About BESSALOV

Our story

BESSALOV African Tours was founded to make travel between Africa and the rest of the world simpler, safer and more personal. Most of our journeys are in East Africa, and we also take African travellers to Europe and Japan.

We plan every journey ourselves, work directly with lodges, guides and drivers we know by name, and put every price in writing before anyone pays.

The company is led by its founder and CEO, Njieh Mofor Kingsley, who comes from Cameroon and has spent more than 15 years in travel, shipping and logistics across Asia and Africa. As a foreign-owned company based in Tokyo, we want every journey to bring people and cultures a little closer together.

Safari vehicle watching the sun set over the savanna

A message from our CEO

Dear friends,

I have worked in travel, shipping and logistics across Asia and Africa for more than 15 years. I am passionate about cultural tours, study tours, family and individual travel, self-drive adventures and dependable transport.

My team and I have come through the challenges of the pandemic and are fully committed to excellent service across the African continent. By sharing a common vision for the future, I am sure we can open up endless possibilities.

We do more than arrange trips and tour programmes. We put ideas into every journey to make it better, turning “I wish it were like this” into “I’m glad I went”, and creating trips full of surprises with safe, reliable transport.

As a foreign company based in Japan, we want to inspire travellers to feel at home across countries and cultures. By opening up the freedom and comfort of travel, we hope to deepen mutual understanding and contribute to a more harmonious world.

We create personalised adventures of a lifetime, with warm, attentive customer service. I would like to be the first to welcome you to Africa, a place of memories you will never forget. Please book with us and share your feedback.

I wish you a wonderful journey in Africa!

Njieh Mofor Kingsley, President & CEO

How we work

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Written before paid

Every service, cost and condition is in your quotation before you commit.

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Partners we know

We only sell what we or our partners can deliver.

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Your language

Planning and support in English, Japanese, French and Russian.

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Honest about documents

We help with paperwork and never promise what only an embassy can decide.

What travellers say

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Great guide, bumpy roads

The camp at the Mara was excellent and we saw a leopard on the second morning. The drive from Nakuru is long and rough, so plan for a tiring day, but the quotation told us that up front.

Gorillas one week, lions the next

Ten days and not one thing we had to sort out ourselves. Our driver-guide knew every lodge manager by name, and the hour with the gorilla family in Bwindi is something we will talk about for the rest of our lives.

Worth every step up the hill

The trek was steep and muddy, exactly as they warned us, and the porters made it possible. They secured our permits months ahead, so there were no surprises at all.

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