South AfricaHome ground
Big Five Safari
Private reserves where the guide and tracker work only for your group, and the vehicle leaves when you are ready, not on a timetable. We plan this from Cape Town, so it is home ground.
- Length
- Four to seven nights
- When to go
- Usually best May to October, when the bush thins and game gathers at water.
- Price
- On request, built around your dates and group
A shape,not a script
This is how it often runs. Every day of yours is rewritten around who is coming, what they love, and how much they want to do.
Part 1. Arrival
Wheels down on the reserve
A light aircraft from Johannesburg or Cape Town lands on the lodge airstrip. Lunch on the deck, then the first drive at four.
Part 2. Every day
Dawn and dusk in the bush
Coffee by lamplight and out before sunrise, back for brunch. The afternoon is yours until the evening drive and a fire under the stars.
Part 3. One morning
Tracking on foot
A walking safari with an armed ranger and a tracker, reading the ground for whatever passed in the night.
Part 4. Something different
A sleep-out, a hide, a helicopter
A night on a raised deck in the open, a photographic hide at a waterhole, or a flight low over the reserve.
Part 5. Onward
Cape Town or the coast
Most guests add a few days in the Cape. We join this to Experience Cape Town without a gap in between.
Everything,door to door
One desk, one quote, one payment. You get the plan and the paperwork; we deal with everyone else.
- A private vehicle, guide and tracker for your group
- Light aircraft or helicopter transfers
- Lodge suites or a private villa on the reserve, fully catered
- Walking safaris and photographic hides
- Conservation visits where the reserve allows them
- A connecting stay in Cape Town if you want one
