African Safaris

YOUR GUIDE TO AFRICAN SAFARIS

Types of African Safari

African safari holidays are a fabulous experience for all ages. Tribes would love to help you plan the very best itinerary, which is not necessarily as easy as it sounds, as there is such a choice and variety of the type of safari you can take in Africa.
For example, you can choose from :

classic African safaris in luxury lodges
safaris using tented camps
fly-in safari
family safari holidays
small group safaris
mobile camping safaris
walking safaris
canoeing safaris
Take your children on an African safari holiday
jeep safaris
horseback safaris
special interest safaris - birdwatching, photography, botany ...

Website information

This website gives you information about the countries where you can take excellent African safaris (see links left), with maps, photos and also itinerary ideas (with day by day itinerary, photos etc). You can use this site as a starting point for researching your safari, including requesting a Trip Planner for any country we offer.

Personal Tailor Made Service

You can give our African safari team a call for personal advice on the areas, accommodation and experiences which might suit you. Our staff have been to the places you are looking at so can give you first hand knowledge of the right places to suit your choice of time of year, particular animals you would like to see, the type of accommodation that would suit you best, etc. We work on a tailor made basis and will need to know some basic information from you so that we can suggest the right experience for what you are looking for.

Booking a tailor made holiday is all about getting what you want - the right holiday, at the right time, in the right place. Most often this means that we arrange a safari holiday specifically for you, with your own private driver/guide. However if you want to join a small group holiday, we can often arrange this for you too in some countries. Sometimes you may find that you end up going to an area you hadn't even known about, since perhaps the area you had in mind is not ideal at the time of year you're able to travel.

Tribes African Safari Team

Our Africa team at Tribes has a passion for the continent, having travelled widely in many countries. The team consists of :

Julie Croucher
Head of the Africa team, Julie has experience in all aspects of travel in Africa and spent time as a tour leader, lodge manager and ground handler all over East and Southern Africa. She is happy to give you first hand knowledge of the areas we operate in, and talk through options for your holiday of a lifetime. Coming originally from a zoological background Julie can advise you on the wildlife of Africa as well - she spent years chasing the elusive wild dog round the continent and eventually saw them last year! Her personal favourite countries include Malawi and Zambia.
Dee Armiger
Dee first went to Africa 1994. She spent her time travelling throughout East and Southern Africa, much of this time as a tour leader. Her years in Africa included spending time as a lodge manager in Kenya's Masai Mara, years as a tour leader and 3 years working in Cape Town in a lodge and travel centre. She has a passion for Uganda and loves the people and scenery there, but has a wide and enthusiastic knowledge about all countries from Uganda down to South Africa. One of her personal favourite places is Mozambique where she recently achieved a lifetime ambition of diving with Whale Sharks!
Max Griffiths
Max is a graduate with four years experience in managing international projects, during which most of his time was spent in Northern Tanzania where he is still trustree of a charity which has set up an adult learning centre for the Masai and has spent much of his time teaching computer skills to the local tribes people of the area. Max has also studied the Maasai culture in detail, writing two pieces of research about contemporary challenges facing their traditional culture. He is a keen walker and has organised expeditions round Europe, done the UK 3 peaks challenge and conquered Kilimanjaro! He has also traveled through many other countries in Africa and is enthusiastic about the continent and all it has to offer.

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