Since 1998, African Sky has provided international visitors memorable, safe, private, escorted tours. Most packages include safari adventures as part of the itinerary and some incorporate visits to regional highlights. Notable are the Okavango Delta and Victoria Falls. All can be tailored to your requirements.
Need Advice?On these privately guided tours, accommodation is typically in four-star guest houses, lodges, and hotels hand-picked for their location and service levels. Some itineraries include unrated national park camps. You will stay in a private, en-suite, and air-conditioned room here.
This three-week trip is an extensive exploration of the highlights of South Africa on a private journey escorted by an African Sky guide.
On this tour, you will experience remote wilderness areas, dramatic landscapes, and vibrant city life.
Namibia's vast landscapes and natural treasures unfold on this two-week private trip.
Be spoiled in luxury accommodations while discovering the highlights of South and Southern Africa. These itineraries typically combine a fully guided private tour with time spent at a private lodge where resident rangers conduct safaris. Most properties featured in these itineraries are five-star rated.
Enjoy the highlights of South Africa and play some of the country's finest golf courses.
This itinerary combines a malaria-free safari with visits to the Garden Route and Cape Town.
This package combines visits to three top destinations in Southern Africa: Cape Town, Kruger Park, and Vic Falls.
Itineraries feature only the premier properties available in each area, exceptional service, and the option to include private flights and security services. Confidentiality is guaranteed. Relax in plush surroundings and experience the best Southern Africa has to offer.
Revel in the marvels of South Africa with a package that combines a private tour with a safari at Shamwari.
In this top-end two-week adventure, the most popular destinations in South Africa are combined with a visit to Victoria Falls.
This itinerary combines a stay at one of the finest lodges in the Sabi Sand with a private tour of Cape Town and the Garden Route.
Battlefields, birding, rock art, stargazing, gastronomy, and golf are the most popular interests featured in pre-designed unique itineraries. We can also tailor an itinerary based on your needs.
With eight-hundred-and-forty-six bird species, South Africa offers exciting bird watching on a tour that visits top birding destinations.
This ten-day itinerary focuses on rock paintings left by ancient inhabitants of South Africa.
Explore famous historical battlefields, including Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift, accompanied by an expert guide.
Itineraries are categorized according to the destination visited. They typically include packages that visit the destination only and others that combine it with regional favorites.
The variety of unique adventures you can savor on tour in South Africa and Namibia make it challenging to select a few standouts. Still, the experiences below are easily some of the most rewarding pursuits.
Our sales team will offer advice, create personalized itineraries, and answer any questions you might have until the day of your arrival in Southern Africa. From there, you will be in the care of one of our expert guides. Your guide will be at your disposal with their invaluable knowledge and years of experience, ensuring great personal care.
African Sky helped us put together two amazing trips! Their knowledge throughout Africa is substantial, their willingness to go the distance to make sure you're happy with the plan is wonderful, and their handling of all the details is efficient and comforting. Highly, highly recommended!
Michael Yapko, USA
The choice would depend on your available budget and the level of accommodation you require. The experiences, interactions, and adventures will be the most significant contributing factors to your trip's enjoyment, not necessarily the incremental difference in accommodation quality. More often than not, the service levels at four-star guest houses are better than those at large five-star hotels, and the whole experience is more intimate and personal.
Our pre-designed packages work well in terms of logistics, activities, and duration of stay. They are a good starting point to create a custom final itinerary. We will gladly tailor a tour from scratch to incorporate your unique interests.
Yes, our guides are all registered with relevant authorities for the areas in which they conduct tours.
Their knowledge of the history, geography, and specific details surrounding the various destinations and attractions provides a depth of information and understanding that will not be present when you visit these areas on a self-drive trip.
Their understanding of animal behavior in wilderness areas will significantly increase the frequency of sightings, and their in-depth knowledge of the animals, birds, and the natural world, in general, will add considerably to your enjoyment of the safari portion of your trip.
Guides will only join you for meals if they are specifically requested to.
On special request, we can match your traveling party with a Spanish, French, Dutch, German, or Russian-speaking guide.
We recommend booking between a year and a year and a half in advance to ensure availability at the desired hotels and lodges.
Guests who book a Namibian tour with African Sky arrive in Johannesburg and spend one night near the airport. The following day, they fly to Windhoek or Walvisbay, where their private guide meets them. The guide escorts the tour in Namibia and drops guests off at the airport upon completion of the adventure. Travel is in a suitable air-conditioned vehicle, which might differ depending on the size of your traveling party.
You will receive personal attention from the time you make your initial request until you depart from South Africa. These services are provided first by expert sales staff and subsequently by a knowledgeable guide.
The African Sky Guide will provide in-depth information about each area visited. Their knowledge and experience are invaluable in highlighting animal behavior, identifying bird species, and providing general information about habitats, fauna, and flora.
Your daily schedule will be flexible, with the option to stay longer at certain attractions and spend less time at others. In the Cape, where the weather can sometimes influence the day's activities, your guide will swap around day itineraries after discussion with you.
When booking with African Sky, you are assured of discretion and confidentiality, ensuring a private and enjoyable tour in Namibia and South Africa.
A vehicle for your sole use means you won't have to worry about how to get from one destination to another. It also makes it possible to return early to your overnight destination if you would like to spend more time relaxing.
When an itinerary is indicated as a Private Tour only, guests are met upon arrival in South Africa or Namibia by their guide, who accompanies the adventure and returns clients to the airport upon completing the itinerary.
In the case of a Private Tour / Safari Package, an African Sky guide will accompany part of the itinerary privately. The package includes a safari at a private lodge in one of South Africa's private reserves or a private concession in a national park. Resident rangers and trackers accompany daily open 4x4 game drives, and bush walks at private lodges. If your trip visits Victoria Falls, you will enjoy private transfers and will be met and transferred to the various activities included in your itinerary.
We offer a handful of private day trips from any Cape Town, Johannesburg, or Pretoria location. When booking one of these services, an African Sky guide will meet you at the agreed-upon point and return you to your overnight destination after completing the day's activities.
African Sky offers several tours that cater to special interests. Some of these packages travel off-the-beaten-track to unique and often unheard-of destinations and attractions. Requesting a tailor-made itinerary from us is a good idea to ensure a good fit with your requirements. The most popular special interests incorporated in Namibia and South Africa private tours are listed below.
Adventure tours include adrenaline-rush activities and an itinerary aimed at the active traveler. The most popular experiences often included are shark cage diving, hiking, mountain biking, walking safaris, hot-air balloon flights, and rhino tracking.
South Africa has many exceptional-quality golf courses in dramatic natural settings, ranging from bushveld to ocean scapes. The golf tours we offer combine rounds on some of the best courses in the country and the opportunity to explore the highlights in each area visited.
Foodies will delight in tours incorporating fine dining and sampling some of South Africa's award-winning wines. These journeys visit various parts of the country, offering a comprehensive experience while ensuring some time is devoted to culinary pursuits.
South Africa and Namibia have turbulent histories; many battlefields testify to the wars that shaped these countries into what they are today. We offer tours, including visits to famous battlefields, like Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift in South Africa, and battles fought in Namibia between the Germans and Indigenous peoples.
With African Sky, you can explore a myriad of off-the-beaten-track destinations. Private tours that visit these areas offer a unique perspective on South Africa and Namibia and are ideal for those seeking to get away from it all and take the road less traveled.
These special interest tours focus on notable sites where ancient inhabitants left depictions of their lives in rock paintings and art. In South Africa, rock art tours would typically visit the Cederberg and Drakensberg, and in Namibia, the Brandberg and Twyfelfontein.
