For the people who work the parks, not the people visiting them
Safari Wear
Safari wear has a job list: shade, airflow, pockets that hold a notebook and a radio, and a colour that does not go pink after a season in the sun. Tanzania has more of this work than almost anywhere, and most of the garments are still imported.
- Type
- Woven
- Minimum order
- Depends on the route
- Lead time
- 7 – 10 days
- Colourways
- 8+ stock colours
Long and short sleeve safari shirts with vented yokes and bellows pockets, safari vests and gilets, bush trousers and zip-off styles, wide-brim hats and front-of-house sets for the lodge itself. Cut for a working day, not for a catalogue photograph.
Colour is the part buyers underestimate. Khaki, olive and stone are chosen for how they hold up under UV and repeated washing, and we run a wash-and-light test on the sample before bulk rather than after the complaint.
Lodges usually need two registers at once: field kit for guides and rangers, and something smarter for reception and dining. We build both from one colour story so the property reads as a single brand from the gate to the table.
Specification
- Garments
- Safari shirts and vests, bush trousers, zip-off styles, gilets, wide-brim hats
- Fabric
- Cotton twill, poly-cotton, ripstop, tropical weights
- Weight
- 160 – 240 GSM
- Ventilation
- Vented back yoke, mesh lining, roll-tab sleeves
- Pockets
- Bellows chest pockets, pen slot, cargo and radio loops
- Colour
- Wash and light tested on the sample before bulk
- Sizes
- XS – 4XL, men's and women's cuts
Build your spec
Pick colourways and sizes — we'll carry it into your quote.
Colourways
1 of 8 selected
Khaki
Collar size breakdown
Steppers move in sixes — garments are packed and priced by the dozen.
Khaki
Illustration, not a photograph
Ordering routes
- Custom design on stock fabric7 – 10 days
- Custom fabric or colourQuoted per job
Add quantities and we will show you which routes are open.
Nothing is ordered yet. How ordering works
Custom colours dyed to your Pantone reference at production quantities. Colour is confirmed at sampling stage.
How to order safari wear.
The minimum and the lead time both depend on the route. Pick the row that matches your brief.
Custom design on stock fabric
- Minimum
- Low
- Lead time
- 7 – 10 days
Your own design, cut from fabric we already hold. Same low quantity barrier, a little longer to make.
Custom fabric or colour
- Minimum
- 2,000 pieces
- Lead time
- Quoted per job
We source the fabric, trims and accessories for you. That is a production run of its own, which is where the 2,000 piece minimum comes from.
Woven, not knitted
This garment is woven. Fabric is sourced per order to the weight and colour the job needs, so it is specified and quoted with the enquiry rather than picked off a list.
Decoration options
- Embroidery
- Woven labels
- Screen printing
- Name badges
- DTF
All decoration is done in house, which is why a printed or embroidered garment does not add a week to your lead time.
Typically ordered by
- Safari lodges and camps
- Tour operators
- Park rangers and guides
- Conservation NGOs
- Fishing and outdoor outfitters
Related families
What buyers ask
about safari wear.
There is no single number, because it depends on the fabric. If we are cutting from fabric and a colour we already hold, the minimum is low and the job moves in two to three days. If you want your own design on that stock fabric, the minimum is still low and it takes seven to ten days. It is only when we source fabric, trims and accessories specially for you that the minimum becomes 2,000 pieces, because that is a production run of its own. Sublimation has no minimum at all.
No. A couple of hundred is a normal order on stock fabric, and most of our work looks like that. The 2,000 piece figure people worry about applies only to custom fabric or a custom colour, where we are buying in material specially. Tell us the quantity and the look you want and we will tell you which route it fits.
Two to three days on stock fabric in a stock colour. Seven to ten days for your own design cut from that stock fabric. Where we are sourcing fabric or a custom colour, the lead time is quoted with the job, because it depends on what the material is and where it comes from. Sublimation is also quoted per job.
Screen printing, embroidery, DTF (direct to film) and sublimation, all in the same building as the cutting and sewing. That matters for your lead time, because a decorated garment never has to travel out to a third party and back. You can mix methods on one garment: an embroidered chest mark with a printed back is a common and sensible combination.
Yes, and this is one of the cases where we are sourcing fabric specially, so the 2,000 piece minimum applies. We match against your Pantone or brand guideline references and record them against your account, so a repeat order in a year is built from the same inputs. Exact dye matching is confirmed at sampling stage.
None. You can order one piece or a thousand. What changes with quantity is the unit price, not whether we will take the job. Sublimation suits full-colour designs, marathon and sports jerseys, and anything where the print covers the whole garment.
Quote safari wear
Ready to price
your run?
Tell us the quantity, the colourways and the decoration and we will come back with a unit price and a lead time. There is no single minimum — it depends on whether we are cutting stock fabric or sourcing new fabric for you.
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