Structure

AfricaAway is a division of an already well-established UK-based boutique travel company, The Away Company Ltd, which also incorporates SpainAway and StudentsAway amongst its activities. AfricaAway itself is a specialised tour operator dedicated to organizing tours and safaris in Africa. Although we focus principally on Zambia as our destination of choice, since we have built up an exhaustive knowledge and experience of this fastest developing of all African tourist destinations, we can also offer travel to a wide range of other African countries.

Chairman and Managing Director, Dr Henry Southworth, seen here with friend, takes personal responsibility for the company’s African tourism program, visiting this magical continent several times each year, in pursuit of the ultimate in wildlife experiences to offer our customers.

Our Vision

Traditionally, safari tour operators have concentrated almost exclusively on providing the wildlife viewing experience that is the image of a ‘safari’ that most people will identify with. However in Swahili, ‘safari’ actually means a journey, and AfricaAway firmly believes that the opportunity to visit Africa enables a journey involving the human soul – from the atavistic pleasure of observing wild animals in a true wilderness habitat, through the opportunity to at least fleetingly experience how a vastly different people live out their near-subsistence existence, to a clearer understanding of our own place in creation.

Thus, in designing its Zambian safari itineraries, AfricaAway has created unforgettable experiences that will live in your memory for the remainder of your life. Our aim is to integrate a compassion for wildlife with a sensitivity for the local people and their cultural traditions, presenting an opportunity to extend the visitor’s own horizons that may well be denied to future generations, as population pressures continually threaten this precious heritage.