SafariBookNow is a direct-booking platform for safari lodges across Southern Africa. No quote cycles, no specialist back-and-forth — just real rates, real-time availability, and instant confirmation.
SafariBookNow is a direct-booking platform for safari lodges. Browse our reserves, pick your dates, see live availability, and book in minutes. The rate you see is the lodge's contracted rate — no consultant markup, no commission baked on top.
Reservaroo, our real-time booking engine, holds live availability for every lodge on the site. You see what's bookable, you pay securely through Turnstay, your reservation is confirmed instantly. No quote cycle, no waiting on a consultant’s inbox for a yes-or-no.
After booking, African Safari Group (ASG) — our long-standing operator partner who holds the lodge contracts — takes over the human side: their team emails you the invoice, sends the voucher you'll use at check-in, shares any lodge-specific information you need, and coordinates pre-arrival details with the lodge on your behalf. Self-service speed with operator support behind it.
Four steps:
1. Browse — pick a reserve, scan the lodges within, find one that fits your style and budget.
2. Book — open the lodge's booking widget, choose your dates and rooms, see the total, pay securely via Turnstay.
3. Confirmed — your reservation is secured instantly and you get a booking confirmation by email.
4. ASG follows up — African Safari Group’s team reaches out with your invoice, your voucher for check-in, and any lodge-specific information you need before arrival.
Payments on SafariBookNow are processed by Turnstay, a leading South African travel payment platform. Your card details are never stored on our servers; payments are PCI-DSS compliant. Your booking is tied to the lodge's own cancellation policy — not ours — and ASG handles the invoice, voucher, and any pre-arrival admin with you directly after booking.
Booking a safari traditionally means a back-and-forth: you email an operator, they email you, they email the lodge, the lodge replies, the rate comes through, you adjust the dates, the cycle repeats. Days can pass between “I want to go” and “I’m booked.”
For travellers who already know the lodge they want and roughly when they want to go, that back-and-forth is pure friction. SafariBookNow cuts it out. Live availability and the lodge’s contracted rate appear the moment you open a lodge page. Pick your dates, pay through Turnstay, your reservation is confirmed instantly. ASG’s team picks up the human side from there — invoice, voucher, pre-arrival information — so you still get full operator support, just without the wait.
This is built for confident bookings: a known lodge, set dates, a straightforward stay. For multi-lodge itineraries that involve flights, transfers and curated routes, ASG’s consultants are still the right call — that service exists separately from this platform.
SafariBookNow is a partnership between two South African businesses based in Cape Town: BookingCo (us) and African Safari Group (ASG).
BookingCo built — and runs — the technology: Reservaroo, the real-time booking engine on every lodge page, and SafariBookNow itself. We started Reservaroo to give lodges the tools to take direct bookings without losing margin to large OTAs.
African Safari Group has been an inbound African tour operator for over 15 years, with direct contracts with the lodges and reserves you see here. They handle the booking confirmation with each lodge after you pay — you don’t need to interact with them; the whole flow is automated.
We built SafariBookNow together because there’s a category of traveller who doesn’t need a consultant-led itinerary — you know which lodge you want, you know your dates, you just want to book. Quote cycles add friction without value. SafariBookNow is the path around them. ASG’s consultants are still the right call for complex multi-lodge trips with flights and transfers; for everything else, book here.
Pick a reserve, choose a lodge, hit the booking widget. Reservaroo pulls live availability in real time. Pay securely through Turnstay — reservation confirmed instantly.
African Safari Group’s team emails you the invoice, sends the voucher you’ll use at check-in, and shares any lodge-specific information you need before arrival.
Voucher in hand, you arrive at the lodge. The lodge has the booking. ASG is on call if anything needs attention before or during your stay.
Powered by Reservaroo — what you see is what's bookable. No waiting on a specialist to check.
The rate you see on the widget is the rate you pay — the same rate ASG quotes through any direct channel. No platform fees added at checkout.
PCI-DSS compliant payment processing. Your card details never touch our servers.
Booking confirmed and emailed within minutes of payment. No 24-hour "waiting on the lodge" delays.
African Safari Group, our 15+ year operator partner, confirms each booking with the lodge in the background — so you get operator expertise without the consultant wait.
Cancellation, refunds, child policies — all set by the lodge, attached to every booking. No surprise platform terms.
SafariBookNow is a direct-booking platform for safari lodges. You browse reserves, see the lodges within each, and book your stay directly through the lodge's own booking system. No quote cycles, no specialist intermediary.
The price shown on the booking widget is the lodge's own contracted rate, pulled live from their availability system via Reservaroo. There's no markup. The rate you see is the rate you pay.
Payments are processed through Turnstay, a leading South African travel payment platform. Most lodges take a deposit on booking (typically 25–30% of the total) with the balance due 6–8 weeks before travel. We accept ZAR, USD, GBP, and EUR by card. Your card details are never stored on our servers.
Each lodge sets its own cancellation policy, which is attached to every booking quote and confirmation email so there are no surprises. We strongly recommend travel insurance regardless — safaris are seasonal and high-value, and insurance is the right belt-and-braces against unexpected change.
Two things, in this order. First: Reservaroo (the booking engine on every lodge page) secures your reservation instantly when you pay through Turnstay. You'll get a booking confirmation email within minutes. Second: African Safari Group (ASG) — our long-standing operator partner — takes over the human side. Their team will email you with your invoice, your voucher for check-in at the lodge, any lodge-specific information you need, and they’ll handle pre-arrival details (special requests, dietary needs, transfer questions) with the lodge on your behalf. You get the speed of self-service booking and the support of a real operator behind it.
SafariBookNow itself is direct-booking only — pick a lodge, pick your dates, pay, confirmed. If you want a full multi-lodge itinerary with flights and transfers, our operator partner ASG offers that through their consultant team, separately from this platform. For straightforward bookings of the lodges you see here, the direct-booking widget is the simplest route — no quote cycle required.
Yes. Because the booking engine talks directly to the lodge's real-time inventory, your booking is confirmed in minutes — not pending until a human reviews it.
For specific questions about a lodge's facilities, kid policies, accessibility, or anything else, the lodge is the best source. Their contact details are on the lodge page — or call us on +27 21 200 5960 and we'll point you to the right person.
Game reserves themselves are exceptionally safe — fenced, patrolled, remote. The journey to and from the reserve is the part that needs ordinary travel care, especially for first-time visitors. Most reserves arrange airport transfers; we recommend taking them rather than self-driving.
Browse our reserves, pick a lodge, check live availability, and book in minutes.