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Why Mango

When you book with Mango Safaris you can feel confident that no other company can offer you the same creativity, flexibility, regional insight and depth of knowledge about the African Continent. Beyond that, we can be extremely fun to work with and have great taste.

Expertise

Our team has visited the properties and lived the experiences that we recommend to you. As you can read in our personal bios, travel is not only our business; it is our passion and our life. This feeling comes across pretty quickly to our clients and has often been described as 'infectious'. Africa is a magical place that everyone should feel and experience in their own unique way. We are the lucky gate keepers who get to help you plan your perfect journey.

Don't feel sorry for us, but we have suffered through the long flights and dusty drives to visit these places. We have slept in the beds, hung out with the guides and managers at the camps, gone scuba diving on the coral reefs, and experienced the wildlife viewing opportunities over a variety of seasons to be able to tell you the best places and times to visit.

We provide great value

We have impressive pricing agreements with all ground handlers, camps and hotels so you can rest assured that you are getting the best value for your money no matter the level of luxury. Booking through Mango Safaris will cost you the same or even less than if you had contacted the hotels yourself.

We are masters of the 'high/low' where we mix up the level of luxury throughout a trip to tailor it to your interests even more. We know where a moderately priced option will give you a high quality experience and where it is worth it to indulge a little.

Our trips feel good.

How the pace and movement of an itinerary feels is crucial to the experience you will have as you live it. We think about airport transfer pick up times, overnights in capital cities, how and when splurges will have the most effect and what order an itinerary should go in when we start crafting suggestions for you.

A few examples of this:

We like to keep the quality of game viewing, level of luxury and service improving through an itinerary. We recommend stopovers in Europe on the way there while there is still so much excitement for the journey ahead. We like to plan portions where you will be self-driving in places like Cape Town or Namibia well into an itinerary since you will be generally more comfortable in Africa by that point.

Our trips work.

We know the flight schedules of International and regional African airlines intimately. In multi-country itineraries we often start with these pieces to determine and order and flow that maximizes your time on safari or at the beach as opposed to airport hotels and terminals. We know when planes consistently run late or misconnections are more likely. We build space into trips to allow for Africa being Africa.

We are thrilled to invite you to experience this unforgettable way of travel, into the remote corners of the world in a completely original and authentic style.