
AFRICA: Safari and beaches holidays
Luxury Africa safari holidays tailor-made for you by travel specialists with years of first-hand knowledge of Africa.
Lion watching wildebeest,Africa
© nwdph,Shutterstock

Tanzania
Migrations, Mountains and Spice Islands
Whether you come for a wildlife safari in famous reserves such as the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater or Ruaha, to climb Kilimanjaro, to walk with the Maasai, or just to chill out on Indian Ocean islands like Zanzibar, Tanzania will not disappoint you.
Explore more
Destinations in Africa
Which is the best country to visit in Africa? It’s an impossible question to answer as each African country has a compelling reason for why you should visit whether you want a safari, beach holiday or adventure. At Tribes, we can recommend the right place for you once we’ve had a chat, but the list below is also a good place to begin.

Botswana
Splash Camp
Go for the unmissable and unique Okavango Delta where lagoons, waterways and islands are the backdrop to truly stunning wildlife viewing. But then there is also the Kalahari Desert, the salt pans of the Makgadikgadi, and Chobe, and a Botswana safari combines easily with visiting Victoria Falls.

Kenya
Giraffe Manor
A Kenya safari offers superb wildlife watching in the Masai Mara including the spectacular annual migration. But this is just one of the great safari reserves, and then you also have the mountains, the culture, and of course gorgeous Indian Ocean beaches.

Madagascar
Palm Beach
Come to this huge island off Africa for creatures which are unique to Madagascar: lemurs such as singing indris, dancing sifakas and the weird aye-aye. Then there are ‘upside down’ baobab trees, fascinating cultures, tsingy rock formation and gorgeous tropical beaches.

Malawi
Chelinda Camp
Malawi gives you a fascinating and friendly taste of Africa. The vast lake is the focus for water sports and beach, then there are highlands to explore, villages to visit, and, whilst not a first choice for safari, there’s some very good wildlife viewing too.

Mauritius
20 Degres Sud
Visiting Mauritius is nearly all about the beach. The island’s coastline boasts fabulous tropical white sand beach resorts lapped by the blue waters of the Indian Ocean. Nearby Rodrigues is said to be as Mauritius was about 25 years ago.

Mozambique
Azura Benguerra Island
For most visitors, Mozambique is about the beaches. Within easy reach of Johannesburg there is the mainland coast and the Bazaruto Archipelago in the south, while in the north is the Quirimbas archipelago. All offer beautiful tropical beaches for remote basking and watersports.

Namibia
Ichingo Chobe River Lodge
Namibia’s arid lands offer stunning wilderness to be explored on safari: Sossusvlei dunes, Etosha National Park, the Skeleton Coast, rock art at Twyfelfontein, plus wildlife and traditional cultures. A great African experience whether you want to self-drive or take a luxury option.

Rwanda
Cormoran Lodge
One of the special few places you can visit mountain gorillas whose survival is almost totally reliant on tourism. Rwanda is a stunning country which offers huge rewards for the more adventurous traveller to Africa.

South Africa
Tsala Treetop Lodge
For most travellers, South Africa’s highlights include: incredible wildlife safari reserves such as Kruger and Hluhluwe; Cape Town, the Cape Peninsula and the nearby Winelands; and the beautiful Garden Route. But there really is so much more too.

Tanzania
Chapwani Private Island
Whether you come for a wildlife safari in famous reserves such as the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater or Ruaha, to climb Kilimanjaro, to walk with the Maasai, or just to chill out on Indian Ocean islands like Zanzibar, Tanzania will not disappoint you.

Uganda
Budongo Eco Lodge
One of Africa’s best kept secrets, Uganda has spectacular scenery, amazing wildlife – including gorillas and chimpanzees – rainforests, river, mountains . . . A holiday in Uganda is diverse and awe-inspiring.

Zambia
Bilimungwe Camp
One of Africa’s prime wildlife safari destinations, with stunning parks such as South Luangwa, Lower Zambezi and Kafue. It is the place for walking safaris. It is an expensive destination but it’s completely worth it. And you get Victoria Falls too!

Zimbabwe
Stimela Star
The draw of Victoria Falls is strong, but this is by no means the only reason to come to Zimbabwe. Beautiful wilderness areas such as Mana Pools, and excellent wildlife reserves like Hwange National Park and Gonarezhou offer wonderful wildlife viewing.
The Tribes Foundation
Simply by booking with Tribes, you are making a difference. Every booking helps with The Tribes Foundation, the charity we back with admin and funds. Most clients give additional donations which we always put to very good use with one of the wildlife, environmental or social projects we support.

Read more in our Tribes blog
The Tribes blog brings you regular articles written by our specialists, travellers or partners and conservationists in our destinations. We have a big collection of articles now, so have a mooch to find some interesting short reads.
Explore more
In the Tribe: Face-to-face with Marcus Rutherford
Artist and lawyer Marcus Rutherford has travelled with Tribes eight times since 2013 - and always to Tanzania.

Barefoot Woman
The historic Kaalvoet Vrou (Barefoot Woman) statue stands proudly in South Africa’s Drakensberg Mountains.

A Nature Adventure in Mainland Ecuador
When our guests travel with us to Ecuador it's normally via Quito to the Galapagos Islands, but I wanted to see what else there was.