What Does a Safari Travel Agency Actually Do?

Yeah, for sure.

And for us, the whole point is that we're looking at the entire trip, not just the one property.

We actually first want to understand the traveler.

We want to know what they want to see, how long they have to travel, who they're traveling with, what their budget is, what type of experiences they're kind of looking for.

because from there we actually can decide what's best suited to that person and what they're wanting not just saying okay we'll go here and then it ends up being completely disappointing for that person and because that's the thing there isn't just like one destination that's perfect for everyone

yeah exactly and that's something we we really see is someone might say i want to see the big five but that doesn't necessarily tell you where they can go you can see the big five in a lot of reserves across the country but what about that place um makes it the one for you um so maybe they're traveling with children or want something that's family friendly or malaria free so it's safer if they're traveling with very young children maybe they're wanting a photographic experience you know a destination that's really good for photography um so then that also also changes things or maybe they want a really like exclusive luxury experience or a combination of all three right so that's where we come in because at the end of the day Most safari lodges are going to market themselves as a luxury lodge.

Most of the lodges around are going to say, we cater to children.

And then because they've got a good gallery of photos, now they think it's also really good for photographer.

But at the end of the day, some destinations are better for certain things than others.

That's just how it is.

But sometimes there's destinations that overall can take a lot of boxes and some are more specialized.

um yeah so yeah

and you know that's actually where knowing the different destinations becomes really important for example medicare is really really good for malaria free and as well as like medicare for us is specifically child friendly just because the lodges they are specifically designed that it's child friendly like more younger children you know whereas somewhere like sabi sands mala mala is more suited to like classic luxury big five safari experience with like incredible leopard viewing but it's a little bit less on the child-friendly side yeah some of them are child-friendly yes but maybe not so young children you know and also because of the fact that it's not a malaria-free area

yeah that changes a lot of things like obviously There's areas that aren't malaria-free areas that you can still go to, you just have to consult a doctor, or you just go in a sort of non-mosquito season.

Some people just like that peace of mind.

Also, for example, if you're a pregnant woman, you simply can't go to an area where you have the risk of malaria.

But then you've got like Tualu, which like Madikwe is family friendly, really, really good.

Also

malaria free.

But

malaria free as well.

And it's completely different.

It's an enormous private reserve with only three lodges.

So it's 120,000 hectares that you've got basically to yourself.

And all of those three lodges can cater to basically everyone.