Award-winning luxury travel company Ker & Downey® Africa is delighted to unveil a range of thoughtfully curated, responsible travel itineraries for 2025, designed to empower discerning travelers to make a positive impact in Africa.
These journeys go beyond traditional safaris, offering eco-conscious adventurers meaningful ways to explore the continent while giving back. Through partnerships with NGOs like Greenpop and community-focused lodges such as Jabulani, we craft bespoke itineraries that celebrate Africa’s people, wildlife, and landscapes responsibly.
Ker & Downey® Africa 2025 itineraries provide opportunities to ethically engage with Africa’s iconic wildlife and for travelers to immerse themselves in Africa’s breathtaking wilderness, ensuring they leave a lasting, positive legacy.
“As custodians of Africa’s unparalleled beauty, we believe travel should be a force for good,” says Sarah Morris, General Manager of Private Clients. “Our 2025 itineraries invite travelers to not only explore this extraordinary continent but to contribute meaningfully to its future, leaving both the land and its communities enriched.”
An exclusive preview of a 2025 responsible luxury safari itinerary
Day 1 – 4
Fly into Cape Town and stay at the ultra-exclusive Mount Nelson hotel. Enjoy all the thrills of Cape Town, including its gourmet restaurants, designer boutiques, and thrilling, sustainable experiences like shark cage diving and whale watching. Visit the OKOA Fund’s Cape Town project, Bongolethu Primary School, and see firsthand how donations from us have supported new classroom builds.
Day 4 – 7
Fly by private helicopter from Cape Town to Franschhoek for a three-night stay at Leeu Estates. Tour the vineyards and enjoy a private tasting experience, immerse yourself in a pampering spa experience, and feast on delicious farm-to-fork cuisine, helping to directly support local farmers and communities.
Day 7-10
Enjoy a private transfer to Jabulani, where you can partake in a host of sustainable safari experiences, including game drives and nature walks and learn more about Africa’s incredible wildlife. In addition, visit HERD, an elephant sanctuary, orphanage and conservation initiative, and learn about the elephants and their stories.
Sustainable luxury lodges
All our responsible travel itineraries include not only staying in some of Africa’s most luxurious lodges, hotels, and tented camps, but also accommodations that are eco-friendly and work to empower local communities and support conservation efforts. Feel the local culture and nature in its natural environment at:
Mount Nelson
Mount Nelson is a luxurious hotel and spa set in the heart of vibrant Cape Town, South Africa. It has long been regarded as one of Cape Town’s top five star hotels, offering the perfect combination of leafy tranquillity and contemporary buzz. The hotel is committed to encouraging responsible tourism through the conservation of natural resources and improving the lives of local communities.
Leeu Estates
Located just minutes from the village of Franschhoek, South Africa, Leeu Estates is a boutique five-star hotel nestled on 78 hectares of breathtaking vineyards, landscaped gardens, and fynbos. This private hideaway champions the Leeu Locally Grown, an initiative that ensures only the finest, tastiest, naturally produced food is used by the estate’s chefs, enhancing the guest experience and supporting sustainable farming practices.
Jabulani
Nestled in a private game reserve in the iconic Kruger National Park in South Africa, Jabulani is a traditional safari lodge that offers luxurious accommodations coupled with a range of safari experiences, including the opportunity to meet rescued elephant herds. The resort’s dedicated elephant orphanage enables guests to understand elephants on a deeper level, the unique opportunity to observe the herd from a respectful and comfortable distance, and contribute to this exceptional conservation project.
Leaving a positive impact on Africa
As a safari company with a focus on sustainable tourism, our partnerships with Greenpop and the OKOA Fund, further supports our clients’ mission to travel responsibly.
Greenpop is an award-winning forest restoration and urban greening nongovernmental organization that works to empower environmental stewards across Sub-Sharan Africa. We partnered with Greenpop to create Trees for Africa, with every booking made including an $8 donation to Greenpop to fund the planting of a tree in Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia or South Africa. Our support is working to help Greenpop meet its goal; planting 500,000 trees by 2030.
The OKOA Fund
The OKOA Fund’s mission is to campaign and fight for people, animals and habitat preservation globally, through campaigns that champion change. The foundation works with a carefully vetted network of reputable NGOs, providing a safe and transparent platform for fundraising and ensuring donations are distributed to organizations that are working to make a positive impact.
