Zambia: reviews from our travellers

"Trip of a lifetime. Thank you Expert Afica for your support." Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 9 on a Zambia safari

"This was our second trip to Namibia and our fourth trip to Africa, previously visiting South Africa, Kenya and Swaziland.

After arriving in Windhoek we made our way to the Caprivi strip, going into Botswana and Zambia.

The mainly tar roads were very easy driving, with sand tracks to all the lodges we visited.

Our 4x4 was supplied by Bidvest and was a free upgrade on the vehicle we had booked. Picking up and dropping off the vehicle was easy and the staff were helpful and well informed.

All the lodges we used were excellent ,as were the pre_arranged transfers and river crossings.

We could not fault any aspect of this holiday and could recommend a self drive holiday to any of these countries.

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We were pleased with every aspect of our booking, the quality of accommodation, the transfers and car hire. It is rare to return from a holiday without having something that disappointed but we could not fault a thing!

Will recommend Expert Africa to anyone visiting this part of the World.

Many thanks." Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 8 on a Namibia trip

"An excellent trip to Zambia - superb safari exceeding expectations on the wildlife seen!

Superb accommodation and fabulous food and drink.

If you are thinking of a safari, this is the one to go for. Well worth every penny.

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Freddie [Ed: one of Expert Africa's Zambia experts] was great from the start, spending 45 minutes on my initial call to explain all the options and costings. Couldn't have asked for more. We received a guidebook which was great before and during the trip. A really nice touch. Freddie continued to advise us on aspects of the trip that we were looking at beyond our visit to South Luangwa Park. This was much appreciated." Read full review: 6 nights in Africa; 5 on a Zambia safari

"We had a superb safari.

The weather was more akin to the end of August than the end of July and everywhere was very dry, forcing the game to the river. In all 3 lodges visited, Tena Tena, Lion Camp and Nkwali, we had excellent guides and better sightings than expected. Tena Tena and Lion Camp were more remote locations with less safari traffic than Nkwali.

We thoroughly enjoyed our trip." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 11 on a Zambia safari

"Good combination of game parks in S Luangwa and Lower Zambezi and nice combination of lodges/activities.

Good game viewing seeing the majority of animals including lion, leopard, genet, wild dogs, buffalo, hippos, elephant, antelope, and also lots of others. Also good bird life viewing.

As always the guided walking were very well organised and with excellent guides (especially Kanga), also good spotting of animals on walks.

Having been to Zambia 4/5 times now we wonder if there are less lions than there used to be, there is some hunting allowed adjacent to some of the park boundaries and does this affect numbers and cause more inter-breeding? We did see lions but not in large numbers, max 3 at one time and no cubs were seen, but it was said there were 2/3 cubs in the areas we were at." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 14 on a Zambia safari

"Wonderful trip!" Read full review: 7 nights in Africa; 3 on a Botswana safari

"This was my 30th trip to Africa and my best yet.

The game viewing was truly amazing, with wild dogs and leopard cubs being the highlights. We had some excellent guiding, and the camps were stunning and very varied in style.

South Luangwa is a little piece of paradise and I think still under rated as a safari destination." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 14 on a Zambia safari

"Well organised. Expert Africa put together a very special safari experience." Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 9 on a Botswana safari

"We were away for a month on what was undoubtedly the trip of a lifetime.

We have learned so much about a part of the world unknown to us prior to this trip and it has certainly had an impact on the perspective that we now take about certain issues. We met some wonderful people, both inhabitants of the countries and fellow travellers, and the animals and birds that we encountered were magnificent.

It was humbling and impressive and I wish that everyone could be lucky enough to have such a fantastic opportunity.

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At the point of booking there were times when Tracy was clearly very busy and we had to wait for responses to our questions. Her passion for Namibia and Botswana always came through and we felt fortunate to have the benefit of this.

We had need to contact her a couple of times while we were away and her response on these occasions was extremely prompt, thorough, helpful and reassuring - we were very appreciative of her care and attention we received." Read full review: 26 nights in Africa; 15 on a Namibia trip

"Expert Africa and Freddie Sutton put everything together just like we asked for. The trip was everything that we had hoped for and more. We have a wonderful time.

Thank you very much,

Robert and Joan" Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 8 on a Zambia safari