About Wild Wings Safaris

Wild Wings Safaris is a specialist safari operator based in South Africa. We arrange safaris to all the top safari destinations throughout Southern Africa, including the Kruger National Park, Sabi Sand Game Reserve, Victoria Falls, Chobe National Park, Okavango Delta, and more. We also sell Cape Town, the Garden Route, Panorama Route and other top travel regions in Southern Africa.

We are a ground operator with our own vehicles and guides, and conduct regular scheduled safaris to the Kruger National Park, departing from Johannesburg, Nelspruit or Cape Town. We also handle reservations for all the private game reserves and safari lodges throughout Southern Africa. We do not charge any booking fees. If you book with us, you will pay the same as or less than if you book directly with the lodge.

Wild Wings Safaris is a member of SATSA, the Southern Africa Tourism Services Association, which includes bonding insurance. The SATSA bonding scheme protects you as client and ensures that you can never lose any money paid in advance.

What sets us apart?

Wild Wings Safaris is a small company with a reputation for excellence and top-notch service delivery. We love what we do, and we love doing it well! From your first enquiry until after your safari, we go out of our way to ensure that we exceed your expectations.

We will custom design an itinerary that is perfect for you, after listening carefully to your interests and requirements. We understand what makes a safari special, and work hard to make sure that your safari vacation is the trip of a lifetime. Our aim is to ensure that all your questions are answered, that you are properly informed and prepared before departure, and that each safari runs smoothly and seamlessly from start to finish. We pay careful attention to detail, and take all the hassle out of planning and arranging a trip to Africa!

We are proud of our reputation for offering honest and expert advice, as well as excellent rates. We are not affiliated to any particular lodge or hotel group, and give unbiased advice based on our own personal expertise and knowledge of the destinations. Collectively we have been to almost all of the camps, lodges and hotels we recommend. Our depth of local knowledge is one of the advantages of booking with us.

The guide

The quality of your safari experience depends largely on the quality of the guide who leads your safari. With Wild Wings Safaris you will have a mature, professional, English-speaking safari guide of exceptional quality and experience. To see what a difference this makes, I invite you to browse through our comments page and see what our guests have to say about the guide.

The vehicles

All game drives are usually conducted in an open safari vehicle, specially designed for optimum game viewing. We offer complimentary bottled water, blankets and binoculars on each game drive. Transfers and tours are conducted in a luxury air-conditioned minibus. All our vehicles are late model, low mileage vehicles with first aid kit, all the necessary permits and licenses, as well as substantial passenger liability insurance. Our vehicles are SABS compliant, serviced regularly and maintained in immaculate condition for your comfort and safety.

How to contact us

To make an enquiry, you can email us, phone us or complete the online enquiry form. Additional contact details are available on our contact page.

The Wild Wings Safaris Team

Alda Alda Niemand joined Wild Wings as a tour consultant toward the end of 2009, and loves absolutely every minute of planning safaris! Alda has been on many family holidays to destinations throughout South Africa, and is keen to share her knowledge and enthusiasm for this beautiful country with others.		Dianne Dianne Wichman is one of our widely travelled tour consultants who loves the country lifestyle and the great outdoors. She is fluent in English, Afrikaans and Dutch and has spent 10 years living and working in Holland, before returning to her native South Africa with her family. Dianne likes to sneak away to go on safari whenever she has a few days off!
Gavin Gavin Brown joined Wild Wings Safaris during 2009 as a tour consultant. He grew up in Zimbabwe and has travelled extensively to many parts of Southern Africa. Gavin loves people, the outdoors, family life, staying fit, travelling and of course spending time on safari!		Clare van der Breggen Clare van der Breggen was born in Zambia, grew up in Botswana and then lived near the Kruger National Park for many years prior to joining Wild Wings Safaris as a tour consultant. She has visited most of the top safari destinations in South Africa.
Gudrun MacDonald Gudrun MacDonald was our reservations manager and senior tour consultant, before emigrating to Australia where she now works as freelance tour consultant. She has travelled all over Southern Africa and she has over 20 years of experience in the travel industry. If anyone has a question, Gudrun will have the answer! In addition to English, Gudrun speaks fluent German too.		Marion Witte Marion Witte is our organisational and administrative whiz. Used to juggling the demands of family, kids, work, sport and everything else, she maintains order in the office and keeps everything up to date.
Simon Vegter Simon Vegter is our senior safari guide and co-founder of Wild Wings Safaris. He is known for his legendary knowledge of the bush, infectious enthusiasm and his friendly and witty personality. Simon is a keen birder and wildlife photographer, and he can cook up a storm, too! You have not had a proper breakfast until you have enjoyed Simon's bush breakfast, prepared with prime ingredients at a picnic site somewhere in the African bush.		Onne Vegter Onne Vegter is the managing director and co-founder of Wild Wings Safaris. Onne was born in Holland and has travelled to the US, UK, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa, and he still considers South Africa the most beautiful country in the world. He has lived in South Africa now for over 30 years and he would not like to live anywhere else.