About SLM Safaris | Namibian-Owned Operator, Windhoek

Our Story

Why SLM Safaris exists.

SLM Safaris was started by a Namibian, in Namibia, for travellers who want to see this country properly rather than quickly.

The company is owner-run from Windhoek by Sadiek Meintjies. That matters more than it sounds: the person who builds your itinerary is the person who answers your email, takes your call when a flight shifts, and is on the same soil as your journey while you are travelling it.

Namibia rewards patience. It is a country of long horizons and long distances, where the best days are usually the unhurried ones — a morning at a waterhole rather than three parks in a week. Our itineraries are built around that conviction, which is why we plan fewer moves and longer stays than a standard touring circuit would.

Local Expertise

What being Namibian actually changes.

We know the distances

Namibia looks small on a map and is not. Our routing is built on real driving times on real gravel roads, not on the optimistic estimates that leave travellers arriving after dark.

We know the seasons

When the waterholes concentrate game, when the roads in Damaraland get difficult, when the coast is fogged in. We will tell you honestly if your dates are the wrong ones for what you want to see.

We know the lodges

Not from a brochure. We know which properties suit families, which are worth the extra night, and which look better online than they do on arrival.

We are here when it changes

A vehicle problem, a closed road, a missed connection. Being based in Windhoek means the person solving it is in Namibia, in your time zone, and already knows the lodge manager.

We speak the languages

English throughout, with Afrikaans and local languages where it helps — at a lodge, at a community visit, or at a roadblock.

We travel responsibly

Ethical wildlife viewing, respect for the communities whose land you are crossing, and no encouragement of practices that put animals or people at risk for a photograph.

Company Details

Who you are actually contracting with.

Travel agents and tour operators carry out due diligence before placing clients with a ground operator, and travellers are increasingly right to do the same. These are the details a supplier file asks for. Copies of our registration documents are available to trade partners on request.

Registered name: S.L.M SAFARIS CCTrading as SLM Safaris. This is the entity that contracts with clients.
Close corporation registration: CC/2013/09884Registered in Namibia on 5 September 2013.
Principal business: Tour operator, transfers and tour planningTogether with related tourism activities, as recorded on our founding statement.
Tourism registration: Namibia Tourism Board — Tour FacilitatorRegistration No. TFA01009. Originally awarded 24 September 2014 and current.
Transport: Arranged through established partnersSLM Safaris coordinates transport through established vehicle rental and transport partners, selecting appropriate vehicles according to itinerary and group requirements.
Guiding: Professional guides, assigned per itineraryGuides are assigned according to itinerary, group requirements and specialist needs. Our guiding is conducted in English.
Based in: Windhoek, NamibiaPlanned and operated on the ground, in the country you are travelling to.
Payments: Invoiced, never sent unsolicitedOur banking details appear only on an invoice issued after you have approved a written quotation. They are never published on this website. If you receive payment details for SLM Safaris from any other source, telephone us on +264 81 813 0400 before paying anything.
On-the-ground support: Windhoek-based, reachable throughout your journeyOffice hours are Monday to Friday, 08:00–17:00 CAT. Guests travelling with us are given a direct contact number that is answered outside office hours for the duration of their journey.

The people behind the journeys.