Africa: Reviews from our travellers

"I was so pleased to work with Expert Africa. The main purpose of our trip was to do the Cape Epic mountain bike race in South Africa, but we wanted to stay and travel for a short time afterwards and had Namibia in mind. I bought the Bradt guidebook, but never having been there I felt lost trying to figure out a realistic itinerary. When the guidebook mentioned the option of using a tour operator to help create a self-driving trip I thought "BINGO!" I called Expert Africa and the rest is history. Megan Green was our Rep. She was a delight -- she had great ideas, and even helped me with flight suggestions even though we were booking our own flights. The process was so easy -- we went back and forth with different ideas, but rather quickly settled on a good itinerary and it all worked out perfectly. Thank you Megan!" Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 11 on a Namibia trip

"Just what we had hoped for.

Although there were only two other guests in the camps on two out of our 10 nights, we still received dedicated and outstanding service at all three camps; making us feel quite special. Experiencing two National Parks and three camps was just the right mix of variety for us. Staying 3 or 4 nights in a camp seemed optimal.

Having been on other safaris later in the year it is clear more wildlife sights are likely in the dry season, but the greeness and the dust-free air of April made the challenge of finding the animals a worthwhile counterbalance." Read full review: 21 nights in Africa; 10 on a Zambia safari

"Absolutely fine." Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 7 on a Botswana safari

"We had the trip of a lifetime and are already looking at coming back to Africa." Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 6 on a Botswana safari

"Fantastic!" Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 10 on a Zambia safari

"Sorry no time and energy left for more at present" Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zimbabwe safari

"Wonderful. No criticisms all superb" Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 9 on a Botswana safari

"Tom Morris has provided us with an excellent service throughout, from the initial discussions about Namibia, your knowledge of the country and helping us to think through the route, to our lodge selection, tour advice, do’s/dont’s before traveling, itinerary plans/maps etc, and finally dealing with the car issues (needed new tyres), so thank you again!

A truly first rate service!" Read full review: 20 nights in Africa; 20 on a Namibia trip

"This was an amazing trip.

We covered three different terrains and enjoyed the variety that they each provided.

Our guides were very knowledgeable and great at sharing that knowledge.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

I think that it might be a good idea to break the journey on the way out. It might be a little more expensive but it would mean that you would arrive at the destination fresh and ready to go.

After a 24 hour journey we felt a little jaded when we arrived at our first camp." Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 9 on a Botswana safari

"Overall experience was great as we had a really wonderful family time together.
The Kenya a Rough Guide was so useful and really enhanced our trip in so many different ways

However there were some flaws especially in the planning and lead up to it.

They may appear small and relatively insignificant as they all worked out fine in the end, but from a company such as yours I think they need to be addressed." Read full review: 5 nights in Africa; 5 on a Kenya safari