salt pans of Etosha, the ship wrecks along the Skeleton Coast, the dramatic Fish River Canyon and the gentle Himba people. Namibia is vast and sparsely populated giving you the space to be at one with nature and the spectacular landscapes.
Egypt has seduced travellers for millennia, situated in the North East corner of the continent it is intersected by the great Nile River which was once the most important trade route between the Mediterranean and East Africa. The ancient passage of people and produce introduced a wealth of religions, culture and cuisine that we find in Egypt today.
South Africa has wild, remote deserts, fertile valleys, world-class vineyards, vibrant modern cities, and exceptional game parks. The Kruger and Sabi Sand are the jewel in South Africa’s safari crown and offer some of the best game viewing in Africa while there are a host of other smaller parks and reserves in the Northern Provinces and Eastern Cape to explore.