Botswana
Your journey in search of the Big Five will take you from the riverine Chobe National Park, past the semi-arid Savute Channel and onwards to the waterways of the Okavango Delta.
A Big Five Safari is an essential element in any trip to Africa, although there are also many wonderful safari regions that are not Big Five, that focus more on nature and scenic splendour. Safari works best in conjunction with other regions, such as Cape Town, Rwanda and Indian Oceans for a true “Beach & Bush” holiday.
You will receive personalised and experienced advice from your own Luxury Travel Manager, whose deep knowledge and extensive research will advise how best to incorporate a Big Five safari into your itinerary, choosing the best geographical location and the best lodge that most suits your needs.
Big 5 Locations
The Big 5 can be found in many parts of the African continent
attractions
Your adventures begin…
Game Drives
Your safari is usually in a 4×4 vehicle, with a maximum of 9 guests per vehicle, accompanied by a qualified ranger, and in some cases a tracker.
Your ranger will become your best friend as go in search of the Big Five, as well as other fascinating animals. Witnessing the start of the day in the African bush is like being invited to partake in a daily miracle.
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Bush Walks on Safari
After breakfast take a walk on the wild side. For those who wish to experience the bush, not just observe it, there is no better guided excursion.
You are dropped in the thick of things and all five senses engage. Feel the scrub crunch beneath your feet, touch a velvety acacia seed pod, hear the crack of a branch indicating you are not alone, and spot the game appear just metres off – exhilarating!
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Conservation Projects
It goes without saying that a big part of a Big Five safari is the conservation of wildlife, it is the reason the lodges exist in the first place, we are only visitors after all.
The lodges all work with a team of experts and local conservation authorities to maintain the fine eco-balance and to ensure the beautiful flora and fauna is alive and well for future generations to enjoy.
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Dining on Safari
One of the highlights on safari is a bush breakfast or bush dinner, where your meal is taken in a remote location, under the African sky, beautifully appointed with candles, silverware and exquisite décor.
Not all Big Five safari locations permit bush dinners, but then they would do a bush breakfast or bush picnic. At the lodge, the dining setups range from romantic dinners for two, to group alfresco dining in a boma.
Your adventures end, for now…
You truly went above and beyond my wildest expectations! I am absolutely blown away by the experience.
Mark
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REVIEWS
Here’s a few of our guests feedback…
I am back in the office today and wanted to reiterate my extreme gratitude for your incredible client service before and during my trip to Africa. You truly went above and beyond my wildest expectations!! I am absolutely blown away by the experience. My trip to Africa was a life highlight, but having experienced it, I now realize how many aspects of the trip would not have gone as well without you there to plan it and solve issues that arose. You played the key role in a trip that has expanded my mind and created lifelong memories. I am now a client for life!
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The trip was amazing. We had amazing seats at Gold Restaurant. Juma moves us by his work in Woodstock, starting from so little yet his passion and belief can be strongly felt. Tony Elvin was also a real highlight to our trip. His work at the Langa Quarter is truly admirable, and we have perhaps gotten into future collaboration opportunities with him. Martin, our guide was also quite lovely, never thought we would enjoy so much history but it was great to learn about his interesting background.
Thank you for the wonderful arrangements, and Sideways. Tours are really unique in quality!
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We received wonderful service with the best guide and spotter when out in the vehicles & returned to warm, genuine hospitality and a dozen or so elephants right on the lodge property! The animals were amazing. We saw all we hoped to see – And then some! Thank you thank you again for your special attention planning our first Safari experience! We had extraordinary time in the bush – especially with leopards!! And rhinos!!
★★★★★
Firstly a big thank you for all your help over the past few months. Everything went really well and everyone felt that they had been treated like super VIPs over the few days we had together. All ran like clock-work! Sending a guide was a big help, that we know his brother Zakkie who does all my local airport transfers and other longer journeys was a real happy coincidence! Of course, I’ve made sure that everyone has your details if they need anything in the way of holidays in South Africa!
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Wow what a life changing experience! The itinerary you created was impeccable. This was my first time using a luxury travel agent and I was blown away. Having the VIP meet and greet to take us through security was so appreciated. I was blown away by the attention to detail you provided us in our package. The hotels were all fabulous. Another highlight for me was our driver in Cape Town. His knowledge and care of us was like nothing I had ever experienced. Mervyn I believe was his name and he had the best customer service I have yet to experience in all my travels to date. I can’t complain about a thing. It was all absolutely outstanding!
★★★★★
All the locations (Royal Livingstone, Chobe Game Lodge and Camp Okavango) were superlative in their quality of accommodation, friendliness of their staff and of course the quality of their food (especially since we were vegetarians). The quality of TAS’ guides, consultants and drivers was of a very high order. They were all extremely friendly, highly efficient and always gave us a feeling that we are in good hands.
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What begins as a list, turns out to be an experience that engages all your senses and affects your very soul.
accommodation
Luxury accommodation with 180 degree views, sunsets and stars
@Beyond Sandibe
Okavango Delta, Botswana
A contemporary cocoon inspired by its exquisite setting.
Inspired by nature and celebrating its stunning setting, the lodge features the best the Delta has to offer in terms of outstanding design, outstanding wildlife viewing and warm local hospitality.
Angama Mara
Kenya
Each tented suite enjoys a 180° view of the Maasai Mara.
It’s possibly the best-known game reserve in the world, which consistently delivers extraordinary viewing of all of Africa’s great mammals, and is home to the Great Migration from July to October of each year.
Kwandwe Ecca
Eastern Cape, South Africa
Award winning Big 5 Safari Destination
Renowned for quality guiding, understated luxury and the thousands of animals and wildlife that call the Reserve home, Kwandwe offers a dream range of safari activities and accommodation which comes true.
Lion Sands, Ivory Lodge
Mpumalanga, South Africa
An awe-inspiring and untouched parts of Southern Africa.
The lodge’s eight one-bedroom Villas, secluded at the confluence of the Sabie and Sand rivers, are the ultimate bush retreats. Your private lounge, patio, deck and pool invite easy relaxation.
Londolozi Varty Camp
Sand River, Sabi Sand Game Reserve
90 Years of New Beginnings
The campfire has burned at Varty Camp for over 90 years, making this place the symbolic heart of Londolozi. This original camp is a tapestry of brick paths, dolerite rock walls, waterfalls and tangled vines.
Molori Madikwe
Kruger National Park, South Africa
Molori lives up to its name which means “to dream”.
Renowned for its exceptional hospitality, attention to detail, and graceful opulence, this five-star retreat is geared to offer guests a truly authentic African safari experience amid a secluded setting.
Onguma The Fort
Etosha, Namibia
The Fort will surprise you at every corner.
It is built in exactly the right spot to give guests probably one of the best sunset views in the whole of Namibia – overlooking the beautiful scarceness of the Etosha Pans, decorated only with its wild animals and hundreds of Camel Thorn trees.
Phinda Vlei
Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
Secluded safari retreat.
Overlooking the Reserve’s unique vlei (wetland) system on the edge of the sand forest, its location offers ever-changing game viewing from the comfort of your bed, your shower or your private plunge pool.
Sanbona Gondwana Lodge
Montagu, South Africa
Experience a huge diversity of indigenous flora and fauna.
More than a Big 5 wilderness reserve, it’s the vastness of the landscape, the alluring stillness and isolation amid raw beauty and boundless plains that make Sanbona unique.
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the big 5
Here’s a few of our most amazing attractions…
The Lion – The roar and superiority of a pair of mating lion who spend several days together alone in the wild, the golden-maned male asserting his dominance over his terrain.
The Leopard – The thrill of a Leopard kill as she drags an antelope up high into the fork of a tree to defend from thieving scavengers and birds, then barks to call her still-blue-eyed cub to scramble up after her and share the feast.
The Elephant – Is a very intelligent and highly social animal and is always associated with permanent water and abundant vegetation. Because elephants do not have sweat glands, water plays an important roll in helping them cool down.
The Rhino – The vibrations as a rhino rubs himself on his favourite anthill scratching post. Each day, each hour, each animal is different. You will never tire of spending time with the Big 5.
The Buffalo – A pair of old male Cape buffalo living out their last days around a leafy waterhole, broken horned and surly to all who pass. Buffalos are social animals and move around in large herds.
“This is your African Story and our team is committed to giving you the expertise, knowledge and commitment to make it perfect in every way.”
Marco van Embden, Chairman of TAS
ITINERARIES
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BRAVO BOTSWANA
Accommodation / Duration:
- Okavango Delta, Moremi and Chobe National Park
- 6 nights
Activities:
- Land-based Big Five Game drives, Mokoro safaris, helicopter flips, fishing & star gazing
The magnificent Chobe National Park is home to the world’s biggest population of Kalahari elephants, and the Okavango Delta, a World Heritage Site, is without doubt one of Africa’s last remaining great wildernesses.
Explore the verdant waterways of the Delta, followed by a Big Five land safari in Moremi.
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SENSATIONAL TANZANIA
Accommodation / Duration:
- Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater and Arusha
- 6 nights
Activities:
- Land-based Big Five Game drives, hot air ballooning, spa treatments, cultural visits.
Northern Tanzania offers a world-class, Big Five safari experience, comprising most of the must-see destinations in the country. The journey starts in Arusha and includes a visit to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (which includes the Ngorongoro caldera), and the Serengeti National Park that stretches north to the Tanzania/Kenya border, famous for the great wildebeest (Gnu) migration.
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ULTIMATE SOUTH AFRICA SAFARI
Accommodation / Duration:
- Sabi Sand and Timbavati – Greater Kruger National Park
- 5 nights
Activities:
- Land-based Big Five Game drives, sleeping in a tree house, bush walks, spa treatments, conservation activities, bush dinners, star gazing & elephant interactions
The Greater Kruger National Park (GKNP) refers to the over twenty private reserves to the west of the Kruger National Park. Explore two of these, the Sabi Sand and Timbavati, home to the Big Five and so much more. This is big cat country with regular sightings of lion and leopard. Apart from amazing game viewing enjoy your luxurious accommodation, fine cuisine, bush walks and a relaxing spa treatment, creating memories for a lifetime.
THE TEAM
Your luxury African travel assistants
A message from our Chairman
“Timeless Africa Safaris was inspired my own unbounded love of travel and Africa. Over the past fifteen years, I have gathered an incredible team of travel specialists who all share my dedication and passion. In showcasing the natural wealth and incredible beauty of Southern and East Africa, we pride ourselves on tailoring bespoke luxury experiences.
We treat each guest or group as unique, creating highly specialised, once-in-a-lifetime experiences. This is your African Story and our team is committed to giving you the expertise, knowledge and commitment to make it perfect in every way.”
Marco van Embden, Chairman
YPO Gold Cape Town
What begins as a list, turns out to be an experience that engages all your senses and affects your very soul.
ABOUT
A bit of history
At Timeless Africa Safaris, our greatest passion is uncovering the wonders of Africa for guests from all over the world. This exquisite continent offers an incredible variety of destinations. From the abundant wildlife of nature reserves like the Serengeti; to the refinement and bustle of cities like Cape Town; to the seclusion of private islands like Zanzibar; the beauty of Africa is unparalleled.
Our specialist travel consultants offer first-hand insight and decades of industry experience; giving each guest the perfect balance of professional know-how and personal attention. We constantly seek out top luxury accommodation and the most memorable experiences – allowing us to tailor the perfect itinerary for your ultimate African journey.
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CONTACT US
Call us:
Tel: +27 (0)21 461 9001
Fax: +27 (0)21 461 9101
Skype: louise.dreyer9
Address: 5th Floor, 19 Louis Gradner Street, Cape Town, South Africa
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