Hotel Brand Atlas

Safari hotel brands

Browse the collection through a brand lens across East Africa and the wider continent. This first pass focuses on the UI: a stronger editorial showcase for each brand.

32Brands

186Properties indexed

59Destinations

Featured brand

Heritage, Hosted with Grace

A distinguished hospitality collection where cultural memory and refined service remain inseparable.

Geographic footprintAfrica · Asia · Kenya · Tanzania · Pakistan · Uganda · Rwanda · Tajikistan · Mozambique · Democratic Republic of the Congo

Properties33 unique hotels, resorts, and lodges across East Africa and South Asia.

FoundedTo be confirmed

Brand story

Serena Hotels carries the air of an old-world grand tour translated through Africa and Asia: heritage-rich, ceremonious, and unmistakably local. Its portfolio moves from safari lodges to city hotels, from coastal retreats to historic residences, always with a sensibility that values cultural continuity, polished service, and the quiet dignity of place.

Why it stands out

A heritage-led hospitality collection spanning hotels, lodges, camps, and historic residences

A brand atmosphere that blends ceremonial polish with local cultural depth

Strong certification and recognition credentials supporting trust and legacy

Brand collection

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Singita

A place of miracles.

Geographic footprint

South AfricaZimbabweTanzaniaRwandaBotswana

Singita moves with the composure of a private estate and the soul of a conservation vision. Across lodges, camps, and villas, the brand frames safari not as urgency, but as a slower, more reverent encounter with Africa's great landscapes. There is polish, certainly, but it is the polish of restraint: tactile design, intuitive service, and a rare sense of stillness.

10 lodges and 9 villas across key African wilderness destinations.

1993

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Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

The Definition of Luxury Modern Living.

Geographic footprint

AfricaAsiaEuropeMiddle EastNorth AmericaSouth AmericaCaribbean

Four Seasons remains one of the clearest expressions of modern luxury hospitality: poised, exacting, and gracious without display. Its world is one of quiet confidence, where cosmopolitan residences, storied hotels, and impeccably orchestrated service create an atmosphere that feels as polished as a private salon and as effortless as a perfectly timed arrival.

Global multi-property brand with extensive hotel, resort, residence, and travel experience coverage.1961

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Desert & Delta Safaris

Desert & Delta Safaris

Geographic footprint

BotswanaChobe RiverfrontSavute RegionOkavango DeltaMoremi Game ReserveKhwai ConcessionOkavango PanhandleMakgadikgadi Pans National Park

Official sources conflict on portfolio size: the About Us timeline says Nxamaseri increased the portfolio to nine in 2021, while the current Properties page cards list 11 camps and lodges including Mapula and Sediba Sa Rona.1982

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Time + Tide

Follow the road less travelled

Time + Tide

Geographic footprint

South LuangwaLower ZambeziNosy KombaNorthern Madagascar

The Time + Tide story brings together pioneering safari heritage in Zambia and island hospitality in Madagascar. Official brand history traces its roots to Norman Carr's walking safaris in South Luangwa, the Liebenberg family's Chongwe legacy in the Lower Zambezi and the Dalais family's conservation-led vision for northern Madagascar, later unified under the Time + Tide brand.

10 official stays across Zambia and Madagascar on the current brand websites.2017

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Ker & Downey

Geographic footprint

Additional destinations being mapped

8+1946

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Tanzania Wild Camps

Authentic safari stays in Tanzania's wild places.

Geographic footprint

TanzaniaSerengeti National ParkNgorongoro Conservation AreaKaratuIkoma

Tanzania Wild Camps offers a more grounded form of safari luxury: warm, generous, and deeply tied to place. Its lodges and camps are shaped less by spectacle than by proximity to Tanzania's great protected landscapes, making the brand especially compelling for travellers who want authenticity, comfort, and a closer conversation with the land.

8 properties across key Tanzania safari destinations.To be confirmed

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Alex Walker's Serian

Charismatic exclusive safari camps in Kenya and Tanzania — "serian" means serene, calm, tranquil in Masai

Geographic footprint

Additional destinations being mapped

9To be confirmed

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Asilia Africa

Genuine Safaris. Genuine Difference.

Geographic footprint

KenyaTanzaniaUgandaRwanda

Asilia Africa unfolds the East African safari in its most intimate register: lantern-lit camps, quietly attentive hospitality, and landscapes where conservation, community, and wilderness still speak in one voice. From the golden drama of the savannah to the softer cadence of Swahili coast-inspired ease, the brand offers journeys that feel both deeply rooted and exquisitely unforced.

Multiple camps and lodges across East Africa.2004

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Wilderness

Journey with purpose into the wild.

Geographic footprint

BotswanaZambiaRwandaNamibiaZimbabweKenyaSouth AfricaTanzania

Wilderness is luxury with moral weight: expansive, deeply considered, and inseparable from the protection of wild places. Its camps open onto some of Africa's most extraordinary ecosystems, yet the real signature is not spectacle alone, but the sense of being received into a rarer order of travel where privilege is matched by stewardship.

55+ camps with access to approximately 2.2 million hectares of wilderness.1983

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Lion Sands

Every experience at Lion Sands connects you deeper to the wilderness

Lion Sands

Geographic footprint

South AfricaSabi Sand Nature ReserveKruger National Park

4 lodges and 2 private residencesTo be confirmed

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Great Plains Conservation

Award-winning Relais & Chateaux luxury camps across Botswana, Kenya and Zimbabwe

Geographic footprint

Additional destinations being mapped

20To be confirmed

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Kariega Game Reserve

Malaria-free Big 5 South African Safari

Kariega Game Reserve

Geographic footprint

South AfricaEastern CapeKariega Game Reserve

Five safari lodges: Main Lodge, Ukhozi Lodge, River Lodge, Settlers Drift, and The Homestead.1989

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Kwando Safaris

Vast. Untamed. Remote.

Kwando Safaris

Geographic footprint

BotswanaOkavango DeltaKwando Private ReserveLinyanti

SafariHub scope: 5 Botswana campsTo be confirmed

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Kwandwe Private Game Reserve

Private wilderness in the Eastern Cape

Kwandwe Private Game Reserve

Geographic footprint

Great Fish River ReserveEastern Cape

Kwandwe combines low-density luxury hospitality with a conservation-led model in the Eastern Cape. Official brand pages describe 30,000 hectares of restored wilderness, two intimate lodges, three sole-use villas, rhino conservation experiences, and long-term community investment through the Ubunye Foundation.

5 accommodation products listed on the official websiteTo be confirmed

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Londolozi

South Africa's Premier Luxury Safari Lodge

Geographic footprint

South AfricaSabi Sand Game ReserveGreater Kruger

The Londolozi story begins in 1926 and evolves through family stewardship, riverfront safari camps, and a long-running commitment to conservation development in the Sabi Sand.

Five camps in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve.1926

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Governors' Camp Collection

Governors' Camp Collection

Geographic footprint

Masai MaraLaikipiaGreat Rift Valley

Governors’ Camp Collection grew from a pioneering Masai Mara camp into a Kenya safari collection spanning savannah, conservancy, and Rift Valley landscapes. Across each location, the brand emphasizes traditional safari character, strong guiding, and long-running ties to conservation and community projects.

4 camps1972

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Sabi Sabi

Since 1979

Sabi Sabi

Geographic footprint

South AfricaGreater Kruger AreaSabie Game Reserve

4 luxury lodges in the Greater Kruger area: Selati Camp, Bush Lodge, Little Bush Camp, and Earth Lodge.1979

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基切奇

Outstanding Wildlife Photography Safari in Kenya Private Conservancies

Geographic footprint

Additional destinations being mapped

4+To be confirmed

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&Beyond

Travel to protect what cannot be replaced.

Geographic footprint

AfricaAntarcticaAsiaSouth AmericaIndian Ocean IslandsTanzaniaKenya

&Beyond carries the sweep of a grand expedition house, but tempers it with conscience. Its world spans sacred landscapes, rare wildlife corridors, and culturally resonant destinations, yet the brand's deeper promise lies in impact: to travel beautifully, and to leave behind stronger ecosystems and more dignified local futures.

Approximately 30+ lodges and camps across multiple regions.1996

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Bushtops Camps

Wild Luxury Safaris

Geographic footprint

KenyaTanzaniaMasai MaraSerengeti

Many hundreds of thousands of years ago, our African ancestors gathered around fires to tell stories and share warmth. Today, our historic locations, wild encounters and Bushtops campfires help guests reconnect with our shared history and what really matters to all of us: nature, people, time and the human spirit.

3 camps: Mara Bushtops, Serengeti Bushtops, and Roving Bushtops.To be confirmed

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Cheetah Plains

Africa's iconic exclusive-use safari villas in Sabi Sand

Geographic footprint

Additional destinations being mapped

3To be confirmed

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Dulini

Captivating hearts. Enlightening souls. Harnessing passion for the wilderness.

Dulini

Geographic footprint

Sabi Sand Nature ReserveSouth Africa

Dulini describes itself as a custodian of biodiversity in the Sabi Sand Nature Reserve, pairing sustainable hospitality with conservation, community upliftment and intimate safari hosting across its three lodges.

3 campsTo be confirmed

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Loisaba Conservancy

58,000-acre Laikipia conservancy with Kenya's newest black rhino sanctuary

Geographic footprint

Additional destinations being mapped

4To be confirmed

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Tswalu

Geographic footprint

Additional destinations being mapped

3+To be confirmed

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Hemingways Collection

Refined luxury safari and city properties across Kenya and Rwanda

Geographic footprint

Additional destinations being mapped

6To be confirmed

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One Nature Hotels

Embrace Nature, Experience Luxury.

Geographic footprint

TanzaniaSerengeti National ParkNorthern SerengetiCentral Serengeti

One Nature Hotels speaks in a more intimate tone: ultra-luxury, yes, but with the romance of a hidden camp and the clarity of a boutique house. In the Serengeti, the brand frames wilderness through comfort, privacy, and a gently theatrical sense of arrival, creating stays that feel at once cinematic and deeply personal.

2 properties: One Nature Mara River and One Nature Nyaruswiga.To be confirmed

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TAASA Luxury Lodges & Camps

Empower. Protect. Explore.

Geographic footprint

TanzaniaNorthern TanzaniaPoleleti Game ReserveSerengeti National ParkNgorongoro region

TAASA is not interested in safari as ornament alone. Its voice is mission-led, emotionally direct, and rooted in the conviction that luxury travel can empower communities, protect wildlife, and deepen a guest's sense of place. The result is a brand that feels more personal than corporate, and more purposeful than decorative.

At least 2 properties: TAASA Lodge and TAASA Migration Camp.To be confirmed

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Ulusaba

Private safari game reserve in South Africa

Ulusaba

Geographic footprint

Sabi Sand

2 lodgesTo be confirmed

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科塔斯游猎

Sustainable Luxury in the Maasai Mara

Geographic footprint

Additional destinations being mapped

2+To be confirmed

Makanyi

A truly special intimate lodge in the Big 5 Timbavati Nature Reserve

Geographic footprint

Timbavati Private Nature Reserve

Makanyi was opened in June 2015 after its owner fell in love with the South African bush and committed to creating a personally run lodge in the Timbavati. Ten years on, the brand continues to emphasize continuity of team, heartfelt hospitality, and a deep connection to the reserve.

1 lodge2015

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安格玛

Between Heaven and Earth

Geographic footprint

Additional destinations being mapped

1+To be confirmed

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