Africa: Reviews from our travellers

"Amazing holiday and everything ran smoothly from beginning to end.

We saw magnificent wildlife, stayed in some fabulous places but the memory that will stay with us for a lifetime will be the wonderful people we met along the way.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

Not really.

Everything was amazing and would have no hesitation in recommending your agency - in fact we already have!

Rich was great, the fact that he had worked in Southern Africa gave us information we couldn't have accessed easily anywhere else.

Extremely happy with our choice of Expert Africa x" Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 11 on a Botswana safari

"Another fantastic trip with Expert Africa. Claire provides knowledge and reassurance during the planning. The logistics were incredibly smooth whilst in South Africa. Can’t wait for our next trip!" Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 9 on a South Africa trip

"Our safari adventure was part of a longer trip to Africa and was the highlight.

Having been fortunate enough to go on safari before staying in lodges I wanted an experience to bring me closer to the whole environment and maybe harking back to the original type of safari! The comfortable camping option was perfect! Real beds, a shower, a comfortable toilet ,good food and wine plus lions and hyenas in the camp!

Great!" Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 2 on a Botswana safari

"We had an excellent time on our first trip to Kenya. We were impressed with all of the hotels and lodges we visited. Our drivers and guides were all helpful and friendly. Our travel connections and tours went smoothly. We appreciate the work that Expert Africa did on our behalf!" Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 7 on a Kenya safari

"The biggest issue with comfort for the trip was that we were given an older vehicle which is quite uncomfortable from the beginning of the trip until we reached Kivu lake. At Kivu Lake, three days into the Rwanda part, I let Expert Africa know about my concerns regarding the possible safety issues of the vehicle as well as the comfort issues. I had an almost immediate reply from Expert Africa who contacted the tour organizer, Primate Safaris in Rwanda. They met us the next day with a new vehicle for the rest of the trip.

The entire planning of the trip took multiple conversations and emails with the Expert Africa team. They were extremely helpful and worked with us until we found a trip that we thought would meet our desired experience. I believe we had seven iterations before finally choosing the last one.

I would have mixed feelings about going during rainy season again. It was less crowded, which was quite nice. A few plans did get rained out or had to be changed.

The few hotels we stayed at in between various parts of the trip were used only for several hours and simpler, less expensive accommodations would probably have sufficed quite well.

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We did not seek other quotes for the trip.

Our previous trip to Zambia with Expert Africa impressed us so much, that we only used them to arrange this tour for us. It was a good decision." Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 8 on a Rwanda safari

"An eight night visit to one camp, enabled me to explore Mara North Conservancy in more depth." Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 9 on a Kenya safari

"The whole trip was simply wonderful .The experience we had on safari and our beach stay at Diani was extremely good value .

Richards knowledge of where to stay and what we could expect was entirely accurate but it exceeded what we were expecting .

We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Expert Africa to anyone going to Kenya." Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 10 on a Kenya safari

"The trip was truly wonderful and I hope to return to Kenya one day.

I have traveled extensively in Africa, but this was my first trip to Kenya. It is a totally different experience and I attribute the success to our wonderful guides at each camp.

The animal life is astonishing as is the bird life.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

One suggestion: provide more detail about applying for the e-visa...advise people that they need to log onto the site after several days to get the visa.

This is not very clear on the Kenyan site." Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 11 on a Kenya safari

"More than that satisfactory." Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 9 on a Botswana safari

"Not long enough!

We had a fantastic time and can't wait to return to Africa and its precious wildlife.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

No." Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 7 on a Tanzania safari