Looking for trip inspiration and assistance with the planning of your African adventure - look no further.
Whether it’s finding the right “root” in Africa for you, selecting the perfect combination of lodges, or working out the logistics of connecting destinations by road or air, we have it covered.
We are specialists in offering a bespoke service to find off the beaten track, affordable luxury in Africa, working with both direct guests and trade.
Whilst we have some perfectly built trip ideas we customise routes and itineraries to suit specific needs.
Our main focus is affordable luxury, but if course can cater to all budgets.
Because of our network- it costs you no more than booking yourself, but takes the hassle out of it and ensures a seamless experience pulled together for you using local first hand knowledge.
Contact us on email, WhatsApp or phone. Whichever suits you better.
What can we help with? Trip building start to finish, hand picking lodges, with all travel logistics and flights, partial trip planning, specialised luxury overland travel with our in house professional guides and purpose built safari vehicles, advice on best times of years to go, what to pack suggestions, tips and recommendations for each location, simple user friendly E-guides of your trips, downloadable on phone/any device.
Whether you fancy a bush and beach combination, a Kruger experience followed sipping wine in the cape wine lands or a luxury overland trip up to Victoria Falls we can design a a trip to create the perfect memories.
Rukiya Roots was never a planned business as such but rather naturally came about from a genuine love of travel and Africa. Our journey in the travel industry began in 2008 and since then we have worked in a number of lodges across Southern Africa, from ultra luxurious lodges to wilderness camping trails. Since 2015 we have been running our own lodges. From our relationships within the in travel industry we were approached by an international agent to handle the planning of all their clients Southern Africa trips and it is through this, combined with our love to explore Africa with our own family that Rukiya Roots came about. Whilst we have been working business to business for a while we, we have recently decided to extend our travel planning other travel companies as well as direct to travellers. Our way of sharing some of the hidden gems in Africa that we have found.
Our trips consist of a number of hand picked destinations, mostly places we have visited ourselves. We specialise in creating travel, taking you to incredible destinations with a nature focus that offer affordable luxury.