African Travels

06/09/2024

A self-drive in Botswana is full of adventure, adrenaline, stepping out of your comfort zone, moments of silence. You will have time for reflection, appreciation of the beauty of nature, you feel humble. It will certainly be a trip you will never forget.
We can certainly share that we are always happy to hear when clients made it through without getting stuck, as there are plenty of moments we cannot be by your side to assist as destinations are so remote. Thank you for sharing these moments.

📸 Jonas H.

03/09/2024

Beautiful images from travelers after their first 2 days in Tanzania! Thank you for sharing!

Did you know that a percentage of your safari goes straight to a local school and Masai education center?

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📸 Yves D.

29/08/2024

🇰🇪 Once again we received today great images from the Masai Mara! The bigger parks like the Serengeti, Mara, Kruger and Etosha never disappoint in wildlife sightings. !!

29/08/2024

28/08/2024

✨Trip of the week: 11 day small group Botswana Baobab tour
Maun (Botswana) - Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe)

There are few wildlife experiences in the world like a week spent in the Botswanan wilderness. This classic itinerary offers a lodge and luxury camping combination safari. The lodges are beautiful, comfortable & make for a great adventure safari though the world famous parks.

€3650 pp
Now €75 discount

What is included?

✅ Max 8 people
✅ Professional Safari Guides
✅ Transport in game viewing 4WD
✅ 10 Breakfasts, 4 Lunches & 4 Dinner
✅ Entrance fees
✅ 6 nights in chalets & 4 nights serviced camping

05/08/2024

A summary of a self drive in Botswana!

31/07/2024

More beautiful images from Botswana today! A self drive is not for everyone. Full of adventure, new experiences and grateful moments when someone is there to pull you out off the sand 🥰🥵

This couple started in Johannesburg and are now on their way to Victoria Falls.

13/07/2024

🌍 Exploring Africa with Teens: A Journey of Learning and Growth 🌟

Taking teenage kids to new places and cultures is more than just a vacation - it’s a priceless opportunity to bond, learn, and grow together. From wandering through bustling markets to getting uo close to wild animals, every adventure opens our eyes to the richness and diversity of the world around us.

Traveling with teens not only allows us to create unforgettable memories but also fosters a deep sense of curiosity and empathy within us. Experiencing different traditions, cuisines, and ways of life broadens our perspectives and challenges us to think beyond our comfort zones. We learn to appreciate the beauty in diversity and embrace the unknown with open hearts and minds.

Navigating through new languages, navigating unfamiliar streets, and immersing ourselves in foreign customs teach us valuable life skills such as adaptability and patience. And perhaps a little less hours connected to wifi 😉

01/07/2024

This week’s travelers were lucky enough to spot the Big 5 on their self drive from Etosha to Chobe National Park! Thank you for sharing!

27/06/2024

We received these beautiful images from when travelers experienced a Masai homestay.

Visiting a local school often has mixed feelings and we often question if we should support it. However, by visiting you contribute to the wellbeing of the community with small donations, and you will remember these visits for the rest of your life. Be respectful and behave like a guest.

By traveling and interacting with new cultures there can be a deeper understanding, empathy and connectness and that could have a ripple effect on our planet. As long as it’s not done with busloads of tourists but in moderation. What do you think?

📸 vd Made

08/06/2024

✨Trip of the week: 68 days The wildlife journey
Uganda to South Africa NOW on SALE €180 pp off!

This international camping group tour starts in Jinja and finishes in Cape Town. A journey through East and Southern Africa from the banks of the White Nile to Cape Town. Game park after game park – the Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Chobe, Etosha, a mokoro safari in the Okavango. Days in the sun on Zanzibar Island. Victoria Falls. Help out in a local school and climb Namibia’s dunes. Crazy times getting mashed on the wildest white water on the White Nile and the Zambezi. And if that isn’t enough sky dive over the expanse of Namibia’s desert, head out rhino trekking, walk with lions and come face to face with the endangered gorillas!

Highlights:

Serengeti • Queen Elizabeth National Park • Kazinga Channel game cruise • Ngorongoro Crater • South Luangwa National Park • Matopos • Etosha National Park • Namib Naukluft National Park • The Grumeti Reserve • Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary • Great Zimbabwe Ruins • Bushmen visit • Sossusvlei Dunes • Africat Carnivore Care • Cape Cross Seal Colony • Spitzkoppe or similar • Fish River Canyon • Bwindi • Optional gorilla trekking • Kigali • Jinja • Zanzibar Island (optional) • Cape Wine Lands • Cape Town

➡️ Book now: https://africantravels.com/tour/68-days-the-wildlife-journey/

27/05/2024

Just in from Tanzania! Some amazing wildlife images. Traveling just after the rainy season in a lush green landscape is just so special with all the wild flowers and greenery!

13/05/2024

Some amazing images and happy faces from Botswana! They loved the 14 day Botswana accommodated tour from Johannesburg to Victoria Falls. They speak for themselves!

Book now: https://africantravels.com/tour/14-days-botswana-wild-parks-accommodated/

12/05/2024

☀️ Isn’t it amazing how our clients donate their Wakawaka at the end of their trip to someone in Africa who truly needs it?
When you purchase a Wakawaka, a project in need gets sponsored - talk about a win-win situation! 🌞

Read more: https://africantravels.com/free-wakawaka-sharethesun/

Note: whoever books a trip in 2024 gets a Free WakaWaka Powerbank/flashlight. Unfortunately the parcels got lost when we sent them outside the EU so we had to stop this for our non European travelers.

01/05/2024

We just received these images from the desert. There is no destination like Namibia!

28/04/2024

✨Trip of the week: 15 day Tanzania safari & beach 🇹🇿

This is a classic private safari to the world famous wildparks of Tanzania including the Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro crater. Experience a walking safari, cycle through rural villages, visit the ancient Stone Town and much more! Finish your holiday with time to relax and enjoy the white sandy beaches of Zanzibar Island.

Highlights:
🐘 Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park, 🦒 Ngorongoro Crater and Zanzibar Island 🏝️

From €3277 pp // US$3507 pp (high season)
Including park fees, full board, domestic flight to Zanzibar, private local safari guide



➡️ Book now: https://africantravels.com/tour/15-days-bush-zanzibar-beach-tanzania-with-private-driver-guide/

26/03/2024

We started African Travels to make a difference, with every trip you book you do too!

Did you know, when booking a private safari to with us, you donate automatically to the following projects? 🇰🇪

🌿Seedballs Project in Kenya (you even get to spread some balls yourself during your safari over the African plains)

🐘 The Reteti Elephant Trust who are a member of East African Wildlife Society and Eco Tourism Kenya..e.s.c.u.e/

👩‍👩‍👧‍👧Twala Tenebo by developing more income for the women. Twala-Tenebo is located in the semi-arid Laikipia plateau, near Mount Kenya in northern Kenya. There, a cooperative of over 200 women from six different Maasai groups coexist with the diverse wildlife and sustain themselves through aloe farming, beadwork, beekeeping and ecotourism—offering authentic Maasai cultural experiences and affordable eco-manyatta accomodations. The cooperative also contributes to a school for girls, helping to nurture the next generation of women leaders. ACC and Uaso Ngiro Baboon Project have supported the Twala-Tenebo Cultural Manyatta since 2003., providing resources for the Twala women’s conservation-related enterprises which in turn allow them to support their families, gain new skills and connections, contribute to sustainable development, and become respected leaders in their communities .conservation.centre

🌆 You also contribute to the Power Women in Kibera and Octopizzo Foundation. Check out their amazing work via

➡️ Go explore and experience this magical country!

17/03/2024

✨ Trip of the week: self drive Botswana from Johannesburg!

Start and end this Botswana self drive in Johannesburg and enjoy this amazing adventure through the various game parks in Botswana. It is an adventurous route with multiple nights on basic camp sites in themiddles of unfenced game parks. Some 4×4 driving experience is required.

This trip is taylor-made. Extra night, upgrades and possible alternative routes are available on request.
Starting from around €2400 pp

Highlights: Thabazimbi, Khama Rhino Sanctuary, Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Nata, Victoria Falls (optioneel) Chobe National Park, Savuti, Moremi Game Reserve, Khwai Community Area, Okavango Delta, Maun, Xhumaga, Central Kalahari Game Reserve.

26/02/2024

✨Trip of the week: a week in gorilla lands 🇺🇬 🇷🇼

This international camping tour starts in Entebbe heading to Rwanda, including a gorilla trek. With game drives and a cruise in Queen Elizabeth National Park, and the option to visit Kalinzu Forest to trek chimpanzee in the wild and stopping over at the Genocide Memorial in Kigali. This tour is also available in reserve direction.

Highlights:

Queen Elizabeth National Park; Kazinga Channel game cruise; Kigali-Genocide memorial; 1 gorilla trekking p.p. • Lake Victoria • Chimpanzee trekking • Curio markets including local drums • • Golden monkey trek • Hike to Dian Fossey’s grave • Orphanage visit • Batwa (pygmy) village visit.

€2138 pp

Book now ➡️ https://africantravels.com/tour/8-days-a-week-in-gorilla-lands/

14/02/2024

Africa is not all about the Big 5 😉. You can experience the Namibian desert in so many ways! When in Swakop, your tourleader or guest house will explain all about it. From sand boarding to sky diving or a living desert tour. This lady did it all! Thank you for sharing

02/02/2024

Today we are celebrating African Travels 12th year anniversary! 🎉

We go way back longer, when in 2004 Marijnke (Dutch) went on an organic farming work experience in Zambia and met William (Zimbabwean). From working as an overland tour guide to running a safari lodge, graduating on sustainable tourism development in Africa and many many trips through Africa, it is now years later, and all that knowledge comes together in African Travels.

Our passion is to help you find your dream holiday and then to hear from you how you are touched by the magical feeling when traveling in Africa.
Above all we value our local partners that do good on the ground and develop small scale tourism in the most sustainable way. This co-creation we love. We are proud that we managed to create our dream job!

31/01/2024

✨Trip of the week: 11 day Botswana camping safari The Jackal Safari from €2050 pp

This small group mobile camping adventure starts in Victoria Falls and finishes in Maun. It explores the fascinating Okavango Delta water system and passes through some of the best wilderness areas of Botswana like Chobe National Park and Moremi Game Reserve. This is your opportinity to spend 24/7 in the remote wildernis areas of Botswana, with basic facilities but with unlimited wildlife!

Highlights

2 nights Okavango Delta & mokoro excursions
3 nights camping Moremi Game Reserve
3 nights camping Chobe National Park
1 night comfortable lodge in Victoria Falls
1 night camping, outskirts of Maun
Optional visit to the Victoria Falls

Book now ➡️ https://africantravels.com/tour/11-days-the-jackal-safari-botswana-mobile-camping-safari-vic-falls-to-maun/ and get a free WakaWaka solar charger!

20/01/2024

✨ Trip of the week: 5 day Tanzania private safari ➡️ €1795 pp.

Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater.

Do you want to experience the endless plains of the Serengeti? This amazing safari made affordable through cheaper glamping options will take you to unparalleled concentration of wildlife including the Serengeti national park, the most famous park in Tanzania and where you can witness the famed Great Wildebeest Migration from July to October; Tarangire National Park, known for Tarangire river which flows all year round; and Ngorongoro Crater, which is home to anabundant wildlife such as lions and cheetahs.

More info: https://africantravels.com/tour/5-days-enchanting-private-safari-northern-parks-of-tanzania-budget/

You can start any day of the week!

31/12/2023

With the year 2023 coming to an end, we like to thank every single traveler for trusting us this season taking care of their dream trip to Africa! We thank you even more for sharing some of your precious images and videos (these are a handful of 2023) of the highlights of your holiday.

🐘 May all your travel dreams come true in 2024. Happy New Year! ✨🌍

27/12/2023

We like to thank our travelers for leaving a review and uploading their travel pics. It’s so nice to get a little insight of their highlights in Africa! Thank you for sharing! We are so grateful 🥰

More reviews and images on ➡️ SafariBookings, Google or Trustpilot. It’s the best travel inspiration 🌍

22/12/2023

✨ Important info✨ for a couple of our camping group tours like the 77 day Absolute Safari, Taste of Africa, Simba Sounds and many more. Prices will be going up as from the first of January due to price increases by governments for the national parks in East Africa.

This week is the time to get in your booking to secure the best rate on all these camping tours!

Prices will increase at the start of the new year so head to our website and book your African adventure now with just a 30% deposit per person and lock in the current advertised price!

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13/12/2023

We received these happy images from these ladies traveling from Nairobi to Cape Town on the 77 day Absolute safari! Thank you for sharing

03/12/2023

Save the date! Ook dit seizoen staan we op de Vakantiebeurs te Utrecht. Van 11 t/m 14 januari 2024 kun je ons vinden in Hal 7 in het Afrika paviljoen.

Dit jaar slaan we de Beurs van Berlage Amsterdam een keertje over. Dus wil je ons persoonlijk ontmoeten? Kom dan naar de Jaarbeurs.

21/11/2023

Namibia is one of the most beautiful destinations in Africa, don’t you agree? If you are planning a self drive trip to Namibia next July/August, don’t wait too long to book. Our favorite campsites are nearly fully booked!

15/11/2023

✨Trip of the week: private safari Tanzania and Uganda visiting the Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Selous, Zanzibar and the Mountain Gorillas.

A private safari to Uganda and Tanzania offers a captivating and unique wildlife experience that is truly unforgettable.

1. Rich biodiversity: Both Uganda and Tanzania are renowned for their exceptional biodiversity. You can witness the famous "Big Five" (lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, and rhino) along with other wildlife such as chimpanzees, gorillas, giraffes, zebras, and countless bird species. This diverse range of wildlife provides an incredible opportunity for wildlife enthusiasts and photographers alike.

2. Gorilla and chimpanzee trekking: Uganda is home to half of the world's mountain gorilla population and offers remarkable gorilla trekking experiences in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. Additionally, both Uganda and Tanzania provide the opportunity to see chimpanzees in their natural habitat, allowing you to have up-close encounters with these fascinating primates.

3. Stunning landscapes: From the vast savannahs of the Serengeti and Masai Mara to the breathtaking Rwenzori Mountains and the tranquil Lake Victoria, Uganda and Tanzania boast awe-inspiring landscapes. Whether it's the rolling plains dotted with wildlife or the lush rainforests, the beauty of these countries is truly remarkable.

4. Authentic cultural experiences: In addition to the incredible wildlife, Uganda and Tanzania are home to a rich tapestry of cultures and traditions. Interacting with local communities, visiting traditional villages, and learning about their customs and way of life can be a rewarding and enriching experience.

5. Personalized experience: Opting for a private safari allows you to have personalized attention and tailor-made itineraries. Traveling with a private guide ensures flexibility and the ability to focus on your specific interests and preferences while getting expert insights about the wildlife, culture, and history of the region.

6. Conservation efforts: Both Uganda and Tanzania have made significant efforts in conservation.