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Faran Travel is a bespoke tour operator, focussing on wildlife holidays and sustainable travel to the world's wildest corners.

20/04/2026

A secretary bird on the Borana Conservancy, Kenya - showing off the incredible feather crest that gives the bird its name.

The impressive feathers are thought to resemble the quill pens that 19th-century secretaries would tuck behind their ears.

The secretary bird's latin name is Sagittarius serpentarius, which translates to "archer of snakes" as they use powerful kicks to kill their prey, including venomous snakes.

10/04/2026

💫Traveller Testimonial💫

Our travellers from Australia just got back from a highlight-hitting journey through northern Tanzania and Uganda, including:

- One of the best locations on the Ngorongoro Crater rim to avoid the crowds
- A luxury tented camp in the southern Serengeti
- Being surrounded by the Great Migration
- An expert guide and private vehicle throughout
- Smooth logistics linking the Serengeti and Entebbe, Uganda
- A fitting finale with the mountain gorillas of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

"We considered a number of travel agents before choosing Josh to put our trip together. Even though we are in Australia & Josh is in the UK, he came out tops. Josh made the whole process super-easy. He listened to the places we wanted to see and put together an itinerary that covered everything. We changed our minds a number of times through the process but Josh took it all in his stride. The accommodation and food throughout Tanzania & Uganda was outstanding, and the guides Josh organised, particularly Nomad in Tanzania were fantastic. Josh checked in with us just before the start of our trip, again whilst we were travelling and once we arrived home, to ensure everything was ok. Incredibly personable and efficient, we will definitely use Josh again.” Bob, Sydney

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12/03/2026

Very proud to be named as one of Conde Nast Travel's Top Travel Specialists for the second year running!

Building on our first award in 2025, during this past year we've focussed on solidifying and expanding our first hand knowledge, which is so key in cutting through an increasingly information-laden world.

We've added Chile and Brazil to our list of wildlife adventure destinations. Want to know how to see a puma or a jaguar without the crowds? Looking for the best hikes in Patagonia? We can help.

In Africa we've been back to South Africa, Zambia, Botswana and Kenya to update our knowledge and fill in any blanks.

We're already planning our next trip back to an old favourite, Namibia, with a touch of a national park you've probably never heard of and hopefully a slice of Angola.

04/03/2026

2026 is the year of the Fire Horse. 🔥

These are Namibia's Fire Horses! One of just two herds of feral horses in Africa, the other being the Kudondo horses of Ethiopia.

Thought to be descendants of escaped military horses and breeding stock scattered from local stables during bombing in World War 1. They have developed an improved ability to conserve water for upwards of 72 hours to cope in this harsh corner of southern Namibia.

Not only at the mercy of the environment but spotted hyenas targeting foals have also impacted their numbers. Estimates put the herd at less than 100 individuals.

We are seeing more and more interest in Namibia beyond the usual highlights, as travellers look to spend longer and explore deeper. Seeing these iconic survivors is just one of the many reasons to include southern Namibia in your next trip.

12/02/2026

The lilac-breasted roller or LBR is a common sighting across southern and eastern Africa. But with an uncanny knack of flying off just as you are about to press the shutter, it is famously hard to get a photo of. We got lucky here with a soggy individual after a brief downpour in Botswana.

29/01/2026

We had our interview for TTG Media's Luxury Adventure Travel Designer yesterday and it had us thinking about luxury adventure and what it means to us.

21/01/2026

New activities at Okonjima Nature Reserve, Namibia.

Long one of our favourite places to begin or end a journey through Namibia, - just a few hours north of Windhoek - has introduced two exciting new ways to learn about this remarkable landscape and the animals that call it home.

1. Brown hyena tracking
Working alongside the reserve’s long-term research programme, guests join expert trackers to follow the movements of this elusive species, gaining rare insight into brown hyena behaviour and their role within the ecosystem.

2. Into AfriCat: Behind the Science
Best known for their work rescuing and rehabilitating injured wildlife, particularly carnivores, Okonjima’s partner charity AfriCat is now focused primarily on conservation research. Launching from 1 July 2026, this new experience offers a deeper look into the purpose, methods and importance of their work, both within the reserve and across Namibia.

We often include a stay on the 220 km² Okonjima Nature Reserve as the final stop on a self-drive itinerary before returning to the airport. With four accommodation options to suit a range of budgets, a one night stay is common - but with the growing variety of activities, we’d strongly recommend allowing two or more nights to make the most of your time here.

11/01/2026

Just a few of the camps and lodges we've woven into our tailor-made Africa safaris for 2026.

Knowing what awaits our travellers is one of the great privileges of what we do - carefully matching remarkable places to each person's interests, pace and sense of adventure. It's why no two journeys are ever the same.

1. - Amalinda Lodge, Zimbabwe
2. - Xugana Island Lodge, Botswana
3. - Camp Kalahari, Botswana
4. - Asanja Nyasirori, Tanzania
5. - Ntemwa Busanga Camp, Zambia
6. - Entamanu Ngorongoro, Tanzania
7. - Nilotica Private House, Kenya
8. - Kaya Mawa, Malawi
9. - Onduli Ridge, Namibia
10. - Okavango Explorers Camp, Botswana

31/12/2025

As 2025 draws to a close, we’re deeply grateful to everyone who made it such a remarkable year for Faran Travel.

The journeys we create are never the work of one person. They’re shaped by the fast-thinking reservations teams who manage to book the last available room, the beaming driver waiting at the airstrip, the guide who notices the flick of a tail or twitch of an ear in long grass - and the owners and operators who first imagined welcoming travellers into places this wild.

This year, Faran travellers ventured far beyond the familiar. Thank you for trusting us when we suggested a national park you’d never heard of, a sleep-out beneath open skies, or a summit you didn’t know you wanted to climb.

We’re excited for what lies ahead in 2026 and beyond.

Wishing you a very Happy New Year!

(All content has been sent to us by our travellers on trips this year or taken by ourselves on our own adventures)

24/12/2025

We've had a monk parakeet delivering the mistletoe this Christmas. Merry Christmas one and all!

01/12/2025

Proud to announce that we've been nominated as a finalist in the Luxury Adventure Travel Designer of the Year category of Luxury Travel Awards 2026.

We're excited for the interview in January where we'll make the case for why we should take home the crown at the awards ceremony in March.

Wish us luck!

20/11/2025

Day 4 - Paine Grande to Grey Glacier + the suspension bridges (22km)
This was the day we managed to turn an 11km day into a 22km day:

We set off at a leisurely 9am, our next campsite only 11km/ around 3 hours away and we thought the route had relatively little elevation gain so no need to set off at the crack of dawn. We left Lago Pehoe behind us and climbed up through a canyon. After 4km of gradual ascent and a Magellanic woodpecker sighting, we got our first glimpse of the famous Grey Glacier.

All of the glaciers we’d seen up to this point were hanging glaciers on the hulking mountains that made up the Paine Massif. But Grey Glacier is part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field and tumbles directly into Lago Grey. At 6km wide it is the biggest glacier in the Torres del Paine national park.

As we started the slow descent through the lenga forest, we bumped into some hikers coming from the opposite direction. They told us we absolutely had to take the trail “a little further past Refugio Grey” to two suspension bridges, the second of which would give us the best views of the glacier.

We arrived at Refugio Grey before midday and "checked in" to our tent. After a bite to eat and with pretty much 5 hours of daylight ahead of us, we decided to check out these suspension bridges.

It was only when we’d been walking for 1.5 hours, basically uphill the whole way, and we still hadn’t reached the second suspension bridge that we realised we’d inadvertently turned our chilled 11km day into a 22km day. Our knees were feeling it.

But once we’d crossed the second suspension bridge - a nerve-wracking 50 metres over a deep ravine - the view of the glacier really was worth it.

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