Safari holidays

"We specialise in guided small-group safaris and private tours to select wilderness and wildlife destinations in Southern Africa. Visit our website for a sense of what makes a Navigators' tour so special. We hope you will join us soon on an exciting journey of discovery!"

Africa travel | Private tours | Guided selfdrives

Our personally-guided tours place the emphasis on visiting some of Africa's very special remote areas that evoke a sense of solitude and mystery. For a private and exclusive tour with us in our equipped 4x4 vehicles, visit our booked-seat tour launch page, or visit our self-drive tour launch page to choose your next guided small-group self-drive adventure.

For those visitors with perhaps less time available, our shorter tours launch page has some varied and exciting options to choose from. We'd also like to draw your attention to the fact that our 2011 booked-seat tours schedule and 2011 self-drive tours schedule is now available on our website - click on the highlighted links above to choose your next unforgettable adventure of a lifetime...!

Each tour is taken by Chris, the owner and founder of Navigators Tours and Safaris. This means that you benefit from having an experienced, knowledgeable and professional tour leader and guide who is dedicated to service and personal attention for all his guests, and someone who is passionate about offering the best-quality tours to select parts of Africa. Visit our News page for an update on recent tours and events, and to find out what's new on the Navigators horizon.

Selection of our most popular tours and safaris

Navigators | tour and safari specialists

• Guided tours and safaris
• Private and personalized tours
• Small-group tours
• Guided Selfdrive tours
• Booked-seat options
• Short-break tours
• Tented and lodge accomodation
• Photographic and special-interest tours
• Driver training
• Experienced and registered guides

For some time we had wanted to go to Kaokoveld. After reading the article by Jazz Kuschke in Getaway August 2007 about his 4x4 trip with Navigators we were tempted and booked. We have just returned from such a trip. We had had misgivings about being guided. In such a boundless environment who wants a structured tour? The cost of the trip added to the already high fuel costs seemed extravagant. But from Day 1 we acknowledged that it was an excellent opportunity that we had bought into. The guided tour is well researched, perfectly paced and professional. Chris Schlimper of Navigators is amiable, knowledgeable and very respectful of the environment and its people. We were in very good hands and felt completely safe meeting the off-road challenges. But there was always time along the way to get out and listen to the birds, talk to the trees and photograph the vastness. The elephants were there but it took Chris’ skill and intuition to find them and we happily paid for that.

Marlize Meyer, KZN

Responsible travel

Many of our tours are spent in ecologically-sensitive regions, and therefore our tours include guidelines for guests about responsible travel during our journeys through these areas. Where feasible we often also include stays at community-run campsites and encourage the purchase of local crafts and curios, thereby benefitting these communities by our visits. Click here to read more about our responsible travel policy.