Africa: Reviews from our travellers

"Wonderful experience. If I were to do it again I would skip the crater and go to the Masai villages.

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Nope! It was great!" Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 8 on a Tanzania safari

"Overall a really great trip. Porini Camp was not great , but maybe I have been a little spoilt in recent years having stayed at some amazing spots, Elephant Bedroom being one of the best.

As I mentioned I really loved the Samburu area, and would love to go back next year." Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 8 on a Kenya safari

"Unbelievable! Great trip - and good to go way we did - ie start with Bagatelle heading south and then west. In this way we appreciated what each place had to offer - in terms of location, animals, etc. If we had started at Okonjima - well - all others would not compare well.

The animals at Etosha would also overshadow the animals at the other lodges - eg tracking desert elephants at Doro Nawas was great - but if we had already seen the herd of 20 at the waterhole each night in Etosha - it would have lost some of the attraction and adventure. Each place was unique - so thank you - it was not like we were comparing one 5* place to another one...
Animals were sort of unque at each to a point eg loads of deer types at Bagatelle, Ostriches at Hoodia & the desert, desert elephants and Doro, all various things at Etendeka, everything at Etosha, chill out - dik diks, warhogs and snakes( !!) at Mushara and the cats at Okonjima.

Suggestions:
*Car - ours was not happy on the gravel roads and did not cope with the D road - better to have a larger, more suitable car. warn all re the dust - you could not see what colour the car was when we returned it.......or our clothes!!!
*Laundry : good to have every 5 days included in package. So dusty there - we collected loads and ended up hand washing through some things by day 11. But we were also in Jo'berg for 4 days before Namibia and cape Town 4 days after Namibia.
*If in one place for the night - maybe let us know their activity list so we can get to the place in time and not miss activities?

But - cannot fault you - truly brilliant holiday which we all loved!!

Marusha - hope you have a healthy baby girl now and many thanks for pulling this together for us,

thanks,

Lynne, Rob, Sam & Matt" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 15 on a Namibia trip

"We had the trip of a lifetime, thank you! Everything went to plan. We loved the Safari and we'd happily travel with Wilddog Safaris again. The trip worked well and overall our accommodation was absolutely excellent (including the Windhoek Guesthouse and Swakopmund Hotel Wilddog Safari used). The trip exceeded our expectations.

Wilddog Safari's staff (Raymond & Reuben) were excellent. They were knowledgeable, interesting and hard working. We felt that they really took care of us and did everything they could to give us a great week. The mix of safari and self drive gave us a really balanced holiday." Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 7 on a Namibia trip

"It was a great holiday and very well put together. The properties we stayed at were all great and any questions we had were dealt with in a timely manner." Read full review: 19 nights in Africa; 14 on a Namibia trip

"Great trip, no complaints and pretty much as advertized." Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 8 on a Botswana safari

"Megan was very helpful.


I already did have a specific itinerary in mind. Besides preparing a quote for this one she also put together two alternative itineraries, one of which we ultimately chose.

Excellent service and true help!" Read full review: 3 nights in Africa; 3 on a Zambia safari

"It was an amazing holiday, thoroughly enjoyed by everyone." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 10 on a Zambia safari

"This was our 7th visit to Botswana and 4th to Namibia. As ever we had a wonderful time. Expert Africa was once again exceptionally helpful and friendly. Although Megan booked our trip initially and was our contact more recently, Tracy also looked after us very well while Megan was away.
As usual, we mainly used Wilderness Safaris camps and, as usual, were particularly impressed with the high quality of the guiding in all locations. Transfers between camps were organised seamlessly.We were also very impressed with their care and consideration with regard to Ken's problems with balance in the dark, and in all locations they went out of their way to ensure that he had good lighting to escort us back to our tent at night.
We were also impressed by the way information was passed from camp to camp, so that when we arrived in a new location they already knew, for example, what drinks we liked for sundowners and other details of things we liked, which made us feel at home.
The Wilderness lounge at Windhoek was a good addition as somewhere to escape while waiting for the next connection and to use a computer to check in for flights.
Our only regret is that some camps now have separate tables for meals, as one of the things we have always enjoyed about these holidays has been the opportunity to meet and talk to people from so many different countries." Read full review: 19 nights in Africa; 10 on a Botswana safari

"This is our fourth visit to Namibia and the best yet. All people we met throughout our visit were extremely friendly and welcoming." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 13 on a Namibia trip