8 DaysGreat Migration Masai Mara & Serengeti Safari
Eight Days Across the Herds, Kenya to Tanzania
From $3,950 ppView journey →
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Heidie van Zyl
Senior Travel Consultant
Twenty-three years across East Africa and the islands — she knows the circuits lodge by lodge.
23Years in travel
4Regions planned first-hand
8Signature journeys
About Heidie
Twenty-three years in travel, with first-hand knowledge that runs from Kilimanjaro's summit to the Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Zanzibar, Victoria Falls, Chobe and Namibia's Sossusvlei dunes. Heidie has tracked gorillas and chimpanzees on Ngamba Island and knows the East African circuits lodge by lodge. She lives on a farm east of Pretoria with her four children, and plans tailor-made journeys across East Africa, South Africa, the Seychelles and Mauritius.
- East Africa
- South Africa
- Seychelles
- Mauritius
Heidie's safaris
A handful of the journeys Heidie plans most often. Each one is fully bookable — see the day-by-day itinerary, or ask Heidie to shape it around your own dates and pace.
8 Days
8 DaysLuxury Tanzania Fly-In Safari — The Signature Northern Circuit
Tarangire, the Ngorongoro Crater & the Serengeti by Light Aircraft — the Finest Lodges, the Golden Hours, No Long Drives
From $8,900 ppView journey →
8 DaysSeychelles Luxury Honeymoon — Private-Island Escape
Mahé's Best Beaches, Then a Private Granite Island All to Yourselves
From $9,850 ppView journey →
8 DaysMauritius Island Luxury — Le Morne, Chamarel & Belle Mare
Two Iconic Coasts, One Unforgettable Indian-Ocean Week
From $4,250 ppView journey →
9 DaysMasai Mara & Seychelles Safari-and-Beach
The Big Cats of the Mara, Then the Granite Beaches of the Seychelles
From $8,450 ppView journey →
9 DaysSerengeti & Zanzibar Honeymoon Safari
Serengeti Game Drives to the Spice-Island Shores of Zanzibar
From $6,850 ppView journey →
14 DaysThe Great African Journey — Mara, Sabi Sand & Cape Town
East Africa and Southern Africa in one private, well-paced 14 days
From $9,900 ppView journey →
4 DaysLuxury Sabi Sands Fly-In Safari
Johannesburg's Gateway to the World's Finest Leopard Territory
From $6,500 ppView journey →
Want something different? Heidie builds every trip from scratch.
Plan with HeidieHeidie's favourite safari lodges
Camps and lodges Heidie knows first-hand and books with confidence — the ones she comes back to because the guiding, the setting and the welcome are right.
Singita GrumetiSerengeti, Tanzania
Four Seasons Safari Lodge SerengetiSerengeti, Tanzania
Angama MaraMasai Mara, Kenya
Giraffe ManorNairobi, Kenya
Londolozi Private Granite SuitesSabi Sand, South Africa
Lion Sands Ivory LodgeSabi Sand, South Africa
North IslandSeychelles
Constance Le Prince MauriceMauritius
