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Experience the pinnacle of curated travel with Born Free Safaris & Worldwide Tours, where every trip redefines experiential experiences. Whether you are exploring the bush on an iconic safari, discovering untouched landscapes, meeting the local people, or indulging in the foods and wines of the continent, each journey is meticulously crafted to ignite your sense of wonder.
ACCESSIBILITY
At Born Free, we are dedicated to making every dream a reality. We believe travel should be accessible to everyone, which is why journeys that can be adapted for physical or neurodiverse needs are clearly designated on each itinerary. We’ll collaborate closely with you to customize these experiences, ensuring your trip is perfectly tailored to your unique requirements.
KEY PILLARS OF THE BORN FREE PHILOSOPHY
- Personal Communication: Born Free emphasizes direct, personal communication to ensure every detail of your journey is overseen with consideration to the trip you envision intellectually and emotionally.
- Tailor-Made Focus: Each Born Free website trip has been created around 52 years of experience understanding and hearing what travelers enjoy. But that is not you! Everyone’s travel goals are different. We are here to turn the experience you envision into a reality. Tailor-Made is not always a private custom trip, nor expensive.
- Expert Guiding: A professional, hand-selected guide is considered one of the most important components in the success of a trip. Guides are matched with travelers based on specific interests and personal requirements. They function as expert naturalists, trackers, storytellers to not only make your trip interesting but as seamless as possible.
- Logistics & Where You Stay: Pacing of a trip is essential – not just a check list of places to go. Drive times should be kept to a minimum but make sense in the overall planning. Where you stay is an integral part of the journey, offering diverse accommodations from tree hotels to luxury camps, selected for their location and the experience they offer.
- Expert Guiding: A guide is considered one of the most important components in the success of a trip. Guides are matched with travelers based on specific interests and personal requirements. They function as expert naturalists, trackers, and storytellers to not only make your trip interesting but as seamless as possible.
- Objectivity: As an independent, U.S.-owned company, Born Free provides unbiased recommendations tailored specifically to your personal requirements. We are able to secure excellent rates and priority access, while maintaining a boutique approach that ensures personalized attention to every traveler.
Alana Hayden
Founder, Born Free Safaris & Worldwide Tours
Founder, Association for the Promotion of Tourism to Africa
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Featured itineraries
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Madagascar was cut off from Africa's mainland over 80 million years ago and is often referred to as "the Eighth Continent." This gem of an island is in the Indian Ocean some 300 miles east of southern Africa.
Madagascar is best known for the big-eyed lemurs, colorful chameleons, towering baobab trees, and stunning orchids. It is home to endemic flora and fauna, with unique landscapes that take you from desert to rain forest to mystical, rocky outcroppings and everything in between. Charming fishing villages and tranquil beaches add to its appeal. Madagascar is a rarely visited country with a completely different feel from any other area in Africa, or, for that matter, the world.
The World Wildlife Fund selected Madagascar as one of the world's top wildlife locations, with more than 80 percent of the island’s wildlife and plants, including more than 100 varieties of lemur, existing nowhere else in the world. The towns have a colonial flavor, and beaches are beautiful.
To provide the most seamless experience throughout Madagascar, we utilize scheduled charter flights wherever possible to bypass the island's vast distances. For regions where driving remains the most practical option, we use high-quality, comfortable vehicles. While road conditions can be challenging, the ever-changing landscapes and vibrant culture visible along the way make every transit an integral part of the adventure.
Accommodations are limited, but Born Free will select the best in the area for your trip. These range from all-inclusive lodges to eco-lodges, ensuring a comfortable and authentic stay that prioritizes both quality service and proximity to the island's unique wildlife.
Flights schedules are limited. Certain tour circuits may have to start on a particular day of the week.
Madagascar Highlights
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Born Free "Diamond" Safari
Giraffe Manor highlights this magical experience, featuring up-close interactions with giraffes and Platinum Bespoke properties in Northern Kenya, Maasai Mara, and Amboseli.Kenya's Ultimate Safari & Giraffe Manor
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Take a family vacation like no other, as you tour Cape Town, safari in the Greater Kruger, and witness one of the 8 Natural Wonders of the World - Victoria Falls. It is a trip your family will remember forever.Southern Africa Family Journey
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Trek up the mountains in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to find the magnificent silverback gorillas and their families. Also, venture out on safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park in search of the Big 4.Uganda - Primates & Predators
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Kasbah to the Sahara
Travel into awe-inspiring Atlas Mountains, visit Berber villages, stay in traditional riads, wander the medinas and markets, stay overnight deep in the Sahara Desert in a luxury camp. Morocco is truly magical!Morocco In-Depth
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A Land That Time Forgot
Ethiopia's Omo River Valley is one of the few cultural areas in the world that remains as it has for thousands of years. An extraordinary opportunity to travel off the beaten path to this very special region.Ethiopia's Omo Valley
Insider's Guide
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Gorilla Trekking - Rwanda or Uganda? - Insider's Guide
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Botswana is a land of pristine wilderness, offering some of the world's most exciting wildlife encounters. Its diverse ecosystems range from the lush, winding waterways of the Okavango Delta to the expansive sands of the Kalahari.
Botswana Safari - Insider's Guide
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It is important to understand the size of Africa for better planning of your trip to Africa. The tendency is to think or talk about Africa as a single place. The continent is 54 independent countries with different political systems.
The Size of Africa Put in Perspective
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A trip to Africa is a profound sensory experience that stays with you forever. From the moment you land, you are met with energy, history, and environments. Many of Africa's top destinations enthusiastically welcome LGBTQ+ visitors.
LGBTQ+ Insider's Guide
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