Seven aircraft. Each chosen for the geography it serves.
We don't own these aircraft. We charter exactly the right one for each leg, from operators we have flown with for decades — the economics make sense, and more importantly, the safety standards do too. Many journeys mix scheduled flights with light aircraft; hosted departures include every internal flight in the price. Your itinerary will always tell you which aircraft, and why.
Cessna Grand Caravan 208B
The Caravan is what every serious African safari operator flies, and the reason the Okavango works the way it does. Single turbine, fixed gear, capable of every dirt strip on the continent — and large enough for a hosted group's golf bags. Slow by jet standards; perfect for the legs under 500 nautical miles where the runways are short and the geography matters.
Beechcraft King Air 200
Pressurised, twin-turbine, and quick. The King Air covers Johannesburg to Victoria Falls in just over two hours, Cape Town to Maun in three. We use it where the distance asks for it and a smoother, quieter ride is worth it. Cabin altitude stays comfortable; conversations stay civil.
Pilatus PC-12 NG
Swiss-built, single turbine, executive interior — and the rare combination of long range with the short-field performance Africa demands. The PC-12 reaches remote East African strips without a fuel stop and lands where jets cannot. The aircraft we choose when comfort, speed and access all matter at once.
Cessna 210 Centurion
The workhorse of African private air. High wing for visibility on game flights, retractable gear for speed, and short-field performance that opens strips other aircraft cannot use. For legs under three hours where the view from the window is part of the journey.
Beechcraft Baron 58
Two engines for the legs that need them — over water, over wilderness, in changeable weather. The Baron carries five comfortably, faster and quieter than the singles on the longer hops.
Robinson R44
Light, agile, and the right tool when fixed-wing is excessive: a vineyard landing for lunch, the Cape coastline at low level, a viewpoint above the Zambezi. Doors off when the photographers ask.
Bell 407GXi
Six seats, single turbine, fast and smooth — the standard Victoria Falls scenic machine, used by us for more interesting work too: gorge transfers, trek support in Rwanda, and group movements where the Caravan is too large and the R44 too small.
Pack soft holdalls, not hard cases — the little planes won't take them. Fifteen kilograms soft-sided, plus a soft golf travel cover, and you'll never miss the rest.
Tell us how you want to feel when you come home.
We'll build the wild, and the golf, around that — and nothing else.
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