About Us

Purpose-driven Safaris

For decades, we’ve hosted clients like you seeking to immerse themselves in the raw beauty, untamed wilderness, adventure, contrasts and biodiversity of Southern Africa.

We’ve seen the profound impact of these experiences and are honoured to facilitate these connections with nature.

As regional specialists, we lead you on expeditions to key destinations and hotspots in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Eswatini, Mozambique and Lesotho to locate and observe rare, elusive, and endemic wildlife and bird species in their natural habitats. 

Our destinations have been carefully selected, ranging from scenic to rugged, accessible to off-the-beaten-track, offering diverse habitats and adventures and, in some cases, access to areas not open to the public. 

Our range of unique scheduled tours speaks to a niche market, but we further differentiate ourselves by creating personalised, private adventures. We design these custom tours to be both comprehensive and cost-effective with an approach that minimises travel time and distances. In this way, we maximise your time in nature, ensuring a more immersive experience. 

Sustain Safaris Offer

We’re dedicated to creating an unforgettable safari for you, ensuring every aspect of your tour is meticulously planned and executed. We offer: 

Personalised tours with a maximum of 6 guests per guide

Experienced and knowledgeable professional tour leaders/guides

Unique wildlife destinations and biodiversity

Excellent accommodation in birding and wildlife havens

Comprehensive itineraries and species checklists

Our Ethos

Sustain Safaris is more than a tour operator: We’re deeply connected to Southern Africa and see it as a privilege to introduce the best of the region to you while sharing our experiences, adventures, and sense of wonder.  

As you travel with us, we hope you’ll embrace a deeper understanding and respect for the land and its biodiversity, and by the time your tour ends, our wish is that the land will have left a lasting impression and that you’ve come to love it as much as we do. 

Sustain Safaris is also more than a business: We believe in combining tourism with conservation, culture and community. In addition to caring for you and ensuring your tour is spectacular, as custodians of this precious land, we dedicate our time and resources to it, its inhabitants and its conservation champions.  

We aim to establish viable tourism destinations and wildlife economies that are developed and operated sustainably and responsibly, so as to expand and enhance protected areas and their biodiversity. Ultimately, our vision is to have 1 million hectares under protection. We also educate our clients and communities about the environment thereby promoting environmental and social good. 

A tour with us is not merely a holiday; it’s an expansion of horizons and an opportunity to pay it forward to future generations while honouring the wildlife and delicate balance of nature on this planet we all share. 

Our mission: 

To change people’s lives through exciting expeditions into untamed wilderness. We seek to create deep and lasting human connections with nature and the people who conserve it.  

Our goals: 

To play a meaningful role in expanding and enhancing protected areas and biodiversity. We aim to establish viable biodiversity economies and tourism destinations that are developed and operated sustainably and responsibly. We also promote environmental and cultural education to positively transform ecosystems and the communities around them.  

Our Conservation Fund:

We are a conservation-driven ecotourism company, with a business model focused on creating exceptional and greatvalue safari experiences that give back. We support carefully selected conservation NGOs that are doing important work. Learn more about the Conservation Fund here. 

Sustain Ecotourism and Environmental

Sustain Safaris’ sister company, Sustain Ecotourism and Environmental, offers ecotourism and environmental consulting services. The company aims to ensure biodiversity conservation through sustainable development and responsible enterprise. Please refer to the website for more details:  http://www.sustainecoenv.com.