These are UK-based tour operators and specialist travel agencies featuring holidays, tours, safaris and travel in South Africa. |
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| Aardvark Safaris |
01980 849160 |
 Wide selection of components - lodges, camps, activities & experiences for families, honeymooners, safari buffs, foodies, horse riding enthusiasts, etc, etc. |
| Acacia Africa |
020 7706 4700 |
Wide selection of overland tours, small group tours, safaris, and adventure holidays mostly featuring multiple countries in the region including South Africa, but also some SA-only safaris and Cape/Garden Route tours. |
| Access Africa |
020 8851 3065 |
Wheelchair accessible holidays and safaris in South Africa. |
| Africa Exclusive |
01604 628979 |
John Burdett & Warwick Hoffman offer upmarket, individually tailored, safari programmes, and city & coastal tours. |
| African Odyssey |
01242 224482 |
Selection of escorted and self-drive tours throughout South Africa based ona portfolio of good quality guest houses and hotels and game lodges. |
| African Pride |
01904 541000 |
Strong range of Wine Route and safari itineraries for independent travellers. |
| Africa Select |
01670 787646 |
Tailor-made itineraries for touring holidays and safaris. |
| Africa Sky |
0870 9040 925 |
Tailor-made city holidays, touring holidays and safaris. Africa Sky is a specialist sub-brand of long-haul operator, Tropical Sky, launched by three well-known travel industry characters, Steve Garley, Mike Collins and Jake Grieves-Cook, the latter two formerly with Tropical Places, which was bought by Thomson. |
| Africa Travel Centre |
0845 450 1541 |
Tailormade safaris and tours in South Africa. |
| Bailey Robinson |
01488 689700 |
Specialises in luxury and tailor-made holidays worldwide, but particularly luxury safaris in Africa. |
| Bobcat Safaris |
020 8987 6074 |
Small specialist operator offering safari and touring holidays in South Africa. |
| Bon Voyage |
0800 980 7090 |
BV's 'Worldwide' programme includes fly-drive and tailor-made travel itineraries in South Africa covering Cape Town, the Garden Route, Sun City, and safaris in the Kruger. There are extensions to Victoria Falls and Kwazulu-Natal. There's also a small programme of escorted tours. |
| Bushbaby Travel |
0870 850 9103 |
Bushbaby specialise in family safaris to the malaria-free areas of South Africa. |
| Carrier Africa |
01625 547010 |
Luxury resort and safari lodge holidays. |
| Cazenove & Loyd |
020 7384 2332 |
Upmarket safari and touring holiday operator. |
| Cedarberg Travel Africa |
020 8755 7917 |
Tailormade tours, safaris and self-drive itineraries in South Africa. Cedarberg operate throughout southern & eastern Africa but South Africa itself in 'home territory'. |
| Cottages to Castles |
01622 775236 |
Specialist villa rental company that has recently (Aug 06) extended its portfolio by adding South Africa as its first long-haul destination. They are offering over 30 villas, beach houses, apartments and game lodges, mainly in the Western Cape, but also the Eastern Cape, North West Province and Limpopo region. |
| CTS Horizons |
020 7836 9911 |
Small selection of fully-escorted tours in South Africa, or tailormade holidays with excursions by private vehicle. |
| Definitive Africa |
0161 929 5151 |
Tailor-made luxury tours and safaris (mostly flying and mobile camping). |
| Discovery Initiatives |
01285 643333 |
Conservation-focused operator offering tailor-made holidays and small group treks, safaris & other wildlife tours such as shark, whale & dolphin watching. |
| Experience Holidays |
01323 416699 |
Tailor-made tours, self-drive itineraries making use of B&Bs, lodges & inns. Also rail tours on the Blue Train and Rovos Rail. |
| Elegant Resorts |
0870 33 33 380 |
Specialise in up-market resorts and holidays. In South Africa they feature a number of the best resort hotels, lodges and game parks. They have fly-drive and multi-transport itineraries, including rail tours on Rovos Rail and the Blue Train. |
| Expert Africa |
020 8232 9777 |
Expert Africa (renamed from 'Sunvil Africa' in Dec 05) specialise in tailor-made trips and small group tours to South Africa's Cape region.
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| Explore Worldwide |
0870 333 4001 |
Wide selection of small group adventure tours and safaris. |
| Farside Africa |
0131 315 2464 |
Small specialist operator offering tailor made safari and touring holidays. |
| Footprint Adventures |
01522 804929 |
Selection of safari, wildlife and adventure tours with an emphasis on responsible tourism. |
| Gane & Marshall |
020 8441 9592 |
Tailor made safaris & tours based on a good selection of suggested itineraries. |
| Hands Up Holidays |
0800 783 3554 |
A 'responsible tourism' operator that combines sightseeing tours with enriching volunteering experiences. They have a programme of fixed tour dates, or tailor-made. |
| Hartley's Safaris |
01673 861600 |
Hartley's specialise in tailor-made touring holidays and safaris in South Africa including rail journeys (on Rovos & the Blue train), conservation and game bird shooting. |
| Hemmingways |
08707 422 673 |
Hemmingways are motorhome specialists. They'll package up flights, vehicle, and itineraries for freewheeling travellers to South Africa. |
| Journeys by Design |
01273 623 790 |
Specialise in stylish tailor-made itineraries to off-the-beaten-track safari camps and elegant resorts in South Africa. |
| Journeys of Distinction |
0870 777 0557 |
Fully escorted coach tours of South Africa. They use scheduled flights & upmarket hotels and pledge to 'take away the worry not the adventure'. They sell direct, not through travel agents. |
| Kudu Travel |
01722 716167 |
Guided 'cultural' & 'eco' walking tours in South Africa. |
| Migration Safaris |
0870 240 6305 |
Tailor-made safaris and touring holidays in South Africa. |
| MagicGlobe |
0870 011 0270 |
A huge range of tours, safaris and tailor-made options throughout South Africa. |
| Melhart Travel |
020 8953 4222 |
Tailor-made travel to South Africa. |
| Natives Escapes |
020 8977 7034 |
New (Feb 08) southern Africa specialist offering small group trips, tailor made safari tours and self drive touring. |
| Okavango Tours & Safaris |
020 8343 3283 |
Tailor-made touring holidays, safaris and wildlife tours in South Africa. OT&S won the the 2006 AITO Travel Company of the Year award (small company category) which is based on quantified feedback from customers of over 150 Association of Independent Tour Operators (AITO) member companies. |
| Preston Reid |
01347 822282 |
Tailor-made travel to South Africa. |
| Pulse Africa |
020 8995 5909 |
Personalised safaris for couple, groups, families, honeymooners in South Africa. |
| Rainbow Tours |
020 7226 1004 |
Environmentally sensitive tailor-made tours & safaris using locally-owned hotels lodges & resorts for small-groups, families and individuals, in South Africa. |
| Real Africa |
0870 7364757 |
Wide selection of tailor-made tours and safaris in South Africa using accommodation ranging from luxury hotels to small tents. |
| Safari Africa |
01995 67 97 76 |
Tailor made and fixed departure safaris and tours. |
| Safari Consultants |
01787 228494 |
Tailor-made safaris |
| Somak |
020 8423 3000 |
Tailor-made safaris and escorted tours to South Africa. Somak is a long-established (1969), family-run operator specialising in Africa & India. |
| African Affair |
020 7381 5222 |
A range holidays in classic hotels, private villas, guest houses and game reserves in South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mpumalanga & Kruger. African Affair have re-branded themselves so they can expand their programme into other countries (Bostwana, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, etc), but they used to be 'South African Affair' and that's where they have the bulk of their programme and expertise. They are a "trading division" of French Affair Ltd. |
| Steppes Africa |
012 8565 0011 |
Steppes Africa offer tailormade safaris and touring holidays. |
| Tailor Made Travel |
0845 456 8006 |
Tailor-made self-drive itineraries throughout South Africa including the North-West province. |
| Tana Travel |
01789 414200 |
Tailor made travel and hiking tours. |
| Temple World |
020 8940 4114 |
Safari & tours to Cape Town, the Garden Route, Zululand and the Kruger National Park. |
| Time for Africa |
01798 867 750 |
Tailor-made touring & safari holidays with a good selection of itineraries and accommodation. |
| Tribes Travel |
01728 685971 |
Wide range of tailor-made and small group tours and safaris in South Africa. |
| Tropical Locations |
020 7229 9199 |
Tailormade holidays based around luxury hotels and resorts in South Africa. |
| Ultimate Safaris & Islands |
020 7589 8800 |
Small niche operator specialising exclusively in luxury tailor-made journeys to Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. |
| Visions of Africa |
0845 345 0065 |
Specialist AITO operator offering a range of holidays, safaris and tours in South Africa for the independent traveller. |
| Voyages Jules Verne |
0845 166 7035 |
VJV (a Kuoni brand) has a wide selection of themed and escorted tours in South Africa. |
| Wild and Exotic |
01439 748401 |
Horse riding holidays in the Waterberg Mountains and riding safaris near the Kruger National Park. |
| Wildlife & Wilderness |
01625 530035 |
Tailor-made upmarket itineraries to South Africa for individuals and private groups. |
| World Odyssey |
01905 731373 |
Small operator specialising in tailor-made safaris and treks for individuals or small groups. |
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