Safaris & Tours

Africa is suited to a wide range of adventures: Which one are you?

The African continent must be one of the most extraordinary locations on the planet. It is the second largest content behind Asia and spans about one-fifth of the total land surface of the Earth. As…

Rewild your kids in the great African outdoors at Samara Karoo Reserve

Samara Karoo Reserve near Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape’s Great Karoo region is a landscape of space, stars and silence. Its astonishing diversity of topographies, vegetation and arid-adapted…

AVENS TRAVEL WORLD – For Majestic Journeys & Holidays

Avens Travel World, also trading under the brand name ATW Holidays Africa for African Safaris, is a privately owned indigenous African tourism and travel company creating handcrafted safaris and…

Remembering Bears

A heart-breaking video of a polar bear starving to death in the Baffin Islands of Canada brought attention to the challenges bears face due to climate change. Meanwhile in China, a bear lies in a…

Camp Kala – pure luxury on the fringe of Etosha

It’s 3am when a deep, guttural roar shakes me from sleep. I sit up instantly and hear it again – rolling across the flat Namibian landscape and rumbling through the wide glass doors of my…

The Luxury Safaris – Perfect for Adventurous Families

Are you planning to take the family on a luxury safari on your next holiday? If so, there are many options for you. But as you know, some safaris are not optimized for families, especially with young…

Nambiti Hills Private Game Reserve

The pop of the champagne cork bursts the chilly air, and we relax in comfortable silence. Above the chirp of crickets, I hear a noise; my first instinct is to sit forward in my chair, squinting into…

Winter is the best time to spot the Big 5

Game-viewing at Sun City, sleep in and take advantage of later sunrise. While Sun City might be thought of in terms of golf, casinos and water, the resort borders the Pilanesberg National Park…

Romancing the River

The intoxicating smell of wild jasmine fills the air, as the sun rises above the horizon, turning the sky from a pale grey, to shades of lilac and pink. A faint mist rises off the river, and…

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Samara Private Game Reserve is reborn as Samara Karoo Reserve

Samara Private Game Reserve near Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape’s Great Karoo region is honouring and celebrating this unique, remarkable and soulful landscape of infinite horizons by changing…

Captivating Konkamoya

The chatter at the dinner table has grown quiet, as we all enjoy a delicious mushroom risotto. The dining room is perched on a hill, looking eastward over Lake Itezhi-Tezhi, and antique lanterns…

Luxury Livingstone

Zambezi River passes through several countries and countless wonderful places on its journey from source to sea. Emerging from the ground as a tiny bubbling spring in north-western Zambia, the river…

Visiting Victoria Falls

"Creeping with awe to the verge, I peered down into a large rent which had been made from bank to bank of the broad Zambezi, and saw that a stream of a thousand yards broad leaped down a hundred feet…

What makes Lion Camp Unique?

Lion Camp is a hidden gem located in the northernmost reaches of Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park, one of the best places in Africa for an authentic wilderness safari. Being away from the park…

Dreaming Under Namibian Night Skies

Ever felt a little wistful of those intrepid adventurers who go off on expeditions – sleeping wild under the stars - or in a tent on the roof of their landy? Well, Onguma in Namibia makes this…

Celebrating 40 years of Desert & Delta Safaris – Empowering Botswana through tourism

Since its inception in 1982, Desert & Delta Safaris has been empowering Botswana through tourism. In 2022, Desert & Delta celebrates their 40th Anniversary, and to commemorate the incredible…

Go2Africa – African Safari Experts

Go2Africa is a multi-award-winning independent travel company, creating exceptionally luxurious, curated African experiences to East and Southern Africa, as well as the Indian Ocean Islands. Since…

Rwanda Hosts Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2022

Following two postponements due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Kigali/Rwanda finally hosted the event which took place from 20-25 June 2022. Commonwealth leaders travelled to Rwanda to reaffirm their…