Use these as starting points. Everything is fully customisable — we adjust pacing, lodges, season, and side trips to match how you actually want to travel.
Volcanoes National Park to the Maasai Mara — from 4 days
From $3,200 / person
Northern Tanzania to Zanzibar — from 4 days
From $2,450 / person
A primate and culture circuit from Kigali — from 3 days
From $2,400 / person
Bwindi gorillas, the Nile, and Kibale's chimpanzees — from 4 days
From $2,650 / person
Swahili history, dhow days, and barefoot luxury — 7 days
From $4,250 / person
Ruaha, Selous, and walking safaris far from the crowds — 9 days
From $6,850 / person
We don't sell every country in Africa. We build journeys across four — the ones we live in, drive through, eat in, and know by their seasons.
Our home. The most-walkable cities in Africa, gorillas in the volcanoes, rainforest in the south, and a quiet inland sea in the west.
The original safari. Mara conservancies, the Laikipia plateau, the coast at Lamu and Diani — and the only city in the world with a national park inside it.
Big-sky country. The Serengeti, the Ngorongoro Crater, the Selous, and Zanzibar's spice coast as a soft landing at the end.
The pearl of Africa. Bwindi gorillas, the Nile at its source, Kibale's chimpanzees, and the high Rwenzoris for those who want them.
A short list of the regions and parks we visit most often. Click through to ask about building a custom journey around any of them.
Mountain gorillas in the mist
Five volcanoes rise from a green forest where the world's last wild mountain gorillas live. Trek in for an hour with a habituated family, hike to Dian Fossey's grave, or track golden monkeys in the bamboo zone.
Best: Jun – Sep · Dec – Feb
Africa's quiet inland sea
Calm freshwater, terraced hills, and fishing pirogues sliding home at dusk. A perfect place to slow down for two or three nights between gorilla trekking and the rainforests of the south.
Best: Year-round
One of Africa's oldest rainforests
A 1,000-square-kilometre montane rainforest in southern Rwanda. The canopy walkway suspends you 60 metres above the forest floor. Chimpanzee and colobus monkey tracking are the headline activities.
Best: Jun – Sep
Big-cat country and the river crossings
The Mara is Kenya's most famous reserve and the northern terminus of the Great Migration. We work in the private conservancies on the edge of the reserve — fewer vehicles, better off-road access, walking safaris and night drives.
Best: Aug – Oct (Migration) · Jan – Mar (Calving)
Swahili coast at dhow pace
Lamu's old town is a UNESCO site — a coral-stone quarter with no cars, just donkeys and the call to prayer. Beyond the town: dhow days, white sand, and reef snorkelling on Manda Bay.
Best: Dec – Mar · Jul – Oct
The plains that don't end
The Serengeti is the southern arc of the Migration. Central Serengeti for year-round big cats, the Mara River sector for the dramatic crossings, the Ndutu plains for calving season — we choose the right sector for the right month.
Best: Jun – Oct · Jan – Mar
Spice islands at the end of the safari
Stone Town for the culture, the north coast for the snorkelling, the east coast for the long beaches. A perfect three-to-five-night decompression after a Tanzania or Kenya safari.
Best: Jun – Mar (avoid Apr – May rains)
Half the world's mountain gorillas
Bwindi's gorilla permits are cheaper than Rwanda's (USD 800 vs USD 1,500), and the trekking is more rugged. The forest itself is one of Africa's most biodiverse — Albertine Rift endemic birds, primates, butterflies.
Best: Jun – Sep · Dec – Feb
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