If you’re looking to tick Africa off your 2015 bucket list and your purse/wallet strings are on a tight leash, there’s no need to worry as our camping and accommodated tours have been designed with the budget traveller in mind. That means LOTS of Africa for less so check out our list of must do safaris. You can also tell us your favourite destination on Facebook our collection covering ten amazing African countries.
There’s no peak season in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and leopard sightings here are said to be the stuff of legend. This elusive big cat is regularly spotted in the southern reaches of the Kalahari along with the cheetah and the black maned Kalahari Lion. Meeting the meerkats, seeing raptors soar across the skies and watching giraffes run down a red sand dune more than make up for a safari without the Big Five. Book a seat on our new 5-day Transfrontier Kgalagadi Accommodated Safari.
Are you celebrating a milestone birthday this year? Upgrade to one of our accommodated overland expeditions and truck your way around Tanzania on our new 6-day Tanzanian Game Parks tour. Nothing beats a magical hot air balloon flight over the Serengeti, the optional excursion setting off at dawn and ending with a champagne breakfast. The itinerary also includes games drives in the Ngorongoro Crater and an optional visit to the Olduvai Gorge – the archeological site featured in the Lion King. If you’re already humming the Circle of Life theme tune this is the tour for you. Book before 31 January and save 10%! Can’t wait to touch down in Kenya? The country also features in our list of new East Africa accommodated overland expeditions.
It’s true, Africa is one big melting pot of travel envy, and we’re talking Instagram overload! Kenya and Uganda is Africa’s ultimate wildlife mix, adventurers meeting up with the Silverback and his band and the Big Five. Head off with Getting Stamped on 02 May, the travel bloggers booked on our 18-day Mountain Gorillas To The Mara, the special departure combining amazing animal encounters with informal daily lessons behind the lens. The photography focused tour includes gorilla trekking in Uganda, and game drives in the Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru National Park. You can also join the bloogers on alternative tours including our 6-day Troop To The Gorillas – scroll down to the end of our recent blog post to see the full list of options.
It’s always rhino O’Clock in Zimbabwe’s Matobo National Park and nothing beats tracking these horned beasts on foot. Seeing rhinos close up along with giraffe and zebra should definitely be on your bucketlist, this rock hewn site complete with a huge number of ancient rock paintings. Go wild on our 7-day Rediscover Zimbabwe . Zambia’s Livingstone is another spectacular rhino destination – watch a recap of our recent #SaveInongwe anti-poaching campaign and come face to horn with these majestic mammals!
Once you’ve travelled to Africa we’re pretty sure the continent’s sunrises will make it to number one on your list. Namibia currently claims our top spot, our dawn sunrise walk taking place in the Namib Naukluft National Park. This photo needs no explanation aside from WOW!
There nothing like the sensory experience of a walking safari so why not put your best foot forward on our 14-day Cape to Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. South Africa is home to some truly off the beaten track treasures, the country’s Western Cape and Northern Cape provinces sure to bring out the explorer in you. Hike across the stark white dunes and rocks found at Lamberts Bay, the sleepy seaside town Cape Gannet territory; head off on a coastal walking safari, the loveable meerkats often encountered in the Namaqua National Park; get active in the Richtersveld Reserve, the location home to a staggering collection of indigenous plants and prepare to be speechless at the Augrabies Falls National Park, the falls cascading down over the rocks from 60 metres above.
