Graeme & Shelagh Harker
Sixty-plus years of African travel between them. They host the Founding departures personally — and their little black book travels with them.
Founding Departures · 2027–2028
Hosted departures.
Hosted departures.
Twelve places. One host. No strangers by day three.
Nine fixed-date journeys a year, led on the ground by an Africa Golf Safari host who knows every camp manager, caddie and border post by name. Golfers and the Gallery travel as one party — never two.
Why "Founding"?
Be on the first tee of something.
Our first hosted departures tee off in October 2027 — the first new hosted golf-safari programme built around East Africa, drawn from sixty-plus years of African travel and journeys we have driven, played and slept in ourselves. Founding guests travel at founding prices, locked for life against our future seasons, and shape the programme with us.
Each departure is capped at twelve. When a date fills, we open a waitlist rather than a bigger bus — small is the whole point.
- Party size
- Maximum 12 guests, golfers and Gallery together
- Hosting
- An AGS host on the ground throughout, door to door
- Golf
- All green fees, tee times and club introductions arranged
- The Gallery
- A full parallel programme on every golf morning
- Protection
- Funds held with Protected Trust Services · IAGTO member
Series one · Kenya & Rwanda · 11 nights
Gorillas & Fairways
Muthaiga and Karen at altitude, the Maasai Mara from a private conservancy, zebra on the fairways at the Great Rift Valley, then Rwanda: the only Gary Player course in East Africa, and an hour an arm's length from a silverback. Full day-by-day →
14–25 Oct 2027Founding departure
Nairobi → Maasai Mara → Lake Naivasha → Kigali & Volcanoes NP · Hosted by Graeme & Shelagh Harker
12 places · now reserving
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8–19 Feb 2028Dry-season trek
Same route · the Virungas at their clearest, the Mara green and quiet · Host to be announced
12 places · now reserving
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12–23 Jun 2028Pre-Migration
Same route · cool highland golf, gorillas in the driest window · Host to be announced
12 places · now reserving
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Series two · the flagship · 5 countries · 17 nights
The Best of Africa
Cape Town and the Stellenbosch winelands, the thunder of Victoria Falls, championship Nairobi, the Maasai Mara, and the gorillas of Rwanda — one continuous arc that no other operator strings together. This is the journey the brand is built on. Full day-by-day →
4–21 Oct 2027Founding departure
Cape Town → Stellenbosch → Victoria Falls → Nairobi → Maasai Mara → Kigali & the gorillas · Hosted by Graeme & Shelagh Harker
12 places · now reserving
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6–23 Feb 2028Cape summer
Same arc · the Cape at its golden best, the Mara in the green season · Host to be announced
12 places · now reserving
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23 Jul – 9 Aug 2028Migration window
Same arc, timed for the river crossings in the Mara · Host to be announced
12 places · now reserving
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Series three · South Africa · three routes, one each season
The South Africa Series
The deepest field of golf on the continent, properly safaried — three classic routes, each run once a year in its perfect season. All three in detail →
18–30 Oct 2027Founding · Cape spring
The Cape Classic · Cape Town → Stellenbosch → Fancourt → St Francis Links → Shamwari (malaria-free Big Five)
12 places · now reserving
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1–14 May 2028Dry-season bush
The Grand Tour · Fancourt → Cape Town → Kruger private reserves → Victoria Falls
12 places · now reserving
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4–16 Sep 2028Elephants on the river
Vines, Falls & Chobe · Stellenbosch → Cape Town → Victoria Falls → Chobe
12 places · now reserving
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Hosted by Jacques Gous · South Africa · 10 nights
Jacques 2027 · South Africa Golf Tour
Cape Town and the Constantia vines, the Stellenbosch winelands, a malaria-free Big Five safari at Gondwana, and the cliff-top courses of the Garden Route — six rounds, escorted door to door by PGA Professional Jacques Gous. Full day-by-day →
18–28 Apr 2027Escorted · Jacques Gous
Cape Town → Stellenbosch → Gondwana (Big Five) → Knysna · Westlake, Devonvale, De Zalze, Pinnacle Point, Pezula & Simola · Hosted by Jacques Gous, PGA
Limited places · now reserving
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Hosted by Jacques Gous · Mauritius · 10 nights
Jacques Gous Escorted Tour · Mauritius 2026
Ten nights at the five-star Constance Belle Mare Plage: morning clinics with Jacques, championship golf on The Links and The Legend, and the turquoise lagoon between rounds. Golf and paradise in equal measure. Full day-by-day →
27 Sep – 7 Oct 2026Escorted · Jacques Gous
Constance Belle Mare Plage, east-coast Mauritius · The Links & The Legend, optional Anahita · daily clinics · Hosted by Jacques Gous, PGA
Limited places · now reserving
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Who leads these journeys
A host is the difference between a tour and a journey.
Every departure is led by an AGS host who has driven, played and slept the route — handling every border, transfer and tee time so you simply travel.
[Host name — to confirm]
[Two-line bio: playing credentials, years on these courses, one human detail. To be written before launch.]
[Host name — to confirm]
[Two-line bio: guiding background, regions known best, one human detail. To be written before launch.]
Travelling in the Gallery
Every golf morning has a Gallery programme of its own — a private drive, the spa, the cellar door, a photographic walk. One party, one table at dinner, two perfect versions of the same day.
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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