EXPLORE does only custom safaris that are individually crafted for clients looking for "the real Africa". Whether you want the ultimate luxury Fly-in safari with private guide or an off the track real African adventure, we can design it for you.

Founder Cherri Briggs spends eight to nine months each year in Africa in search of the most authentic, exclusive, privately-owned camps and lodges that give travelers an opportunity to experience pristine wilderness areas that are off the beaten path. Cherri constantly checks on camps that are frequently used by EXPLORE to ensure standards are maintained and is always on the lookout for the most exciting new product.

EXPLORE invests more in itinerary development than any other safari operator, so we want to protect our discoveries and keep them ‘off the beaten path’. Therefore, we do not include all the names of the lodges in itineraries listed on this website. When you become a client, EXPLORE will provide you with full details, brochures with photographs, and reviews by many satisfied people who have discovered, through EXPLORE, some of Africa’s best kept secrets.

Custom Safari
Our approach to travel is authentic, totally customized, not prepackaged. You will work closely with one of our knowledgeable staff members who will ask you many questions about your preferences and dreams, and our operations team will personally secure every detail of your journey, booking all the charter flights, selecting special guides that are knowledgeable about your particular interests, and folding your feedback into a itinerary that is the journey of a lifetime. Because in most cases we book directly with our charter companies, lodges and mobile operators, we will save you the heavy costs incurred by using an agent who books through an African based operator who only then books your safari. You save paying a ‘middleman’. EXPLORE offers the convenience of having a US based office, and yet you are still dealing direct with an African based office.

We arrange safaris for honeymooners, for families, and for scientific and scholarly organizations. Our past clients include The American Museum of Natural History’s Discovery Tours, The Smithsonian Institute Travel Program, Harvard Museum of Natural History travel program, celebrities such as Oscar-winning actor Jack Lemmon and his family, plus many scientists, CEOs, scholars and many others who want to visit the real Africa.

We know the people of Africa and can introduce you to the last of the traditionally living Bushmen, young African artists, and conservationists and researchers who have real vision. We purposely select camps and lodges that are wise on issues of sustainability, and we give back to the people of Africa, to their education, their communities, and their environment.

EXPLORE operates in eleven African countries, from Ethiopia to South Africa, and is widely considered to be America’s most exclusive custom safari operator to Africa. To read what others say about us:

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