A male lion resting on the bank of a river

Heirloom safari albums · Made in South Africa

From the Bush to Your Bookshelf.

Premium leather-bound albums, professionally curated from your favourite safari photographs.

You don't design it. We handle the curation, sequencing, design, proofing, production and delivery.

The problem

Your safari deserves more than a camera roll.

Most guests come home with hundreds, sometimes thousands of photographs. Almost all of them stay on a phone, a computer or a hard drive.

We turn the photographs you actually love into a physical heirloom — something with weight, that lies open on a table and is still being opened in thirty years.

See how it works
An adult rhinoceros and calf walking through golden dust

The albums

Two sizes. The same standard.

Premium leather, archival-quality printed pages and mounted lay-flat pages in both sizes. Every standard cover colour is included in the album price.

The Landscape — 30 × 20 cm leather-bound safari album

The Landscape

30 × 20 cm

R3,000

  • Premium leather-bound album
  • 10 double-page spreads
  • Professional photo curation
  • Custom layout and design
  • Digital proof
  • Up to 2 revision rounds
The Heirloom — 40 × 30 cm leather-bound safari album

The Heirloom

40 × 30 cm

R4,000

  • Larger-format premium album
  • 10 double-page spreads
  • Professional photo curation
  • Custom layout and design
  • Digital proof
  • Up to 2 revision rounds

Shipping calculated separately according to destination.

Production

Approximately 10 days

Worldwide delivery

Approximately 2 – 3 weeks

Shipping

Calculated by destination

The difference

Not another photobook.

A generic photobook

  1. Choose a template
  2. Upload your photographs
  3. Design it yourself
  4. Place the order

Safari Heritage Albums

  1. Select your favourite photographs
  2. We curate the story
  3. We sequence the images
  4. We design every spread
  5. You approve the proof
  6. We produce the album
  7. We deliver it

Curation, storytelling, design, craftsmanship and convenience — not simply printing photographs.

The process

Five simple stages.

  1. 01

    You send

    Send us your favourite safari photographs.

  2. 02

    We curate

    We select and arrange the photographs into a coherent visual story.

  3. 03

    We design

    We create the album layout around your safari.

  4. 04

    You approve

    We send you a digital proof and allow up to two rounds of revisions.

  5. 05

    We produce & deliver

    Your finished album is produced and shipped to you worldwide.

Thick mounted album page lifting to reveal a warm sunset photograph beneath

Craftsmanship

Made to be kept.

  • Genuine leather

    Leather covers, cut, embossed and finished before the album is bound.

  • Archival printed pages

    Printed on archival-quality paper so the colour holds its depth over decades.

  • Mounted, lay-flat pages

    Thick mounted pages open completely flat, so a spread reads as one uninterrupted image.

  • Permanent embossing

    Blind embossing pressed into the cover — part of the leather rather than printed onto it.

Leather cover colour samples laid out on a card

Cover colours

Choose your cover.

Leather

Black
Coffee
Mocha
Cinnamon
Brown
Tan
Red Wine
Navy
Grey
White

All standard cover colours are included in the album price.

Every album includes

  • Premium leather cover
  • Archival-quality printed pages
  • Mounted, lay-flat pages
  • Professional curation
  • Custom layout and design
  • Digital proof
  • Up to 2 revision rounds
  • Protective packaging

For safari operators

Give your guests something they'll keep forever.

A premium physical keepsake for your guests, without adding another task to your team. Your logo can be embossed permanently into the leather cover.

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The gallery

Leather, paper, light.

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Blind-embossed Safari Heritage Albums logo on a leather album cover
Embossed leather cover
Hands holding open the stitched leather cover of a safari album
The album in hand
Thick mounted album page lifting to reveal a warm sunset photograph beneath
Mounted lay-flat pages
Double-page album spread of jackals at a waterhole at sunrise
Full-bleed spread

Our first international delivery

From South Africa to the UK.

Our first international album has officially been delivered.

South Africa → UK

From the Bush to Your Bookshelf.

Absolutely love it… the embossing is absolutely phenomenal.

Love the way you've laid it out.

The quality is absolutely phenomenal.

Tom · United Kingdom

What our customers say

Treasured by the people we make them for.

The quality of their craftsmanship is exceptional, with beautiful materials and incredible attention to detail. Every album feels like a true heirloom.

Amy Branford · Google review

Absolutely beautiful craftsmanship and exceptional quality. The album exceeded my expectations and has become something our family loves looking through together.

Colt · Google review
Double-page album spread of jackals at a waterhole at sunrise

Your safari shouldn't end on your phone.

Choose your album, send us your favourite photographs, and we'll take care of the rest.