Africa is vast. Your itinerary shouldn’t feel that way.
Most safari time is lost between places, not in them. A private charter flies from the gateway you land at to the airstrip your lodge actually uses — on your schedule, with every guest and every bag on one aircraft.
- 20corridor guides
- 10departure gateways
- 7safari countries
- Kenya Nairobi → Maasai Mara Flight59 min By road5–6 h from US$ 1,300* Cessna 206 Stationair · to Keekorok airstrip Price this corridor
- Tanzania Arusha → Serengeti Flight1h 12m By road7–8 h from US$ 2,500* Cessna 206 Stationair · to Seronera Price this corridor
- South Africa Johannesburg → Kruger Flight1h 32m By road5–6 h from US$ 3,100* Piper Chieftain · to Skukuza Price this corridor
- Zimbabwe → Botswana Victoria Falls → Okavango Flight1h 31m By roadFly-in camps from US$ 1,300* Cessna 206 Stationair · to Chitabe airstrip Price this corridor
- Tanzania Serengeti → Zanzibar Flight2h 57m By road2 days + ferry from US$ 3,700* Cessna 206 Stationair · to Zanzibar Price this corridor
* Cheapest suitable aircraft from our pricing engine, one-way, 4 passengers — an estimate only; the operating carrier confirms the final price. Road times are typical drives and vary with season and conditions.
One continent. Twenty ways into the wild.
Every corridor in our guides, plotted from real airport coordinates. Pick a route and the map flies to it — or just keep scrolling.
Three journeys that show what charter changes.
The best safari flight is rarely about the largest aircraft. It is about arriving closer, carrying the right load and keeping the itinerary moving.
Lodge first. Airstrip second. Aircraft third.
Many exceptional camps use short, unpaved or performance-sensitive strips. A Caravan, PC-12, King Air or another suitable turboprop can be the smarter luxury.
The closest suitable strip can save more time than a faster aircraft landing farther away.
Soft bags, camera cases and total weight can change the best aircraft for a bush strip.
Plan every sector together so permits, crew, positioning and transfers work as one itinerary.
The transfer shapes the day.
Fixed departure times, long drives and the wrong arrival point can consume the hours between camps.
The itinerary shapes the flight.
Choose the departure time, match the aircraft to the strip and arrive where the lodge can collect you.
Start with your lodge—not an airport code.
Tell us where you want to stay. We will help shape the flying around the airstrip, luggage and full journey.
Explore all 20 corridors.
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