| Aardvark Safaris |
01980 849160 |
Special interest safaris, family safaris, honeymoons, etc to Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Malawi, Zambia & Zimbabwe |
| Acacia Africa |
020 7706 4700 |
Good range of tours, safaris, and adventure holidays throughout Southern Africa. |
| Access Africa |
020 8851 3065 |
Wheelchair accessible holidays and safaris in South Africa. |
| Africa Archipelago |
020 7471 8780 |
Tailormade tours and safaris to Botswana, Zambia & Zimbabwe. Sister company to Tanzania Odyssey and Indian Ocean Odyssey. |
| Africa Exclusive |
01604 628979 |
John Burdett & Warwick Hoffman offer upmarket, individually tailored, safari programmes for each client in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana & South Africa. |
| Africa Odyssey |
020 7471 8780 |
Africa Odyssey specialise in tailormade safaris & holidays in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana & Namibia. |
| African Pride |
01904 541000 |
Strong range of safari itineraries for independent travellers in most of southern and eastern Africa. They make the point that they don't take payment from hotels or lodges for inclusion in their brochure in order to ensure their independence. |
| African Safari Roots |
01736 367 635 |
 Specialist operator set up in 2004 by Rob McDowell to meet the needs of real wildlife enthusiasts and amateur photographers. The emphasis is on private guiding and creating unusual tailormade safaris in Botswana, Namibia and Malawi (where Rob was born). |
| Africa Select |
01670 787646 |
Tailor-made itineraries throughout Southern Africa. |
| Africa Travel Centre |
0845 450 1541 |
Tailormade safaris and tours to most countries in Southern and East Africa, and to the Indian Ocean islands & Dubai. Also golf holidays and other sports activities in Africa. |
| Alexander & Stuart |
020 7351 6644 |
Alexander & Stuart Travel is a newly (March 05) launched luxury travel consultancy based in London and "designed to meet the needs of discerning clients around the globe". IE they'll arrange a holiday for you, your bodyguards, nannies, etc, so discreetly the parapazzi will never know! A & S is headed up by Linda Stuart who used to run the luxury travel division at Holland & Holland, which is owned by Chanel. She has also been a luxury travel expert at Western & Oriental Travel and Private Label. |
| Alpha Holidays |
020 7793 1667 |
West Africa specialist offering tours and safaris in other parts of Africa including Zambia. |
| 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 holidays in South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| 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. |
| Bukima Travel |
08707 572230 |
Small group adventure tours in expedition trucks across Africa taking from 7-days to several weeks. Bukina have a number of multi-country tours in Southern and Eastern Africa. |
| Captain's Choice, The |
020 8879 7705 |
Launched in 1993, The Captain's Choice specialise in small group, ultra-luxury, multi-country/destination tours and tailor-made tours, usually by private aircraft, train or ship. Guests are accompanied by a team of helpers including the tour manager and a doctor. A number of their regional tour programmes cover southern Africa. |
| Carrier Africa |
01625 547010 |
Luxury resort and safari lodge holidays throughout Southern Africa. |
| Cazenove & Loyd |
020 7384 2332 |
Upmarket safari operator to most countries in Southern Africa. |
| Cedarberg Travel Africa |
020 8941 1717 |
Tailormade tours and safaris in South Africa (also self-drive itineraries), Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, & Malawi. |
| CTS Horizons |
020 7836 9911 |
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) to Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Nambia and South Africa. |
| 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. They also have 2/3-centre itineraries featuring other southern Africa countries. |
| Expert Africa |
020 8232 9777 |
Expert Africa (renamed from 'Sunvil Africa' in Dec 05) specialise in tailor-made trips and small group tours to Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa's Cape, Southern Tanzania & Zanzibar. |
| Explore Worldwide |
0870 333 4001 |
Explore operate small group adventure holidays to most parts of the world including Africa, but they have now (Dec 04) introduced a programme of Explore 'In-Style' safari holidays for 2005 & 2006 with a more luxurious standard of accommodation and touring than normal, aimed at more discerning clients. Trips with In Style options include safaris in Botswana & Zambia. |
| Farside Africa |
0131 315 2464 |
Small specialist operator offering tailor made safari holidays based on personal experience. |
| Footprint Adventures |
01522 804929 |
Long-duration overland safaris. Conservation and community-friendly, their mission statement is to leave places cleaner & better than they found them. |
| Gane & Marshall |
020 8441 9592 |
Tailor made safaris & tours in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia & South Africa. |
| Hartley's Safaris |
01673 861600 |
Hartley's specialise in tailor-made holidays to Southern Africa and Tanzania. |
| 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 resorts in much of East & Southern Africa |
| Journeys of Distinction |
0161 491 7616 |
JOD specialise in fully escorted coach tours worldwide. They use scheduled flights & upmarket hotels and pledge to 'take away the worry not the adventure'. They have a 21-day 'Very Best of South Africa' tour. They sell direct, not through travel agents. |
| Kudu Travel |
01722 716167 |
Guided 'cultural' & 'eco' walking tours to South Africa. |
| Migration Safaris |
0870 240 6305 |
Tailor-made safaris to Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Zambia and Malawi. Migration is a brand of Safari Drive (see below). |
| MagicGlobe |
0870 011 0270 |
Tailor-made safaris in South Africa, Namibia, Zambia and Botswana, where they also offer family safaris. |
| Mahlatini |
028 9073 6050 |
Africa specialists with a large range of safaris and tours in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique. |
| Melhart Travel |
020 8953 4222 |
Melhart have been an independent specialist operator to Southern Africa since 1981. |
| Natives Escapes |
020 8977 7034 |
New (Feb 08) tour operator specialising in trips to South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zambia. They offer small group trips, tailor made safari tours and self drive touring. |
| Nyanja Safaris |
01903 815846 |
Tailor-made "EcoSafaris" for individuals, families and groups to Zambia, Malawi, Botswana and Namibia. |
| Okavango Tours & Safaris |
020 8343 3283 |
Tailor-made tours to most southern African destinations, incorporating walking safaris, horseback safaris, elephant back safaris, canoe expeditions, special interest tours, and a range of other options. 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 most countries in Southern Africa. Used to be called 'Travel Africa'. |
| Pulse Africa |
020 8995 5909 |
Personalised safaris for couple, groups, families, honeymooners in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. |
| 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, Namibia, Botswana, Madagascar. They also operate the specialist brands Botswana Travel and Madagascar Travel. |
| Real Africa |
0870 7364757 |
Tailor-made tours and safaris to Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa using accommodation ranging from luxury hotels to small tents. |
| Safari Africa |
01995 67 97 76 |
Tailor made safaris in Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Namibia, & South Africa. |
| Safari Consultants |
01787 228494 |
Tailor made tours & safaris in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, and South Africa |
| Safari Drive |
0870 2406305 |
Tailor-made self-drive safaris in landrovers through Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Also white-water rafting specialists. |
| Somak |
020 8423 3000 |
Tailor-made safaris and tours to South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Botswana. Somak is a long-established (1969), family-run operator specialising in Africa & India (and was the editor's choice when it came to organising his own multi-destination honeymoon in Africa!). |
| South African Affair |
020 7381 5222 |
A range holidays in classic hotels, private villas, guest houses and game reserves in South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Mpumalanga & Zimbabwe. South African Affair is a "trading division" of French Affair Ltd. |
| Steppes Travel |
01285 880890 |
Steppes Africa (aka 'Art of Travel') offer tailormade safaris and multi-destination tours to Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Namibia, Mozambique, Madagascar, South Africa, and Zanzibar. They also offer bolt-ons to Mauritius and the Seychelles, and wildlife conservation tours under their Steppes Discovery programme. |
| Tailor Made Travel |
0845 456 8006 |
Tailor-made itineraries in South Africa and Zimbabwe. |
| Tana Travel |
01789 414200 |
Tailor made tours & safaris to Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Malawi & South Africa. |
| Temple World |
020 8940 4114 |
Safari & eco-tours to Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique and Swaziland. |
| Time for Africa |
01489 878593 |
Huge range of destinations and options throughout Southern Africa including off-beat activities such as biking safaris, river adventures, shark & whale watching (off South Africa) and camel safaris. |
| Tribes Travel |
01728 685971 |
Tribes specialise in 'Fair Trade' travel to exotic destination worldwide. In the case of southern Africa, that means tailor-made and small group tours to South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Zambia & Bostwana. They were the Global Winner of the British Airways Tourism for Tomorrow award for responsible tourism in 2002. |
| Ultimate Safaris & Islands |
020 7589 8800 |
Small niche operator specialising exclusively in luxury tailor-made journeys to Africa (Bostwana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Kenya & Tanzania) and the Indian Ocean islands (Mauritius, Seychelles, the South African Coast, and the islands of Mozambique, Kenya & Zanzibar). |
| Visions of Africa |
0845 345 0065 |
Specialist AITO operator offering a range of holidays, safaris and tours for the independent traveller in South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana and Namibia. |
| Voyages Jules Verne |
0845 166 7035 |
VJV (a Kuoni brand) has launched (Jul 2005) its first ever 'Aspects of Africa' brochure, featuring escorted itineraries around the continent including South Africa, Namibia & Botswana, focusing on the grand tradition of travel, with voyages, great train journeys and classic tours. |
| Wild and Exotic |
01439 748401 |
Riding safaris in Bostwana, Malawi and South Africa. Walking safaris in Zambia and Botswana. Beach holidays in Madagascar. |
| Wildlife & Wilderness |
01625 530035 |
Tailor-made upmarket itineraries to South Africa for individuals and private groups. Some pre-planned specialist tours, eg Photographic, wine, etc. Wildlife & Wilderness were formerly known as Oksana Travel |
| World Big Cat Safaris |
01273 691 642 |
Specialist operator creating tailor-made safaris to see big cats. A donation from each safari sold goes towards the conservation of endangered big cats. |
| World Odyssey |
01905 731373 |
Small operator specialising in tailor-made safaris and treks for individuals or small groups. |
| Zambezi Safari & Travel Company |
01548 830059 |
Focused originally on Zambia & Zimbabwe, ZSTC now offer tailor-made safaris (walking, fly-in, mobile, self-drive, etc) in Botswana as well, and bolt-on holidays in Cape Town. |
