Authentic Africa with Epic Private Journeys

Authentic Africa with Epic Private Journeys
From creating a custom trip to witness the Serengeti migration, walking among gorillas in Rwanda or paddling the waterways of Botswana's Okavango Delta, it's inside knowledge that is at the heart of every journey.

Epic takes travelers to the real Africa, with trips designed by culturally-immersed African guides like the Kenyan-born Rob Barbour, an MD, veteran of the Australian Army's elite SAS regiment and founder of Kisampa Private Conservation Area in Tanzania. "Epic is all about local, insider knowledge, superb planning and the value of the private guide," says Barbour of Epic, which maintains offices in Arusha, Tanzania and Johannesburg, South Africa.

For example, Epic knows which lodges and mobile camps work best for the ever-shifting wildebeest migration traversing the iconic ecosystem of the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania and the Maasai Mara in Kenya. Safari planners strategically utilize private air charters to eliminate hours of unnecessary driving. Inside knowledge helps the company choose the best lodges for a Botswana safari and the hidden resorts for post-safari R&R off the coast of Zanzibar. Adventurous clients are well served by Epic's 95% success rate for summiting Mt Kilimanjaro.

That said, it's the cultural aspects of an African trip that are key. Epic takes care to construct trips that have a strong cultural core and emphasize local interaction, one of the reasons Epic's guests return repeatedly to the continent with them.

Amazing custom itineraries with an insider's perspective are available in Botswana, Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa, Rwanda, Uganda and the Seychelles. A sampling of their African itineraries:

Tanzania

Tanzania remains gloriously wild, home to enormous herds of wildebeest, zebra and elephant, as well as lions, cheetah and leopards. A classic nine day safari that includes seeing the migration in Serengeti National park and game drives in Tarangire National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater begins at $600 per person, per day.*

Rwanda

There are only 880 or so mountain gorillas left in the world, and about 480 of them live in the volcano habitat that spans Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Trekking permits to see the gorillas are extremely limited. Epic's gorilla trekking in Rwanda's Parc National Des Volcans starts from $1,300 per person, per day.*

Botswana

From the Kalahari Desert to the Okavango Delta, Botswana is one of Africa's last remaining pristine wilderness areas. A 10-day itinerary in the Okavango Delta starts at $900 per person, per day.*

*Prices are land only, airfare is extra.

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