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Africa Odyssey

Name: Africa Odyssey
Address: Unit 13 Chaldicott Barns, Shaftesbury, SP79AW, GB
Telephone: +442087041216
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Tailor-Made Safari Holidays, African Wildlife Safaris, Tours & Holidays

We are safari experts, long-established specialists in all aspects of african safari itinerary planning and ground management across sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, whether you are dreaming of the ultimate walking safari through the heart of Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park or a ch*****ne breakfast in the Masai Mara, whether you wish to encounter wild gorillas or enjoy the ultimate Indian Ocean island beach break, we will design the perfect itinerary for you.

06/11/2026

We’re incredibly proud to share that Africa Odyssey has been recognised by Condé Nast Traveller UK as one of its Top Travel Specialists to Know Right Now.

Describing our approach as “honest, impartial advice grounded in first hand experiences”, the article captures something that has been at the heart of Africa Odyssey since we began in 1998.

Independence is a genuine advantage in this industry. We have no parent group, outside investors, camp ownership or quotas, and are owned by the very people who design your adventures. There are no commercial obligations dictating where we send our guests. Just our expertise, experience and honest recommendations, shaped by first hand knowledge, trusted relationships and, above all, what we believe is right for each individual traveller.

We believe the best safari isn’t necessarily the most luxurious camp or the most well-known property. It’s about knowing where to go, when to go and finding the people and places that will make a journey truly exceptional.

A huge thank you to Condé Nast Traveller for the recognition, and to our wonderful team, partners, and guests who make what we do possible.

Planning your next African adventure? Get in touch via the link in our bio to speak with the specialists who put you, and the experience you want, at the heart of every journey.

📸: by Africa Odyssey Guest ._.gl and Africa Expert

30/10/2026

Highlights of Zimbabwe, captured during a recent Africa Odyssey Expert-Led safari

Our guests recently explored Zimbabwe with our Africa expert and resident guide discovering some of the country’s most extraordinary wild places.

There were dinners beneath the stars in the Chitake riverbed, lions and wild dogs encountered on foot during walking safaris in Mana Pools, and elephants moving through the Zambezi River as the sun began to set.

In Hwange, the celebrations continued with a special birthday sundowner and dinner, alongside the chance to watch elephants at close quarters from the hide at Amalinda.

These are the moments that make a safari so much more than a wildlife checklist. The unexpected encounters, the evenings spent around the table, and the feeling of being completely immersed in the wilderness.

A wonderful trip, made all the more special by sharing it with such a lovely group of guests.

Keen to join us on a future guided safari? Get in touch to register your interest in upcoming trips with our Africa experts.

31/07/2026

There are very few places left in Africa where safari still feels this unhurried.

Zimbabwe isn't a destination that demands you rush from sighting to sighting. Instead, it's a place that rewards slowing down. Spend an afternoon sitting quietly beneath a mahogany tree and you'll watch elephants drift across the horizon. Wait patiently in a hide and a herd of buffalo will eventually emerge from the dust. Head out on foot, and every track, every sound and every scent suddenly becomes part of the experience.

Following Expert recent journey through Zimbabwe, these were some of the moments that stood out:

🐘 Sitting beneath the mahogany trees of Chikwenya, watching antelope and elephants move through the landscape
🌅 Sundowners on the banks of the Zambezi at Nyamatusi, with the sun setting over the Zambian hills
🚶‍♀️ A walking safari at Vundu, culminating in an unforgettable encounter with one of the area’s iconic tusker elephants
🦁 An evening at Linkwasha spent with a pride of more than a dozen lionesses, moving together in perfect synchrony
🐘 An unexpected visit from a family of elephants at Little Makalolo, arriving to drink at the waterhole below the swimming pool
🐃 A quiet afternoon in the hide at Sable Valley, watching a huge herd of buffalo gather at the water, dust rising around them

If you are dreaming of a safari where the landscape, the wildlife and the moments in between are all part of the experience, our team would love to help you discover Zimbabwe.

07/07/2026

"You can trust that you are in expert hands."

Every safari we create begins with understanding what matters most to our guests, then using our firsthand knowledge of Africa to shape an experience that is truly personal.

For Arianna and her family, that meant creating a journey around a milestone birthday and carefully selecting camps, locations and experiences that would allow everyone to enjoy the adventure comfortably, while creating meaningful time together as a family.

Having originally explored Tanzania, Amelia worked with the family to create a Kenya itinerary that better suited their priorities, combining classic safari experiences with exceptional wildlife viewing and those special moments that make a journey truly memorable.

The result was a once-in-a-lifetime adventure, including incredible sightings of Esau, one of Amboseli's legendary super tuskers, a chance meeting with renowned elephant conservationist Cynthia Moss, and countless moments that will stay with them long after returning home.

Thank you to the family for sharing these wonderful photographs, and for trusting us to create such a special journey.

📸: Arianna Gomez Lopez

26/06/2026

This is Tusker: one of Mana Pools’ most recognised bull elephants, GPS-collared and monitored by as part of long-term conservation work across the Zambezi Valley.

Bushlife operates in one of Africa’s more complex, high-pressure wildlife landscapes. Their work includes anti-poaching patrols, elephant movement research, and direct operational support for ranger teams on the ground. Within Mana Pools National Park, there have been no recorded elephant poaching incidents since 2019 - a statistic that speaks for itself.

The Bushlife Tusker Ranger Fund exists to keep those ranger teams funded, equipped and active. In practice, that is what allows monitoring data like Tusker’s collar to translate into real protection in the field.

With every Africa Odyssey booking, we contribute directly to the fund. It's a small part of something that matters.

08/05/2026

Over the coming weeks, Africa Expert () will be revisiting the Okavango Delta, exploring some of our long standing favourite properties alongside a number of exciting new developments shaping Botswana’s safari scene.

One of the things we value most as an independent, employee owned company is the freedom to explore beyond a single portfolio. It allows us to experience a wide variety of camps, styles and safari areas firsthand, ensuring every recommendation we make is based on genuine understanding and finding the right fit for each client.

During his trip, Dave will be visiting a dozen properties across the Delta, each with its own distinct personality and style of safari. Experiencing these camps firsthand means our advice is never based on guesswork or obligation to fill numbers, but on real experience, honest insight and a deep understanding of what different travellers are actually looking for.

Included in the itinerary are:
🌊4 Rivers, one of the Delta’s most exciting newer camps, offering access to a region where exceptional predator viewing meets a genuinely wild and uncrowded safari experience
⛺Nxabega Under Canvas, one of this year’s most anticipated openings, combining &Beyond’s renowned guiding and service with a more intimate and authentic safari style
🐆Maxa, opened last year and already receiving attention for its understated design, exceptional guiding potential and access to a wonderfully wild part of the Delta
🌿Amber River, a camp quietly building a reputation as one of Botswana’s most interesting emerging properties
🦁Mombo, still regarded by many as the benchmark for luxury safaris in Botswana, with few camps able to rival its consistency for guiding, service and extraordinary big game viewing

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing honest insights from the ground, including the camps that genuinely stand out, how the different concessions compare, and what makes each corner of the Delta feel entirely unique.

08/05/2026

Over the coming weeks, Africa Expert Dave () will be revisiting the Okavango Delta, exploring some of our long standing favourite properties alongside a number of exciting new developments shaping Botswana’s safari scene.

One of the things we value most as an independent and employee owned company is the freedom to explore beyond a single portfolio. It allows us to experience a wide variety of camps, styles and safari areas firsthand, ensuring every recommendation we make is based on genuine understanding and finding the right fit for each client.

During his trip, Dave will be visiting a dozen properties across the Delta, each with its own distinct personality, strengths and style of safari. Experiencing these camps firsthand means our advice is never based on guesswork or obligation to fill numbers, but on real experience, honest insight and a deep understanding of what different travellers are actually looking for.

Included in the itinerary are:
🌊4 Rivers, one of the Delta’s most exciting newer camps, offering access to a beautifully remote corner of the Kwara Concession where exceptional predator viewing meets a genuinely wild and uncrowded safari experience
⛺Nxabega Under Canvas, one of this year’s most anticipated openings, combining &Beyond’s renowned guiding and service with a more intimate and authentic safari style
🐆Maxa, opened last year and already receiving attention for its understated design, exceptional guiding potential and access to a wonderfully wild part of the Delta
🌿Amber River, a camp quietly building a reputation as one of Botswana’s most interesting emerging properties, combining contemporary luxury with access to one of the Okavango’s most wildlife rich regions
🦁Mombo, still regarded by many as the benchmark for ultra-luxury safaris in Botswana, with few camps able to rival its consistency for guiding, service and extraordinary big game viewing

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing honest insights from the ground, including the camps that genuinely stand out, how the different concessions compare, and what makes each corner of the Delta feel entirely unique.

04/05/2026

From Managing Director time in Volcanoes National Park, one thing stood out more than anything else.

It’s not the trek itself, or even the anticipation as you move through the forest. It’s the moment you first come across them.

There’s a stillness to it that is difficult to describe until you’ve experienced it. You’re just a few metres away, completely unguarded, watching a family of mountain gorillas go about their day as if you aren’t there at all.

What our Africa Experts often come back to is not just the encounter itself, but how considered the whole experience is. The pacing of the trek, the expertise of the trackers, and the way everything is done with a quiet respect for the animals and the environment they live in.

It’s this combination of access and restraint that makes Rwanda so distinctive.

David Attenborough has returned to these forests in his latest documentary, A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough, revisiting the same landscapes that first brought mountain gorillas to global attention. What has changed over time is not the feeling of being there, but the protection and care that now surrounds it.

Having been on the ground recently, what stays with Ted most is how composed the experience feels. Nothing rushed, and nothing staged. Just time, patience, and proximity to something that feels very grounded in its own rhythm.

If Rwanda is something you’ve ever considered, we’re always happy to share what it’s actually like from recent first hand experience.

17/04/2026

The Serengeti is often spoken about through the lens of the wildebeest migration. Extraordinary as that story is, it is only one part of what makes this ecosystem so remarkable.

Olmara sits in a very different corner of the park, in the eastern Serengeti where the plains feel quieter, wilder, and far less travelled. This is a landscape shaped not by seasonal crowds, but by exceptional resident wildlife and a real sense of space.

Its position is what makes it so special.

From here, guests have access to some of the finest big cat viewing in the Serengeti, particularly cheetah and lion across the open grasslands and granite kopjes nearby. Sightings are often intimate and unhurried, with fewer vehicles and a feeling of having the wilderness to yourself.

For those looking to experience the Serengeti beyond its most famous headline moments, Olmara offers something rarer: a chance to see the park at its most natural, and perhaps its most rewarding.

02/04/2026

If you’re looking for a safari that offers some of the best big cat sightings in Africa, look no further than Sabi Sands.

Sabi Sands is arguably the finest private game reserve in Africa for big cat viewing. Sharing an unfenced border with Kruger National Park, the reserve is home to leopard and lion in remarkable density, and the quality of sightings here is unlike almost anywhere else on the continent.

For Africa Expert Dave Fuller's () trip in November, spending a week in Sabi Sands provided viewing of over 100 big cats. It was the lions that left a particular impression. Across the week he encountered several large, distinct lion prides, each with their own territory and character. Combined with the prolific leopard sightings that Sabi Sands is famous for, the week amounted to an extraordinary catalogue of encounters that very few destinations in Africa could match.

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