If you have a special interest and would like to incorporate it into your African holiday, then Close Encounters can help you.

If you want a horse-riding holiday to southern Africa, or a photography trip – Close Encounters can arrange for you to have a tour that is solely tailored around these interests.  The same is true if you want a botanical tour, a wine connoisseurs’ holiday, a cycling trip, an extreme sports holiday and more. Close Encounters can also offer you a general intellectually stimulating tour with experts in various fields to guide you around the sights.

Close Encounters has a network of expert guides and specialist tour companies in southern and eastern Africa, and if you have a special interest and want to build it in to your trip, contact us to find out how easy this is.

• Fundi Tours
  Fundi n. A person with local knowledge, an expert, specialist or craftsman. (Swahili)
  Luxury tours for the intellectually curious.  See the latest trip (pdf file)
• Robin Pope Birding Safaris spot 100 birds in one day
• Dash to the Bush for the Birders
• River and Rainbow