Africa: Reviews from our travellers

"Fantastic trip - everything we'd hoped for especially as it was our daughter's first safari." Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 9 on a Zambia safari

"we enjoyed the whole trip

Kanga was the highlight of our visit

we went earlier in the year this time so the temperature was better for us" Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 9 on a Zambia safari

"This was a truly fantastic holiday. It was our first family safari and it exceeded all expectations.

The guides were superb at all 3 lodges ,allowing us to spend time watching animal behaviour. We learnt a huge amount about both the environment and the wildlife, both plant and animal. The accommodation and food couldn't have been better. We really felt we experienced Zambia.

Robin Pope safaris staff were friendly, welcoming and great fun to be with. Brilliant holiday.

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Can't think of a single improvement - it all went so well.

Thank you." Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 9 on a Zambia safari

"The trip has been excellent. We could entirely relax as we had always someone taking care of us, especially on arrival at the airports. Richard Trillo has been always very responsive and helpful in the planning phase. The guides and the drivers and all the people we met have been extremely skilled and helpful." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 6 on a Kenya safari

"This was an incredible trip that is even more amazing given the limited time Amanda had to prepare.

Everything I could have thought of from Rwanda was included. I would love to go on another safari prepared by Expert Africa, and I will be recommending them to anyone who asks for my opinion.

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Maybe just a little more detail regarding information about the lodges and accommodations.

Hard to find something to improve on such a great experience!" Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 12 on a Rwanda safari

"Worth every penny. I will take my granddaughter in 2 years time, when I have saved up.

Trip of a lifetime, life-changing, and not a moment wasted, perfectly balanced and fine-tuned, yet room for the unexpected as we were in the bush where we humans can respond to what we find, but not control it.

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no. all good." Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zambia safari

"Learning about Rwanda was as important and valuable as seeing gorillas and monkeys.

A fine combination of powerful experiences.

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Tell people to do monkeys before (not after) gorillas, as a warm up.
In my case two gorilla days instead of one was very good, but of course that's even more money.

My guide/driver was Bram. He was excellent. Always polite, helpful, knowledgable, prompt, flexible. Many thanks to him." Read full review: 4 nights in Africa; 4 on a Rwanda safari

"One of the Camps did not hit our buttons but it was still a good camp.

We use Expert Africa regularly - it is always a good service." Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 9 on a Kenya safari

"My only hesitation about saying "very satisfactory" is that I feel there were too many unnecessary errors in the booking process, including mistakes on the itinerary about which terminal we were supposed to depart from at Johannesburg.

This was confusing and time-wasting until we figured it out." Read full review: 28 nights in Africa; 8 on a Zambia safari

"This holiday was planned as a retirement trip for my wife and actually exceeded the high expectations that we had for it.

All the arrangements went incredibly smoothly and although we weren’t carrying countless vouchers ( the only 1 was for Safarilink) we didn’t need them as everyone on our itinerary had been clearly informed of our plans and were there on time to make it happen. Prior to travelling I had a number of useful conversations with firstly James and the Richard at Expert Africa to help clarify the itinerary. Richard in particular helped us immensely by getting an early entry to Giraffe Manor as well as a late departure from Mahali Mzuri, which really put the icing on the cake.

Going to Little Governors before Mahali Mzuri proved to be a very wise decision. At Little Governors we were close enough and lucky enough to see the Wildebeest cross the Mara river so it took the pressure off when we were at Mahali Mzuri. People staying there and wanting to see the crossing had about a 3 hour drive each way!

Planning a trip involving several stopovers, it is very useful to have the expertise of a knowledgeable safari operator to call on to make sure you get it right and clearly the author of the Rough Guide to Kenya is just that! A big thank you to Expert Africa for helping our planned trip of a lifetime come to fruition.

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I really think that what you offer is an excellent service.

I lost count of how many hours I spent looking at the very detailed information on your website, which is a fantastic planning tool and well supported by the Rough Guide which I delved into on numerous occasions." Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 9 on a Kenya safari