Wildlife holidays for solo travellers

The best way to take a solo wildlife holiday is by joining a band of like-minded fellow travellers, which allows you to share amazing sightings with others (and photos) while also breaking away from the group during free time, should you feel like doing your own thing for a while. They are led by professional tour leaders and may also meet up with expert local guides. Our small group holidays don’t just make wildlife holidays more affordable, since you’re sharing the cost of transport and guides; they also make more accessible some far-flung destinations and adventurous experiences that might be hard to organise by yourself.

We have tailor made solo wildlife holidays, where you would have your personal guide, as well as a driver where necessary. That does mean your trip will be considerably more expensive than if you were to join a group tour where costs are shared, but it also means that you can set the agenda. You decide what animal you’re searching for each day, and you decide how long you want to spend out in the field, or when to move on to another viewpoint. Our holidays use immensely knowledgeable guides who will organise an itinerary that leans on both their own connections with local communities for tips, and recorded sightings data. You needn’t be alone the whole time, if you prefer. For instance, you might join other people on a game drive or a whale-watching boat trip, but if you’d rather follow your own plans it’s perfectly possible.

More like, where can’t you go on a solo wildlife holiday? From the plains of the Serengeti to the vast white expanse of Greenland to the forested hills of Romania where brown bears, moose and lynx can be seen in specialist hides, our solo wildlife tours cover every continent and pretty much every species you might care to spot. Whether your dream is to see blue whales in the Azores archipelago, to explore Sri Lanka’s prolific birdlife in the company of a specialist guide, or to see what colourful critters turn up on a nighttime trek through the steaming Amazon rainforest, the world is full of wildlife wonders, and we’re pleased to help you track them down.