Terms & Conditions

How to Make a Reservation:
Contact All Africa Expeditions toll free at 866-756-1379, by phone at 205-383-4641, or via email at info@allafricaexpeditions.com between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Central Time, Monday through Friday, or see your travel agent. Your deposit can be charged to a credit card.

Single Supplement:
Single accommodations are not guaranteed, but will be provided at additional cost if available On occasion, in smaller lodges and camps, you may be required to share with other members of your tour group if single rooms are not available upon check-in. If this is the situation, appropriate per diem refunds are made to passengers in the event they paid for a single room but had to share during any portion of their trip. All Africa Expeditions will try to accommodate single travelers who are looking for a roommate. If we are unable to find a suitable roommate, you will need to pay the single supplement.

Meals:
Meals specific to your tour are listed in your itinerary. Generally, breakfast is included, all meals while on safari, lunches on full day tours and some dinners.

Deposits:
Deposits are due at the time of reservation. The deposit amount is $500 per person for all programs. An additional deposit of $150 per person is required for each extension on all programs. Deposit schedules are for expedition costs only. Final payment for the journey is due 90 days prior to departure.

Cancellation Fees:
• 25% from the time of booking to 90 days prior to departure
• 50% from 89 to 61 days prior to departure
• 100% of the full program cost from 60 to 0 days prior to departure

All cancellations must be in writing.

Guest Travel Protection Program:
All Africa Expeditions highly recommend that you purchase a travel protection plan, which will protect you from penalties if you cancel for a covered reason. In addition, there is coverage for trip interruption, trip delay and protection for emergency evacuation, accident and sickness medical expense: All Africa Expeditions is not responsible or liable for loss, damage or theft of personal luggage and belongings, or personal injury, accident or illness. In most foreign countries, insurance coverage of personal injury, accident or illness is not available on the basis of U.S. standards. Details concerning coverage, limitations, provisions, exclusions and pre-existing conditions will be mailed in your reservation confirmation packet.

Schedule of Mail-outs:
On receipt of your reservation, you will be mailed a confirmation package. A final packet of information is mailed 21-30 days prior to departure, with airline tickets, final itinerary, guest list, name tag and passport holder. Final packets are not mailed until all payments, liability forms and a signed copy of these terms and conditions are received.

Travel Documents/Vaccinations:
Customers must be in possession of valid passports and any visas, permits and certificates required for the whole of their journey and shall arrange such vaccinations as are normally recommended for the countries through which they intend to travel. Information as to these matters and as to climate, clothing, baggage, gear, and similar matters is given in good faith but without responsibility on the part of All Africa Expeditions.

Responsibility: 
Neither All Africa Expeditions (the Company) nor any person or agent acting for, through or on behalf of the Company shall be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever arising from any cause whatsoever and without restricting the generality of the aforegoing shall particularly not be responsible for loss or damage arising from any errors or omissions contained in its brochure or other literature, loss or damage caused by delays, sickness, theft, injury or death. In addition the Company shall have the right at any time at its discretion to cancel any expedition or the remainder thereof or make any alteration in route, accommodation, price or other details and, in the event of any expedition being rendered impossible, illegal or inadvisable by weather, strike, war, government or interference or any other cause whatsoever, the extra expenses incurred as a result thereof shall be the responsibility of the passenger. The Company may at its discretion and without liability or cost to itself at any time cancel or terminate the guest’s booking and in particular without limiting the generality of the aforegoing it shall be entitled to do so in the event of the illness or the illegal or incompatible behavior of the guest, who shall in such circumstances not be entitled to any refund. The person making any booking will, by the making of such booking, warrant that he or she has authority to enter into a contract on behalf of the other person included in such a booking and in the event of the failure of any or all of the other persons so included to make payment, the person making the booking shall by his/her signature thereof assume personal liability for the total price of all bookings made by him/her.

Arbitration:
Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the performance there under, including without limitation any claim related to bodily injury, property damage or death, shall be settled by binding arbitration in Atlanta, Georgia in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then existing, and judgment on the arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction over the subject matter of the controversy. This agreement to arbitrate does not waive or modify the liability release contained in this document.

Exclusivity:
Except as otherwise expressly provided to the contrary, the rights herein granted and this Agreement are for the benefit of the parties hereto. The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be exclusive of any advertising, marketing or other sales literature or activities of International Expeditions and nothing contained in any of such materials shall be construed to create any rights as a result of or in connection with this Agreement.

Acknowledgment of Risk:
You understand and acknowledge that your travel in connection with and participation in the travel package arranged at your request by All Africa Expeditions may involve risk and potential exposure to injury and possibly death. You also realize and acknowledge that risk and dangers may be caused by the negligence of the owners, directors, employees, contractors, subcontractors, officers or agents of All Africa Expeditions or the negligence or participation of other participants, contractors and/or subcontractors to The Company. You also recognize and acknowledge that risk and dangers may arise from foreseeable and unforeseeable causes, including weather and other acts of nature. You fully understand and acknowledge that the aforementioned risks, dangers and hazards are a potential in connection with recreational activities which may take place during your expedition.

Express Assumption of Risk and Responsibility:
In recognition of the inherent risk of the travels and related activities in which you are intending to engage, you confirm that you are physically and mentally capable of participating in the activity, that you are willingly and knowingly electing to participate in this vacation package in spite of the potential risk of danger, and you willingly and voluntarily assume full responsibility for any injury, loss or damage suffered by you or caused by you, whether caused in whole or in part by the negligence of the owners, directors, agents, officers, employees, contractors or subcontractors of All Africa Expeditions.