Private Safaris Across South Africa
Private Safari Tours in South Africa, Planned Around You
Kruger, Sabi Sand, Madikwe and Pilanesberg. Big Five game drives, luxury lodges and day safaris — tailor-made, never a group tour.
About Umzumbe
A South African Safari Operator, Not a Package Tour Company
Umzumbe Safaris & Conservation is a Johannesburg-based safari tour operator running private, tailor-made trips across South Africa. We plan and guide safaris in Kruger National Park, the Sabi Sand and Greater Kruger private reserves, Madikwe, Pilanesberg and Hluhluwe–iMfolozi, and extend them to Cape Town, the Winelands, the Garden Route and the Panorama Route. Every safari is built for one party only — your interests, your pace, your dates. You travel with your own guide and vehicle, and you deal with one person from first enquiry to airport drop-off.
Safari Tours & Travel Services
What You Can Book With Us
Multi-day safari itineraries, single-day game drives, honeymoon lodge stays and the transfers that connect them — planned, booked and run by one team, so nothing is handed off mid-trip.
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We build custom itineraries around your dates, your group and your budget — not just the trips listed here.
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Where We Safari in South Africa
Eight regions, each with a different reason to go. Tell us what you want to see and we'll tell you where it's most likely.
Kruger National Park
The Big Five over two million hectares — the classic first South African safari.
Sabi Sand & Greater Kruger
Private reserves with off-road traversing and the country's best leopard sightings.
Madikwe
Malaria-free Big Five country near the Botswana border — our pick for families.
Pilanesberg
Two and a half hours from Johannesburg, malaria-free, and doable in a single day.
Hluhluwe–iMfolozi & St Lucia
KwaZulu-Natal's rhino heartland, paired with the wetlands and whales of St Lucia.
Panorama Route & Blyde River
Blyde River Canyon and God's Window on the drive in or out of Kruger.
Cape Town & the Winelands
Table Mountain, the Cape Peninsula and Stellenbosch, added to the end of a safari.
Garden Route
Knysna, Tsitsikamma and Plettenberg Bay for travellers with a longer runway.
Why Book With Umzumbe
A Private Safari, Run By The People Who Planned It
No group departures, no subcontracted drivers, no handovers between agents. The person who plans your safari is the person you call while you're on it.
Your own vehicle and guide on every drive and transfer.
We know which reserves are producing sightings, in which season.
Johannesburg-based and South African-run — not a reseller abroad.
One planner, one number, and a reply within one business day.
Experiences
Discover The Beauty Of South Africa
What Our Clients Say
Our Commitment
Safaris That Pay Their Way
A portion of every booking goes to conservation and community projects in the reserves we travel through. We keep vehicles to a single party per drive, follow the sighting protocols of every reserve we work in, and use lodges that employ and buy locally.
Plan Your South African Safari
Tell us your dates, who's travelling and what you most want to see. We'll come back within one business day with a route and a quote.
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