Botswana Northern Explorer
Our best known route, north to south through Botswana’s main wildlife regions, finishing with two nights in the Okavango Delta.
See the 15-day itinerary
Owner-run safaris since 1994
Botswana, shown to you by the people who live here
Tailor-made camping and lodge safaris from Kasane on the Chobe River, with small groups, professional guides, and an itinerary built around what you want to see.
- 1994Our first season. Same two owners, same corner of Botswana, ever since
- 2Owners, and one of them is on the safari with you
- 4Countries meeting at our doorstep: Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- 0Booking desks between you and the owners
Who you are travelling with
A small, family-run outfit at the top end of Botswana
We are Toff and Kiddy Hill. Two people, one company, guiding out of Kasane since 1994. You plan the safari with us directly, and one of us is out there with you when you travel.
Kasane sits where Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe meet, with state forestry land wrapped around it, so wildlife country starts more or less at the edge of town. We live out here in Chobe District, not in a city office, and that is the whole difference.
Tell us your dates, your budget and what you want to see, and we build the trip around that.
Our safaris
Six starting points, all of them tailor-made
Use these itineraries as a frame. We stretch them, shorten them, swap camping for lodges and add fly-in legs to suit the group travelling.
Kalahari Green Season
The Kalahari after the rains: green pans, gathering herds, black-maned lions and night skies that go on forever.
See the 10-night itinerary
Zambia and Chobe
A wilderness-style expedition from the Chobe riverfront through Zambia’s great parks to the Batoka Gorge.
See the 15 to 18-day route
Four-Country Lodging
Four countries, four lodges, no tent pegs. Built for travellers who want the wildlife and the comfort.
See the four-country circuit
Birding in Botswana
Habitat by habitat, with bird guides who know the call before the bird shows itself.
See the birding habitats
Cape Wine Route
Bolt a few Cape days onto either end of your safari: estates, Table Mountain and a crate or two to take home.
See the Cape add-onHow we travel
Proper bush safaris, without the sales pitch
Camping done properly
Spacious dome tents, a real mattress, bed linen and a pillow, and nothing between you and the night sounds. At Xakanaxa the spotted hyena often pass close to camp after dark.
Lodges, or a bit of both
If camping is not for you, we use lodges across the wildlife regions. Many guests mix the two: canvas in the parks, a swimming pool in between.
A crew, not a driver
An owner, an experienced professional guide and our own camp staff. Thorough and factual about animals, birds and bush, and good company around a fire.
Hands-on or hands-off
Pitch in with camp chores if that is your idea of a holiday, or leave it entirely to the camp crew. Both are completely normal here.
Fly-in options
Short on time? We build in charter flights so you spend your days in the parks instead of on the transfer roads.
An owner on every safari
You plan the trip with us directly, and then Toff or Kiddy travels with it. Not a handshake at the airport, the whole way.
Toff is not only a very experienced and excellent safari guide, but also a birdwatcher since childhood. There are some 500 different kinds of birds in Botswana and he knows them all. And what is more: he knows where to find them.
From our cameras
Three decades in the field
Elephant in Chobe dust, lions on the Savuti tracks, a Pel’s fishing owl at Xakanaxa. A few frames from safaris past.
Start the conversation
Let's plan your safari
Tell us when you would like to travel, how long you have and what you most want to see. You will hear back from Toff or Kiddy personally, not by a call centre.