Each of these says who it is for and, more usefully, who it is not. Pick the way you want to travel, then use the comparator and the month matrix to choose where.
- 01On foot
Walking safaris
A vehicle shows you animals. Walking shows you the place: tracks, dung, birds, wind direction, and the particular attention you pay when there is no engine between you and a buffalo.
- 02For the lens
Photographic safaris
A photographic safari is not a normal safari with a bigger camera. It is a trip designed around light, angle, and the freedom to wait.
- 03With children
Family safaris
Two questions decide a family safari: the camp’s minimum age, and whether you want to avoid malaria prophylaxis. Answer those and the map narrows fast.
- 04For two
Honeymoon safaris
The honeymoon safari that works is two halves: a few nights somewhere wild and private, then a few somewhere warm with nothing scheduled.
- 05In the forest
Gorilla and primate trekking
Not a game drive. A walk into montane forest to sit near a family of mountain gorillas for one permitted hour. Most people call it the most affecting wildlife encounter of their lives.
- 06Wild, then warm
Bush and beach
The most popular way to structure a first African trip, and the easiest to get wrong by choosing a beach that is a whole day’s travel from the bush.
- 07Yours alone
Private and tailor-made
‘Private’ means three different things on safari, at three different prices. Most people need one of them, not all three.
- 08At the wheel
Self-drive and overland
In two of our eight countries, driving yourself is not a budget compromise. It is genuinely one of the best ways to see the place.
- 09Following the herds
The Great Migration
One and a half million wildebeest on a year-long loop. Where you should be depends entirely on when you can go, and no one can promise you a river crossing on a date.
Tell us how you like to travel.
Pace, privacy, who is coming, what you want to remember. We will tell you which of these fits and where to do it.