Welcome to Southern Sky Adventures!

Founded in 1999, Southern Sky Adventures offers almost a quarter century of experience in the travel industry. 2024 bookings are already set at close to 500 students traveling with us to Southern & East Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. Our destination countries are carefully chosen based on the quality of our personal on-site research, not based upon the demand to service a new destination.

The owner & founder of the company is American born to a Dutch mother. He has lived half the year in Cape Town, South Africa for the last 20 years and the other half of the year in Europe. He personally knows the product and experiences we offer. The company’s 10 international employees are strategically based and/or natives of Sao Paulo, London, Dusseldorf, Moscow, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Bangkok in addition to our US offices.

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Our new Student Travel Trip Costing Calculator shows current prices in a convenient Excel spreadsheet format allowing you to see a cost breakdown for your school based upon number of students travelling and number of paying and non-paying chaperones that accompany the group.

It is quite often that chaperones have their costs covered by a traveling group of students resulting in students splitting these added costs. In this Trip Costing Calculator you are able to adjust the number of paying students and the number of non-paying chaperones to see various prices per paying student. This calculator can then help you better understand the number of paying students needed in order to reach a desired budget number.

Advantages of booking your trip with Southern Sky Adventures:

Our trips can be adapted to form part of any curriculum and can be taken at any time of the year including Fall Break / Thanksgiving / Christmas / Winterim / Spring Break / Summer.

We can amend any of our trips to meet your school’s goals and interest by incorporating or leaving out community service, academic, cultural or linguistic, leadership or team-building modules at your request.

Our company’s offering university trips has opened a window for our high school trips to engage more closely with university professors. These opportunities have enabled our company to forge strong relationships with local professors and professionals allowing for such hands-on conservation activities such as rhinoceros dehorning, lion collaring, elephant relocation, fossil exploration, penguin research, bird ringing and more.

Itineraries

15 days / 14 nights

Ancient Tbilisi Bakurani peaks Borjomi National Park Lagodekhi National Park Barbale Organic Farm

14 days / 13 nights

City of Ljubljana

Shtajerska

Bled Lake

Gorénjska

Primorska

13 days / 12 nights

Engholm Hust Lodge Sámi Country Finnmark Plateau Northern Lights Dog Sleigh Rides

12 days / 11 nights

City of Split

Mljet National Park

Medieval Trogir

Hvar Island

Lastovo Island

Island of Vis

15 days / 14 nights Kilimanjaro Mountain Town of Moshi Tarangire National Park Lake Manyara

19 days / 18 nights City of Nairobi Maasi Country Ol Pejeta Conservancy Tsavo National Park Diani Beach

18 days / 17 nights Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park Deserts of the Richtersveld Ais-Ais Hot Springs Swakopmund Resort

15 days / 14 nights

SOUTH AFRICA:
Limpopo Province
Marataba Elephant Camp

MOZAMBIQUE:
Tofo Beach
City of Inhambane

14 days / 13 nights City of Nairobi Laikipia National Reserve Ol Pejeta Conservancy Lake Nakuru

6 days / 5 nights

Elephant Peace Project

The Golden Triangle

Wat Huay

Pla Kang Temple

Opium Museum

Wat Rong Khun Temple

15 days / 14 nights

Uluwatu

The Gili Islands

Sanur Resort

Padang Padang Surf Camp

Sacred Monkey Forest

Town of Ubad

14 days / 15 nights

5 Great Service-Learning Opportunities:

– Environment

– Community

– Agriculture

– Education

– Wildlife

17 days / 16 nights

White Elephant Research Camp

The Drakensberg

Royal National Park

Kosi Bay

14 days / 13 nights

Hayward’s Safari Sanctuary

Orange River

Karoo Gariep Hippo Conservancy

The Doornkloof Nature Reserve

11 days / 10 nights

Gondwana Game Reserve

Hayward’s Safari Sanctuary

Dinokeng Game Reserve

Cradle of Humankind

9 days / 8 nights

Dinokeng Game Reserve

De Wildt Chettah Sanctuary

Hayward’s Safari Sanctuary

Soweto

11 days / 10 nights

Gondwana Game Reserve

Hayward’s Safari Sanctuary

Dinokeng Game Reserve

Cradle of Humankind

17 days / 16 nights

White Elephant Research Camp

The Drakensberg

Royal National Park

Kosi Bay

14 days / 13 nights

Hayward’s Safari Sanctuary

Orange River

Karoo Gariep Hippo Conservancy

The Doornkloof Nature Reserve

9 days / 8 nights

Dinokeng Game Reserve

De Wildt Chettah Sanctuary

Hayward’s Safari Sanctuary

Soweto

14 days / 13 nights

Among Activities:

– Water Points Protection

– Elephant Tracking

– Sleep-Outs

– Group Trek

14 days / 13 nights

Among Activities:

– Water Points Protection

– Conservation Projects

– Wildlife

– Sleep-Outs

10 days / 9 nights

Among Activities:

– Anti-Poaching Work

– Conservation Projects

– Zulu Culture Introduction

– Community Engagement

7 days / 6 nights

Among Activities:

– Penguin Rehabilitation

– Community Engagement

– Marine Life Conservation

– Data Collection

7 days / 6 nights

Among Activities:

– Habitat Restoration

– Marine Ecology and Supporting The Estuarine System

– Community Engagement

14 days / 13 nights

Slovenia:
– City of Ljubljana
-Rogla Mountain Resort
– Rogaska Slatina
– Nova Gorica
-Kranska Gora

Italy:
– Venice

14 days / 13 nights

Slovenia:
– City of Ljubljana

Croatia:
– City of Zagreb
– City of Split

16 days / 15 nights

South African Biodiversity & Conservation Expedition

Based on the Cambridge A-Level Biology Curriculum

15 days / 16 nights

This tour offers a glimpse into ancient human societies, their tool use, dietary habits, & social structures. Designed by Dr. Rob Gess& Dr Bruce Rubidge (South Africa)

11 days / 12 nights

This program has a focus on postcolonial studies, health and social disparities. Design by Prof. Kathy Luckett of the University of Cape Town in South Africa.

14 days / 13 nights

San Francisco, California
Yosemite National Park
Las Vegas, Nevada
Grand Canyon
Los Angeles, California

14 days / 13 nights

New York City, New York
Washington, DC
South Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
Florida

14 days / 13 nights

Bellavista Cloud Forest

Town of Mindo

City of Quito

Pichincha Volcano

Wildlife

12 days / 11 nights

Guatemala City

City of Antigua

Lake Atitlan

Mountainous Panajachel

Town of San Andrés

19 days / 18 nights

City of Lima

Machu Picchu

Ollantaytambo Ruins

City of Cusco

Paracas Beach Resort

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What they say... Client reviews

An Incredible Time

Southern Sky Adventures did a great job helping us to plan our trip to Africa.  They covered all of the details—everything from flights and accommodations to safari essentials to in-country cell phone service to restaurant and activity recommendations.  Richard even managed to make suggestions on how four women should not…

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Once-in-a-lifetime Safari

Thanks for helping us put together such an amazing girl’s trip to South Africa.  We couldn’t have asked for a more well-planned adventure.  Your guidance, itinerary recommendations, and hard work in arranging the details definitely helped to make this “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” a truly incredible experience for all.  Between the 4…

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Best Travel Experience Ever

I relive that trip in my mind almost daily – it was the best travel experience I’ve ever had.  Thank you for all you did to make it perfect.  Your local knowledge of the people and places definitely were a plus – you couldn’t have picked more excellent guides, trackers…

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Dream trip to Southern Africa

It’s been a few weeks since our dream trip to Southern Africa ended, but the memories are still fresh and will remain with us for a lifetime. From the breathtaking sand dunes of Namibia to the stunning beauty of South Africa’s Cape Town and Sabi Sand Nature Reserves, Richard

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A different view of South Africa

I had been looking forward to a trip to South Africa for many years, knowing how special it would be.  It was all that and more because of Richard Pace and Southern Sky Adventures.  His choice of accommodations, destinations and tours were perfect.  Everywhere we went was superb and each…

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Adventure of a Lifetime

I can’t recommend Richard Pace and Southern Sky adventures enough! He’s been travelling all over the continent of Africa for the last 12 years and specializes in an otherwise unknown and intimidating territory. I didn’t know what to expect from South Africa but my trip went off without a hitch…

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The Perfect Itinerary

I went to South Africa in December 2008 with three friends and truly had the trip of a lifetime.  The country is absolutely beautiful and there are so many amazing things to do from safari to whale watching to fine dining in Cape Town.  Southern Sky Adventures planned the perfect…

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So very well taken care of

Southern Sky Adventures planned our 18 day trip to South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia and left no detail spared. We even decided to take a long 36 hour layover in London and they happily and easily accommodated us. SSA answered all of my many questions with informative patience

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