Trade · Ground handling

Your on-the-ground partner in Africa.

Africa Awaits is a dedicated ground handler for travel agencies. We build bespoke itineraries across Southern, Eastern and Central Africa — then book, meet and support the clients who travel on them.

B2B

We work behind your brand.

Agencies send us the brief. We return a route that can be sold: lodges that actually have space, vehicles that fit the family, private guides, and a day-by-day the client can carry. Your client sees your agency. We handle the ground.

This is not a brochure rack. Each file is written for that booking — self-drive, privately guided, fly-in safari, rail, or an island finish — across Southern, Eastern and Central Africa and the Indian Ocean islands.

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Private safari vehicle in Greater Kruger
Agencies already on the line

Israel, the United States, Brazil and the Far East.

Partner agencies in these markets contact us regularly for their clientele. We know the pacing those markets expect — family self-drives from Israel, FIT and honeymoon files from the US, long-haul circuits from Brazil, and multi-country programmes from the Far East.

IsraelFamily FIT and self-drive files, year after year.
USAPrivately guided safaris and tailor-made FIT.
BrazilLong-stay circuits and Portuguese-speaking groups.
Far EastMulti-country programmes and high-touch FIT.
What we handle

Ground handling, not a net-rate dump.

01

Bespoke routing

Cape to Kruger to Falls. Namibia self-drive. Botswana fly-in. East African add-ons when the file needs them. Written to the agency brief, not a template.

02

Contracting on the ground

Lodges, private reserves, car hire, meet-and-greet, guides and selected extras. Reservation numbers on the invoice the agency can pass through.

03

Support while they travel

Paarl and Tamarin offices. The same emergency number the traveller already has. If a flight moves, the person who booked the lodge answers.

New agencies

We welcome new partners worldwide.

If you plan Africa from Tel Aviv, New York, São Paulo, Singapore, or anywhere we have not worked yet — write to us. Tell us how you sell, the profile of your clients, and whether you need net rates, a working itinerary, or a full ground-handling file.

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How to open a file

  1. Send the client brief: dates, party, style, budget band.
  2. We reply with a proposed circuit and availability.
  3. You confirm. We contract and issue the invoice and client itinerary.
  4. Your clients travel. We remain the ground contact.

Trade desk

travel@africa-awaits.com
+230 5977 8337

Mark the subject “Trade / agency” so it is handled as a partner file, not a consumer enquiry.

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