Africa: Reviews from our travellers

"Very satisfactory" Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 11 on a Tanzania safari

"Amazing week at the 2 lodges, great service from Expert Africa in organising the trip. Lived up to our memories of first trip 8 years ago" Read full review: 7 nights in Africa; 6 on a Tanzania safari

"This was my first trip to Africa and my first safari. Everything about the trip exceeded my expectations. All the arrangements made by Expert Africa worked extremely well with no hiccups. I travelled with my daughter who had been on a previous safari with EA, although this time we stayed in different lodgings. The two lodgings we chose (Ruaha River Lodge and Lake Manze Camp) were very different, both in location and style of accommodation, and complemented each other very well.

I was overawed by the different animals and birds we saw and was very impressed with the quality of the guides. I just loved every minute of the trip.

Expert Africa were always happy to answer any of our queries and were very approachable. I would be more than happy to travel with them again." Read full review: 7 nights in Africa; 6 on a Tanzania safari

"Overall excellent and we will return to Zambia" Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 11 on a Zambia safari

"Our holiday was in two parts. The Kgalagadi in September will not be to everyone's taste as it is by no means a luxury holiday. It takes good advanced planning to make sure you are properly stocked up with water and other essentials before you set out from Upington. Your diet could be limited to red meat on the braai but don't let this put you off. This is a holiday for those who value the traditional south african safari experience.

From the Kgalagadi we travelled through Namakwaland at wildflower time. So lucky, as there are only a few weeks in the year when the desert blossoms. It is unforgettable.

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I value the fact that you allow me to book my own flights and my car hire." Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 13 on a South Africa trip

"There were more administrative errors than in previous years Including send the final information and tickets to the wrong address.

Luckily they were passed onto us as the person you sent them to knew where we lived." Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zambia safari

"This certainly has to be my best trip to Africa (It's my third, previous being to South Africa and Kenya).

All the bookings were handled efficiently and promptly. The camps were well chosen. I especially liked that the camp that was farthest from Mfuwe was booked as first and the closest one was booked as the last. This allowed more time for game viewing on the last day and there was no hurry to reach the airport!

The only thing that I would change in this trip was that I would have preferred to stay at 2 camps rather than 3. 3 nights at Bili followed by 4 nights at Kuyenda would have worked out better than 2 nights each at Bili and Kapamba followed by 3 nights at Kuyenda!

All in all a great trip!" Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zambia safari

"There really aren't any superlatives to fully describe the experience. It was awesome and something we will never forget.

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Just keep up the good work. We hope to use your services for a future trip and will definitely recommend you to our friends and associates.

Just want to mention that Chloe Henderson stepped in to help out with the finishing details of our trip when Maruska went on maternity leave. Sorry we missed meeting Chloe at Savuti by a few days, but we let them know she was coming. We really appreciate all the help she provided." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 7 on a Botswana safari

"Our objective for this trip being our sixth safari was to get closer and more interactive with the animals for the purpose of photography. This was achieved with many good photographs taken, the camps we stayed at were all different and all had their positive points.

We are starting to plan our next trip and Zimbabwe is at the forefront. The only point for Expert Africa is if they are routing people from Zimbabwe to Zambia by road at the bridge please take time out to see the Victoria Falls from the Zimbabwe side, especially at this time of year, we didn't and this was a slight disappointment." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 10 on a Zimbabwe safari

"Everything organised by Expert Africa went smoothly but for the chaos of Arusha airport! The internal flights were "unpredicatable" in timing and carrier. Some had unexpected stops to pick up other passengers. This did not matter too much.

Unfortunately the flight from Seronera to kilamanjaro entailed a change of planes in Arusha. Our voucher did not tell us this, nor mentioned the carrier and no one seemed to know when the onward flight was expected to leave. As usual in Africa, all worked out well but worrying time wondering if we and our luggage would be reunited and arrive in Kilamanjaro on the same flight!

Nairobi airport is a disaster and I would suggest you warn future clients (even people like us who fixed this aspect of their travel themselves) to avoid Nairobi." Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 9 on a Tanzania safari