Africa: Reviews from our travellers

"From out first contact with Tracy to the end the help, advice and service was superb.
Tracy gave us plenty of tips on the various camps, pros and cons of some of our choices which helped our final decisions on places to stay and kept us informed throughout of flights, costs etc.

The holiday was better than we had imagined and any slight reservations that we may have had about drivng oursleves about were soon put aside with the empty roads and clearly marked map that Tracy supplied.

We enjoyed the mix of camps that we stayed in and meeting the many staff members that made our stays so enjoyable. It is a shame that the NWR have not invested in Okaukuejo because the location is so good. It was like staying at Butlins after a night at Claridges.

Our previous African trip was to Botswana, only staying in the reserves so this time having the mix of wildlife and real life made for an overall better experience and a small taste of Namibian life.

Thank you for organising a great trip.

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All the literature was superb and service 100%" Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 15 on a Namibia trip

"The trip was a fantastic expierience each camp very different to each other, each reserve different to each other both fantastic, at all four camps we had a superb stay, the guideing in all four camps is of high standard,the boat safaris are fantastic expierience,
Flying around with Coastal Aviation is also a superb expierience.

Many thanks to James and expert Africa for putting the trip together,who we would highly recomend." Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 16 on a Tanzania safari

"A most memorable trip with the family.

Expert Africa coordinated everything with no hassles and responsive feedback to any questions I posed. The trip went off without any problems, and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

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None, everything was informative and communication about the trip was timely." Read full review: 6 nights in Africa; 6 on a Tanzania safari

"We love our trip. We had amazing wildlife experiences and sightings with highly qualified guides, especially with big cats.

The Zambian parks and nevertheless still suffering from the poaching of the 80's, with average to low density of animals. The greatest advantage is the low level of tourism, allowing great experiences and privacy.

The camps are perfect, small and well adapted to the environment.

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Continue the good work. Expert Africa offered perfect service, would recommend them to anyone wanting to go to Africa and would definitely request new service for a future trip to Kenya and Tanzania!" Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 13 on a Zambia safari

"Excellent. Have not written much about the parks. While we are glad we visited Ngorongoro and lake Manyara (one person visited these over 30 years ago and they were much different) we would not not return to either. Tarangire, North Serengeti, and Ruaha were all great in their own ways and very much worth the visit, if we were to return we would explore different parts of the very large, diverse, and less trammeled Ruaha. Even with any minor complaints we would do it all again just as it occurred. We have a short slide show (with small camera) should you want a copy. Although we know people were trying to please and we saw the good side, everyone we met was very friendly and clearly took pride in what their country and people had to offer. NB: With a few exceptions, when you asked, you could get quite good, strong coffee rather than the instant coffee often served. Interesting for a major coffee-producing nation. We would consider Expert Africa for any future Africa travel, perhaps Namibia.

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Not much to say here. It was really Ellie who walked us through the process. Well done Ellie." Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 13 on a Tanzania safari

"We thoroughly enjoyed our trip. We planned the trip specifically to see as much wildlife as possible and expected Etosha to be the highlight but the rest of the trip more than matched this. We particularly enjoyed staying at the smaller camps of Kulala, Erongo and Okanjima.

You mentioned that previous customers had reported back that they would have preferred a 4-wheel drive car. We found our 2-wheel drive car fine. In fact the major irritation of the holiday was 4-wheel drive cars speeding past us, particularly in Etosha, causing dust clouds." Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 14 on a Namibia trip

"Tiring flights to and from. Camp schedules were a bit long for someone with "jet lag', but well worth it." Read full review: 6 nights in Africa; 6 on a Botswana safari

"We enjoyed every moment of this holiday and would love to do it again, spending more time in some of the places we visited and seeing other parts that we had to miss out on this time. If we had booked it ourselves we wouldn't have stayed in all the places we did and we would have missed out on some unforgettable experiences. So thanks to Sabina for all her hard work.

Most of the time we followed the route suggested by Sabina but occassionally we went a different way, following routes suggested in Chris McIntyre's book. We only misjudged how long it would take us once - a result of too many stops for photographs.

The people are very friendly. The scenery is stunning and often seems devoid of life, until you stop. The roads are the best that I have driven in Africa (excluding the Republic of South Africa). All in all, Namibia is an unbeatable destination and a photographer's paradise.

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No! We were more than happy." Read full review: 19 nights in Africa; 17 on a Namibia trip

"Excellent trip." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 12 on a Zambia safari

"This was a family Holiday of a lifetime for the first 8 days and Expert Africa's arrangements proved perfect as always.

It was my family's first Safari and they are now hooked and will no doubt be new customers for Expert Africa sometime in the future.

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In simple terms NO!" Read full review: 24 nights in Africa; 22 on a Zambia safari