the natural way to explore wilderness
Found in many reserves in East and Southern Africa, a Wilderness Trails camp is small and dedicated to walking safaris. They can be permanent or erected for the duration of the trails season and offer a wide range of comfort standards from a mattress on the ground to luxury safari tents with en-suites.
Trails camps generally sleep a maximum of eight, and can be exclusive-use for your party or shared with other walking enthusiast guests. Guests may walk directly from camp, but it’s more usual to start with a short drive in a game viewing vehicle to walk at a different location each day.
See page 6 of Walking Safaris of Africa for more infomation about this style of walking safari.
Trails Guide training is open to everyone, and not just those planning a career in guiding. The game-rich Okavango is the perfect venue to learn while on foot.
Learn wilderness skills on a week-long camping trail in the Okavango Delta.
Experience Namibia’s only big game area trails camp, with two nights at the luxury Onguma Trails Camp and a third night at Onguma Forest Camp.
Explore Matusadona National Park from a comfortable trails camp.
Three nights of wild fly-camping in Zimbabwe’s biggest wilderness, mixing walks and game drives.
Set in the splendid landscape of the Eastern Cape, Plains Camp is a luxury low-footprint camp that is ideal for slow exploration of a diversity of wilderness.
After the rainy season, when river levels have dropped, it’s expedition season in Ruaha National Park. Choose from one of four remote and wild locations to establish your private fly-camp for 7 nights, exploring a different area each day on foot.
Explore the Serenget’s remote wilderness zones on foot and overnight in the Wayo Africa Walking Camp.
The ultimate in immersive Luangwa walking, the Tafika Walking Trails camps can only be accessed on foot.
Walks from a low-impact bush camp and an even wilder fly-camp in Hwange National Park.