Ultra-Luxury Safari
Private conservancies, private aircraft and the plains to yourselves.
- Bespoke
- Ideal length: 10-14 days
- Best time: June through October brings the dry season, when thinning bush and gathering herds make wildlife easiest to find across the great plains.
- Private guiding, access and transfers throughout
- From US$24,000 per traveler — a starting point, tailored to you
- Designed one-to-one by a Forest Travel advisor
- Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels
Private conservancies, private aircraft and the plains to yourselves.
Africa rewards those who travel privately, trading crowds for the quiet company of a guide who knows the land intimately.
When to go
June through October brings the dry season, when thinning bush and gathering herds make wildlife easiest to find across the great plains. Your advisor times it to the light, the crowds and your own calendar.
The experiences
A sense of what this journey can hold — each one arranged privately and shaped to you:
- Fly privately between remote camps, tracing rivers and plains from your own aircraft.
- Take a private conservancy entirely to yourselves, with a dedicated guide, tracker and chef.
- Dine wherever the day leads, from a dry riverbed to a hilltop set only for you.
- Trade the vehicle for horseback, canoe or a helicopter's view of the wilderness below.
A sense of the rhythm
This is the plains at their most private, where the itinerary answers only to you and the wildlife. Private aircraft dissolve the distances between the finest camps, so days are spent on the land rather than in transit. Every detail is anticipated, leaving you free to be wholly present in the wild.
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How to do it well
The counsel our advisors give travelers planning this journey:
- Charter private aircraft to reach the remotest camps and reclaim your days for the wild.
- Book exclusive-use villas or a whole camp for complete privacy and a bespoke pace.
- Bring a private guide who travels with you throughout for seamless continuity.
- Reserve a year ahead, as the most sought-after private camps release limited space.
What only your advisor can open
The difference between a good trip and an unrepeatable one is access — and access is a relationship, not a booking. Every guide, room and moment is chosen and sequenced for you.
Who it's for
Travelers who value privacy, time and doing it once — beautifully — and who would rather have one trusted advisor orchestrate every detail than assemble it themselves.
Estimated investment
From US$24,000 per traveler, based on double occupancy — scaled to your dates, party size and level of privacy. A starting point, not a final quote; confirmed once your advisor tailors the itinerary.
Designed entirely around you
Nothing here is a package. A Forest Travel advisor shapes the whole journey and stays one message away before and throughout your trip.
Your Virtuoso privileges
As a Virtuoso member, Forest Travel includes benefits reserved for Virtuoso guests at the finest luxury hotels, at no added cost: a room upgrade on arrival when available, daily breakfast for two, a property credit toward dining or spa, and early check-in with late check-out when the hotel allows.
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