About Us

Parkers African Travel is a group of fully independent South African registered travel companies and tour operators. Established first as a battlefield tour company in 1996, Parker Tours quickly found a niche as specialists in tailor made holidays and self drive tours. Our area of operation includes South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique, Swaziland and Lesotho and recently added to our portfolio is the beautiful island of Madagascar.

Our speciality is fully custom-made, self drive and guided holidays and tours, tailored to suit your requirements and interests. We can arrange everything for you including flights, transfers, accommodation, car hire, guiding and activities.

We enjoy what we do and firmly believe that the fine detail is important; it’s what turns a good holiday into an exceptional one. We’re also extremely proud that more than 70% of our business comes from personal recommendations and travellers returning for second, third, fourth – and sometimes fifth and sixth – holidays with us. Why not let us help you discover the best places to stay, the best places to dine and the very best adventures and activities? In fact, we promise to show you real Africa and give you the holiday of a lifetime.

Why travel with us?

As our travellers will tell you, we firmly believe the fine detail in holiday planning is important. It’s what turns a good holiday into a brilliant one. All our holidays are individually designed to give you an interesting and varied itinerary, no matter how unusual your interests might be.

Why does more than 70% of our business come from personal recommendations and return visits?

Because we:

• offer a quick, reliable and friendly service and honest advice
• book everything for you – it’s simple and painless
• are flexible so however unusual your wish-list might be, we can help
• are based in South Africa and have extensive knowledge of Southern Africa
• can give you expert travel advice across 8 Southern African countries
• offer individually designed holidays for couples, families and groups
• offer self drive or fully escorted holiday solutions
• always work within your budget
• aim to arrange your holiday at the same cost as doing it yourself
• give you detailed travel itineraries, driving directions, information and maps
• are at the end of a telephone 24 hours a day if you need any help or advice during your holiday
• use the best trade rates available and the price we quote is what you pay. There are no hidden extras.

We remain committed to providing you with the highest level of personal service and the best value for money.