African Safaris and African Safari Tours
from Budget Safaris to Luxury African Safari Vacations!
What's New
Air Botswana now does Flight Reservations online!
Air Botswana has launced online ticketing facilities on it's website, enabling passengers worldwide to book and buy seats on it's flights!
Current News
White Lion Cubs at Kings Camp!
Kings Camp in South Africa is bound to attract flocks of visitors this year with the birth or another set of white lion cubs.
The Timbavati Game Reserve is the only place in Africa where white lions have occurred naturally.
Yellow Fever Update!
YELLOW FEVER VACCINATIONS NOW REQUIRED FOR PASSENGERS TRAVELLING TO AND FROM ZAMBIA! (Including Livingstone!)
The South African Department of Health has subsequently issued a statement that all travellers from South Africa to Zambia and travellers from Zambia to South Africa will now require proof of yellow fever vaccination.
Previously, this was not required. All in-transit passengers between the two destinations, irrespective of the time period in transit, will also require proof of yellow fever vaccination.
Explore Gorongosa!
Winner at the 2011 Safari Awards for the Best New Safari Camp in Africa and the Best Ecological Property in Africa!
Explore Gorongosa is the first private tented camp in Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. It is a truly, authentic bush camp with excellent guides waiting to take you on explorations of the wonderful park that is Gorongosa.
Their luxurious yet authentic safari experience, Explore Gorongosa, is the first (and currently only) private safari activity to be offered within Mozambique’s resurgent Gorongosa National Park.
Explore Gorongosa provides guests with first-hand insights into the innovative restoration project underway within the Park. Through walking and vehicle-based safaris, guests are introduced to this amazing yet fragile ecosystem. Their highly experienced regional guides introduce guests to their magical wonder-safari, as they lead them through the ever-changing eco-zones, incredible birding and abundant game viewing opportunities of Gorongosa.
Ride Kenya - Horseback Safaris
With traversing rights to over 1.4 million acres, including Amboseli and Chyulu Hills National Parks, Ride Kenya boasts access to one of the largest expanses of Africa. Extending through an awe-inspiring range of ecosystems – east to the dry lakebeds of Amboseli and west to the majestic Chyulu Hills - Ride Kenya rides through quintessential East African safari landscapes.
Throughout the safaris, Mt. Kilimanjaro stands watch over our explorations. The rides meander among 38 species of large mammals, including the “Big Five”. Ride Kenya is an unforgettable experience, unrivaled throughout Africa.
Lukula - The Selous Project...
Lukula Selous is a pristine private photographic reserve of 300,000 acres deep in the southern reaches of the Selous Game Reserve, the largest game reserve in Africa.
The project is a brave new conservation initiative; pioneered by a young conservationist, Ryan Wienand who has set out to maintain, and expand this unspoilt landscape, through low impact sustainable tourism.
Lukula does not operate any fixed itinerary but pick up on the rhythm of the wilderness around them, all the time looking to explore and expand their knowledge and understanding of this unique area.
Lukula Selous is an experience not a destination. It is a unique work of art, never the same twice, and never predetermined. There is no detailed itinerary - or at least none that we know of - it is about impromptu experience. It is designed to change a life. But what is consistent are the core pillars of their approach: Commitment, Philosophy and Practice.
Time spent at Lukula is your gift to yourself – there are so few places left on earth with this sort of spirit and opportunity. Further still, your visit is a significant contributor to the local economy surrounding the Selous Game Reserve. The operation generates employment and revenues in an area where both are at a premium. Lukula Selous is also crucial in demonstrating the viability of photographic tourism & conservation as a land use priority for the Government and people of Tanzania. Your visit has far-reaching positive impacts.
The final word on Responsible Tourism...
One of the very first things one will notice when browsing our website, is the fact that we have NOT included a comprehensive list of all the safari camps to be found in the respective African safari destinations... With very good reason...
We selected only those safari camps and lodges that (to our knowledge) contribute directly to community upliftment and which apply good principles of sustainable eco-tourism. {Rural populations, across socio - economic lines, must be incorporated into the flow of benefits (both financial and otherwise) accruing from the tourism and wildlife industry}.
Generally speaking, when there are benefits derived from the wildlife tourism industry, there are a lot of "leakages". This is a polite way of saying that there are only a handful of individuals who benefit, and it's usually the most influential members of a community. Meanwhile, the most rural populations and those who feel the impact of wildlife tourism most acutely are left with very little, or nothing at all. The result of course, is that wildlife plundering continues, while the a few influential benefit.
Therefore, households need to become fully entrenched in the tourism supply chain and resultant income streams such that financial benefits are shared and flow directly and consistently to rural households. It's only then that rural populations can rely on wildlife and tourism income as a livelihood strategy.
At that point, it becomes an asset. And when something is an asset, then it is worthwhile to protect and conserve its survival. The challenge then is to create a model whereby the communities that border National Parks, Game Reserves and Conservancies see wildlife and tourism as assets. That is the only way the future of Africa's wildlife is ensured...
| Mara Plains Camp - Olare Orok Conservancy (Kenya) - a leading example... |
The Masai Mara Game Reserve is arguably the greatest wildlife destination on the planet. It is home to the highest lion densities on the continent and the locale of the famed wildebeest and zebra migration. As an extension of the Serengeti ecosystem (of Tanzania), it captures the essence of safari.
Its matrix of acacia-dotted savannahs, rocky rivers, high escarpments and woodland host a staggering density of herbivores, reputed to be in the region of 230 individuals per square kilometre. With that density comes an equally prolific number of predators. The Masai Mara is iconic, and is also under considerable pressure.
Some of the most valuable land on Earth lies within proclaimed
national parks and game reserves, and the Masai Mara is no exception.
Yet, many of the world's poorest communities live on the boundaries of
these same parks and reserves. For conservation to be sustainable, this
anomaly needs to change. The land that surrounds game reserves, if zoned
and developed carefully and sensitively, could become some of the most
valuable land left on Earth if converted to wildlife. One of the
conservation movement's biggest opportunities is to capitalize on this
and to expand the amount of land under formal conservation protection
while simultaneously uplifting the lives of impoverished rural
communities.
Olare Orok’s 30,000 acres of prime rolling grasslands and riverine
forest were filled with rural homesteads and large herds of cattle and
goats. The ecosystem was being overgrazed, risking the sustenance of
both wildlife and cattle, and to the detriment of both. Sustainability
was at risk for both the people and the wildlife.
After lengthy consultation with the Masai, it was agreed that a new
community conservation vision was needed – one which addresses
sustainability. Together, all stakeholders developed the Olare Orok
Conservancy, a win-win for both the Masai landowners and the wildlife of
the Masai Mara ecosystem. A lease agreement was developed to address the
fickleness of the tourism industry, the culture of the Masai and the
impacts of agriculture and wildlife.
It was agreed that the Masai landowners would receive a steady monthly income throughout the year, regardless of how few guests have visited the area in exchange for halting grazing on the conservancy. This guaranteed income minimizes the economic risk incurred by the Masai, while also supplementing the income lost from agriculture. It is paid by the camps within the Conservancy.
Today, the homesteads, cattle and goats have moved, and herd sizes have been reduced accordingly. The Conservancy has once again become a haven for big cats, a route of migration and now offers some of East Africa's finest year-round game viewing. Visitors to the Olare Orok Conservancy need not experience the crowds for which the Masai Mara has become known. There is a strict minimum of at least 700 acres per guests tent, and camps are prohibited from using mini-buses. Furthermore, nature walks and night game drives - activities that are not possible in the Masai Mara Reserve - are possible at Mara Plains Camp, and in the Olare Orok Conservancy.
Mara Plains commits US$150,000 per annum directly to the neighboring Masai communities to maintain and support the Conservancy and its wildlife – the highest paid by any camp in the region. This is conservation in action, a commitment to striving to ensure the livelihoods of both people and wildlife.
Your safari booking thus supports and contributes directly to the
community upliftment in the areas where the camps and lodges we
represent are located!
| The Glorious Return of the Classic Safari Camp! |
Adventure Safaris is proud to promote what is probably the only classic mobile tented camp operation to capture the Serengeti Migration!
* The main reason for going on safari is for an amazing wildlife experience. We put your clients in the heart of the Migration no matter what time of the year. You sleep with the Migration all around you!
* Experience Safaris as they used to be set up
for royalty and the privileged few like Denys Finch-Hatton, Lord Dalamere
and Berkely-Cole.
* We do not offer wifi or flat screen TV or posh toiletries, preferring instead to concentrate on giving you the roar of a lion, the smell of canvas and rustle of the African bush.
* Enjoy large (9m x 3.6m x 2.55m), comfortable, beautifully-furnished walk-in tents, with en suite shower, toilet and a veranda.
* A camp set up exclusively for you in an area right where the migration will be on that day.
* Most other operators are offering seasonal camps on a shared basis with 10-20 strangers in the camp which is more like a lodge experience than an exclusive camp.
* From a cost point of view our mobile camp on an exclusive basis is also cheaper and better value for money than the shared experience of the seasonal camps.
* Most of the serious professional guides (including Paul Oliver, Mark Thornton, Jo Anderson, Marc Baker and the Peterson brothers) will always choose to work with our camp as their first choice.
* The food is prepared by a private chef and you can eat and enjoy game experiences at times suitable to you. No waiting in line for breakfast or delaying your game drive while you wait for the stragglers and strangers in the neighbouring tent to join you.
* Our arrangements come with all meals and a free bar. You can eat inside the mess tent or outside , with “surprise “ bush breakfasts and lunches set up for you to enjoy during your game drive. At night you can dine out under the stars.
* Romance and adventure also come free....
| Our African adventure safaris reflect every travelers time frame, style and budget! |
Whether you are keen on doing a luxury fly-in safari, a top of the range mobile tented camping safari, a canoe safari, budget safari or a rail safari from a bygone era, within this website you will find all the information needed to plan your African dream safari!
Just click on the navigation menu, and start exploring all the African safari camps and safari lodges we represent and use in our African Safaris and Safari Tours.... We will assist you selecting a safari, preferred accommodation and travel routes which best suit your requirements, and even give you an idea of what sights you will see!
Come with us on safari, and experience Africa in all its splendor, sharing the beauty of this beautiful continent. Once Africa has you in her embrace, you will not escape, and many return visits to this beautiful land are to follow!
Why just dream of an African Safari? Go do it!
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