Africa: Reviews from our travellers

"The trip was excellent and blessed by the best game viewing I've experienced.

The mood in Zimbabwe was understandably rather sombre, that in Zambia much more upbeat.

All the locations were uniformly helpful and happy to accommodate individual requests, be it food intolerances or special preferences concerning game drives.

A memorable experience." Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 11 on a Zambia safari

"A great holiday/photography trip," Read full review: 18 nights in Africa; 18 on a Namibia trip

"A documentary feature on TV inspired us to embark on a walking safari in Zimbabwe. After much research we decided on Camp Hwange, Bush Camp and Victoria Falls. Freddie Sutton from Expert Africa helped us immensely in this process.

We have done mountaineering holidays, driving holidays and beach holidays around the globe and safari holidays in Asia; but this African Safari has been one of the better ones.

Extremely happy with the overall service provided by Expert Africa in general and Freddie Sutton in particular.

We absolutely recommend Expert Africa as travel consultants if one is planning a holiday in Africa." Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 8 on a Zimbabwe safari

"We had a wonderful stay in Zambia, only wished it could have lasted longer... We had only one problem and that was due to the delayed KLM flight from Oslo to Amsterdam which made us miss our connecting flight to Johannesburg. Consequently we lost an entire day of our safari. Fortunately, we got very efficient and professional help from Megan at Expert Africa; she did the necessart re-bookings and informed Musekese Camp of our one day delay.

We were very pleased with both of the camps we were staying, indeed, at Tafika we had stayed before and knew its high standard. All the transfers went without problems, we were met by representatives of the camps at the airports and transported safely to the camps. Everything was well organized.

Of course, quite a few hours were spent travelling from one camp to the other, but that is only what has to be expected when you like to visit places that are really remote. The good thing about all our hours on the road, was that we felt we saw a lot of the country, which is interesting in itself." Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zambia safari

"We usually book everything on our trips ourselves but as it was our honeymoon, we decided to get some back-up from a travel agent should things go awry.

We chose Expert Africa from two other companies for our safari and beach trip to Tanzania. All the other agents we approached were very knowledgable about Africa, but we felt that Lyndsey at EA was more down-to-earth, friendlier and open to our ideas of what we wanted.

The process of booking the holiday was actually good fun and most importantly we really did have a honeymoon that was memorable for all the right reasons.

Plus, the fact I've spent a good chunk of my day writing up all the feedback on this website must tell you that we thought it was worth telling someone about it! Just don't ask to see the photos, or you'll be here all month ;)" Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zanzibar holiday

"Thank goodness and Tracy. She sorted out a problem with our bookings only a couple of weeks before we left for our holiday. It was not exactly as we anticipated but it was great, particularly the inclusion of extended stays at Polentswa and Rooiputs.

The success of a game spotting holiday can be down to luck in seeing the game. In this respect luck was not on our side, particularly, this time but having been on four holidays to Kgalagadi, we know that this is not the be all and end all. The landscapes, birdlife, and small animals are all wondrous. Most of all, however, we are always struck by the interesting people we meet and the stories they tell us - including Mercy, who recalled meeting Chris McIntyre.

Our one criticism is that the revised plan meant a lot more travelling between distant camps and too many changes in accommodation. 10 changes in a 12 days stay is too much especially when there were six hours and more of travelling to be done in a day. But, anyway, we had a holiday!

Kgalagadi is not for the packaged tourist and long may it stay that way despite the gradual increase in accommodation at the camps." Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 16 on a South Africa trip

"We have done a fair bit of travelling and do not often return to the same place as there is still so much more to see. However, Namibia is an exception, this being our third trip.
It has everything, beautiful scenery, wildlife, friendly people. The roads are quiet and tourism is still relatively low key. It also feels so much safer than some other African countries.
With Expert Africa our trip was well organised and everything went seamlessly. We would use this company again." Read full review: 20 nights in Africa; 10 on a Namibia trip

"Even though I love doing all the logistics on our Africa adventures the last two years I have used Expert Africa for booking much of our trip.

The team at EA are very thorough and timely in the handling of our details. Will use again" Read full review: 7 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zimbabwe safari

"This was a once-in-a-lifetime experience; it was such a gift to be able to experience the nature, animals and people of Botswana.

Lucy from Expert Africa did an excellent job planning it, choosing the right places for our tastes, in the best order, and everything went off without a hitch." Read full review: 4 nights in Africa; 4 on a Botswana safari

"This trip was incredible and exceeded our expectations in every way.

Everything went smoothly; the people we met were gracious and friendly; wildlife was amazing and the accommodations and food were also superior." Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 9 on a Botswana safari