Africa

The word safari means "journey" in Swahili, and we take our etymological connection to Africa seriously by offering only the best travel experiences. Look to us for active trips and safaris featuring local, expertly trained guides and the best in food and equipment. We can help you link West Africa, East Africa, and Southern Africa with explorations throughout the continent as well as trips to Madagascar. Choose from regularly departing group safaris or private safari-style travel arrangements tailored to your exact interests and budget. JOURNEYS offers safaris and cultural travel to Africa year-round.

We are a leader in family African safaris. Our Kenya Million Animal Safari, now in its third decade, is a culturally sensitive, wildlife intensive trip that supports community education. This tour, along with our wildlife and photography safaris in Tanzania, Madagascar, Botswana, and other countries in southern Africa, serve as models for safari trips in West Africa. In southern Africa we partner with local tour operators who offer regular departures ranging from classic safaris under canvas with full comfort and gourmet dining to "participation safaris" where you help create the adventure.

We have connections for explorations of Gabon, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Mozambique, Rwanda and Uganda. Not every traveler will be enticed by every African destination, but we think we can find the right trip for any traveler interested in Africa. We know African travel, and we want to share our knowledge with you.

Tours to Africa

Ancient Wonders of Egypt
Cost: $4,295-$4,550  •  Duration: 12 days  •   Privately on Request

Learn about Egypt's greatest monuments and multi-milleninal history on this highly adaptable exploration tailored to your pace, preferences and ambition. Easy to add extra days, Alexandria or Petra and Jordan.

Best of Botswana Camping Safari
Cost: $3,700-$4,150  •  Duration: 10 days  •  Sep. 7-16, 2010

Enjoy photography, birding and exceptional wildlife viewing as part of a guided small group camping trip exploring the very best reserves and sanctuaries of Botswana.

Best of Namibia
Cost: $2,995  •  Duration: 14 days  •  Sep. 6-19, 2010

Meditate on Africa's most colorful landscapes. Meet remarkable desert cultures. Track spectacular wildlife where you wouldn't expect it.

Botswana Deltas and Rivers
Cost: $4,795-$5,295  •  Duration: 10 days  •  Sep. 7-16, 2010

This is a professionally guided camping and photography safari in its most refined, luxurious, and comfortable style set in the wildest and most animal rich sanctuaries of Botswana.

Botswana Overland Adventure
Cost: $3,850  •  Duration: 15 days  •  Sep. 5-19, 2010

This high-value bush camping safari offers a superb insight into the cultures, wildlife and natural environments of famous and little known sancturaries of Botswana.

Classic Namibia Under Canvas
Cost: $4,495  •  Duration: 12 days  •  Sep. 16-27, 2010

Savor the wonders of Nambia from luxury camps in the wild bush.

Classic Rwanda and Uganda
Cost: $6,750  •  Duration: 12 days  •  Sep. 13-24, 2010

Join a small group to visit the chimps and mountain gorillas, safari in fabled Queen Elizabeth Park, and sail to Murchison Falls, all with great guides.

Egypt: Desert Oases & the Nile Valley
Cost: $4,600-$5,095  •  Duration: 14 days  •   Privately on Request

Visit the great monuments and also penetrate the Sahara visiting the great oases of the Western Desert. Experience Egypt from many perspectives on a personalized tour.

Tanzania: East Africa Photo Safari with Wayde Carroll
Cost: $4,395  •  Duration: 11 days  •  Jun. 12-22, 2011

Follow the famous Serengeti wildebeest migration with a professional photographer and our senior safari naturalist as your guides.

Ethiopia Timkat Festival
Cost: $3,595-$4,195  •  Duration: 18 days  •  Jan. 16-Feb. 2, 2011

Join in the swirling color and passion of Timkat at Lalibela and visit the fortresses of Gondar, the source of the Blue Nile, and the Omo Valley.

Egypt: Finding the Pharaohs - A Signature Trip
Cost: $3,190  •  Duration: 8 days  •  Feb. 1-8, 2011

Explore Egypt on this Signature Trip with Florine Herendeen and our most experienced Egyptologist guides. Trip may be extended to include the Sinai and Petra, Jordan.

Uganda & Rwanda: Gorillas in the Virungas and Bwindi
Cost: $4,995  •  Duration: 8 days  •  Sep. 28-Oct. 5, 2010

Meet your ancestors on this chimp- and gorilla-focused trip featuring reserved permits, high standard accommodation, and the best guides and vehicles.

Journey to Jordan and Egypt - A Signature Trip
Cost: $4,425  •  Duration: 12 days  •  Jan. 28-Feb. 8, 2011

Join JOURNEYS' Florine Herendeen and superlative local guides for a unique encounter with the cultures and classic sites in Jordan and Egypt.  Devote two days to the antiquities and natural...

Mali: Journey to Timbuktu
Cost: $2,995  •  Duration: 13 days  •  Sep. 4-16, 2010

Every trip to Mali is a rewarding challenge. You will have a great Malian guide and a good vehicle, but be prepared for unexpected adventures.

Karibu, Tanzania! Family Safari
Cost: $2,450-$3,750  •  Duration: 11 days  •  Jun. 26-Jul. 6, 2011

If you and the kids like wild animals, this family safari is the ultimate travel experience. Meet Maasai warriors. Closely approach lions, elephants and giraffes.

Kenya Million Animal Safari
Cost: $4,250  •  Duration: 11 days  •   Privately on Request

If your goal is to see and photograph the greatest possible number of large mammals of Africa on a small group safari, this is your best trip. Guide Makau Nzioka is among Kenya's best birders and naturalists.

Madagascar Lemur Adventure
Cost: $4,495  •  Duration: 10 days  •   Privately on Request

Observe the lemurs, chameleons, and other endemic animals, birds, and plants of Madagascar with a skilled local naturalist guide.

Madagascar: Tails of the Wild
Cost: $4,495-$4,695  •  Duration: 13 days  •  Sep. 19-Oct. 1, 2010

Immerse yourself in the magic of nature, cultures, wild scenery, and unique markets of Madagascar. Great guides make this a very personal experience.

Morocco Markets and Mountains
Cost: $3,275-$3,600  •  Duration: 11 days  •   Privately on Request

Meander Morocco's markets andmountains in Meknes, Marrakech, and Merzouga. Roam from coastal ruins to Sahara dunes and much more.

Morocco Souqs and Spices
Cost: $3,650  •  Duration: 10 days  •  Feb. 10-19, 2011

Join Joan Weber and a small group of intellectually adventurous women on an exploration of Morocco's imperial past and vibrant present.  Travel from the Atlantic coast of North Africa through...

Egypt & Jordan: Mysteries of the Middle East
Cost: $4,285  •  Duration: 20 days  •  Sep. 11-30, 2010

Visit the ancient and scared sites of Israel, Jordan and Egypt on a multi-modal adventure through diverse cultures and geography on this group tour.

South Africa Adventure
Cost: $3,295  •  Duration: 18 days  •  Sep. 5-22, 2010

This is the Grand Tour that local South Africans might choose for themselves, combining a great variety of culture, wildlife, scenery, and activity on a fast-paced adventure.

South Africa Self-Drive
Cost: $2,200-$2,650  •  Duration: 11 days  •   Privately on Request

This very flexible auto safari adapts to your preference of sites, duration, route, accommodations, cuisine, and vehicle type. We'll help find the right mix for you on your dates.

Southern Algeria Explorer
Cost: $2,625-$3,950  •  Duration: 14 days  •  Oct. 10-23, 2010

Deep in the Sahara you explore volcanic mountain ranges, hidden oases, nomadic cultures and shifting dunescapes seemingly carved from your most vivid imagination.

Spirit of Kenya
Cost: $3,950  •  Duration: 9 days  •   Privately on Request

Everyone gets a window seat on this incredible Kenya wildlife safari! Enjoy eight superb safari days as part of a small, expertly-guided trip. Quality accommodations in lodges and permanent tented...

Tanzania Culture & Wildlife
Cost: $5,895-$6,445  •  Duration: 13 days  •   Privately on Request

Understand the great game herds of the Serengeti in the context of local tribes and communities that live in harmony with wildlife and the natural environments.

Tanzania Wild Wonders (July-Oct)
Cost: $5,395-$6,250  •  Duration: 10 days  •   Privately on Request

Roam the savannas with an expert naturalist driver guide seeking great concentrations of big game and other wildlife staying in comfortable lodges and camps.

Tanzania Wild Wonders (Nov-June)
Cost: $5,395-$6,250  •  Duration: 10 days  •   Privately on Request

This seasonally-timed safari tracks the greatest concentrations of Serengeti during their time of peak migration abundance. This an ultimate wildlife experience.

Tanzania Wildlife Week
Cost: $3,750-$4,050  •  Duration: 8 days  •   Privately on Request

This safari seeks the greatest variety, numbers and concentrations of animals and birds on a dawn-to-dusk, fast-paced, intensive visit to the best parks and reserves in East Africa.

Africa: The Great Trek
Cost: $3,800  •  Duration: 22 days  •  Sep. 4-25, 2010

If you don't need fancy lodges, luxury camps and hotels, this is the perfect value safari for experiencing all the best of southern Africa nature and culture.

Tanzania: Top of Africa-Kili Climb: Crater Camp Route
Cost: $3,895  •  Duration: 10 days  •   Privately on Request

Camp in Kilmanjaro's Kibo Crater en route to Uhuru Peak. Descend via the Mweka Route. Guided departures on your dates year around.

Tanzania: Top of Africa-Kili Climb: Rongai Route
Cost: $3,675-$3,895  •  Duration: 8 days  •  Sep. 4-11, 2010

This is the most scenic, least-utilized and best paced route to the summit of Kili. Choose private arrangements or weekly group departures.

Tanzania: Top of Africa-Kili Climb: Shira Route
Cost: $3,795  •  Duration: 10 days  •  Sep. 10-19, 2010

Choose this route up Kilimanjaro for extra time acclimatizing, fewer other hikers and wide ranging views of the sister peaks and target Kibo summit.

Africa: Trans Kalahari Adventure
Cost: $4,195  •  Duration: 22 days  •  Sep. 5-26, 2010

This 22-day safari offers indigenous cultures, the greatest wildlife reserves and spectacular scenery of Namibia, the Okavango, and Victoria Falls.

Treasures of Tunisia
Cost: $4,725  •  Duration: 14 days  •   Privately on Request

Explore and understand the remarkable culture, ruins, history, and landscape. Travel beyond the beaches that confine most tourists. Expect excellent food.

Uganda and Rwanda Primates and Parrots
Cost: $5,995  •  Duration: 14 days  •  Sep. 3-16, 2011

Join Will Weber and naturalist guide Paul Tamwenya on this Signature Trip, where they co-lead the most complete Rwanda and Uganda nature trip available. It is a special opportunity for birders and photographers.

Africa: West Africa Expedition
Cost: $7,995  •  Duration: 26 days  •  Nov. 3-28, 2010

From Timbuktu to Ouagadougou, this group departure explores slave castles, voodoo villages, rain forests, Dogon ceremonies, and lost kingdoms.

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