“The beauty of Africa is not man-made, it’s nature’s gift to humanity.” - Paul Oxon

BESPOKE TRAVEL

Discover Africa through our uniquely curated guided safaris, that link you with a specialist host of your choice, to guide you along on your journey. Our bespoke itineraries are specially chosen by us to highlight what we believe are some beautifully themed African adventures through our retreats and events, which focus on great attention to detail and professionalism to ensure your occasion is the everything you dreamt it could be.

Our Services

Start to finish travel itineraries and bespoke experiences

We believe your travel begins from the moment you start planning. We are like travel PA’s without any extra charge. We design itineraries and curate memorable travel experiences from start to finish. Our team offer best advice and bespoke services that take the hassle and uncertainty out of travel planning. We facilitate bespoke safari and travel experiences across Africa for individuals, families, facilitators or corporates.

Hotels, Villas and Lodge bookings

We harness our relationships with our travel partners to offer you the most quality accommodation and experiences, whether choosing a hotel, resort, lodge or private villas or homesteads. The travel landscape is so diverse and can be overwhelming – allow us to offer best advice, rates and availability.

Safari specialists

We are specialists when it comes to safari travel. Many properties look incredible at a glance but the best and most tailored experiences are in the finer details and we have you covered. We are passionate about the African bush and have first hand experience and long standing relationships that give us the advantage to streamline the safari landscape for our guests. We are equipped to pinpoint the specifics; whether that be why to choose one lodge over another, where to go for best leopard sightings, the most loved Big 5 lodges, the wildest walking safaris or primitive sleepouts, where to go to track rhino on foot or how to get involved in a conservation initiative – we are here to assist from start to finish to make this bucket list experience memorable, unique and tailored to your needs.

Concierge services + Activities

We offer bespoke concierge services and advice. On the ground and intimate knowledge of all the ‘must do’s and places to go. Whether that be arranging your day trips and tours, access into events, restaurant bookings, live music, wine tastings and sourcing. Our concierge team has you covered when it comes to all the local hotspots.

Transfers and Charters

We can facilitate all transfers and travel arrangements before and during your stay. Whether on the ground private logistics, air transfers or helicopter charters.

Private hosting, Tour guides and Personnel

Do you need a tour guide, private host, a private driver, chef or security? We offer privately guided, photographic, wellness experiences, tour guides and more. See below under ‘Guided Tours’ for more info detail on what we can offer.

Group bookings: Corporate travel/Incentives/Weddings

Founded by husband and wife team, Brett and Dominique Roux, Our African Footprints was born from a life long passion for Africa’s wilderness edens.

We facilitate small to large group bookings from start to finish whether it be corporate incentive trips, client experiences, weddings, proposals or company events. Please scroll down to find more info under ‘Group Bookings’

CSI and Volunteering

Looking for a way to make a difference or get involved on the ground? We understand the infinite potential of travel and how weaving conservation initiatives into travel has the ability to positively impact communities, wilderness areas and wildlife. Allow us to connect you with community and conservation initiatives, team building CSI or purposeful travel experiences e.g. Rhino dehornings, community empowerment and education projects.

Corporate and personal gifting

We support local artisans to offer bespoke and quality gifting options.

Retreats and Events

Join in on one of our up and coming retreats / events or allow us to facilitate your destination event or retreat by harnessing our close relationships and industry partners to make your vision come to life. Refer to our event tab for more info

guided tours

Our guided tours focus on linking you with your perfect travel host

Photographic

We provide you with a photographic specialist to travel with you to ensure you get the very best images and editing advice from the time spent behind your lens. This is a great way to learn about your camera and the tricks and trade secrets of wildlife photography. It is also a sure way to up your social media prowess and get some fantastic photographic bragging rights.

Private Guiding

Are you looking for someone to accompany you on you travels? Our private hosting allows you to team up with a safari guide and get the most from your adventure. They will take great care in making sure your holiday is seamless and smooth while sharing information about the African bush and all that it encompasses. This is a great way to personalise your experience to the next level and make friendships for life.

Feature Filming & Photography

There is nothing better than creating memories for life, but when you travel you often forget so much because your journey is so overwhelming with new information, sights and sounds. We offer the perfect solution: we join you on your holiday and create all the video content of your trip, using 4k video, drones and GoPros to capture every angle. We then edit to beautiful music and neatly package it into a beautiful feature film of approximately 15 mins. This is a great way to always look back on your trip, share it with friends and inspire yourself for your next African adventure.

Yoga & Wellness

We are seeing more and more people wanting to travel while considering their health and wellness. At OAF we come from a wellness background and are passionate about incorporating the two through, yoga, fitness, food, meditation/mindfulness and life-coaching. This is not about making a holiday into a boot camp but rather about enhancing your experience through physical, mindful and spiritual connection while discovering Africa.

Cape Town Guided Tours

We offer bespoke tour guide services of any kind – whether you require a historical tour of Robben Island, a cultural tour of the colourful Bo-Kaap, a sommelier to accompany you in the Cape winelands, a private driver to take you around the city, a personal chef to whip up delicious meals at your private villa? A mountain guide to take you up Table Mountain or an adventure guide to take you kayaking with the penguins, whatever bespoke requirement it may be we have you covered. Connect with us to add a guided experience to your travel. 

Group bookings

A perfect wilderness occasion

Corporates incentives & group travel

When it comes to tailoring holidays for corporates or large groups, we have you covered. Whether it’s for a conference or for incentive trips, we understand the value of linking your brand with the experience. We are able to manage large groups of any size, paying attention to individual needs large and small. Through our long-standing relationships, we can also better any price point for your corporate group. We have partnered with some talented local artists who are able to create personalised and branded artisanal gifts for your groups. We take great pride in going the extra mile and linking corporates to conservation and community initiatives, a vital link for corporate and rural Africa that ensures the protection of our wilderness’s. Let us take the hassle away from you and handle your travel logistics and admin, ensuring your group experiences the very ultimate in African hospitality.

Weddings & Proposals

There are few things more sacred and beautiful than a bush wedding. Maybe its the calm of nature, being surrounded by wildlife or just the energy of an ancient place that makes saying “I do” in the bush so very special. We have a selection of lodges and destinations that lend themselves perfectly to a romantic bush wedding. Let us help facilitate your wedding requirements in partnership with these lodges and recommend our preferred wedding suppliers to bring your dream African wedding or proposal to life.

BESPOKE ITINERARIES

Coming soon to our website

In the meantime, please feel free to contact us and we can share our bespoke safari packages with you.