Song Safaris and Choir Tours

We have long experience of arranging musical trips to South Africa. They come in two formats: the Song Safari which is a trip for individual travelers and the Choir Tour which is a trip for the whole choir.

Song Safaris

There could be no better way of experien-sing the abun-dance of South Africa’s culture and nature than through a Song Safari! Our tours always kick-off with an astonishing journey into the wilds, with the lions, elephants and birds joining in our choruses and hops! But in the centre is always the meeting with the South African people and its great tradition of choral singing. With us in the Nature Reserves are local cultural groups with international exposure and experiences that take on the daunting task of teaching the often quite stiff, but oh so willing, northerners to high-kick and ululate.

In the heat of the day we sing and play, we drum, and do the marimba, we dance and gumboot. And in the evenings and early mornings we go with experienced guides out into the wild to meet the animals.
It is sensational to be welcomed in this way by the warm African embrace, a home-coming even for the first-timer in Africa! It is a truly uplifting experience that will make your soul, as well as your soles, fly high!

The second part of a Song Safari is spent touring parts of the beloved country. Often the trip goes to Cape Town, the crown jewel among South African tourist highs, but sometimes we also explore less known but not less exciting destinations, like swimming with the dolphins in southern Mozambique.

We have successfully organised Song Safaris since 1997!

We are happy to announce that a decision has been taken to carry on with the successful cooperation with "Hela Världen", the International work of the Swedish Lutheran Church, in co-arranging Song Safaris specifically for choir-leaders. Parallel to the Safaris aimed specifically for the conductors we hope to run Safaris for the choristers as well.

The Chamber Choir at the Conservatory of Music, Piteå
with Erik Westberg and Anders Nyberg on Lions Rump, Cape Town.
Photo: Sebastian Lönberg

Choir Tours

Our Choir Tours are for choirs who need help to set up a tour to South Africa. In collaboration with our partners Halo Gaia Travels we can do the full concept or selected parts like setting up concerts, workshops or meetings with other choirs or congregations, or prepare and motivate before departure through workshops and rehearsals. We work with all types of choirs; professional and amateur, secular or sacred.

A selection of choirs we successfully have worked with over the years; The Peace Choir, Falun, Immanuel Gospel, Gustaf Sjökvists Chamber Choir and Sofia Vocal Ensemble, Stockholm, Levande Väsen, Härnösand, The Chamber Choir at the Conservatory of Music, Piteå and the Church Choir of Saltsjöbaden. Click here for a more extensive sound and picturereport from the Saltsjöbaden tour. One of the comments from the Saltsjöbaden travellers: “Safely back in Sweden we would like to thank you for a fantastic journey! All of us are full of energy and happiness after the journey. It was the best journey ever for many of us!”

Photo: Sebastian Lönberg

Photos: J Ferguson, J Nyberg