Why Walking Safaris Are Africa’s Most Intimate Experience

There is nothing quite like the feeling of stepping out of a vehicle and walking into the African bush. On foot, everything changes. The sounds become sharper, the colours more vivid, and the sense of being part of — rather than apart from — the wilderness is overwhelming.

Walking safaris were pioneered in Zambia’s South Luangwa Valley in the 1950s by Norman Carr, and Legson Journeys has been championing this extraordinary way of exploring Africa ever since.

What to Expect

You will walk with a professional guide and an armed scout, typically in groups of no more than six people. The pace is leisurely — this is about observation and understanding, not covering ground. You might follow elephant spoor for an hour, learning to read the stories left in the sand. You might sit for twenty minutes watching a dung beetle navigate its perfectly shaped ball.