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Retreat to Africa

Name: Retreat to Africa
Address: Cape Town, 7975, ZA
Telephone: +27829515145

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Exceptionally crafted conscious safaris and life-changing journeys into Africa’s wild places.

The Spirit of Africa is calling you home…

Retreat to Africa is a trusted family-run company delivering inspired, transformational travel experiences for over 25 successful years. We revolutionize travel in the new world by curating journeys rooted in our lifelong love affair with Africa. Our devotion to ecological travel assures impactful trips of an extraordinary, unique nature tailored to our clients' preferences. From luxurious, bespoke travel, rejuvenating retreats beneath the vast African sky to vegan-inspired explorations, our tried-and-tested suggestions embody the Spirit of Africa. Our various initiatives and sustainable travel projects support our passion for giving back. Join us, and let the magic of Africa inspire and transform you through her abundant wildlife, dynamic culture, joy, and boundless beauty.

27/10/2026

Walking with lions in a fever tree forest by morning, snorkelling over coral reefs by afternoon. Mozambique holds both, and after years of quiet rebuilding, Gorongosa and the islands of Bazaruto and the Quirimbas are some of the most enchanting places in Southern Africa.

Mozambique is a stunning destination on its own, or as an island stay at the end of a South Africa safari.

📷: Gorongosa National Park & Azura Retreats

29/09/2026

Kenya and Tanzania sit at the very heart of the African safari story, and it's no surprise they remain a bucket-list journey for travellers from all over the world. We've been designing several journeys to both destinations lately - as always, every itinerary is built around partners, lodges and projects we have personal relationships with - places doing real work in conservation and community.

And for the perfect close to a safari, Zanzibar is the perfect island add on - spice-scented, Swahili in soul, with a magic entirely its own. White sand, warm water, and the slow unwinding that follows days in the bush.

If you are thinking to travel in 2027 and 2028, now is the perfect time to begin planning your bucket list adventure!

Images credit used: &Beyond Serengeti Under Canvas (Tanzania) and Bateleur Camp (Kenya)

24/09/2026

Happy Heritage Day South Africa, our beloved home country 🇿🇦

We celebrate a country that holds eleven languages, rich and diverse cultures, and traditions that make every corner of it feel different.
We celebrate the land itself.. the bush, the coastline, the mountains, and the people who’ve called it home for generations, long before it had a name on a map.

South Africa is the place that raised us, and it’s a privilege to share its culture, its warmth and its wild places with every traveller who comes to experience it for themselves.

Happy Heritage Day 🇿🇦

15/09/2026

Proud to share that Retreat to Africa is now an official partner of JourneyWoman.

Women's travel has always held a particular place in my heart. I'm a woman who has spent her life travelling this continent, often on my own, I know what it means to feel both free and held in a place as vast as Africa.

It's part of why journeys for women travelling solo or in groups, supported by local women-run projects and lodges wherever we can, have become such a meaningful part of what we do across Southern and Eastern Africa.

— Adele, co-founder Retreat to Africa

26/08/2026

“Africa has a magnetic pull to those who feel its call.” - Adele

Over the years, my travels (and homes) have taken me into deeper connection with Nature and further across Southern and Eastern Africa — into lesser-known regions, new seasons, and extraordinary landscapes. Along the way, I have built long-standing relationships with trusted lodges, guides, and partners on the ground, and uncovered experiences that can only be found through time, presence, and return.

Retreat to Africa represents the natural evolution of a lifetime on this continent, and three decades of curating private, luxury journeys for travellers who wish to experience Africa with depth, ease, and beauty.

04/08/2026

Every journey with us begins the same way, with a conversation.
We ask where you're drawn to, what pace feels right, whether you're seeking silence or story or both. But we also ask something deeper: what do you want this journey to give you? Because a truly bespoke journey isn't just tailored to your preferences, it's shaped to leave you changed.

From there, Adele builds something that exists nowhere else - the right camps, the right experiences, the right rhythm, woven together with the same care that has shaped her work for three decades.

This is what transformational travel means to us. Not a checklist of sights, but a journey that returns something to you long after you've come home.

Image: Peter Eastwood

01/06/2026

Imagine standing at the base of a 300-metre dune as the sun rises over Sossusvlei. Or drifting above those same dunes in a hot air balloon, watching the desert shift from shadow to gold beneath you.
Or sitting beside an Etosha waterhole as elephants, lions, and rhino come in from the pan.
Or tracking desert rhino on foot through Damaraland, and finding a mother and her newborn calf sheltering under a lone thorn tree.
And when night falls, a sky so thick with stars it barely feels real.

Namibia is a destination that truly fills your soul.
Ready to go? Let us design your bespoke Namibia journey.

20/05/2026

We are always especially excited to design experiences in South Africa and Cape Town, as we get to share our incredible home!

"I am truly grateful to Adele at Retreat to Africa for curating a beautiful week in South Africa. She offered such a wide range of options to fit exactly what we wanted, whether relaxing or more active.
Through email, so simple, she created a bespoke week that was just what we needed. She was available by text at any hour to take care of the inevitable travel hiccups, which she did quickly and seamlessly.
And as vegans, she arranged every meal and activity so we could enjoy our time without a worry."

Every journey we design begins with a conversation, not a booking form. We want to understand who you are, how you like to travel, what you need to feel held and cared for.
No detail is too small. No request too specific.

If Africa has been whispering to you, we would love to design something that is entirely yours.

Send us a message or find us at www.retreattoafrica.com

11/04/2026

Coral reefs, magical coastlines and remote wilderness safaris.

Mozambique stretches from the untamed interior of remote national parks to palm-fringed coastlines lapped by the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean. It is a country that has quietly emerged as one of Southern Africa's most enchanting destinations, still blissfully under the radar for most travellers.

Mozambique offers a rare combination of exceptional safari and tropical beach escape. Inland, Gorongosa National Park is being hailed as one of the greatest wildlife restoration stories of our time, while along the coast, the Bazaruto and Quirimbas Archipelagos shimmer with unspoiled marine life, dhow sailing traditions, and barefoot island beauty.

It is a place where you can walk with lions in ancient fever tree forests by morning and snorkel among coral reefs by afternoon.

We would love to take you there. Visit our website to begin the journey.

📷: and

09/04/2026

Africa operates on a different rhythm entirely.

The bush demands your full presence. There is no scrolling past a lion at dawn, no multitasking in the vast silence of the Kalahari, no half-attending the moment an elephant herd arrives at the waterhole in the last light of the day. The wilderness asks for all of you, and most people discover, with some surprise, that they had forgotten what that felt like.

Our journeys are paced deliberately. Exceptional guiding. Unhurried mornings. Space built in for the unscheduled moment, for the kind of awe that cannot be manufactured but only made possible.

This is where the shift begins.

If you are ready for that kind of travel, we would love to hear from you.

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Cape Town
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Opening Hours

Monday	09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 17:00
Thursday	09:00 - 17:00
Friday	09:00 - 17:00

Telephone

+27829515145

Website

http://www.retreattoafrica.com/

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