Group Tours

Group Holidays

Group tour or travel, is whereby a group of friends, families, work colleagues, school clubs or solo travelers join other like-minded travelers on a certain holiday tour. There are various types of group holidays; such as the small group tour that fits well with families and small groups of friend, the large group tour that is suitable for school clubs, work colleagues and solo travelers wishing to join the overland safaris, and the fixed group tours that is suitable for small families, friends and solo travelers wishing to join other travelers on a certain fixed tour.

Group holidays are ideal for travelers with common interest like touring the sub Saharan Africa, watching the wildebeest migration, deep sea diving and underwater exploration at the Indian Ocean, golfing trips, mountain climbing, bird watching tour, animal photography tour, and the African culture and safari tour.

Group holidays are well planned and every element is organized to the last detail, from the flights, local transport, hotels choices, activities, down to the attractions and places to visit. It is considered cheaper and more sociable than other types of tour.

Advantages of Group Holidays

There are many advantages and benefits of a group holiday, such as:

• Bonding with friends, relatives and associates. Safe traveling in a group, socializing with new friends and sharing quality time together.
• If you book your flight with us, group members have option to travel from different airport and meet at the destination. Group members also have the benefit to arrange for extra luggage allowances, pre-booked seats and free ticket name change (subject to airline conditions)
• Every group have a dedicated personal travel advisors, who is assigned to make all your holiday arrangements and look after your booking; from your initial enquiry to the last day of your holiday.
• And depending with the number of members, the group can have a special arrangement to reserve car park area at the airport and the hotel.
• Since the group cost is shared among members and are sometimes eligible to group discounts, it is said to be cheaper compared to other types of holidays.
• Some group holidays have special provisions, to hold your chosen holiday, sometimes up to the last week, while your finalize arrangements with your group members.

Types of Group Holidays

There two main types of group holidays Fixed groups and Flexible groups:

• Fixed groups tour is a tour with ready-made itinerary, fixed dates of travel, fixed number of group members, cost per person, activities, accommodation and places to visit. It’s more ideal for solo travelers and small groups of friends and families who shared love of travel and adventure.
• Flexible small group tour, here members of the group have the option to plan their own itinerary, choosing their preferred dates of travel, attractions to visit, activities and accommodation. This type of tour is ideal for families and small group of friends.
• Flexible large group tour, here members of the group have the option to plan their own itinerary, choosing their preferred dates of travel, attractions to visit, activities and accommodation. This type of tour is ideal for large group of friends, work colleagues, school clubs and cooperates.

Things to do

There is so much to do in a Group holiday; from going on a wildlife watching safari tour, golfing tour, deep sea diving, nature and culture excursions, photography tour, mountain climbing, gorilla trekking tour, wildebeest migration tour, bird watching among many other activities.

Top Group Destinations

• Kenya- fantastic for all-inclusive holidays, wildlife watching, wildebeest migration, bird watching, photography and amazing beaches and sightseeing
• Tanzania - ideal place for wildlife watching, wildebeest migration, beach vacation, photography, bird watching, mountain climbing among many others.
• Uganda – a great place for Gorilla trekking, nature and cultural tour, bird watching, primates watching among many others.

Where to stay

Accommodation in group holidays varies from luxury hotels and lodges to standard hotels and camps; whether it's a large family villa to house the whole family or a hotel with facilities to please the adults and the kids, Africa has it all; from luxury hotels with Kids’ Clubs that keep the kids busy to allow the adults sometime alone, to Lodges that are surrounded by a wealth of attraction for the group members to explore, to beachfront family resort with lots of holiday activities.

Normal Day on Group Tour

A normal day on a Group holiday highly depend on the type of tour, but for a normal safari group holiday; you would wake up early for tea/coffee with snacks, before the sun rises head out for a guided wildlife viewing safari; at around 10am, the sun is usually hot and animals go to their hide out,so we return to the lodge/camp for breakfast and a brief rest.

At mid day, you are free to use the hotel’s activities, or enjoy reading a book, take a nap, relax by the pool with a cold drink or go for a nature/cultural walk. The afternoon activities starts at around 3pm by taking tea/coffee/juice with snacks and then embark on an evening safari, some minutes before 7pm you will return to the camp for a refreshing shower before your dinner at 8pm, after dinner you can choose to go at the bar or around the fire place. Most guests retire to bed at around 10pm.There are numerous Safari activities, this is just to give you a sense of how a normal day on safari could be.