No packages and no templates. An itinerary built around what you want from Africa, by someone who has worked in it for 13 years.
Every itinerary starts from a blank page. Jarryd has spent 13 years in the safari industry, eight of them living and working in reserves like the Sabi Sands and andBeyond Phinda, and that experience goes into matching you with reserves and lodges rather than fitting you into a template.
Some travellers want a specific animal: leopard, wild dog, black rhino. Others care most about the lodge, the food, the wellness offering, or combining the bush with Cape Town or the coast. None of these are add-ons. They are the brief.
Budget belongs in that brief too. It shapes lodge choice more than anything else, so we ask about it early and plan honestly around it.
Dates, budget, who is travelling and what you are hoping to see. A short conversation beats a long form.
Reserves, lodges and routing chosen for your brief, each with the reasoning spelled out.
Swap lodges, stretch or trim nights, move the budget to where it works hardest. The plan changes until it fits.
Confirmations are handled for you, and you have a direct line to us while you are in Africa. See the full process.
These are shapes, not packages. Dates, lodges and pace change with every traveller.
Five nights split between two Sabi Sands lodges for leopard, lion and wild dog at close range, then three days in Cape Town with the winelands an hour away. A first trip that gets the fundamentals right.
Southern Africa
The Okavango Delta by mokoro and 4x4, then north to Savuti for predators. Botswana suits travellers who want remoteness over polish and wildlife over wifi.
Botswana
The Serengeti or Masai Mara timed to the river crossings, finished with gorilla trekking in Rwanda or a few days on the coast. Bigger distances, bigger skies.
East AfricaA package is designed to fill rooms. A custom itinerary is designed around your dates, your interests and your budget, with no booking fees added on top. If a lodge is overpriced for what it delivers, we say so and suggest where the money works harder.
Everyone is looking to get something different out of their trip. Get in touch and we will spend time finding out what makes you tick.
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