We didn't research these journeys. We lived them first.
Eight years of golf safaris, built on sixty combined years in African travel — rebuilt from the first tee up. Africa Golf Safari is Graeme and Shelagh Harker: two Africans, a 4x4, a trailer, and a set of clubs that has seen ten countries' worth of first tees.
Graeme and Shelagh Harker standing beside their 4x4 and trailer at sunrise, golf bags visible in the load bed, acacia trees behind. Warm, candid, not posed-corporate. Alt: "Graeme and Shelagh Harker, founders of Africa Golf Safari, with their expedition vehicle"
Eight years, ten countries, one obsession
Founded
2018
Travellers hosted
3,500+
Rounds booked
24,500+
African countries
10
Guests who return
68%
That last number is the one we are proudest of. More than two in three of our guests travel with us again — the clearest verdict there is on whether a journey was worth it.
How it started
A trailer, two golf bags, and a question
Years ago, we packed a trailer, loaded the clubs, and set off to answer a question that had been nagging at us: could you build one journey that did justice to both of Africa's great gifts — its wilderness and its golf?
We drove the roads ourselves. We played Muthaiga on a misty Nairobi morning and watched elephants cross the fairway at Elephant Hills. We sat in the spray of Victoria Falls, tracked gorillas in the Virungas with our boots still muddy from a dawn round in Kigali, and learned — sometimes the hard way — which transfers work, which lodges over-promise, and which caddies you'd trust with your putting line and your life story.
The answer to our question was yes. But only if someone who had actually done it planned it. So that became the business: we are Africans, we have done these journeys ourselves, and we plan every one personally.
Montage-style single image — a weathered map of southern and east Africa with handwritten route notes, a scorecard from an African course, and a pair of binoculars on a wooden table. Alt: "Hand-marked map and scorecards from the Harkers' original golf safari expeditions"
What we promise
Six things you can hold us to
We've done it ourselves
Every course, lodge and transfer we recommend, we have played, slept in or sat through. If we haven't, we'll tell you.
Sixty-plus years, properly accredited
Decades in African travel, membership of IAGTO — the international body for golf tour operators — and 100% financial protection on every booking through Protected Trust Services.
Owners plan personally
Your itinerary isn't passed down a chain. Graeme and Shelagh's names are on the business because their judgement is in every journey.
Nature comes first
We travel in small parties, choose lodges that give back, and support conservation in the places that host us. Golf is the thread; the wild is the cloth.
One pair of hands
Multi-country African travel has many moving parts. You deal with one team, one number, one promise — from first idea to flight home.
Honestly advised
If a course isn't worth your green fee, or a season isn't right for the Mara, we'll say so — even when it costs us a sale. Especially then.
The people
Who you'll be dealing with
Portrait of Graeme Harker on a golf course, relaxed, club in hand, bush landscape behind. Alt: "Graeme Harker, co-founder of Africa Golf Safari"
Co-founder
Graeme Harker
The golf brain. Graeme has played every course we sell and most we don't. Ask him about the wind at St Francis or the 13th at Leopard Creek and clear your afternoon.
Portrait of Shelagh Harker at a safari lodge, warm and welcoming, perhaps with binoculars or a field guide. Alt: "Shelagh Harker, co-founder of Africa Golf Safari"
Co-founder
Shelagh Harker
The safari soul — and the champion of the Gallery. Shelagh designs the days for those who'd rather watch elephants than putts, and makes sure no one ever feels like a plus-one.
Portrait placeholder of a travel specialist at a desk with maps and a laptop. Alt: "Africa Golf Safari travel specialist"
Your specialists
Tessa & Benjamin
Tessa Senger looks after Southern Africa; Benjamin Murwayi is our East Africa specialist. One of them reviews every itinerary line by line before it reaches you — so you always know exactly who is looking after your journey.
Shelagh's note
People sometimes ask why we don't sell forty countries like the big websites do. The honest answer: because we haven't stood on the ground in forty countries. We'd rather be the absolute authority on ten than a search engine for the rest of the continent.
Trust, in plain language
IAGTO member
The International Association of Golf Tour Operators — the global accreditation body for golf travel. Membership means vetted standards and real industry standing.
100% financially protected
Every booking is protected through Protected Trust Services (PTS member 5806). Your money is held in independent trust and is completely safe until you return home.
68% come back
More than two-thirds of our guests travel with us again. In a business where most clients are once-in-a-lifetime, that is the number we work hardest to protect.
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