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Africa is a vibrant continent. It holds some of the world’s greatest wilderness areas, richest cultures and most aweinspiring wildlife. It teems with life from the tops of the mountains to the depths of the oceans.

East Africa

East Africa is the home of the wildlife documentary and has many of the most famous parks. In Tanzania, the Serengeti is renowned for the wildebeest migration whilst the Ngorongoro Crater has dense populations of lion in a spectacular setting. In southern and western Tanzania are lesser-known gems such as the riverine ecosystem of the Selous and the rainforests of the Mahale Mountains where chimpanzees thrive. Kenya has a reputation for being busy, but if you know where to go nothing could be further from the truth. There are tiny camps tucked away under elephant pepper trees in the Mara and lodges perched atop kopjes in the Chyulu Hills. Finally, Uganda and Rwanda offer unique opportunities for tracking gorillas and chimpanzees.

West Africa

Whilst Gabon does have good game, the forest is dense and the animals shy. Game viewing is more of a challenge and therefore for experienced Africa travellers who are seeking something different. Forest elephant and buffalo can be seen on the beach, hippo footprints are found leading to the surf and red river hogs are comical. The spectacular beauty of Langoue Baie is worth the long journey and if you’re lucky you might catch a glimpse of a lowland gorilla.

Southern Africa

Southern Africa has vastly contrasting environments, from the hot sands of the Namib Desert to the tropical waters of Lake Malawi. Zambia is wild and the place for walking safaris and night drives, while Malawi has rolling highlands ideal for horse safaris and the glittering lake packed with endemic fish. Botswana is perhaps the ultimate safari destination, with fly-in safaris to Africa’s most exclusive lodges and camps. The Okavango Delta offers boating and mokoro trips whilst the Linyanti Swamps are a magnet for elephant. Finally, Namibia is ideal for photographers with expanses of dramatic desert scenery. It is home to Africa’s largest cheetah population and also pockets of desert-adapted elephant and black rhino.

Indian Ocean Islands

All of our safaris can be combined with a stay on an Indian Ocean Island, or you might like to arrange a couple of weeks on a beach without a safari. There are a myriad of beautiful quiet islands off the African Coast. Some, like Zanzibar or Lamu, are well known. Others such as the Mafia Islands, Quirimba Archipelago, Bazaruto Archipelago and Funzi Keys are lesser known but offer small barefoot-luxury lodges. Then, there are 116 islands in the Seychelles to choose from…

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