Deeper Africa offers 28 trips/accommodations

Machame Route

Kilimanjaro International Airport, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania for 11 Days • from $4,889* per person

At 19,340 feet (5,890 meters), the great massif of Kilimanjaro looms above the cloud forest, crowned with snow. It is an imposing sight and a challenging trek, but a trek that anyone in good condition can complete when the pace is adjusted responsibly to accommodate increasing altitude. We limit our treks to the western side of the mountain, far away from the tourist crowds. The Machame Route is breathtaking and scenic. Those of you who have seen the "IMAX" film… more

Offered May-March
Exertion level: 7
Comfort accommodations
Max group size:	12 people
Must form your own group?	No

Wildlife of Uganda

Entebbe, Uganda for 12 Days • from $5,199* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

Uganda is packed with premier wildlife viewing in a variety of ecosystems. Our Wildlife of Uganda safari allows you to see it all. Spend two days with two different gorilla families in the rainforest of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and a third day observing chimpanzees in Kibale Forest. There is nothing more spectacular than looking into the eyes of a gorilla and having him look right back at you. Wildlife species change dramatically as you move into the wetlands and savannah… more

Offered Year-round
Exertion level: 3
Comfort accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	Yes (custom departure). Price based on group size.

Gorillas of Parc' Nationales des Volcans

Kigali, Rwanda for 4 Days • from $3,899* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

Track gorillas in the famous “Gorillas in the Mist” Parc' Nationales des Volcans forest. Home to five habituated gorilla families, you will approach a different family group on two separate observation days. Close range viewing allows you a glimpse into individual personalities and group dynamics. You will watch the stately silverback, the playful young, and the grooming females. Local trackers locate the gorilla family you’ll be observing beforehand, so that you can move directly to the family as they roam… more

Offered Year-round
Exertion level: 5
Comfort accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	Yes (custom departure). Price based on group size.

Gorillas of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Entebbe International Airport for 6 Days • from $5,399* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

The dense rainforest of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest protects over half of the world’s remaining mountain gorilla population. Local trackers meet you at the forest edge, and guide you through the rainforest to the gorilla group you will be viewing. Two days of gorilla viewing allows you to visit two separate family groups. Gorilla viewing in Bwindi allows you very close to a gorilla family. The gorillas know that you are watching; but because you are in the company of a… more

Offered Year-round
Exertion level: 5
Comfort accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	Yes (custom departure). Price based on group size.

Gorilla and Chimpanzee Safari

Entebbe Airport for 14 Days • from $8,299* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

Our Gorilla and Chimpanzee Safari provides the opportunity to gain close access to the world's last wild gorillas and chimpanzees. Begin your gorilla viewing with two days of viewing in Uganda's Bwindi Forest, followed by two more days of gorilla viewing in Rwanda's Parc' Nationales des Volcans. Parc' Nationales was made famous by Diane Fossey and the movie Gorillas in the Mist. Four days of viewing allows you to observe the subtle behavioral differences resulting from the markedly different habitats… more

Offered Year-round
Exertion level: 5
Boutique accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	Yes (custom departure). Price based on group size.

Tanzania Explorer

Kilimanjaro, Tanzania for 11 Days • from $5,749* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

This is an ideal journey for the active traveler who prefers an in-depth and off-track journey. Your private Land Cruiser and private naturalist allow you to set your daily safari activities as you choose. While all of our safaris have up close Land Cruiser wildlife viewing, this safari also offers walking safaris to explore the African bush on foot. After enjoying elephants and much more in Tarangire, visit the famous Ngorongoro Crater. Lions, elephants, buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, and cheetah: the… more

Offered May-March
Exertion level: 4
Comfort accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	Yes (custom departure). Price based on group size.

Tanzania with Kids Safari

Kilimanjaro, Tanzania for 13 Days • from $5,499* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

Of our two family safaris, this one is more rugged, offering a tented camp experience and a village visit. Visit Minjingu Village with the Mwangaza Children's Project. The village visit permits you to spend time with African children and families, not as a tourist but as guests and friends. For families interested in teaching children about the larger world, this is a special opportunity. The reception you receive will change your understanding about Africa. Additionally, as with all our safaris,… more

Offered June-April
Exertion level: 3
Comfort accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	Yes (custom departure). Price based on group size.

Journey to the Serengeti

Kilimanjaro International Airport, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania for 14 Days • from $7,299* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

Our Journey to the Serengeti Safari is focused on getting you ready to appreciate the magnificence of the Serengeti migration. You make your way from Arusha through three of Tanzania's best game parks: Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, and the famous Serengeti. There is a significant educational component to this safari, as you move from park to park increasing your knowledge base. When you arrive in the Serengeti you have a deep appreciation of what will unfold in front of… more

Offered December-April, June-October
Exertion level: 3
Comfort accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	Yes (custom departure). Price based on group size.

Bush Plane Safari

Nairobi, Kenya for 15 Days • from $11,599* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

Our bush plane safari is the ultimate African expedition. For this journey we have put together a selection of small lodges and unique facilities so you can enjoy the finest wildlife experiences and a deep taste of Kenyan hospitality. Each lodge takes in a limited number of guests so you have personal contact with your hosts at every stop; this paired with the freedom to design the pace and flavor of your safari one day at a time. This safari… more

Offered December-March, June-October
Exertion level: 3
Boutique accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	Yes (custom departure). Price based on group size.

Deeper Serengeti Safari

Kilimanjaro International Airport, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania for 13 Days • from $8,649* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

Deeper Serengeti is a unique safari that allows a depth of wildlife viewing in the Serengeti that is only available with Deeper Africa. While most safaris spend two or three days in the Serengeti, this safari devotes eight days - observing four separate ecosystems; two in Tanzania and two in Kenya. Fly in and out of the Serengeti bush for a bird’s-eye view and quick transit. Traveling from south to north gives you the greatest chance of encountering the Serengeti herds of… more

Offered June-April
Exertion level: 3
Comfort accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	Yes (custom departure). Price based on group size.

Tanzania and Kenya Safari

Kilimanjaro, Tanzania for 14 Days • from $8,699* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

Just in case you come but once to this amazing continent, take time to know both of its traditional safari lands. This safari gives you an unhurried taste of the region that sprawls along the border between Tanzania and Kenya, which is all one kingdom to the herds that migrate back and forth. This journey is beautifully balanced between observation and activity and between luxury and adventure. All accommodations are upscale, allowing you to relax and sample bush cuisine. While… more

Offered June-April
Exertion level: 3
Luxury accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	Yes (custom departure). Price based on group size.

Kenya with Kids

Nairobi, Kenya for 13 Days • from $6,399* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

This family safari emphasizes activities and great wildlife viewing. It includes a walking safari, a night game drive, and a horseback excursion. The focus is wildlife, with many unique resources provided. If you take this trip in July, August, September, or October, you will be in the middle of the annual wildebeest migration into Kenya. Each year, tens of thousands of hoofed animals cross the Serengeti for the sweet oat grass of the Maasai Mara. While on safari, you'll also… more

Offered June-April
Exertion level: 3
Comfort accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	Yes (custom departure). Price based on group size.

Kenya Explorer Safari

Nairobi, Kenya for 11 Days • from $6,399* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

Our Kenyan Explorer safari focuses in two of Kenya's most spectacular safari lands: the Laikipia Plains and the Maasai Mara. These two wilderness areas offer the rare combination of spectacular wildlife viewing along with walking safaris and the more human pursuit of interaction with other humans. Ol Pejeta Bush Camp is located on conservancy land, while Offbeat Mara is located on tribal land. Both integrate wildlife conservation with interaction in local communities. Every Deeper Africa safari offers spectacular wildlife viewing… more

Offered December-March, May-October
Exertion level: 3
Comfort accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	Yes (custom departure). Price based on group size.

Backcountry Explorer Safari

Kilimanjaro International Airport, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania for 11 Days • from $5,499* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

This journey takes you into the back country of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Walking at a comfortable pace (plenty of time to stop, rest, snack, and enjoy) you move from campsite to campsite through a remarkable landscape of extinct volcanoes, mist-shrouded forests, and grasslands teaming with wildlife. You carry just what you need for the day: binoculars, camera, water bottle. Everything else is carried in the Land Cruiser, which shadows you during the day, in case you change your mind… more

Offered June-March
Exertion level: 3
Comfort accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	Yes (custom departure). Price based on group size.

Big Cats of the Maasai Mara Safari

Nairobi, Kenya for 10 Days • from $5,599* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

This safari allows you to take an in-depth look into the life of the big cats of the Maasai Mara. Set your schedule with your Deeper Africa naturalist so you can move to the cats, at the right time and at the right place. Keen observation teaches you how the big cats hunt, mark territorial boundaries, raise their young, and coexist in this remarkable landscape. Deeper Africa’s Natural Learning program teaches you to identify wildlife species and spot and track… more

Offered June-March
Exertion level: 3
Comfort accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	Yes (custom departure). Price based on group size.

Wild Tanzania

Kilimanjaro International Airport, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania for 15 Days • from $8,399* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

Bush plane routes allow you to link together the best game parks of Tanzania's Northern Circuit with the more remote reserves of southern Tanzania. The Northern Circuit brings you the Serengeti migration and the famous Ngorongoro Crater, two of Africa's top game reserves. Traveling by low-flying bush plane into remote camps in southern Tanzania you visit two of the country's largest, most pristine and most remote game reserves. This is the country that Teddy Roosevelt loved, the last of old… more

Offered June-April
Exertion level: 3
Luxury accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	Yes (custom departure). Price based on group size.

Gems of Tanzania

Kilimanjaro, Tanzania for 12 Days • from $5,299* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

This Land Cruiser safari allows you to get up close and personal with Africa's best game while enjoying classic lodge accommodations with great food, African décor, and comfortable beds. You'll wildlife view in the best parks of Tanzania's Northern Circuit with one of our highly skilled naturalists and a private Land Cruiser. Our experience with the Northern Circuit of Tanzania allows us to select great wildlife viewing locations and team them with simple, good value accommodations. You enjoy the best… more

Offered June-April
Exertion level: 3
Comfort accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	No

Lemosho Route

Kilimanjaro, Tanzania for 12 Days • from $4,950* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

At 19,340 feet (5,890 meters), the great massif of Kilimanjaro looms above the cloud forest, crowned with snow. It is an imposing sight and a challenging trek, but a trek that anyone in good condition can complete when the pace is adjusted responsibly to accommodate increasing altitude. We limit our treks to the western side of the mountain, far away from the tourist crowds. The Lemosho Route is a highly scenic, lesser-traveled route that offers additional time for acclimatization and trekking… more

Offered May-March
Exertion level: 7
Comfort accommodations
Max group size:	12 people
Must form your own group?	No

Discover Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya for 10 Days • from $5,149* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

Discover the traditional safari lands of Kenya visiting the Aberdare National Park, Lake Nakuru, and the famous Maasai Mara. From your camp in the foothills of the Aberdare Mountains explore Solio Rhino Sanctuary which has the largest population of black and white rhinos in the world. Solio is home to 150 black and white rhino. Many rhino from Solio have been translocated to other parks in Kenya and further afield to Malawi and Kampala. The 17,500 acre sanctuary has a… more

Offered June-April
Exertion level: 3
Comfort accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	No

Serengeti Explorer

Kilimanjaro Airport, Tanzania for 8 Days • from $5,099* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

This is not the safari for everyone. This is the safari for you if you love adventure, you relish the unexpected, and you can handle a little grit. You must be willing, even excited, to walk where lions walk - and know that you just might see one. Few people realize that within the Serengeti are large tracks of roadless wilderness area. Fewer people still will ever visit these wildlands. Until recently (2007), these areas were entirely closed to public… more

Offered May-March
Exertion level: 5
Comfort accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	No

Deeper Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya for 14 Days • from $7,549* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

This safari offers the scope, breadth, and quality which have made Kenyan safaris famous. Begin your safari in Samburu National Reserve. The elephant viewing in Samburu is spectacular, but the truly amazing thing about the Samburu area is the ecosystem differentiation which brings unique species for observation including Grevy zebra, gerenuk, reticulated giraffe, and somali ostrich. The Ol Pejeta Conservancy, a 90,000 acre wildlife reserve, is part of the vast Laikipia Plateau. Your visit to Ol Pejeta includes very good… more

Offered June-April
Exertion level: 3
Boutique accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	No

Kenya: Southern Circuit

Nairobi, Kenya for 13 Days • from $7,899* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

Looking for wilderness wildlife viewing without the crowds? Still want luxury accommodations? Then Kenya's southern reserves of Tsavo West, Tsavo East, and Amboseli are the right choice for your safari. Southern Kenya contains huge tracts of land that allow you to view wildlife in settings where you rarely encounter other tourists. The Tsavo reserves and Amboseli are well-known for large herds of elephants. The Tsavo reserves have amazing predator viewing as well. With one of Deeper Africa's silver-rated guides and… more

Offered June-April
Exertion level: 3
Boutique accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	No

Primates Of Rwanda

Kigali, Rwanda for 9 Days • from $4,799* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

Begin your journey in Nyungwe Forest, central Africa’s largest montane forest, renowned for its 13 species of primates. In addition to chimpanzees, you will also go in search of troops of 300+ Angola Colobus monkeys and an assortment of other primate species. Nyungwe is also the most important ornithological site in Rwanda, harboring nearly 300 species of birds. After exploring the beautiful shoreline of Lake Kivu, track gorillas in the famous “Gorillas in the Mist” Parc' Nationales des Volcans forest. Home to eight… more

Offered Year-round
Exertion level: 5
Comfort accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	No

Zanzibar: Behind The Doors

Zanzibar, Tanzania for 4 Days • from $1,699* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

Zanzibar is an exotic mix of tropical beaches and unique cultures. We recommend a guided walking tour of Stone Town accompanied by our Zanzibar guide to help you learn to navigate the winding narrow streets of this ancient Swahili city, to learn the stories behind the beautiful doors that are a tradition of Zanzibar, and to prepare you for the wonderful shops selling curios and handicrafts from local areas. Add as many days relaxing on the beach as you like. … more

Offered May-March
Exertion level: 3
Boutique accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	No

Lamu: Legends Of Lamu

Lamu, Kenya for 5 Days • from $3,199* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

Enjoy wandering on the beach and through ancient towns away from busy tourist centers? There are tourists in Lamu, but not many. The islands of the Lamu Archipelago offer miles of uncluttered shoreline. Wander along the sand, laze in a beach chair, or sail along the coast at sunset in a traditional dhow. Lamu's adherence to ancient traditions gives it the feel of a place frozen in time. Its charm and character flow from centuries of loving care. The narrow,… more

Offered October-April, July, August
Exertion level: 3
Boutique accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	No

Lamu: By Sail

Lamu, Kenya for 4 Days • from $4,699* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

Originally built in Lamu over 20 years ago, Tusitiri is a 20m dhow offering a unique opportunity to sail around the Lamu archipelago in the tradition of Arab sailors plying the spice route in centuries past, combining the romance of this romantic era with every modern-day comfort. Constructed of specific local hardwoods, dhows date back to the Afro-Arab civilization, and were traditionally used for trading exotic commodities between the Arabian Gulf, India, Europe and the East African coast. Tusitiri's spacious… more

Offered July-April
Exertion level: 3
Boutique accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	No

Deeper Uganda

Entebbe, Uganda for 15 Days • from $6,999* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

Uganda is packed with premier wildlife viewing in a variety of ecosystems. Our Deeper Uganda safari allows you to see it all and includes exploration by foot, boat, and Land Cruiser. Start off exploring the Nile in majestic Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s largest national park. Although wildlife suffered greatly from poaching during the 1970s and 1980s, the park now contains healthy populations of wildlife including elephant, giraffe, hartebeest, buffalo, lion, leopard, Uganda kob, and hippo. Spend a day with… more

Offered Year-round
Exertion level: 5
Comfort accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	No

Chimpanzees Of Tanzania

Arusha, Tanzania for 4 Days • from $3,099* per person

Provider: Deeper Africa

Chimpanzees of Mahale National Park have been habituated by Japanese researchers from Kyoto University. They have a slightly different habituation approach than their more famous neighbor - Jane Goodall at Gombe National Park. Their efforts offer you excellent rewards: close encounters with chimps and the opportunity to sit quietly and observe chimpanzee family life as it unfolds around you. You will trek twice into Mahale Forest with expert local guides who work daily with the chimps. The best chimpanzee viewing… more

Offered November-February, May-September
Exertion level: 5
Comfort accommodations
Max group size:	8 people
Must form your own group?	No

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