Going on safari should be one of the great adventures of your life. It should be real and untamed, inspiring and fun. It should be everything you ever dreamed of plus moments you never imagined possible. The key to a great safari is connecting with someone who truly understands what you want and who has both the experience and sophistication to deliver the safari of a lifetime.

Nicky Williams

Pan Africa Expert.  Logistics magician. Always busy. Favourite word:  Yes

Warm and effervescently friendly, Nicky is passionate about sharing her love of Africa. Based in Ireland, she runs Passage to Africa’s European office, but ensures she gets her Africa fix with regular trips south – especially to Kenya. Raised in a family rooted in the safari industry (her father pioneering Botswana’s fly-in safaris), Nicky grew up with a deep appreciation of Africa’s wild places. A dab hand at designing extraordinary safaris and with extensive experience running reservations, sales & marketing, and inbound operating departments for renowned international travel companies, she has developed an unrivalled reputation within the African tour operating business, and attention to detail that is second to none.

 

No decisions to be made - bliss! Perhaps Erich Fromm was right in his seminal book, 'Escape from Freedom', that humankind's deepest desire is for others to take charge.

Elizabeth, New York

DERRY MC HARDY

Southern Africa Expert. Super-organised. Everybody’s friend. Favourite word:  Squiz

A vibrant member of the Passage to Africa team, Derry combines a great sense of humour with matchless insight and extreme efficiency. Having travelled extensively throughout the region, she advises against eating mopani worms, and when asked what her one essential travel item is she replies: “A great friend to share the experience.” Born and raised in South Africa, she boasts over 25 years of tourism experience and is as passionate and excited about travel in Africa as she has ever been. Committed to ensuring that each and every guest has the trip of a lifetime, Derry’s carefully planned itineraries are tailor-made to meet guests’ needs and blow their expectations out of the water.

 

Tracey Salvadori

Southern Africa Expert. Kindness personified.  Unwitting comedian. Favourite word: Laughter

Bubbly with serious substance, Tracey is at her happiest helping people from all over the world experience the continent she loves most. Always up for a challenge, she has navigated the Amazon River, parasailed on Lake Malawi and declined eating frogs in Bangkok, and is now based in our Hoedspruit office. Born in Zambia and raised in South Africa, Tracey has worked in the travel industry since 1986, and has travelled the globe, from the UK and Europe to the USA, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and the Far East. Closer to home she has explored Mauritius, the Seychelles, the Comores, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi, and is always plotting a new adventure, the next being to trek to see Rwanda’s mountain gorillas.

 

We can’t thank you enough for orchestrating such an amazing trip for us. We were really blown away by it all and had the time of our lives. A+ job and we can’t wait to take our grown kids back on the same trip in the next couple of years!

The Rockledge Family, USA

Los Angeles Times

We love bodies of water  so chose Zambia – on the advice of Passage to Africa – and they structured our safari around the rivers of this landlocked country. Just an hour after arriving, I’d already seen elephants drinking, baboons playing on a sandy beach and hippos floating on a sandbar.

Travel + Leisure ( eco-minded adventurers)

Passage to Africa has relationships with private safari reserve owners across the continent, so they can arrange one of a kind mobile camps on their land, where no one else can can go.

Africa is no weekend destination

Africa is no weekend destination. With safaris, wildlife treks, waterfall hikes, and a whole lot of other bucket list items to offer, it warrants a nice long stay to get the most out of your trip. Passage to Africa specializes in Africa’s most beautiful and unique experiences from walking among gorillas and taking in a wildebeest migration to climbing Victoria Falls and sitting in ‘Devil’s Pool.’ They make it very possible to go from mundane work day to impulse flight booking in 15 seconds. Check them out.

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