Small Group Journeys
Set Departures · Maximum 12 Guests

Small Group
Journeys

Considered safaris in considered company — set-departure journeys for travellers who would like to share the road, the table, and the landscape with eleven kindred others.

Group Size Maximum 12
Departures Set Annual Dates
Style Ultra-Luxury
The Collection

Considered journeys. One philosophy.

A small group, properly defined, is twelve people on one Cessna Caravan, two safari vehicles, and one long table at dinner.

Our small group journeys are built around the conviction that the most considered way to travel Africa is with no more than twelve guests at a time. Two safari vehicles in camp. One charter aircraft between landscapes. A single table when the day's drive ends. The result is the depth of a private journey at the cost of a shared one — and the rare pleasure of travelling alongside others who chose, at the same moment, the same kind of trip.

Each journey is a flagship. Each runs as an annual set departure. Each is built around the conviction that twelve is the right number. The collection is curated rather than catalogued — and grows, slowly, as new editions are added each year.

The Journeys

Flagship departures.

Once in a Lifetime Africa Journey
Flagship · 15 Days
Kenya · Tanzania · Zimbabwe · Botswana · South Africa

Once in a Lifetime Africa Journey

Five countries. Six lodges. The grand arc of the continent.

Fifteen days from the Mara's big-cat country to the spray of Victoria Falls, the flooded plains of the Okavango, and the soft refinement of Cape Town — closing at One&Only on the V&A Waterfront. Every transfer by charter. Every lodge a flagship. The journey we design for travellers who have decided, finally, to do Africa properly.

Duration 15 Days · 14 Nights
From USD 65,050 pp
Departures May & Nov 2027
Group Size Max 12
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The Legacy Journey · Kenya Edition
Travel for Purpose · 10 Days
Kenya · Mara & Amboseli

The Legacy Journey · Kenya Edition

A safari with both halves of the story.

Ten days through Kenya's most cinematic landscapes — woven with two days of meaningful return. Four nights at Sanctuary Olonana on the Mara River, three nights at the new Sanctuary Kitirua Plains in Amboseli, with Hemingways at the start and end. Five percent of every booking is ring-fenced for two community partner projects Ongeri supports year-round.

Duration 10 Days · 9 Nights
From USD 11,900 pp
Departure 19 Nov 2026
Group Size Max 12
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Why Small Group

A different kind of shared safari.

I.

Twelve, no more.

One Caravan, two vehicles, one table. Twelve guests is the precise number that fits into a single charter aircraft, splits cleanly into two safari vehicles in camp, and gathers comfortably around one long table at dinner. Beyond twelve, the trip stops being shared and starts being run.

II.

Set departures, kindred company.

You travel with the people who chose the same trip. Set departures attract guests who self-select for the same kind of journey. The result is conversation that warms quickly, a group that finds its rhythm by the second night, and friendships that often outlast the trip itself.

III.

Private depth, shared cost.

The standard of a private safari at small-group economics. Charter flights, A&K Sanctuary properties, dedicated tour director, full concierge service — all of it comes with you. The cost of the charter, the vehicles, and the guides is shared across twelve. The result is a serious depth at a meaningful saving.

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Twelve guests on each departure. The earlier you book, the more likely your preferred lodge category. Your Safari Advisor will be in touch within 24 hours.

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