Custom Safaris

05/04/2023

Twenty years on the Condé Nast Traveler Top Travel Specialist list. I could not have done this without our Custom Safaris staff who have been with me on this journey. Thank you to our partners in Africa who make the magic happen on the ground. I am honored to be included on this list with extraordinary individuals.

03/02/2023

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28/03/2022

15/10/2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-maryland-zebras-are-trying-to-evade-capture-let-them/2021/10/14/c7fd40b0-2d24-11ec-8ef6-3ca8fe943a92_story.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=wp_main

The equines, hidden by acres of forest and farmland, deserve to be left alone.

08/07/2021

It's always a good day when Blossom decides to visit.

He said he'd heard about the newly renovated bar area at Governors Camp and he was just making sure that it doesn't interfere with his love of wandering through to say Jambo.

📷 Philip Mason

22/04/2021

Angama Mara's little sister camp is the ultimate. Private? Yes. Cake for breakfast? Yes. Dinner in your pajamas? Yes. Whatever your wish. Oh yes, also in the middle of the most wonderful place on earth!

Just like her big sister 5 years earlier, Angama Safari Camp has made Travel + Leisure's 'It List' 2021 of the best new hotels in the world.

Our warmest thanks to Travel + Leisure for including our little camp in such big company. Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/3tH6dDw

24/03/2021

https://www.cntraveler.com/contributors/linda-friedman

“We include authentic cultural experiences. We have our own office, full time staff and guides that only work for us on the ground.” Expertise: Africa and the Middle East Specialty: Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Southern Africa, Indian Ocean Islands Categories: Wine, Food, Art, Adventure, Fam...

22/03/2021

Thank you Condé Nast Traveler. A lifetime ago I was invited to join the most extraordinary group of travel specialists in the world. Never has any year meant as much as this one. There's still a thrill to open the email....and the tremendous honor to know so many of you. I will forever be grateful. This list changed my life in a minute, continues to make me excited about what I do, and has made a difference to my team on the ground in East Africa. For those of you I've known so long, I'd go anywhere with you.

22/03/2021

There's an App! Cicada Safari.

Expect the 17-year cicadas in parts of Northern Virginia, Maryland and the District between mid-May and early June.

16/03/2021

CHARLES ‘CHAS’ COTTAR | 1874 - 1940

Born in Iowa, Charles travelled all over the American West in search of the freedom he always craved.

In 1909 Chas - as Charles was known in the family - boarded a ship for Mombasa in East Africa. From his very first steps in Kenya, he was enchanted - by the game, by the scenery, by the people, and above all, by the freedom.

In 1919, together with his sons, Mike, Bud and Ted, Charles established ‘Cottar’s Safari Service’, one of the very first registered safari companies offering superior big film and wildlife extraction safaris outfitting throughout Africa, India and Indochina. Charles Cottar survived elephant, buffalo and three leopard attacks in his life, finally succumbing in 1939, at age 66, to a deadly rhino charge in the Mara region.

It all began with Chas…