Journeys & services

Six lines. One execution.

The lines below are how we organise the work. The deliverable is one journey, executed by one team, paid through one invoice.

01 · The foundation

Travel execution

Flights, accommodation, ground transport, insurance — booked, paid and reconciled through one ledger.

When to use

When you are tired of stitching seven booking emails into one trip.

Start a briefing
  • Multi-city flight construction with corridor pricing
  • Hotel & private villa sourcing in our ten gateway cities
  • Vetted ground transport, lead vehicles, security where required
  • Travel insurance and medical evacuation cover
  • Single invoice, single point of reconciliation
02 · The paperwork

Documentation desk

Visas, attestations, AU laissez-passer support, dossier preparation across six passport contexts.

When to use

When the visa is the project — not an afterthought.

See passport pathways
  • Schengen, UK, US, Canada, GCC and intra-African pathways
  • Embassy appointment scheduling — current biometric slots held
  • Financial dossier, invitation letter, itinerary attestation
  • Right of Abode (Ghana), residency by descent, investor permits
  • ECOWAS, EAC, SADC, AMU intra-continental movement
03 · The discovery

Curated experiences

Private safaris, Nile dahabiyas, Atlas riads, Cape winelands. Lodges we have stayed in, guides we have walked with.

When to use

When 'the highlights tour' is not the experience you came for.

Browse city desks
  • Big-Five reserves: Sabi Sand, Maasai Mara, Volcanoes National Park
  • Nile dahabiya charters between Luxor and Aswan
  • Cape Winelands with Michelin-listed kitchens
  • Cultural and ancestry trails — Cape Coast, Gorée, Lalibela
  • Family and multi-generational journeys, paced for every age
04 · The institutional

Corporate & delegations

Multi-city itineraries for boards, trade missions and embassy visits. Protocol coordination included.

When to use

When the schedule has to survive contact with three time zones and a ministry.

Speak to the desk
  • Trade delegations, AU summit logistics, ECA / AfDB visits
  • Boardroom logistics — venue, AV, interpreter, transfers
  • Diplomatic protocol coordination, courtesy meetings, NVs
  • Off-site retreats and incentive travel
  • Single project manager across every leg
05 · The premium

Always-on concierge

One named contact owns your file. Reachable while you are moving — not just before you book.

When to use

When 'on call' has to mean it, on a Sunday at 2am in Casablanca.

Apply for a desk
  • One named contact assigned at briefing
  • Reachable Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00 EAT and any time you are in transit
  • Priority bookings, upgrades, restaurant tables
  • VIP airport handling at our gateway cities
  • Replanning mid-trip when reality intervenes
06 · The homecoming

Diaspora & relocation

Return-to-Africa journeys, residency pathways, property scouting, business set-up coordination.

When to use

When this trip is also a decision about the next chapter.

Plan a homecoming
  • Year-of-Return follow-ups and ancestry-mapped routings
  • Right of Abode and citizenship-by-descent guidance
  • Property scouting in East Legon, Lekki, Sea Point, Almadies, Marrakech
  • Business set-up: company formation, bank introductions, lawyers
  • Soft-landing weeks: school visits, neighbourhoods, weather-tested
The operational promise

The same three commitments, on every Path Builder brief.

First reply
Within 4 business hours

Mon–Sat · 08:00–20:00 EAT. After-hours for active travellers and Royal/Sovereign tiers.

Dossier turnaround
Drafted in 72 hours

From a complete Path Builder brief: itinerary, documents and indicative investment band.

On-trip concierge
One named contact

A single desk lead owns your journey from briefing to wheels-up to home.

These commitments apply to briefs submitted via the Path Builder. General Contact inquiries receive a reply on the same SLA but do not trigger a dossier until a brief is opened.

Concierge tiers

Three tiers. Published, not ambient.

Most journeys start at Path. Royal and Sovereign are reserved for recurring relationships and principal-led mandates — applied for, not bought off a shelf.
Tier · Path01

Path

Single-journey execution

First-time clients, one-trip diaspora visits, single-corridor business travel.

Response

First reply within 4 business hours · dossier within 72 hours

  • Path Builder dossier with itinerary, documents and indicative investment
  • One named desk lead from briefing to wheels-down
  • Reachable Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00 EAT
  • Single invoice, single ledger
Concierge hours · Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00 EAT (after-hours while in transit)
Tier · Royal02

Royal

Recurring, multi-journey relationship

Returning travellers, executives with quarterly mobility, family offices.

Response

First reply within 2 business hours · dossier within 48 hours

  • Everything in Path
  • Annual mobility review and corridor planning
  • Priority hold on hotel, lodge and gorilla-permit allocations
  • Confidential mobility brief on demand
  • Discreet airport handling at our ten gateways
Concierge hours · Mon–Sun 07:00–22:00 EAT · transit hours covered globally
Tier · Sovereign03

Sovereign

Always-on, multi-stakeholder mandates

Heads of state-adjacent missions, principal-led delegations, ultra-private travel.

Response

First reply within 60 minutes · dossier within 24 hours

  • Everything in Royal
  • 24/7 concierge line, every day, every timezone
  • Protocol, security and advance-team coordination
  • Private aviation routing and FBO liaison
  • Counsel introductions for residency, banking and property
Concierge hours · 24/7, every day of the year

All tiers carry the same standard of execution. Tiers govern response speed, ownership depth and the shape of the relationship — not the quality of the journey.

How services meet the desks

The six lines, delivered on the ground.

Each service line is owned by the city desks below. When you read a service on a city page — "Executive ground & security" in Lagos, "Gorilla trekking permits" in Kigali — it sits inside one of these six pillars. Same intake, same ledger, same named contact.

Travel execution
Owned by

All ten desks

Documentation desk
Owned by

Routed via Nairobi HQ + city desk

Curated experiences
Owned by

Cape Town · Cairo · Kigali · Marrakech corridor

Corporate & delegations
Owned by

Addis · Lagos · Joburg · Nairobi · Kigali

Always-on concierge
Owned by

Royal & Sovereign tiers · all desks

Diaspora & relocation
Owned by

Accra · Lagos · Dakar · Cape Town · Cairo

Begin

Two ways in. Pick the one that matches your moment.

A Path Builder brief is for when you know you're going. A conversation is for when you're still shaping the question.

Path Builder · structured
Five questions, two minutes. Locks in our 4-hour reply and 72-hour dossier.
Contact · conversational
Open conversation. Use this if you want to scope, not yet brief.