Africa: Reviews from our travellers

"Overall, an amazing, flawlessly organized trip that met all of our expectations." Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 8 on a Zambia safari

"Brilliant!" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 8 on a Zanzibar holiday

"From start to finish our trip was wonderful, and the start is as always with the planning. Amanda Bond was extremely helpful and effiecient all the way through, and couldn't have done any more to make our trip the success it was.

We also found Tours Africa who provided all our road transfers to be very efficient and friendly and reliable, always keeping us informed and also always on time.

Lattitude15 as reported, we found had it's limitations but Tafika was as fantastic as ever.

We look forward to starting to plan our next trip.

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We cannot think of any way in which you could improve what seems to us to be already the best!" Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 12 on a Zambia safari

"Our entire time in Zambia was on safaris, walking as much as possible. We were very happy with the choice of camps , and we had a brilliant time.

We particularly enjoyed the small camps, especially when their atmosphere is informal. We were very happy at Kutali to see Luke speaking Nyanja with the staff.

We are uncomfortable with the post-colonial formality and unnecessary sophistication of food and lodging in wilderness situations; to us they feel like a perpetuation of psychological exploitation. But we love the skill and enthusiasm of the guides and the observation of all features of the environment.

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I used the website and Bradt books a great deal in research." Read full review: 20 nights in Africa; 19 on a Zambia safari

"This was our second trip with Expert Africa, and our second excellent holiday.

Once again, Richard got it just right, interpreting our half-formed wishes and making suggestions for things we hadn't thought of but turned out to be exactly what we wanted." Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 9 on a Kenya safari

"I cant say enough words to describe this holiday, we had the most amazing time, a Safari is definitely up there as one of the best holidays. Every day is an adventure, yet it is totally chilled and relaxed.

We were looked after amazingly at all locations and cant wait to return to Africa again" Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zambia safari

"Everything went well from start to finish.

A very good holiday with a good balance between the three locations.

Even though we already had visas for Tanzania we had to stand and wait at immigration while a staff member collected a whole pile of passports and visas and then worked through them interminably slowly!

On arrival in Zanzibar we expected to show our passports and yellow fever vaccination certificates! In the event we just filled in blue cards, gave them to the member of staff, plucked our bags off the carousel and walked out to our transport. (This was Fisherman Tours-their vehicles are very comfortable and they were always punctual)

Having read dreadful accounts of Zanzibar airport (standing in long queues in the heat etc) we were pleasantly surprised. Yes, it is small and cramped but there were no long waits and we left on time." Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 8 on a Tanzania safari

"I was on a 3 week trip to Uganda and Expert Africa planned a short extension primarily to visit the Nyungwe Forest.

Amanda Bond was the agent and she did a great job of creating a trip that met my expectations. The tour guide and vehicle were excellent. The accommodation and food were great. There could have been a bit better co-ordination of the activities at Nyungwe, but in the end I had a great time.

Only wish I had had longer to spend in Rwanda." Read full review: 4 nights in Africa; 4 on a Rwanda safari

"It was a lovely trip - the highlight was Ikuka which is a simply wonderful place which we cannot recommend enough - Zanzibar was lovely and Breezes was a very good hotel even if the kite surfing was a little disappointing.

The arrangements by Claire at Expert Africa were excellently done and the itinerary was great ( we would never have know of Ruaha without that knowledge). My sister and brother in law have already booked a Namibia trip with you based on our recommendation." Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 6 on a Zanzibar holiday

"After a week in Blantyre our daughter joined us for the 8 day leg organised by Expert Africa.
We found the advance information and help setting up the trip first class.
Malawi is a beautiful country. Everyone we came in contact with from drivers to guides and lodge staff were superbly friendly and attentive to our comfort.
All in all it was a fantastic trip enjoyed by all.

The only glitch was the failure of the transport for the airport to arrive on our last night which cause some anxiety and expense as it was late on Sunday night and it was not easy to find alternative transport. A working contact number for the provider might have helped." Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 8 on a Malawi trip