Private Guided Safaris

Tailor-made itineraries, luxury surroundings
and outstanding wildlife

The Ultimate Safari Experience

A private guided safari is the ultimate safari experience. Led by an expert guide, exclusive to you or your party, the safari is tailored to your interests, your appetite for adventure and the level of luxury you require. Ideally suited to families, multi-generational families or a party of friends but single travellers and couples can also enjoy their own exclusive private guided safari. Taking account of the make up of your group, Bushbuck will work with you to develop the perfect balance so that everyone is catered for.

Expertise

Your private guide can be with you for the whole safari from beginning to end, staying with you in a selection of permanent camps or lodges or using their own fully staffed mobile camp.

You need not opt for a private guided safari throughout, however. A safari can include a private guided safari for just 4/5 days.

All our private guides have their areas of expertise: walking, boating, 4×4 safaris with a mobile camp, riding for example, and we often combine 2/3 private guided safaris in one itinerary.

A Bushbuck private guided safari is completely bespoke. There are no limits: you can go wherever you want and do whatever you want to do. We provide the inspiration and the know how to deliver the safari of your dreams.

Exclusive accommodation
& vehicles for your sole use

A private guided safari is a world away from busy camps and shared game viewing vehicles with different guides each time. This is the ultimate safari experience, with exclusive accommodation and vehicles for your sole use.

Your private guide stays with you throughout, providing continuity and tailoring each day’s activities to your group’s level of knowledge, interests and activity levels.

The very best guides

Bushbuck’s private guides are selected from the very best on the African continent. All our guides are members of the Safari Guides Company, which only admits those with extra-ordinary levels of expertise, experience and strong conservation credentials.

They treat the bush with the utmost respect, sharing their knowledge and passion with their guests.

We start by listening

We ask about you and your group, finding out about you; whether this is your first safari or whether you are a regular visitor to Africa. You might be intrepid adventurers looking for an off-grid experience, interested in remote locations, exploring and seeking out new experiences.

You may be a family party with diverse interests including photography, birding, walking, boating and riding, wanting each member of the group to be catered for, while sharing the whole adventure together. Or you may not even know what you want and are looking for inspiration.

This is where our expertise lies; in sharing our vast knowledge of guides, locations and activities we develop a personalised itinerary which exceeds your expectations.

Once we know you, we match you to the best private guide

Chemistry is personal. All our guides are outstanding in their fields, but they are, of course, all different. Once we know more about you, we work out which guide is the best match in terms of specific expertise, geographical location and activities as well as their whole approach. You may want to build an in-depth knowledge of a particular species or area. You may relish spending evening with a gifted raconteur around the camp fire. It’s all about personal chemistry and because we have spent considerable time with all of the guides, we know their strengths.

Perhaps the best indication of our success is the fact that three quarters of our clients have either been on a private guided safari with us before or come to us via personal recommendation.

The best winter African getaways

Friday November 4, 2022

Summer is coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean the fun has to stop. If you’re itching to get away to avoid the short days, long nights and chilly drizzle which sits miserably on the horizon, then lucky you – a winter African safari is always incredible.

10 Best wildlife reserves to visit in Africa

Thursday April 28, 2022

It goes without saying that Africa is a huge continent, which means deciding on a wildlife reserve to visit can be daunting. So I have put together a little guide to my favourite parks across the continent, which could help pinpoint the one that is just right for you.

Safari Style

Monday November 9, 2020

There has always been something quintessentially elegant about safaris. Ever since the era of the pioneering Edwardian travellers, when canvas tents with leather trunks, porcelain basins and brass lamps were set up in remote areas of the bush, the safari experience has been enhanced by the visual and textural quality of its immediate surroundings.

Private Guided Safaris

Tailor-made itineraries, luxury surroundings
and outstanding wildlife