Adventures

+-Overview

Adventure holidays come in many guises; from gorilla watching, trekking Kilimanjaro, taking an overland Africa adventure, to bird watching, discovering an exotic culture, or travelling through remote places. Whatever your interests or activities, we bring you a world of adventure possibilities.

+-Our Tours in Adventures
  • Southern Africa Jewels

    16 days, 15 nights

    To go on ‘safari’ means to go on a journey, and in Africa this means one full of scenic beauty, fascinating people and wonderful wildlife sightings.  This 16-day, mainly tented-camp safari starts off introducing you to the many landscapes of Namibia including its massive sand dunes at Sossusvlei and Sesreim, the lunar vistas of Damaraland, and the windswept Atlantic coast…More

  • Machame Route Kilimanjaro Climb

    8 days, 7 nights

    This more demanding 8-day trek is a fabulous way of getting to the summit.  Setting off from your hotel on the southern slopes of Kilimanjaro in Northern Tanzania, and after a briefing and registering for the trek, you’re off on an incredible climbing adventure. Commence your climb gradually, ascending through the forests up onto the moorlands with their spectacular views…More

  • Marangu Route Kilimanjaro Climb

    7 days, 6 nights

    This 7-day trek is the most direct and most popular of the Kilimanjaro routes up the eastern side of Kilimanjaro.  You follow a trail that is well defined and ‘climber friendly’ making your adventure a little easier. Departing from your hotel in Moshi in Northern Tanzania, and after a briefing and registering for the trek, the climb begins gradually.  The…More

  • Desert Tracker

    25 days, 24 nights

    Starting in Cape Town and finishing in Johannesburg, this camping journey through Namibia, Botswana and Zambia is an exceptional adventure packed with activities. In Namibia, visit the Fish River Canyon (2nd largest after the USA’s Grand Canyon), trek the world’s highest sand dunes, enjoy the coastal delights of Swakopmund and the spectacular game viewing in Etosha, a 20,000 sq. km…More

  • Kalahari Epic Safari

    21 days, 20 nights

    A three-week journey that takes you from the sophistication of Cape Town into the wilds of Namaqualand, across the Kalahari, over the world’s greatest dunes in Namibia, through the game-rich Etosha Park of Namibia and Chobe Game Reserve of Botswana is a mighty adventure. Plus you will see scenic marvels like Augrabies Falls, the Fish River Canyon and that 8th…More

  • Botswana Adventure Safari

    14 days, 13 nights

    One of the best ways to experience the ‘real’ Africa is to sleep under canvas in wilderness areas where the stars of the Southern Constellations blaze in the night sky, and this 14-day Botswana safari is tailor made to make just such an experience a reality. Botswana offers many unique highlights and this camping adventure has them all. Start with…More

  • Great Trek Adventure

    19 days, 18 nights

    Trek and camp as the early Europeans did when they explored this part of Southern Africa, and travel from the Cape in South Africa through Namibia, into Zambia and Botswana.  Start with a tour of the Cape Peninsula while in Cape Town, South Africa’s ‘mother city’, before heading north through the Western Cape and into the wilds of the deserts…More

  • Shongololo – The Southern Cross

    17 days, 16 nights

    The Southern Cross Adventure takes you on an excursion-packed journey through Southern Africa: from South Africa through Swaziland, into Moçambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia and finally Botswana.  Tour the present and the past from historic cities to ancient ruins.  Meet some of Africa’s tribal people and experience their many diverse cultures.  Bask on the beaches of the Indian Ocean. Enjoy many game…More

  • Shongololo – The Dune Express

    13 days, 12 nights

    Namibia is a land of startling contrasts where the roaring Atlantic Ocean meets the greatest sand dunes in Africa, where desert lions and elephants live in the dry terrain of Etosha National Park and where stark, lunar landscapes and unimaginable sunrises and sunsets will create incredible photographic memories.  Starting in Johannesburg, travel through the semi-desert countryside of the western Transvaal…More

  • Shongololo – The Good Hope

    14 days, 13 nights

    To understand a country well, you need to be exposed not only to its important tourist sights but to delve into its history, its culture and to travel through as much of it as you can.  This wonderful, 14-day rail journey shows you South Africa from the inside out.  With wonderful daily excursions including everything from game viewing to visiting…More

  • Meeting Mountain Gorillas

    3 days, 2 nights

    Discover the Virunga Gorillas! This 3-day excursion into Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park is one of the best places to observe and photograph the mountain gorilla in its natural habitat. Equally photographic is the stunning, lush mountain countryside of Rwanda. 

  • Dian Fosseys Gorilla

    4 days, 3 nights

    Follow in the footsteps of Dian Fossy, the world-renowned Gorilla expert as you trek into the hills of Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda.  Be amongst the few people today to have the opportunity to see the magnificent Mountain Gorilla in its natural habitat.  One of the highlights is a visit to the Karisoke Research Center on the slopes of Bisoke…More

  • Kenya & Tanzania Adventure

    13 days, 12 nights

    Kenya and Tanzania are two of Africa’s most popular countries when it comes to experiencing truly wonderful game viewing. This 13-day adventure holiday concentrates on showing you their most famous game reserves as well as introducing you to the exotic mystique of the tropical island of Zanzibar. You also visit several of each country’s principle cities and towns as you…More

  • Cape to Kenya Safari

    41 days, 40 nights

    The poet T.S. Eliot once wrote: “The journey not the arrival matters.”  This is an appropriate definition of this Cape to Kenya overland adventure that will be profoundly exciting and rewarding as you travel through seven of Africa’s most captivating countries: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya.  It’s only when you have the opportunity to travel through…More

  • Shongololo – The Good Hope Garden Route Extension

    6 days, 5 nights

    After experiencing the fun and adventure of travelling on a Shongololo rail journey from Johannesburg to Cape Town on the Good Hope Express, here’s your opportunity to extend your stay and let Shongololo treat you to a road-trip to see more of the beautiful Cape Province.  Tour the Cape Winelands (SEE not below), the rich fruit growing areas around Worcester…More