Choose Your Ideal Tour
Africa is waiting for you to discover her magic so come and explore this beautiful continent with us. Africa continues to inspire, impress and amaze travelers all around the world. If you dream of having an authentic African adventure, Dream Africa is one of the best ways to achieve it. We organize and plan everything for you, leaving you free to relax and really enjoy your African experience.
What is an adventure tour?
An adventure tour is aimed at the more adventurous and budget conscious travelers. This kind of tour provides you with a more inclusive experience, such as cultural interaction, game viewing, social interaction and the opportunity to book more adrenaline based experiences such as white water rafting, skydiving, walking with lions and even swimming with dolphins.
It is usually off the beaten track adventure and many of the areas that we visit will not have the infrastructure that the “package holiday tourist” may require. The route taken may also change from time to time due to unforeseen circumstances as conditions change on the road very quickly. We believe it is not all about the arrival at a destination, but the total experience of the adventure tour that is important. We travel together, eat together, learn from each other’s cultures and form a strong, supportive team. Our guides are passionate about Africa and will always do their best to get you through any challenges with a smile.
A typical day on tour starts when the sun comes up – we live by nature’s timetable and use as many daylight hours as possible. If you are camping, tents are set up by nightfall in most cases, kettles are boiled, the smell of cooking is in the air and we sit around the camp, enjoying one another’s company and chatting about Africa. For those on the accommodated tours, the only difference is that you sleep in a bed.
Can I go on an adventure tour?
Almost anyone can go on an adventure tour these days. As Africa today is far more accessible than 15 years ago, so take advantage of this opportunity and slip out of your comfort zone. Part of experiencing the tour is about meeting new people and what we can confirm is that 99% of our travelers find that they get along very well. This is because the people that book an adventure holiday in Africa have similar values and interests.
East Africa tours require a hardier and more intrepid attitude to touring and is suited to a younger traveler and if you are planning on trekking with the Mountain Gorillas or climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, you will need to have a higher level of fitness.
Camping or Accommodated?
Our accommodated tours are here to fill the gap between a camping experience and an expensive lodge-tour while our camping tours allow you to have a truly African experience. On all of our tours (excluding Best of Africa tour) we have both camping and accommodated guests travelling together. Other than the tent that you pitch or the bed that you sleep in, everything else about these tours is exactly the same. All meals are prepared at the truck, you have the same guides and the travel times are all the same so that literally is the only decision that you have to make – a bed or a tent.
Camping is more affordable and it gives you the freedom to build your own little home every evening. Dream Africa provides you with the tents (with a built-in mosquito net) which are very easy to put up. The only thing you need to bring from your home is your pillow, sleeping bag and towel. The tents are easy to put up and have
If you choose the camping option, when the tour gets to a major city, we will put you up in twin accommodation so that you can have the comfort of a bed for the evening. At most places we visit, there is the opportunity to upgrade to accommodation if you’d like, but it is subject to availability. Most of the camp sites we visit have good toilet and shower facilities, but hot water is sometimes a luxury. Fortunately, most places we visit on tour are warm.
On Accommodated tours, we have done all that we can to keep our fantastic low prices on these tours so the accommodation is not luxury but you can expect 2 – 4 star twin / double accommodation and the majority of it is en-suite. In some places, we also make use of permanent safari tents which are considered “accommodation”. It is important to note that general accommodation standards are higher in Southern Africa than they are in East Africa. On camping tours, single supplements are optional however on accommodated tours, single supplements are compulsory if you are travelling on your own.
Dream Africa | 06. október 2015