Nowhere else does golf come wrapped in this much wilderness. Championship layouts where a hippo guards the par three, where the rough is grazed by impala, and where the gallery is a herd of elephant on the far bank.
Dramatic par three over water on an African course, hippo visible in the hazard, late light. Alt: "Championship golf in the African wild"
The truth we've learned over sixty years is quieter than the postcard, though. After days in the bush, a round of golf is how you come back to yourself — active enough to feel alive, slow enough to feel restored. It is the most civilised way we know to end a wild week, and the reason our travellers return again and again.
It travels, too. From the high, fast greens of the Kenyan highlands to a desert course in the Namib and an island green on Lake Victoria, no two rounds on our journeys feel the same.
Moments you'll find nowhere else
Five rounds, five stories
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Warthogs trotting the fairway as you line up your approach.
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A crocodile sunning beside the green at Sun City's Lost City.
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Zebra grazing the rough on the Rift escarpment at Naivasha.
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Teeing off into the Namib — one of only five all-grass desert courses on earth.
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An island green reflected in Lake Victoria as the sun drops.
Shelagh's note
Take the caddie every time, even single figures. They know the line, the local birds and the best story you'll bring home.
The courses
Where the great rounds live
South Africa
The deepest field on the continent
Fancourt's Links, Leopard Creek beside the Kruger, St Francis, Pearl Valley, Gary Player CC — we'll say it plainly: the best golf in Africa is here. We just refuse to make it the whole trip.
High-altitude, beautifully kept and finally on the world's radar via the Magical Kenya Open. Muthaiga, Karen, Vipingo Ridge on the coast and the Rift's great escarpment courses.
Gary Player's Kigali, Kiligolf beneath Kilimanjaro, Elephant Hills above the Zambezi, Rossmund in the Namib. Honestly advised: some are world-class, some are pure setting — we'll always tell you which.
Inexpensive, and they make the round — the line, the local birds, the best story you'll bring home. Tip them generously; it matters here.
Clubs: hire or bring
Hire is simple at the marquee courses. For a multi-course trip, bring your own in a soft travel cover — charters have strict, soft-bag weight limits.
Handicaps & access
A handicap certificate smooths entry to the private clubs — Muthaiga, Karen, Royal Harare. We arrange the introductions and the tee times.
What a trip costs
A safari is never the cheapest holiday — the value is in remoteness, all-inclusive camps and the conservation fees that keep the wild wild. We're transparent, and we tailor to your budget.
Getting around
Light-aircraft charters stitch the bush together and turn long drives into short hops. We handle every transfer, border and hand-off ourselves.
What to pack
Greens, greys and browns for the bush — never black or blue, which draw mosquitoes — plus warm layers for cold dawns and sun protection for everything. Soft holdalls, never hard cases: fifteen kilograms and you'll never miss the rest.
For the Gallery
No one is ever left behind. Spa, vineyards, walking, photography, an extra game drive — and malaria-free reserves for travelling families. On our journeys the non-golfer is often the happiest of all.
Tell us how you want to feel when you come home.
We'll build the wild, and the golf, around that — and nothing else.
