By Richard Jasinski·Updated 2 November 2026
Local operators based in the five countries of southern Africa, ranked by the year each says it was founded, earliest first.
By the founding year each gives on its own website, SWA Safaris has been operating longest of the 33 operators below, then Penduka Safaris. Each year is as the operator states it.
6 of the 33 operators on this page publish a price with its currency; for the others, nothing on their websites as read can be shown here.
26 of the 33 operators on this page say how they run trips (private, scheduled or overland); for the others, nothing on their websites as read can be shown here.
15 of the 33 operators on this page publish a child or family policy; for the others, nothing on their websites as read can be shown here.
Cards are ranked by the year each operator's own website gives (or its own wording beside the year, such as since) for its founding, the earliest first. Each year is as the operator states it and was not checked against a company register. Operators with the same year are listed alphabetically.
22 of the 33 do: Skeleton Coast Fly-In Safaris, Wild Horizons, Natureways Safaris, Chameleon Safaris, Jenman African Safaris, Kalahari Tours, MoAfrika Tours, Dunas Safari, Endless Summer Tours, Mosu Safari Tours, Nature Travel Namibia, Moriti Private Safaris, Wild Planet Safari, Bush Baby Calls, Afroventures Tours & Safaris, Armadillo Overland Safaris, Barclay Stenner Safaris, Tusk & Mane Safaris, Meine Namibia Safaris, Moonlight Safaris, Moonstroll Safaris and Brave Africa Safaris. Each one's own website says so.
7 of the 33 do: Natureways Safaris, Chameleon Safaris, Jenman African Safaris, Kalahari Tours, Dunas Safari, Meine Namibia Safaris and Moonstroll Safaris. Each one's own website says so.
1 of the 33 does: Chameleon Safaris. Each one's own website says so.
8 of the 33 do: SWA Safaris, Chameleon Safaris, The Pack, Jenman African Safaris, Dunas Safari, Endless Summer Tours, Nature Travel Namibia and Meine Namibia Safaris. Each one's own website says so.
18 of the 33 do: Penduka Safaris, Natureways Safaris, Chameleon Safaris, Khangela Safaris, Bushlife Safaris, Jenman African Safaris, Kalahari Tours, Mosu Safari Tours, Nature Travel Namibia, Tony Mobile Safari, Moriti Private Safaris, Bush Baby Calls, Barclay Stenner Safaris, Sekanka Travel and Tours Safaris, Meine Namibia Safaris, Moonlight Safaris, Moonstroll Safaris and Brave Africa Safaris. Each one's own website says so.
7 of the 33 do: SWA Safaris, Penduka Safaris, Skeleton Coast Fly-In Safaris, Chameleon Safaris, The Pack, Jenman African Safaris and Mmilo Tours. Each one's own website says so.
15 of the 33 do: Skeleton Coast Fly-In Safaris, Wild Horizons, Natureways Safaris, Viva Safaris, Chameleon Safaris, Khangela Safaris, Jenman African Safaris, MoAfrika Tours, Mmilo Tours, EuroZulu Guided Tours & Safaris, Mosu Safari Tours, Armadillo Overland Safaris, Tusk & Mane Safaris, Brave Africa Safaris and Exec Africa Travel and Tours. Each one's own website says so.
28 of the 33 do: SWA Safaris, Penduka Safaris, Wild Horizons, Natureways Safaris, Viva Safaris, Chameleon Safaris, Khangela Safaris, Jenman African Safaris, Kalahari Tours, MoAfrika Tours, Mmilo Tours, Dunas Safari, EuroZulu Guided Tours & Safaris, Endless Summer Tours, Mosu Safari Tours, Nature Travel Namibia, Tony Mobile Safari, Moriti Private Safaris, Wild Planet Safari, Bush Baby Calls, Afroventures Tours & Safaris, Armadillo Overland Safaris, Sekanka Travel and Tours Safaris, Meine Namibia Safaris, Moonlight Safaris, Moonstroll Safaris, Brave Africa Safaris and Exec Africa Travel and Tours. Each platform's rating and count are on the card, never added together.
No. Uncompromised Travel is a publication and does not sell safaris. Each card has the company's own enquiry link.
Each one is an operator in the Uncompromised Travel local safari operators table whose own website shows that it is based in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia or Zimbabwe and gives the year it was founded. A company is on the page because its published facts fit the question, never because it paid.
Each company's website was read on 2 November 2026. Prices, departures and reviews change, so confirm them with the operator before you book.
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Built to answer the question in the main heading. What is shown: facts each operator published on its own website, read on 2 November 2026, with reviews per platform (SafariBookings, Google and Trustpilot), from the Uncompromised Travel local safari operators table. Operators whose websites would not open are not on this page. Cards are ranked by the year each operator's own website gives (or its own wording beside the year, such as since) for its founding, the earliest first. Each year is as the operator states it and was not checked against a company register. Operators with the same year are listed alphabetically. No company paid to appear or for its place. Prices are in the currency each company showed and were not converted. How this site earns · How we work.
Richard Jasinski · Uncompromised Travel · written from Valencia · first published 2 November 2026 · updated 2 November 2026
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