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Viva Expeditions has secured two exclusive departures of the Drifters Kruger Park Safari small group tour, well timed for New Zealanders heading to Johannesburg for the first rugby test match on 22 August 2026.

World Journeys hosted events in Tauranga and on Auckland’s North Shore last week for agents and their clients, promoting African safaris with luxury safari operator andBeyond.

The success (as well as the fun factor) of Viva Expeditions’ charter to Antarctica late last year has led to the launch of three more special hosted journeys later this year and into 2025, says company founder Rachel Williams.

As the world starts to adjust to new ways of travelling and countries around the world have begun opening up, World Journeys says that there can be no easier 'distancing' than in the African wilderness on safari.  

The company has a wide range of options as clients look for comfort, security and exclusive experiences away from big crowds.  ‘From trekking gorillas in Uganda staying at the small, comfortable Buhoma Lodge to perhaps a sole-use stay for a family at Wilderness Safaris' Jao Villa in Botswana's

A Walker’s World is promoting fly-in safaris to  luxury tented camps on a private concession in Botswana’s Okavango Delta and 2020 rates are being held for 2021.

The small intimate camps of no more than 20 guests are set in thousands of hectares of African wilderness.  

Jill Grant, managing director of A Walker’s World says the emphasis is on viewing game close-up in its natural environment , unaffected by too many landrovers and tourists. There are a variety of game-