Boating Tour Operators

Welcome to Butterfield & Robinson, the ne plus ultra of active luxury travel. We bike, hike, boat, and even dogsled, to experience a region up close and in deep. Our insatiable curiosity is matched only by our taste for travelling in style and comfort, making every journey jaw-dropping. We slow down to see more, soaking up the very best each region has to offer through creative adventures, legendary guides, extraordinary routes, cultural immersion, unique stays, and gastronomic excellence. Our mission is to travel with integrity, gain a deep understanding of the people we visit, make a positive contribution, and tread lightly. All our trips are carbon neutral, and through the B&R Slow Fund, we support sustainability initiatives where people and the planet need us most.

Encompass Africa is an Australian-based travel specialist with offices in Brisbane and Sydney, dedicated to designing luxury African safaris and tailored adventure experiences. Founded in 2009, the company focuses exclusively on Africa, offering bespoke journeys that inspire, transform, and contribute to conservation and community. They are renowned for their heartfelt approach to safari design and unwavering commitment to conservation.

Happy World Safaris is a privately owned tour company based in Arusha, Tanzania, dedicated to delivering bespoke programmes that allow travelers to experience the awe of Africa. Recognized as Tanzania's Best Safari Outfitter and Tour Operator, the company specializes in preparing remarkable safaris to all National Parks and Game Reserves. They offer superb wildlife viewing opportunities in top-class parks, including UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and facilitate experiences like witnessing the annual Great Migration of wildebeest and zebra from Serengeti National Park to Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. Happy World Safaris provides a wide range of budget, mid-range, and luxury safari options, along with beach holiday extensions to Zanzibar Island or Mafia Island, including activities like kite-surfing. They also offer the best chimp tracking in Africa at Gombe and Mahale Mountains National Park, and opportunities to climb Mount Kilimanjaro or Mount Meru. The company caters to various traveler types, including families, honeymooners, solo travelers, couples, and groups, offering specialized safaris such as Walking Safaris, Boating Safaris, Fly-in Safaris, Budgeted Camping Safaris, and Tailor-Made/Customized Safaris. Tanzania is highlighted as a politically stable and generally safe country, with direct flights from abroad making its northern and southern safari circuits easily accessible.

Southern Visions offers unrepeatable experiences, tailored with love and elegance, focusing on outstanding stories and journeys. Specializing in Puglia and Basilicata, Italy, the company provides immersive tours and experiences, knowing the 'secret code' for the region's marvels. They design personalized trips based on client inspiration, ensuring each tour is a new world and each experience an illumination.

The Wild Source is a mission-driven safari operator specializing in wildlife biologist-planned safaris. They use travel as a conservation tool to empower local people and conserve wildlife and wild places. Known for their remarkable guiding team, serious wildlife viewing, and creating camp ownership opportunities for local people, they offer extraordinarily unconventional safari experiences. Founded by safari guides, their planning decisions are informed by a biology background, with Tanzanian biologists actively conducting field research. They are committed to empowering local safari guides to gain ownership of camps. With an international team that works and lives in the USA, Kenya, Tanzania, and Botswana, their relationships spanning two continents enable them to design and deliver custom safaris. They provide the convenience of a fully staffed safari planning and operations office in Colorado, complemented by elite guides, safari vehicles, and operations teams on the ground in Africa.