All the plush toys and cartoons and ads and documentaries, all our lifetime of being second-handedly surrounded by Africa’s animals hasn’t prepared us for the real thing.
The first sight of elephants pacing with monarchical confidence across the morning savannah—as if they had an appointment at the end of the world, as Isak Dineson wrote.
Hearing a lion’s roar at twilight and the next day seeing that same superbeast lying on its back atop a big rock, fluffy belly to the warming sun.
A pack of warthogs scurrying across a forest glen, tails alertly up…hippos gaily galumphing in a jungly river…giraffes floating across golden plains, as Ms. Dinesen said, “like gigantic, long-stemmed flowers slowly advancing.”
There is something life-enhancingly joyous about getting close to these and all of Africa’s iconic animals, like an amazing but fuzzy dream, suddenly come to life in tight, mesmerizing, hypertechnicolor focus.
We’ll never look at those plush toys, those film clips, those ads and artistic but inescapably one-dimensional pictures the same way again.
From fizzy Cape Town to East Africa’s legendary game parks, this wide-ranging safari highlights the best of two distinctive and delightfully unique regions.
17 days from $22,600 per person Explore Southern Africa: South Africa, Zambia and East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania
Botswana’s astonishing contrasts—winding waterways, animal-rich savannahs, immense floodplains—plus the heart-stoppingly colossal cascades of Victoria Falls.
12 days from $15,350 per person Explore Southern Africa: South Africa, Botswana and Zambia
A journey through South Africa and Botswana that delicately balances nature and luxury, including the storied Cape Winelands, the Sabi Sand Reserve, and the beautiful, amazing Okavango Delta.
13 days from $17,070 per person Explore Southern Africa: South Africa and Botswana
East Africa’s legendary savannahs: Amboseli, Maasai Mara, and the Serengeti, combined with many of its most magnificent resorts. An unabashedly indulgent, quintessential safari experience.
15 Days from $20,350 per person Explore East Africa: Kenya and Tanzania
A classic safari from Kenya’s dramatic Samburu Reserve and the fabled Maasai Mara-Serengeti to Tanzania’s epic Ngorongoro Crater and Hemingway’s beloved Lake Manyara.
14 Days from $15,750 per person Explore East Africa: Kenya and Tanzania
Leisurely two-night stays in Amboseli, Ngorongoro Crater, the Serengeti, and the Maasai Mara—with five exhilarating flights to expedite travel—make this comprehensive African Safari one of our most popular.
16 days from $14,800 per person Explore East Africa: Kenya and Tanzania
An exhilarating, luxurious safari to three of the planet’s richest animal kingdoms: the Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire National Park, and the Serengeti.
10 Days from $10,050 per person Explore East Africa: Tanzania
East Africa’s most renowned game-viewing areas: Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater and the vast Serengeti and Kenya’s Maasai Mara, in a compact itinerary of less than two weeks.
12 Days from $11,500 per person Explore East Africa: Kenya and Tanzania
Revel in animal-thronged wilderness, stunning natural wonders, and Cape Town’s cosmopolitan flair while staying in quietly enveloping luxury at some of the “World’s Best” hotels and safari lodges.
13 days from $27,590 per person Explore Southern Africa: South Africa and Zambia