Our clients get to know the difference:

"Hi Sharon, back today from SA. Had a wonderful time, Charl, our guide, was absolutely fantastic with us and especially brilliant with the kids. He is a fantastic guide and thoroughly recommend him to anyone. The places we saw were brilliant but having someone like Charl to take us around really made it for us". Mrs Waller, Surrey (Guided Safari, July '08)


We offer tailor made and small group wildlife and adventure holidays that avoid the main safari routes, giving our guests a high quality wildlife encounter. Our expert guides make all the difference with their knowledge about wildlife behaviour and game spotting skills.

We offer stacks of activities in our itineraries that you can’t do back home – like taking a hot air balloon ride over Namibia’s desert, gliding through Botswana’s Okavango Delta in a dugout canoe, or swimming with wild dolphins off Mozambique’s coast. We use unique, luxury accommodation where guests usually end the day with an aperitif under the stars.

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We can create bespoke itineraries to specified requirements. If celebrating a special occasion, take a look at our 14 day fly-in safari in Namibia which includes rhino tracking, hot air ballooning over the desert and game drives in Etosha National Park. Vic Falls, Safari & Beach or Cape Town combinations are popular: see our itineraries.

We have small group trips departing in 2008 and 2009 as follows:

South Africa: Wildlife, Tribes & Dolphins
South Africa: Wildlife, Battlefields & Mountains
Namibia: Big Cats, Adventure & Desert
Namibia: Desert, Tribes & Wildlife

Cape Town's excellent restaurants, trendy bars, beautiful beaches - plus of course the winelands, makes for an excellent break over the new year. The temperature is warm, too! Call or email us for ideas.

From December-March, Botswana is alive with birds and baby mammals: whilst this is known as rainy season, the rains tend to last for an hour - usually in the late afternoon. There are some excellent offers on - see our Desert, Wildlife & Falls itinerary and a suggestion for a Xmas Safari.

We have some great itineraries for family trips - see our suggestions for the Garden Route, Cape Town & Safari trip in South Africa, or our Bush Skills, Rhino Tracking & Falls itinerary in Botswana & Zambia, which has the kids learning the art of bush survival! We also have a suggestion for a Family Safari & Beach holiday with special Jungle Game Drives for the kids in South Africa, and some time relaxing on the pristine beaches of Mozambique.

With access routes across Southern Africa, it's perfectly feasible to arrange a few extra days at the beginning or end of your main trip. Perhaps a few days relaxing on the beach in Mozambique; a trip to the magnificent Victoria Falls, a few days in Cape Town or some unusual options such as Wilderness Escapes in Namibiai. Click on the country of interest to the left or contact us for more information.

Native Escapes is supporting Ethical Travel ... our itineraries include activities that benefit the local environment or community, accommodation that might be involved in a local project, and community projects which guests can visit and donate to directly.

We've launched a ‘Travel with a Conscience’ group on Facebook: to join, sign up at Facebook.com and type ‘Travel with a Conscience’ into the search box.