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Create Your Dream Safari
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Our stays
Experiences & Activities
About Us
- 100 Years of Expertise
- Our Guides & Team
Sustainability & Conservation
- Our Impact
- Partners in Purpose
Cottar's Safaris Travel Concierge
- Our Destinations
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For over 100 years, the Cottar family has lived and worked in Africa, building long-standing relationships with the continent’s most exceptional camps, guides, conservation partners, and a global network of trusted travel advisors.
Our Travel Concierge service is built on first-hand experience. We recommend only places we know, trust, and believe in, collaborating closely with camps and lodges to ensure a seamless and thoughtfully designed journey, grounded in conservation, culture, and meaningful travel.
Our concierge curates journeys across East, Southern, and Central Africa, as well as the Indian Ocean. Rather than working from a fixed list of countries, we guide each guest to the regions and experiences best suited to their interests, timing, and style of travel.
Kenya is our home. Generations of experience give us an intuitive understanding of its landscapes, wildlife patterns, and private conservancies. We combine iconic sightings with exclusive access and long-standing conservation partnerships, ensuring your safari feels both authentic and exceptional.
Purposeful travel begins with listening. We take time to understand your interests, pace, and priorities before shaping an itinerary around seasonality, wildlife movements, guiding style, and conservation impact, ensuring your journey feels both meaningful and seamless.
Every camp and experience we recommend has been personally vetted. This lived understanding allows us to match you to the right place, at the right time, with complete confidence.
Yes — and we encourage it.
We work hand-in-hand with a global network of trusted travel advisors and trade partners. If you already have a preferred agent, we are very happy to collaborate with them to design and deliver your safari.
We work with partners who share our commitment to conservation, community, and responsible tourism. Every journey is designed to have a positive impact on the places and people you visit.
Travel with purpose is at the heart of what we do.
Explore the destinations we know best — each selected for exceptional guiding, conservation integrity, and a distinct sense of place. Click a country to discover what makes it unique and how it can be experienced.
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Kenya, in East Africa, the original safari destination is defined by its diversity of landscapes and wildlife. In the southwest, the Maasai Mara is an exceptional year-round safari destination, with incredible wildlife viewing opportunities, including the Big Five, and the Great Migration. Surrounding conservancies provide the same spectacle with greater exclusivity. To the north, Laikipia and Samburu are home to thriving rhino populations, and in the south, Amboseli is famed for its great tuskers with Kilimanjaro as a backdrop.
Additionally, Kenya is an ideal beach-and-safari combination, with the Indian Ocean easily accessible. Cottar’s Safaris Travel Concierge partners with like-minded properties to ensure every safari supports conservation and communities.
Our Signature Safaris are thoughtfully curated journey styles, designed to inspire and guide — not prescribe. Each reflects the way we believe safaris should be experienced: with depth, intention, and a strong sense of place.
Rather than fixed itineraries, these journeys act as starting points. Each can be tailored across different regions, seasons, and travel styles, drawing on our deep local knowledge and trusted partnerships across Africa.
Grounded in our core pillars of Conservation, Community, Culture, and Commerce, every journey is shaped to deliver meaningful experiences while supporting the landscapes and people that make Africa extraordinary.
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Follow one of Africa’s most sought-after bucket list wildlife spectacles as vast herds move through the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. Led by expert guides and informed by real-time knowledge and experience, this luxury migration safari is designed to maximise meaningful sightings while avoiding any crowds.
Explore Africa’s most pristine and remote wilderness, known for iconic floodplains and river systems, where travel is best experienced quietly – by mokoro or on foot. Guided by seasoned safari experts and shaped by deep regional knowledge, these journeys prioritise thoughtful access, expert guiding, and meaningful immersion in truly wild places
Pair Africa’s mist-covered forests with its great open plains, bringing together two of the continent’s most powerful wildlife encounters – combining mountain gorilla tracking with East Africa’s wildlife-rich savannahs for exceptional, high-quality wildlife viewing, planned and paced with expert regional knowledge.
Vast desert landscapes, sculpted dunes, and some of the darkest night skies on Earth. Designed for slow travel, this journey is about space, stillness, and unforgettable moments beneath star-filled skies.
Combine exceptional safari experiences with time to unwind along some of the Indian Ocean’s finest beaches and islands. Each journey is designed as a natural progression, from immersive wildlife encounters to unhurried days on Africa’s most beautiful shores. The itineraries are carefully balanced to capture the rhythm of the bush and the ease of barefoot luxury.
A shared safari experience created for families and multi-generational travel. Thoughtfully paced and entirely flexible, these journeys balance adventure and comfort, inviting all ages to discover Africa together, and to create lasting memories through meaningful encounters in wild places.
Safari travel is well established and professionally managed, particularly when guided by experienced operators. From trusted guides and private conservancies to carefully planned transfers, guest safety and wellbeing are always a priority. Our concierge carefully considers every detail to ensure you travel with confidence and peace of mind.
Africa is a year-round destination, with each region offering something different depending on the season. Wildlife movements, weather patterns, and travel style all play an important role in determining the best time to visit.
We advise on the ideal timing based on what you want to experience.
Travel within Africa often combines scheduled flights, private charters, and scenic road transfers. Journeys are carefully paced to maximise comfort while allowing you to experience remote and remarkable landscapes.
All flights and transfers are seamlessly coordinated by our team.
Entry requirements vary by country and nationality and can change at short notice. As part of your planning, we provide up-to-date guidance on visas, passports, and entry requirements well ahead of departure. We’ll ensure you’re fully prepared before you travel.
We recommend consulting your medical professional regarding vaccinations and health precautions. When designing your itinerary, we also take into account malaria regions, altitude, climate, and travel pace. Your comfort and wellbeing are always considered in the planning process.
Packing for safari is about comfort, versatility, and layering. Once your itinerary is confirmed, we provide a personalised packing guide tailored to your destinations, activities, and the time of year.You’ll receive a clear, practical packing list before departure.
Most safari destinations operate on a mix of local currency and major international currencies, often USD. Tipping practices vary by region and experience, and we provide clear guidance as part of your pre-departure information. We make this simple and transparent for you.
Personally vetted, owner-run camps
Ethical and conservation-led partners
Slow travel and deeper connection
Seamless planning, expertly handled from start to finish
Our passionate guides offer an intimate, unique experience with their insider knowledge of Cottar's safari.
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