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Tailor-made
African safaris and tours

Join us on
an exclusive
African journey

Tours in Southern
and East Africa

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For The Love of
African Travel

Africa Nova Travel is a specialist African Travel Design House based in Cape Town, South Africa. We design private, tailor-made journeys across Southern Africa, East Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands for international travelers who want to experience this continent with depth, discernment and care.

Our clients are well-travelled. They know the difference between a trip that has been well organized and one that has been truly well designed. They are not looking for a standard African itinerary, or even simply a beautiful one. They are looking for the right journey: shaped around who they are, who they are travelling with, how they like to travel and what this particular experience means for them.

That is why every Africa Nova journey begins with a conversation. We take the time to understand the person behind the enquiry before we suggest a route, a lodge, a guide or a destination. The result is not a trip pulled from a portfolio. It is a journey designed with purpose, local knowledge and a clear sense of fit.

We only design a select number of African journeys each year. Every one is personal. Every one is considered. And every one is created to feel as though it could not have been made for anyone else.

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Favourite Destinations

Each destination we recommend has been chosen for the quality, depth and sense of experience it can offer the right traveler. These are not generic selections, or places included simply because they are well known. They reflect years of direct knowledge: how each destination works, when it is at its best, which lodges truly deliver and how each place fits into the journey as a whole.

Cape Town

Kruger National Park

Cape Winelands

Chobe

Victoria Falls

Okavango Delta

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Zambia
Tanzania
Kenya
Namibia
Uganda
Mauritius
Madikwe
Garden Route

What our clients have to say

Teixeira Family, Portugal

Teixeira Family, Portugal

We were amazed at how knowledgeable our tour guides were, they went the extra mile to ensure that we got top service from them and also really interesting info on the sights, not just the usual tourist blurb! Also they made sure that we experienced a lot of ‘local’ spots to get the real feel of the destinations, we would never have found those places on our own. We requested a guide who was fluent in Portuguese and we were a little nervous about what we would get, but very fluent he was! When we didn’t have a guide with us, the Africa Nova Travel team were always at hand to recommend a great restaurant and insisted on doing the bookings for us. They also solved any problems that we ran into along the way, big or small. They were very professional and helpful; we could tell that a lot of love and care goes into what they do. Simply superb!

Why Africa Nova Travel?

For the Love of African Travel

For the Love of African Travel

Africa is not like other destinations. It asks for a different quality of attention, a deeper level of preparation and a more honest understanding of what each place can offer.We have spent years building our knowledge of this continent: its lodges, guides, seasons, regions, logistics and quiet details. The difference is in the design: the route, the pace, the people, the timing and the decisions that shape how the journey feels.
For the Love of What We Do

For the Love of What We Do

We are based in Cape Town, South Africa, inside Africa, not outside it. We travel this continent ourselves, visit the properties we recommend and build our knowledge from first-hand experience, not from brochures or online impressions.We know the suppliers, lodges, guides and logistical realities behind African travel. That is why we recommend what we have seen, what we trust, what we believe is right for each traveler and not simply what is fashionable or well known.
For the Love of Others

For the Love of Others

Travel, when designed with intention, should give something back to the places it passes through.We choose our partners carefully, not only for comfort, service and design, but for integrity. The lodges, guides and operators we work with are expected to care about conservation, community and the long-term future of the places they operate in.