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Practical planning guidance for African travel, written by people who run these trips rather than compile them. Visas, yellow fever certificates and insurance requirements; what a 15kg bush-flight luggage limit actually means for packing; how safari pricing is constructed and why the cheapest quote is rarely the cheapest trip; tipping, timing and choosing between countries. These are the answers we give clients before they book.

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3 May 2022

Seasons in Africa: When Is the Best Time for a Safari & Beach Vacation

The weather sometimes likes to throw surprises, so seasonality in some countries in Africa is already rather subjective.

African landscape with an empty road and trees in Zimbabwe

5 Mar 2019

Climate in Zimbabwe

Get the best information on the climate and temperature in Zimbabwe. It is to the point and designed for travelers wanting to visit Zimbabwe.

Mountain gorilla sitting among green leaves

25 Feb 2019

Virunga National Park

Virunga National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on the border of Uganda and Rwanda. Virunga is Africa’s oldest national park and is also the continent’s most biologically diverse protected area. The park’s 7,800 square kilometers includes forests, savannas, lava plains, swamps, erosion valleys, active volcanoes, and […]

Safari vehicle driving down a dirt road in northern Tanzania

25 Feb 2019

Manyara National Park

The setting for the earliest Tarzan films, verdant Lake Manyara National Park was once described as Ernest Hemingway as “The loveliest (place) I have seen in Africa”.Lake Manyara National Park is an unspoiled paradise of ground water forest fed by underground springs and teeming with wildlife such as elephants, hippos, giraffes, buffaloes, antelopes, and some […]

25 Feb 2019

Ngorongoro Crater

The Ngorongoro Crater is like game viewing gone crazy! It is not surprising that it is one of Tanzania’s major tourist drawcards. Within the crater rim, a daily wildlife drama is played out as large herds of zebra and wildebeest graze in close proximity to lions, leopards, elephants, and black rhinos. Outside of the crater […]

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