Private sports hospitality for AFCON 2027
The Africa Cup of Nations returns to East Africa for the first time in fifty-one years, 19 June to 17 July 2027. Twende 27 hosts small groups through the whole arc of it: premium city stays, Maasai Mara safari, Zanzibar. Led by the local diaspora, on the ground in all three host countries. You arrive. We carry the rest.
No payment. Nothing held. About fifteen seconds. Or see the journey first.
Stone Town to the sandbanks
Spice-route lanes and carved doors in the old town, dinner on a rooftop above the harbour, then a private catamaran out to water that turns four shades of blue. The tournament has not started, and the trip is already unforgettable. The night before kick-off, we cross to the mainland.
The opening whistle
The ferry cuts in from the island as Dar fills with flags. Oceanfront residences on the Masaki peninsula, the opening match under lights at Benjamin Mkapa with your ticket already in your phone, then the waterfront until the city gives in.
Migration season, July
Kilimanjaro out of the window as you fly north, then the Maasai Mara at the height of the great migration. A five-star lodge with an infinity pool over the plains, or a celebrated luxury camp if you would rather sleep under canvas. Private chef, dawn drives, a million wildebeest, and no crowds. Two days that reset everything before the football turns serious.
Semi-final · Talanta Sports City
Back to the capital as the tournament sharpens to a point. A penthouse in Westlands, rooftop dinners, the city's best rooms with your table already held, then 60,000 people inside the new Talanta Sports City as the semi-final erupts.
Full time
A rooftop tailgate in Masaki, a secure convoy to Benjamin Mkapa, and ninety minutes that might run to a hundred and twenty, might go to penalties, might become history. Whoever lifts it, you were there, fifty-one years in the making. Then the closing party, and we do not do last calls.
What you are really buying
Anyone can book a hotel and a driver. What you cannot find online is a trip where nothing is your problem. No maps app, no haggling a taxi, no wondering whether a place is safe or any good, no queue, no logistics, no language you do not speak. You land, and you enjoy. Everything else is already handled by people who live here. That is the real luxury: not just the finer things, but never having to think about a single one of them.
A private Land Cruiser and chauffeur. The going rate in July. Yours, on call, all week.
A private catamaran charter. Included, with the barbecue and the sandbank.
Five-star migration-season lodges. The most requested rooms in Africa every July. We are negotiating them now.
The right tables, reserved before you land. Restaurants and rooftops that do not take walk-ins in tournament season.
Security on matchdays, and a host who runs the week with you, one per ten guests.
Tickets at face value, if we secure them. We earn nothing on tickets. The experience is the product.
AFCON 2027 is 19 June to 17 July. We are building the trips now, and the waitlist decides what gets built. No payment, no commitment, leave whenever you like.
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The journeys · indicative · nothing on sale yet
Starting points, not a rigid menu. Come for the opening, come for the final, come for the whole month, and we shape the trip around you. Prices are indicative and exclude all flights. They get confirmed, in writing, once vendors and dates are locked, and nothing goes on sale before the correct consumer protection is in place.
The tournament, done properly, without the skybox.
Under $2,000Target, per guest, excluding flights
Chapters I and II. The whistle and the island.
$3,800Six days, per guest
Chapters III to V. Semi, safari, final.
$6,500Eight days, per guest
Every chapter. For those who do not queue.
$11,000Eight days, per guest
Your itinerary, your group, your terms.
On consultationPriced to your brief
Finals week, day by day · 10 to 18 July
Chauffeured from the aircraft door to a Westlands penthouse. Welcome dinner on a rooftop, the first tables of the week.
A dawn game drive in Nairobi National Park, rhino before breakfast. Pre-match lounge, then the match itself if our allocation lands.
Two nights at a five-star safari lodge, infinity pool over the plains, private chef, fire-lit dinners, at the peak of the great migration. Prefer canvas under the stars? A celebrated luxury camp is yours instead.
The hop to Zanzibar, a flight you book on our instructions and we meet. A boutique house in the old town, spice-route lanes, carved doors, the Forodhani night market, dinner on a rooftop.
A private catamaran to the sandbanks, snorkelling, lobster over coals, water four shades of turquoise. Evening at an east-coast beach villa, feet in the sand.
Morning crossing to Dar, a rooftop tailgate in Masaki, a secure convoy to Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, and the biggest night in African football.
Private transfers to Dar or Zanzibar for your flight. Extensions available for those who know a good thing.
Go further
You are already here, on the most extraordinary continent on earth, with a team that handles every seam. Adding the trip of a lifetime onto the trip of a lifetime is effortless: you say yes, we arrange the rest, and you go home with the week people talk about for years. Six extensions below, priced indicatively, and a concierge who can build anything beyond them.
Stone Town's spice-route lanes, then a beach villa on the east coast. Sunset dhow included.
$1,200per guest, from
The roof of Africa, weeks after the final whistle. Machame route, premium outfitter, private crew.
$2,900per guest, from
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, one hour with a mountain-gorilla family. Permits secured for you.
$2,400per guest, incl. permit
Volcanoes National Park at the luxury end. Kigali in, a lodge under the Virungas.
$3,800per guest, incl. permit
Fly in to the endless plains, then the Ngorongoro Crater floor at dawn. Five-star lodges throughout.
$3,200per guest, from
The source of the Nile, a short hop from Kampala. White-water or a sunset cruise, your pace.
$750per guest, from
Why book with us
Twende 27 is a specialist sports-hospitality company led by the local diaspora, operating year-round across Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, and holding ourselves to EU standards of service, safety and contract. We hold direct relationships with the region's leading lodges, fleets and venues, we inspect everything in person before a guest arrives, and every booking will run on a written contract. We are building this in the right order: protection first, sales second.
Getting there
Book your long-haul to the airport below, and from the second you land it is ours: every transfer, every mile on the ground. You book every flight yourself, long-haul and internal, and we tell you exactly which ones, with dates and airports, then meet every single one of them.
The waitlist
Takes about thirty seconds. No payment, no commitment, and you can leave at any time.
We use your details only to email you about Twende 27. We never sell or share them, and every email has a one-click unsubscribe. Ask us to delete your details any time and we will.
This is a waitlist, not a booking. No payment is taken and no place is held. We are building this the correct way round: the trips are sold only once they sit behind proper UK consumer travel protection, and we will not take a penny before that is in place. Waitlist members hear first, and set the itinerary.
Questions
Plainly: CAF releases AFCON tickets close to the tournament, and for the last edition official hospitality opened only about two months before kick-off. Anyone promising guaranteed tickets a year out is selling something that does not exist yet, and we will not do that. We hold no allocation today. If we secure one, tickets are billed at face value with no markup. If we do not, that cost is never charged and the rest of your week stands. Your trip is the experience around the tournament.
Today, honestly, we are a waitlist. The company is being registered, and nothing goes on sale, and no money is taken, until it is registered and the correct UK consumer travel protection is in place. When that is done the registration number, the protection and the insurer are published on this page before the first booking, not after. You will always be able to speak with the team by video before paying anything.
Packages are city-based with team-flex. After the April 2027 draw you can move your Nairobi and Dar legs to follow your team, subject to availability, at no fee.
No flights are included, and that is deliberate. You book every flight in your own name, long-haul and internal, so you keep your miles, your airline and your consumer protection. We tell you exactly what to book. Opening Week: in and out of Dar es Salaam (DAR) or Zanzibar (ZNZ). Finals Week: fly into Nairobi (NBO) and home from Dar es Salaam (DAR), a single open-jaw ticket we spell out for you, flight numbers included. From the moment you land, the ground is ours.
You are hosted by a resident team, moved in private chauffeured vehicles, and based in the premier districts of each city. Security is available on request, on matchdays or all week, and every guest will carry flying-doctor evacuation cover, confirmed in writing before a trip is confirmed.
Not yet, and we would rather say so than take your money early. Once the company is registered and the consumer protection is in place, the full terms are published here first: what is included, the refund schedule, and what protects your money if anything goes wrong. Waitlist members see them before anyone else.