When it comes to safari and beach vacations, there are some perfect pairings out there already, but with any number of tweaks and variations available. Kenya and Diani Beach, Tanzania and Zanzibar, and South Africa and Mozambique are dream teams, but the choice of game park or reserve, beach or island, will often be yours. In almost all cases, domestic flights will do the transport heavy lifting, often using tiny airstrips such as the one on Mafia Island, and reducing overland journeys to just the short drive to your safari lodge or beach retreat, plus those essential game drives.

Amanda Marks, from our safari supplier Tribes Travel, highlights the benefits of flying when on a safari and beach break in Tanzania: “You can get to Ruaha and Selous National Parks by road, but that is very time consuming, and not what most people want to spend their vacation on. Even the cheaper safaris to these places tend to use flights. Once here, the wildlife viewing is great, particularly in Ruaha which has far fewer people than Selous, but I also love Selous, too. I’d say Ruaha’s distance from Dar Es Salaam and the very limited number of camps makes this park particularly relevant in luxury itineraries. Selous can certainly offer luxury safaris, but it can also offer safaris which don’t necessarily break the bank.”

Dirk Reiche from our supplier Sunway Safaris: “If you are a keen fisherman contact a fishing charter company before you head to this beautiful country and try your hand at landing some really amazing game fish. Try the local restaurants on the coast as they have a great Portuguese style of cooking and when it comes to fresh fish this is a must.”