Letaka Safaris was created by Brent and Grant Reed who are better known in the industry as the 'Letaka Brothers'. Their aim was to provide a safari that guarantees the highest level of guiding and an intimate African experience. All of our guides boast an array of formal qualifications including post graduate degrees, the highest level of southern African guiding qualifications, a wealth of experience guiding in Botswana and it’s neighboring countries and most importantly a passion for the bush that is unsurpassed. Each trip has been designed by Letaka Safaris to give the discerning guest a holistic African experience.
Our safaris provide a variety of products to cater for the individual needs of our guests. Our most popular products are the tented safaris, which include our walking and our driving “mobile” safaris. We also offer safaris using the lodges of Botswana for those requiring the highest level of comfort. While all our safaris offer a holistic African experience Letaka Safaris has long been known as “The” birding company in Botswana and is the first company to offer scheduled birding departures for individuals passionate about birds.
Letaka Safaris is a proud partner of Okavango Guiding School which strives to empower the citizens of Botswana in the tourism industry and thus promoting conservation through education.

Directors & Guides:

Brent Reed
Director & Guide
Born in the Magaliesberg mountains in 1972, Brent was raised with an abiding love of nature and all things African that has never left him. An abiding passion for both birds and snakes changed more towards birds after Brent was fatally bitten by a Black Mamba in February 2004. Thankfully, fatal is not what it used to be and great medical care means that Brent is still around to seek out the unusual in the African bush. Having been sworn off neurotoxic snakes for the foreseeable future Brent is even more passionate about his birding and about the bush in general.

Grant Reed
Director & Guide
Born in the Magaliesburg mountains in 1974, Grant was raised with the same abiding love for birds, snakes and all things African. Grant's run-in with snakes came earlier in life on his eighteenth birthday when he was bitten by a puff-adder and ended up spending six months in and out of hospital. Having survived hospital and the puff-adder bite Grant continues to be passionate about snakes and to this day Grant still lectures interested parties on snakes and snakebite. A consummate naturalist, Grant's interests include such diverse subjects as dragonflies, birds, butterflies and wildflowers.

Clinton Phillips
Guide & Director of Okavango Guiding School