African safari destinations

Akagera National Park has established itself as a destination on the rise – Rwanda’s only Big 5 park and one of the premier safari locations on the continent.

Amboseli National Park is home to some of the best-known and most studied elephants in the world, including enormous super tuskers that dominate the landscape. The spectacular snow-capped peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro loom in the distance

Discover Babanango Game Reserve, a malaria-free Big Five safari reserve in Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, blending pioneering rewilding with four luxury lodges.

The islands of the Bazaruto Archipelago on the Mozambique coast comprise a stunning marine protected area, featuring white sand beaches that gently dip into exquisite, azure-coloured waters and coral reefs that shelter an astonishing array of sea creatures, including whale sharks, manta rays, and dugongs

Busanga Plains in the far north of Kafue National Park is the park's jewel - the vast mosaic of grassy seasonal floodplains provides superb grazing and is the best place for wildlife viewing

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park - the home of gorilla trekking - has ancient rainforests with some of the highest levels of biodiversity in Uganda

Explore South Africa's West Coast: seasonal wildflowers, Langebaan Lagoon, fishing villages, wine routes, and coastal adventures. Plan with Africa Geographic.

Central Kalahari Game Reserve: vast Botswana desert wilderness with iconic black-maned lions, cheetah, brown hyena, and some of Africa's darkest skies.

CHOBE is a vast landscape at the centre of an enormous protected area in the northeastern corner of Botswana that incorporates the safari meccas Chobe National Park, Chobe Riverfront, Savute and Linyanti

Chyulu Hills National Park hosts a combination of cloud forest, thorn tree grassland and bare lava flows, attracting a wider variety of wildlife than neighbouring national parks. The volcanic hills offer epic Kilimanjaro views and uncrowded wilderness between Amboseli and Tsavo West.

De Hoop Nature Reserve: UNESCO-listed coastal wilderness in the Western Cape. Whale watching, fynbos walks & rare wildlife three hours from Cape Town.

Explore the Drakensberg: UNESCO-listed peaks, San rock art, the Sani Pass & Amphitheatre. Expert-planned hiking and mountain escapes in KwaZulu-Natal.

Plan an Eastern Cape safari: malaria-free Big Five reserves at Greater Addo, the Wild Coast's Mkambati, and South Africa's only Big Seven destination.

Churches hewn from rock, World Heritage Sites, castles, ancient tombs, art, archaeological artefacts and more - this is one of the World's top religious and cultural sites

Explore the Garden Route – South Africa's most scenic stretch of coast, where ancient forests, lagoons, mountains and Indian Ocean beaches converge.

Gorongosa National Park is a spectacularly biodiverse park in central Mozambique that celebrates one of Africa's greatest conservation comeback stories. Populations of iconic species such as lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena, wild dog, hippo, sable, buffalo, and Lichtenstein's hartebeest are recovering well

Discover Greater Addo: South Africa's malaria-free safari heartland, rewilded private reserves and home to wildlife's Big Seven - the terrestrial Big Five plus great white sharks and whales

Grumeti Game Reserve borders Serengeti National Park (no fences) and hosts the Great Migration Grumeti River crossings. Discover Singita's luxury lodges, wildlife and conservation story.

Huab River Valley | Damaraland is the home of desert-adapted rhinos, elephants and lions and the largest gallery of prehistoric rock art in Southern Africa - etchings of people, wild animals and cattle

The Ifotaka Community Forest in southeast Madagascar is as remote as it is wild. Protected by the Antandroy people, Ifotaka hosts a myriad of endemic species, including ring-tailed lemurs, Verreaux’s sifaka, white-footed sportive lemurs, lesser hedgehog tenrec and Madagascar flying fox

Kafue National Park - Zambia’s oldest and largest national park - is dominated by the Kafue River and its many tributaries, deciduous woodlands, swampy floodplains, including Busanga Plains, and the manmade Itezhi-tezhi dam

Discover Kariega Game Reserve, a malaria-free Big 5 safari destination in South Africa's Eastern Cape, offering five distinctive lodges along two rivers.

Discover Karoo National Park: malaria-free safaris, fossil trails, black rhino, Cape mountain zebra and ancient heritage in South Africa's Great Karoo.

Kenya embodies the essence of traditional safari - with 'Out of Africa' nostalgia - offering iconic destinations such as the Maasai Mara, Amboseli, Tsavo, Samburu and Lamu. And, of course, the Great Wildebeest Migration.

Khwai in Botswana's Okavango Delta: wild dogs, leopards, elephants, mokoro safaris, and two concessions between Moremi Game Reserve and Chobe National Park.

Kigali: Rwanda's safe, vibrant capital. Visit the Genocide Memorial, explore local arts and culture, and use the city as your gateway for gorilla and chimp trekking, as well as a Big Five safari.

Kwando and Linyanti: remote private reserves in northern Botswana with wild dogs, elephants, predators, permanent rivers, and some of Africa's most exclusive camps

Plan your KwaZulu-Natal trip: Big Five safaris, UNESCO Drakensberg, iSimangaliso wetlands, Zulu heritage, coral reefs and the KZN sardine run. Expert advice.

Explore Lake Eyasi in Tanzania: walk with Hadza hunter-gatherers, meet Datoga silversmiths, and discover remote Rift Valley scenery and rare birdlife.

Discover Lake Manyara National Park's tree-climbing lions, dense elephant herds and flamingo-flecked soda lake — the ideal start to any Tanzania safari.