Africa. The name alone brings to mind images of untamed animals, vast plains of the Serengeti, dense forests and gorillas in the mist, ancient cultures of the Zulu and Maasai, beautiful lakes, immense deserts, majestic mountains and towering waterfalls.

I'm Christine Eichin, certified Africa Destination Specialist and owner of Above and Beyond Africa and YourSafariExpert.com. I am passionate about custom-designing YOUR experience of a lifetime; an African safari like no other. Africa is no longer the dark continent of 19th and 20th century lore. Today, Africa is totally accessible, incredibly safe and best of all, quite affordable. It is the once in a lifetime trip that you'll want to repeat over and over. Africa is within your reach, and I want to take you there.

With a tailor-made African safari for yourself, your family or your group, you will embark on a breathtaking journey to seek out the mysteries of Africa and to experience it first hand, to bring back the sights and sounds, feelings and memories that will last a lifetime. And your own photographs of it all that appear as if they've leapt from the pages of National Geographic. However, you'll always remember this adventure for the rest of your life like your favorite rerun on the Discovery Channel... you were there, in the middle of all of Africa's splendor.

At Above and Beyond Africa and YourSafari Expert.com, our pledge to you is to use my personal knowledge of Africa gathered in almost two dozen trips all over the continent to help you receive penny for penny, dollar for dollar the BEST travel value and most memorable African experience imaginable.

Please explore our website, and contact us for the answers to any questions you may have. Thank you for visiting us online; think of our site as the first "virtual stamp" in your passport for a personalized Africa safari vacation of a lifetime!