About Bushbaby
After traveling to South Africa before we had our son William, we were
keen to return after he was born, but discovered that little information
was available in regards to which hotels not only provided
good facilities for families, but would even allow us to stay now we had
a child! This inspired us to set up Bushbaby Travel, to offer
parents wishing to visit South Africa and Mauritius, a personalised
and informed service leading to the creation of an imaginative,
tailor-made holiday.
Since our launch many couples, including Honeymooners have also enjoyed booking with us and we are now delighted to expand our programme to Arabia.
Expert Knowledge
We have visited every property (with the exception of a few hotels which have been visited by our representatives in South Africa with their young children) so that we can be confident we will be booking you into the best hotel or safari lodge to meet the needs of your family.
Abi has also successfully passed her FUNDI examination, a destination expert course managed by South Africa Tourism. FUNDI means 'expert' in the Nguni languages of South Africa!
We are also members of SATOA, the South
African Travel Organisers Association. Member organisations provide an unrivalled source of information about travel to the region, to ensure the very best holiday experience.
Personal Service
We are a small, focused company, passionate about
our destinations and enthusiastic about encouraging
others to experience these stunning countries. We can provide
all the guidance and advice you need to be confident
about traveling with or without children and if we can't answer a question,
we will know who can!
Our partners within our destinations, who will
meet you upon your arrival and will be on hand 24 hours a day during
your stay, also strive to offer the same level of support. This will ensure
a seamless, personal
service from the moment you contact us, until the moment you arrive home.
Total Security
Whilst we may be offering a personalised service, our company is established and run in an extremely professional manner.
The air holidays we sell are ATOL Protected by the Civil Aviation Authority. ATOL Protection extends primarily to customers who book and pay in the United Kingdom. Click on the ATOL logo if you want to know more.
Further, in compliance with the UK Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992 and the Civil Aviation (Air Travel Organiser’s Licensing) Regulations 1995 an insurance policy has been arranged with Travel & General Insurance Company plc to protect customers’ prepayments paid in respect of
- flight inclusive packages commencing and returning to the UK
- non-flight inclusive packages commencing and returning to the UK
- the ground handling aspects of packages where the customer is responsible for arranging travel to the destination
offered in this website (subject to the terms of the insurance policy), for:
- a refund of such prepayments if customers have not yet travelled
- making arrangements to enable the holiday to continue if customers have already travelled or
- repatriation of customers to the UK
in the unlikely event of our financial failure.
We are also a member of the Association of Independent Tour Operators, committing to their Quality Charter.
Responsible Tourism
We are proud to have achieved the 'three star award', the highest level of Responsible Tourism recognition offered by AiTO.
See Responsible Tourism for full information.