Tailor-made safaris in Africa
Bespoke, private safari itineraries across South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya and the islands. Tell us roughly when you want to travel and who is coming — we come back within one working day with a day-by-day custom safari itinerary, handpicked lodges and an all-in price. No planning fees, no booking fees.
Start planningWhat a tailor-made safari holiday means with us
A tailor-made safari is a private trip designed around your dates, your budget and the way you like to travel — not a fixed group departure. We plan bespoke safari holidays across Southern and East Africa, from a 10-night Namibia self-drive itinerary to a fly-in Okavango and Victoria Falls combination, or a Kruger Big Five week finished on a Mauritius or Zanzibar beach.
Every lodge we put in front of you comes from inventory we list and inspect ourselves, so the photographs, room types, meal basis and child policies you see on our listing pages are the same ones in your itinerary. That means a custom safari itinerary quoted from live lodge rates for your exact travel dates, not a brochure estimate.
Popular starting points include a Cape Town and Kruger safari, a Garden Route and Big Five self-drive, a Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Zanzibar route, a Masai Mara and Diani honeymoon, and a Namibia grand loop. Pick the one closest to your idea below, or send us a blank sheet and we will design the trip from scratch.
Tailor-made safari itineraries
Starting points, not fixed departures. Every route below is reshaped around your dates, budget and pace.
Cape Town & Kruger
Table Mountain, the Winelands and Big Five game drives
The classic South African pairing: a few unhurried days in Cape Town and the Winelands, then a short flight north into the Greater Kruger for morning and evening game drives with expert rangers and trackers.
Cape Town, Kruger & Victoria Falls
The three-centre grand tour of Southern Africa
City, bush and the greatest curtain of falling water on earth. Short internal flights link three completely different worlds into one seamless two-week journey.
Garden Route & Safari
Coastal road trip with a malaria-free Big Five finish
Cape Town to the Eastern Cape by road: mountain passes, forest, beaches and whale coast, ending with malaria-free Big Five game viewing — the easiest safari to travel with children.
Namibia Grand Loop
Self-drive from the dunes to Etosha and the Skeleton Coast
The full Namibian circuit at a sensible pace: Sossusvlei's dunes, the Atlantic at Swakopmund, Damaraland's desert elephants and the waterholes of Etosha — all on good gravel roads in a 4x4.
Namibia Highlights
Dunes and Etosha in ten unhurried days
The two things everyone comes to Namibia for — the red dunes of Sossusvlei and the game of Etosha — with enough time in between to enjoy the driving rather than endure it.
Okavango Delta & Chobe
Mokoro mornings and elephants on the Chobe River
Botswana's low-volume, high-value model at its best: light-aircraft hops between water camps in the Delta, big-game country in Moremi, and a river finish on the Chobe.
Botswana & Victoria Falls
Delta, Chobe and the Zambezi in one loop
Fly into Maun, work north through the Delta and Chobe, then cross to Victoria Falls for the last three nights. Almost no backtracking and one of the easiest multi-country routes in Africa.
Serengeti & Zanzibar
Great Migration plains then Indian Ocean sand
Northern Tanzania's headline parks followed by a short flight to Zanzibar. Time the Serengeti leg to the migration and you can watch river crossings one week and snorkel reefs the next.
Northern Tanzania Circuit
Tarangire, Ngorongoro and the Serengeti in eight days
The most game-dense week in Africa. Three parks, one guide and vehicle throughout, and a fly-out from the Serengeti so you never drive the same road twice.
Masai Mara & Diani Beach
Kenya's great plains and the Indian Ocean coast
Fly from Nairobi to the Mara for big-cat country and, in season, the Mara River crossings — then swap to Diani's white sand and warm reef water for the second week.
Victoria Falls, Hwange & Mana Pools
Zimbabwe's classic three-park circuit
Zimbabwe has arguably the best-trained guides in Africa. This route pairs the falls with Hwange's elephant herds and Mana Pools, where walking safaris on the Zambezi floodplain are the main event.
Safari & Indian Ocean Islands
Big game first, then Mauritius or the Seychelles
Start in the Greater Kruger for early-morning game drives, then fly east to the Indian Ocean for a week of lagoon, reef and nothing at all. We tailor the island leg to Mauritius, the Seychelles or Zanzibar.
Tailor-made safari questions, answered
What is a tailor-made safari?
A tailor-made safari is a private trip designed around you rather than a fixed group departure. You choose the countries, the dates, the pace and the style of lodge, and we build the route, the transfers and the game activities around that. Nothing is shared with strangers and nothing is locked to a departure calendar.
How much does a tailor-made African safari cost?
Our indicative from-prices run from roughly R35,000 per person sharing for a 10-night self-drive route in Namibia to R120,000 or more per person for a private-concession or island-combination trip. Those figures are land-only, per person sharing, and exclude international flights. Every journey page shows an indicative from-price in your selected currency, and your quote is built from live lodge rates for your exact dates.
Which countries can you plan a bespoke safari in?
South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, plus beach extensions in Mauritius, Seychelles and Zanzibar. Multi-country combinations — Cape Town with Kruger, Victoria Falls with the Okavango, Serengeti with Zanzibar — are the trips we plan most often.
How long does it take to get an itinerary?
You get a first-draft day-by-day itinerary within one working day of your enquiry, with named lodges, routing and an all-in price. Revisions are unlimited and free.
When is the best time to go on safari in Africa?
For classic game viewing, the dry winter months of May to October concentrate wildlife around water in Southern Africa, and July to October covers the Mara and Serengeti migration. Namibia and the Cape read well year-round, and green-season travel from January to March brings lower rates, newborn game and dramatic skies.
Do you charge a planning or booking fee?
No. There is no planning fee and no booking fee — you pay the lodge and service rates in your quote. We are paid by the properties we book, so our advice costs you nothing.
Can you plan a family or honeymoon safari?
Yes. Family trips are built around malaria-risk, child age limits and shorter driving days, with family units and interconnecting rooms. Honeymoons lean into private-guide game drives, plunge-pool suites and a beach finish in Mauritius, Seychelles or Zanzibar.
Self-drive or fully guided?
Both. Namibia and the Cape suit self-drive with pre-booked lodges and a routing pack. Botswana, the Serengeti, the Mara and private Big Five reserves work better fully guided or fly-in, and many trips mix the two.
Not sure which route?
Send us the rough shape of your trip and we will suggest the best fit — including combinations that are not on this page.
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