African Safari Types

Safari Types

It might be said that there is no “typical safari” in Africa. Each of our safaris differ by the personalities of the participants, the wildlife viewing experience and the types of safari chosen.

Seat-in-vehicle versus private

We offer a number of seat-in-vehicle safaris where the participants come from different agents, locations and backgrounds. These people travel together for both the experience of seeing Africa and also the opportunity to meet others that share their interests and experiences. These trips do not have the flexibility that is available in a private safari. They do, however, have the benefit of a lower cost because transport and other expenses of the trip are shared. These are great trips for single travellers or couples. Private safaris are custom tailored for the specific interests of the participants with a bit more flexibility in decisions such as start times of game drives.

Fly-in safaris

These safaris depend on travel between places by aircraft. Generally, transfers and activities are provided by the camp or lodge in shared use vehicles. The aircraft used is often 12 or 13 seat aeroplanes such as a Cessna Grand Caravan. Luggage allowances on these flights are generally limited to a maximum of 15 kilograms in soft sided bags.

Fly-drive safaris (Safaris by air and road)

These programmes have a combination of driving and flying and may spend part or all of the time in our vehicles. The flight is usually a time saving measure at the beginning or end of the adventure to avoid retracing ground that has already been driven over. However, sometimes part of the trip is by road in our vehicle and then another part is by air and then uses the lodge or camp’s vehicle.

Road safaris

Safaris by road are by road and almost always in our vehicles. For trips other than seat-in-vehicle, this means you get the exclusive use of the vehicle on safari and the driver-guide is with you throughout the part of the trip in that particular country.