Safaris 

Choose JOURNEYS for more than 100 of the best wildlife safaris in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. We offer hiking and vehicle safaris, photo safaris, and cultural safaris. On every safari the emphasis is on small group size, expert local leadership, and close up experience.  Our African safaris explore wildlife areas of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Madagascar, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.  We offer mountain gorilla viewing treks and safaris in Uganda and Rwanda, and lowland gorilla safaris in Gabon. Our range of safari styles includes overland camping safaris, tented, mobile tent, and lodge trips or a combination.  We offer year-round safaris in most of our destinations.  In most countries we can offer you high-quality, personalized private wildlife safari arrangements at a cost comparable to our competitors’ group safari costs. In Africa we offer several safaris offering both cultural and wildlife experiences. 

Some of our most popular wildlife safaris are listed below. Go the country page of the country where you would like to travel for more suggestions. There you will also find trip reviews, photo galleries, Safari FAQ, and other helpful safari selection hints.  Call or e-mail us for more details and safari suggestions.

SAFARIS
India: Bengal Tiger Mini-Safari
Cost: $3,995  •  Duration: 8 days  •   Privately on Request

Join an expert-naturalist-guided safari to view tigers and other wildlife in Kanha National Park, one of the best parks of north India. Add Agra and the Taj Mahal if you wish. Ask us about adding time to see other highlights of the area.

Best of Botswana Camping Safari
Cost: $3,700-$4,150  •  Duration: 10 days  •  Feb. 10-19, 2012

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  •  Feb. 11-24, 2012

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  •  Feb. 8-17, 2012

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  •  Apr. 15-29, 2012

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

Classic Namibia Under Canvas
Cost: $4,495  •  Duration: 12 days  •  Feb. 6-17, 2012

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

Classic Rwanda and Uganda
Cost: $7,595  •  Duration: 12 days  •  Feb. 6-17, 2012

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.

India: Encounters with Egrets and Elephants
Cost: $4,195  •  Duration: 11 days

Indulge your passions for finding and learning about the world's wildlife and habitats on this South India wildlife odyssey to parks and wild areas on the country's southern roads -- and forest paths -- less traveled. Let our superlative guide, Avi, show you the way.

Tanzania: Full Moon Kili Summit, Safari & Zanzibar
Cost: $5,725  •  Duration: 15 days

Fulfill your life-long goal of climbing Kili. Afterward, search for the "big five" game animals on safari in Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro Crater. Then, congratulate and indulge yourself on Zanzibar's powder white sand beaches.

Uganda & Rwanda: Gorillas in the Virungas and Bwindi
Cost: $5,410  •  Duration: 8 days  •  Feb. 7-14, 2012

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

Africa: Great Trek Adventure
Cost: $4,250  •  Duration: 20 days  •  Mar. 10-29, 2012

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

India Great Cats Safari
Cost: $5,450  •  Duration: 16 days

Stalk tigers, leopards, and other felines in the great national parks of India with our senior naturalist, Avi Sakhrel, on this Special Signature trip. Consider the snow leopard tracking extension.

Jambo Tanzania Wildlife Safari
Cost: $4,670  •  Duration: 11 days  •  Jun. 8-18, 2012

Follow the famous Serengeti wildebeest migration through some of the best parks in Tanzania.

Jambo Wildlife Adventure & Cultural Odyssey
Cost: $4,465  •  Duration: 11 days  •  Feb. 11-21, 2012

If you need to escape the winter, love wild animals and culture and enjoy small group travel, this is your chance! Meet Maasai warriors, the nomadic Hadzabe and the Datoga, farmers and herders. Closely approach lions, elephants, and giraffes and more.

Karibu, Tanzania! Family Safari
Cost: $2,850-$4,250  •  Duration: 11 days  •  Jun. 22-Jul. 2, 2012

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: $4,775  •  Duration: 12 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: Lemurs! Lemurs!
Cost: $5,865  •  Duration: 16 days  •  Sep. 25-Oct. 10, 2012

Visit renowned Berenty, Isalo, Ranomafana and Perinet Reserves, Nosy Be, and meet some of the Malagasy children. Let the Indri Indri's siren song lure you to this magical island, the dancing Verraux's Sifaka enchant you, and its beauty capture your heart!

Uganda: Primates, Pachyderms and Plovers
Cost: $6,995  •  Duration: 15 days  •  Sep. 8-22, 2012

Join expert naturalist guide Paul Tamwenya on an exploration of Uganda's parks and reserves in search of primates, birds, and large mammals, including mountain gorillas and chimps.

South Africa Adventure
Cost: $4,495  •  Duration: 18 days  •  Mar. 4-21, 2012

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.

Tanzania Best Value Safari
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.

Tanzania Culture and 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.

Africa: Trans Kalahari Adventure
Cost: $5,395  •  Duration: 22 days  •  Mar. 11-Apr. 1, 2012

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

Uganda Custom Gorilla Trekking
Cost: $6,450  •  Duration: 11 days  •   Privately on Request

With JOURNEYS' amazing Paul Tamwenya as your naturalist guide, seek out shy, highly-endangered Mountain Gorillas on treks, boat trips and a vehicle safari to observe the many mammals and birds of Uganda.

Zambia: Wild Zambezi Camping Safari
Cost: $4,050  •  Duration: 10 days  •  May. 21-30, 2012

Savor the wonders of Zambia from comfortable mobile camps in the wild bush. This is a great choice if you don't need fancy lodges or luxury camps, and want to experience natural Zambia up close.

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