Orange County, California · Featured in National Geographic
Luxury African Safaris, Planned From Firsthand Experience
Safari is all we do. Reverie Safaris founder Hans Arnesen plans every journey himself, drawing on his own safaris across East and Southern Africa, and builds each one from scratch around your dates, your pace and the wildlife you most want to see.
Every Detail, Quietly Handled
A good safari feels effortless because someone else has done the work.
By the time you step off your international flight, everything is arranged: VIP arrival assistance, internal flights and transfers, the right camp, the right suite and the right guide.
Every gratuity is already included, so there's nothing to tally at the end of a stay.
Your only job is to take it all in.
Who You’ll Work With
I'm Hans Arnesen. After designing trips to more than seventy countries, I kept returning to Africa.
Any camp can look perfect in photographs. Knowing which ones live up to them is most of what I do.
I take on a small number of families and couples each year, and you work with me directly, from your first inquiry to the day you come home. On the ground, my local partner looks after you every step of the way, on a WhatsApp thread I'm part of.
Sample Journeys
Starting points, not packages. Each one changes the moment you tell us who’s traveling. Plan from $1,500 per person per day for everything on the ground: camps, meals, bush flights, transfers and every gratuity. International flights are separate.
Traveling as a Family?
An exclusive-use villa gives your family its own house, staff, guide and vehicle, so the little ones can nap while the teenagers head out again, and three generations each keep their own hours.
When the youngest travelers call for it, we plan around malaria-free reserves. The three-year-old and the seventy-year-old will remember the same elephant.
Where We Go
East and Southern Africa, seen mostly from the private reserves and conservancies that border the great parks, where fewer vehicles share each sighting and your stay helps keep the land wild.
Private Jet Safaris
Several countries without a single commercial connection: private terminals, luggage handled door to door, and Rwanda's gorillas, the Serengeti and Victoria Falls on one route.
Planning Guides
In-depth guides, written from firsthand experience: when to go, traveling with family, how to plan, and what a luxury safari really costs.
The Fundamentals
How Much Does a Luxury Safari Cost?
Real numbers, a ten-day budget anatomy, and what each tier actually buys.
Experience Design
Luxury Family Safaris
Planning one safari across the generations: when a private villa makes sense, which reserves suit young children, and how to pace the days.
The Fundamentals
How to Plan an African Safari
East versus Southern Africa, short versus long stays, combining destinations versus staying put. Safari economics explained clearly, plus what specialist planning actually provides.
Where Dreams Roam Wild
Every safari begins with a conversation, and there's no obligation until you're ready to book.
Tell Hans who's traveling, roughly when, and what you most hope to see. He replies personally within 24 hours on weekdays with a few questions about your group and your interests, and you can talk it through by phone, on video or over coffee in Orange County.
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