Tailor-made Wildlife
Expeditions
No two travellers want the same thing — so we don’t build the same trip twice.
Tell us what you’re after: the species at the top of your list, the photographs you’re chasing, how hard you want to push and how long you’ve got. We build the expedition around that — the destinations, the lodges, the pace, the timing — and lead it in person.
Want to spend a week tracking jaguars in the Pantanal? Build a trip around big cats across two countries? Travel slow, with long mornings in one place? It’s yours to shape. As a zoologist, I’ll tell you honestly what’s realistic, when the timing is right, and where you’ll get the encounters you’re hoping for — then we make it happen.
One expedition, built for one group. Yours.
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Why Tailor-made?
Led By a Zoologist
A lifetime around animals and years in the field go into every trip. We don’t recommend a camp we haven’t stayed in or a route we haven’t run ourselves — if it’s on your itinerary, we’ve tested it.
And you won’t be left alone out there. You’ll have someone on the ground throughout your trip, so anything that needs sorting is handled fast, by a person who’s actually there.
Naturalists, Not Just Guides
You won’t be handed to a stranger on arrival. On our expeditions, the person reading the bush is a zoologist — someone who tells you not just what you’re seeing, but what it’s doing and why it matters.
Where we work with local guides, we choose people who know their ground intimately, and we’re right there alongside them — not handing you over at the airport.
Conservation In Action
Travel with us and conservation isn’t something you read about on a plaque — it’s something you take part in.
Our guests have worked beside the Dinokeng rangers on real operations: collaring lions and elephants, freeing a buffalo from a snare, relocating a cheetah. The work below isn’t a brochure promise. It happened, and our guests were part of it.
How It Works
A tailor-made expedition starts with a conversation. You tell us what you’re after — the species at the top of your list, who’s travelling, how long you’ve got, how hard you want to push. We take it from there: the destinations, the lodges, the pace, the timing, all built around you rather than a fixed departure.
Because each trip is planned from scratch, it takes a little longer to put together. That’s the point — you end up with one expedition, shaped for one group, instead of a package shared with strangers.
How We Do It
First, we talk. You tell me what you’re after: the species you most want to see, who’s travelling, your dates, your pace.
Then I plan. Drawing on years in the field and contacts across our destinations, I put together the route, the lodges, and the timing — built around you, not a fixed itinerary.
Then we refine it together until it’s right.
After that, your only job is to turn up and enjoy it. Everything else is handled.
Destinations
Southern Africa
South Africa, Botswana, Victoria Falls
Green season: November-April
The warmer green season means better availability and rates on safari, the ideal time to visit Cape Town and the Winelands, and Victoria Falls in full flood (February-May).
Dry season: May-October
Cooler and drier conditions bring better visibility and higher game density around water sources. June-August is the ideal time for water-based safaris in the Okavango Delta.
Highlights:
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Excellent game viewing year-round.
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Close Big 5 sightings - lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, buffalo
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Award-winning lodges with star-beds
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Water-based safaris in Botswana by boat or mokoro (canoe)
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Easily combined with Victoria Falls, St Lucia, Dinokeng and Mozambique
East Africa
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Green season: November-May
The warmer green season brings the calving (January-March), and with it plenty of predator action - along with excellent photography conditions and fewer crowds.
Dry season: June-October
Cooler, drier conditions deliver excellent game viewing, and the famous Great Migration river crossings take place. This is peak season, so availability can be limited.
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High game density and prolific sightings year-round
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Famous for big cats - lion, cheetah and leopard
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The annual Great Wildebeest Migration and its circle of life
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Balloon safaris and cultural visits with local communities
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Easily combined with Indian Ocean islands or gorilla trekking in Uganda
India
Ranthambore, Bandhavgarh, Sasan Gir, Panna
Summer: 18°-45°C, March - June
Hot and dry, with temperatures climbing toward 45°C — but this is prime tiger-spotting season. As water grows scarce, big cats and other wildlife gather at the remaining waterholes, making sightings more predictable than at any other time of year.
Winter: 8°-28°C, October-February
Mild and comfortable, the easiest season to explore the parks at length, with pleasant days and rich birdlife.
Highlights:
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Tracking the Bengal tiger in four of India's finest reserves
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Sasan Gir - the only place on earth to see wild Asiatic lions
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Some of the best birdwatching in Asia
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Jeep safaris through Panna's gorges and Bandhavgarh's forests
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Tiger conservation you can witness first-hand
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Stays that pair real comfort with genuine wilderness
Not sure where to start?
Whether you’re with Henrique, one of our guides, or exploring on your own from the camps and lodges we trust, every safari we run holds to the same standard.
The expeditions here are our pre-planned trips — but think of them as starting points. Browse them for ideas, then take what appeals to you and we’ll build it into an expedition of your own.
What Included
Most of our lodges run on an all-inclusive basis. Your room rate covers all meals and snacks, beverages including most alcoholic drinks, and the activities themselves — game drives, walking safaris and scheduled excursions. Many lodges also offer laundry, so you can travel light. Running places like these in remote regions takes serious behind-the-scenes work, which is part of why service is so personal: at many lodges, staff outnumber guests.
Only a few things sit outside the standard rate: special activities such as hot-air balloon flights and spa treatments, imported spirits at some lodges, and gratuities for the lodge and guiding staff. Beyond those, there’s little else to think about — most of your trip is settled before you arrive.