Guided Big Five African Safari and Adventure Travel Tours throughout Southern Africa
Kruger
National Park - Cape Town - Okavango Delta - Victoria Falls -
Kalahari - Chobe - Moremi -Hluhluwe-iMfolozi - Mkuze
SOUTH AFRICA.. NAMIBIA.. ZAMBIA.. BOTSWANA
Custom
Tailored Small Group Photo Safari and Big Five African Lion Safari Tours
Just some of the African Safari tour options available...
Please have a look at the suggested African safaris I've planned below. There are so many variations to each trip, and I will gladly help you plan an African safari just for your needs. Just remember that these are just suggestions....use them to get some ideas, then let's discuss your safari.
Let's create the perfect African safari for your needs and desires. All it takes is a little discussion which can be accomplished in a couple of emails. The prices of my African safaris, in most cases, are calculated for a group of four people. If you are just one person, I can give you a price (I've had many solo travelers, male and female). If you are a couple and want a private safari, I can easily recalculate the costs, and you'll be surprised at how reasonable itwill be.Most often I do not include food in my prices, but I can, should you want this. I always provision before a tour begins (having consulted with you about special tastes), Special needs are easily accommodated. I have some great recipes for you veggies. If you are a handicapped traveler, just let me know your special needs and I'm sure that I can accommodate you.
Any adventure travel combination is possible..it just takes some good planning to work out the logistics, and I am great at this. If you have a question about some other destination you know about, again, please contact me to ask. Let's plan it! Please note that a 10 day safari is 10 days and 9 nights, and so on.
1. South African Safari Kruger National Park, Mkuze Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi 10 Days $3595.00 pp/dbl occ. 4 people
A super African photo safari. Kruger National Park for six days of South African safari and six nights of sitting around the fire talking about the day we had and looking at the beautiful sky. Then we drive south into Kwa-Zulu Natal for one night in Mkuze Reserve, and two nights in Hluhluwe-Umfolozi, another Big Five safari reserve. Fantastic photo opportunities, but there is so much more than the "Big Five" to see. Includes all costs and fees except airfare and food (food is very inexpensive and very good). This price is per person calculated for four people, double occupancy. Accommodation will be en suite bungalows, rondavels or chalets, and possibly a luxury platform safari tent.
Add ons: The rate quoted for this tour, and the tours listed below, reflect the new daily "Conservation Fee" imposed by the South African Parks Board and the new fee imposed by the Natal Parks board, as well as the increased accommodation fees just released by the tourist and parks boards. This was a considerable fee, but visiting a reserve in South Africa is still far less per day than Botswana and Namibia. This tour, as with all my tours, can easily be customized for any desire you might have, and the prices will never go through the roof. I can include the cost of food if you desire. In the same KZN region, there is great diving in Sodwana Bay, great birding in Ndumo and Tembe Elephant Reserve, great views in Ithala Reserve. Farther south, we can explore the Drakensberg Mountains and 3000 year old bushman rock art.
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2. Kruger National Park: Top to Bottom: 6 days of Wonderful Photo and Wildlife Safari $1995.00
I think Kruger National Park is the most fantastic game reserve that I have ever visited; no other place in the world offers so much. Kruger is one of the largest parks in the world at 20,000 sq. kms., and, certainly, the largest park where you can visit every region.
$1995.00 for 5 nights and 6 days. If that's not enough time (and it's the absolute minimum!): 6 nights and 7 days for $2250.00 per person or 7 nights and 8 days for $2495.00 per person. I can do any length of safari you desire at an approximate cost of $250 per day per person in a group of 4. If you're only one or two people, pop me an email and you and I will work out a good trip.
The itinerary can always be adjusted when you and I plan the tour, but it will be something like the following. We'll stay two nights in Satara Rest Camp and tour the surrounding regions during the day. Next, we'll tour our way north and stay at Mopani Camp. As for game drives, everyplace we go in Kruger is a game drive. After a great night in a Mopani luxury chalet. We head south for Olifants Camp. Along the way there will be great game viewing. Olifants is a beautiful camp 120 meters over the Olifants River. Next, we drive the back roads down to Lower Sabie where we'll spend the night. From Lower Sabie, we can easily take game drives to all the southern regions.This tour can easily be customized for any desire you might have. This price is for a small group of four, per person, double occupancy and it doesn't include airfare nor food. The preparation of food is part of the true safari experience. But there is no real roughing it, as the bungalows and rondavels and chalets (even the tents) have their own bathrooms. They are heated and they have air conditioning. Many have nice kitchens available. Please note that I will run safaris for any number of people. I often have safaris planned which has room for one, two, or three people, and I can fit you in at the larger group price. If you have six, seven or seventeen people, I can accommodate your needs with other guides and vehicles.
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3. THE EXTREME 4X4 CAMPING ADVENTURE: 13 Days from Maun Botswana to Victoria Falls...$4695.00 pp food/fees, three people min.
There can be no greater African safari experience...well, I can make it a bit more adventurous if you want. But this is 14 days of wild camping. We leave Maun and head to Moremi Game Reserve in the Okavango Delta for four days, then we continue into the fabulous Chobe National Park for 7 more days until we reach Victoria Falls.
This adventure safari has to be done in the dry season: May to October is best. We will most likely drive a Land Rover Defender 110 or a Toyota Land Cruiser, equipped with roof-top camping, perhaps. I provide all land fees including park fees and food cost. You buy your own booze or I will probably have no money left for diesel. Believe me, there is nothing like a gin and tonic sundowner at the end of a difficult day in the bush. Please note: Limes are a difficult item to find. I bring some, but they only last for a few days. Roughing it in Africa is more than a gin and tonic with a bottled lime juice instead of fresh.
This is no pussycat trip; this is hardcore Africa... everyone is expected to pitch in and help, even if it means dragging the 4x4 out of the mud. Don't worry, we'll make it with the broadest smiles you've ever had. If we have to cross some water, I might throw you out to walk it first...we wouldn't want the vehicle to get stuck, would we?
The cost is $4695 per person, and there is a minimum of three people. I do not include flights to Maun or from Victoria Falls, but they are not that much.
How about this? Why not come with me from Johannesburg to Maun then on to Victoria Falls? And how about this? Do the return trip..Victoria Falls back to Johannesburg. I can come up with a great itinerary...maybe stop in at Nxai Pans and see the Seven Sister Baobad Trees..maybe stop in at Nata and see some birds...or even the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. The journey will take from 16 to 25 days, and the cost won't be that much more. Do you have more people who want to take this journey? I'll figure the cost..let's do it.
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Lebombo Eco-Trail 4X4 Wilderness Camping Trail in Kruger National Park
4. Another EXTREME 4X4 CAMPING ADVENTURE(but less extreme!): 8 Days Kruger National Park Lebombo Eco-Trail ...$3695.00 pp food/fees, three people min. for this price.This is a super adventure! Leave Crocodile Bridge in the very south of Kruger National Park and go for five days, ending up at the very northern border of Kruger. The Lebombo Eco-Trail was voted the best 4x4 wilderness trail experience in Southern Africa. We go where no other visitors can go up the back routes next to the eastern border of the park. We camp in the bush...there are no fences, just a park ranger along with us. I provide the food, camping equipment (bring your own bag) and vehicle.
There are only five vehicles allowed per trip and reservations must be made well in advance. Only four people are allowed per vehicle, and no children under 12 years. If you have more than three people, we can have two vehicles.
If you fly into Kruger Mpumalanga Airport, I'll pick you up and in 30 minutes we begin our first game drive in Kruger National Park. This tour includes the first night (Saturday) in Crocodile Bridge Camp; the four nights on the Lebombo-Eco Trail; A night at Mopani, and a night at Skukuza. The nights in the camps will not be camping, but with a permanent tented camp at Crocodile Bridge, and Chalets or Rondavels at Mopani and Skukuza. Why not stay a day or two longer? How about this? Instead of returning you to the airport, why don't we drive south into Kwa-Zulu Natal and visit Ithala or Mkuze and Hluhluwe-Umfolozi? Or we could return to Johannesburg and then fly on to the Kalahari for a couple of days in the Kgalagadi Region. Had enough of an African safari? Well, there is always Cape Town or Victoria Falls...or diving in Sodwana Bay.
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Zebra, Mkuze - Gemsbok, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park - Chalet Ithala
5. Kwa-Zulu Natal: Spectacular Cultural, Wildlife and Photo Safari. Kamberg Bushman Rock Art Center in the Drakensberg Mountains, Hluhluwe-Umfolozi and Tembe Elephant Reserve. 10 Days $3595.00 pp/dbl. group of 4.
From Durban we drive up into the beautiful Drakensberg Mountains and go to the Kamberg Park. There is great adventure travel and great hiking in this and several other nearby Parks. A hike up the mountain will take you to ancient rock art drawn by the San People (bushman). After two nights, we head north to Hluhluwe-Umfolozi for three nights and see spectacular landscape, The Big Five, and many other species of African wildlife. Short drive to Mkuze Game Reserve for two nights in a semi-luxury en suite tent, and the unfenced camp assures creatures around your tent all night (no lion). Into Mputaland and to Ndumo Reserve for great birding, then on to Tembe Elephant for one night.
This African Safari tour can easily be customized for any desire you might have. How about some great diving in Sodwana Bay? The cost of this tour is per person for a group of four and is based on double occupancy. No airfare is included. All other fees are included. At Tembe, all food is provided, otherwise we dine in the great restaurant at Hluhluwe or fix our own meals. Dining is always a communal activity with everyone joining in as we enjoy our post-sundowner. I provision with great food, and we usually cook over a fire along with stoves.
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Kamberg Rock Art - Hilltop Camp chalet view, Hluhluwe Reserve - Kamberg Rock Art
6. Kruger National Park, Hoedspruit Cheetah Center, Kalahari Gemsbok Park (Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park). $3795.00
Five nights in Kruger for a great South African safari, then a visit to the Hoedspruit Cheetah Research Center on the way to the airport. We overnight in Johannesburg and catch a morning flight to the Kalahari above Upington, then the African lion safari adventure travel continues with an Africa safari for four nights in the Kgalagada Transfrontier Park
This includes most all expenses except food and airfare, but it does not include small entry fees to the various sites in Cape Town since those will be by your choice; they are all inexpensive. All prices are per person with double occupancy and for a small group of four. If you are only two or three people, let me figure a price.
This tour, as with all my tours, can easily be customized for any desire you might have. You may opt for a longer visit to Kruger. Or Cape Town to head out toward Hermanus for the penguins and whales, then on to Cape Agulhas, the southern tip of Africa. Perhaps a 4x4 Kalahari camping adventure travel.
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Skukuza Camp, Rondavel - Wild Dog - Olifants Camp Riverwiew
7. Cape Town to Etosha Reserve in Namibia. Penguins, Whales, and Whites (Great White Sharks), then some Elephants: Cape Town, Hermanus, Stellenbosch, and Etosha Reserve, Namibia: 11 days. $4595.00
Three nights Cape Town (Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Table Mountain, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Robben Island, Cape of Good Hope, Malay Quarter, flea markets), then a coastal drive to Hermanus and Cape Agulhas (whales from July to November) for two nights total (perhaps a stop in Swellendam for Bontebok National Park). Then back to Stellenbosch, the "vintage" wine region town, for the night; next, a flight north to Windhoek and a drive to Etosha Game Reserve for four nights Africa safari.
All prices are per person with double occupancy and for a group of four people. Sorry, but the cost of visiting Namibia is much more than South Africa. This tour can easily be customized for any desire you might have. Includes most all expenses except food and airfare, but it does not include small entry fees to the various sites in Cape Town that you may like to visit.
Many options in Cape Town. In Hermanus and Walker's Bay you have the option of skin-diving with the Great White Sharks (you're caged, they're not). Also, boating among the whales and seals off the coast. In Stellenbosch you can visit some of the oldest and best vineyards in Africa. In Namibia you can visit the Kalahari and Namib Deserts and even a visit to the Sossusvlei Dunes. Or, perhaps a beautiful drive from Cape Town to Etosha with a visit to Fish River Canyon. Any adventure travel is possible.
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Tembe Camp Pool - Springbok in the Kalahari - Tembe Luxury Tent
8. Wild-Civilized-Wild. Kruger National Park to Cape Town to Etosha Reserve, Namibia: 10 days $4495.00Four nights in Kruger National Park, then fly to Cape Town for two nights in the Cape region, then fly north to Windhoek, Namibia and drive on to Etosha Game Reserve for three nights. Return to Johannesburg for your flight home. This is a fantastic adventure travel and Africa Safari opportunity.
This tour can easily be customized for any desire you might have. This is a per person price for four and is based on double occupancy. It includes most everything except airfare and most food.
Options: Adventure travel and a South African safari in the Kalahari instead of Etosha and save. Varied Cape Region activities including the wine region and whale watching. 4X4 into the Kalahari
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Punda Maria Camp, Kruger - Tsessebe at Ithala - Baobab Tree, Kruger
9. Super Photo Safari in Kruger National Park, Victoria Falls, Zambia, and Chobe National Park: 12 days $4695.00 pp for two peopleFive nights in Kruger National Park, then fly back to Johannesburg. On to Victoria Falls the next morning for two nights; drive into Botswana for three nights in Chobe National Park camping on the river. Then the return flight to Johannesburg and your flight home. This tour is more expensive due to the very increased cost of traveling in Zambia and Botswana. This price is based on double occupancy and it does not include airfare. It includes most cost except for optional activities you may chose in Victoria Falls. If you don't wish to camp, there are some super hotels and lodges both inside Chobe and in Kasane.
Options: an extended stay at Victoria Falls and numerous other activities; Fly to the Kalahari for three nights instead of visiting Victoria Falls and Botswana and save, or fly on to Cape Town. This tour, as with all of my tours, can easily be customized for any desire and pocketbook you might have. Please write or call me and we can discull all the pros and cons of traveling outside of South Africa. There are many great reserves in Zambia. Let's explore.
10. CAMPING! Kruger Park 7 days $1295.00Kruger top to bottom or anyplace you decide to go. If there is a campground we can stay there, and most restcamps have a campground. A perfect opportunity to have a fantastic photo and wildlife safari and to do it for a little less. You will need to bring your sleeping bag. I have tents, tables and chairs, and other gear for cooking. Most backpackers or campers have to join a large tour group which never gives nearly the same opportunities. This price is for a group of four people, but any number can be accommodated. Food is not included. Come on, let's do it.
This tour can easily be customized for any desire you might have. For a little more money, we can get a Land Rover with tents beds for 4 people on the roof, or a camping van.
Options: A visit to the Kalahari or down to Kwa-Zulu Natal. In fact, almost all of the tours listed above can make use of camping facilities, at least for some of the tour.