Africa: Reviews from our travellers
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"Fantastic honeymoon"
From start to finish everything went smooth and was great. Our best trip so far (out of seven trips to Africa).
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No idea. It's already so close to perfection." Read full review: 28 nights in Africa; 14 on a Namibia trip
"Rwanda and Tanzania"
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I do not have any suggestions at present" Read full review: 19 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zanzibar holiday
"A wonderful 3+ week adventure"
There were only 2 places that we would not want to revisit, Palmwag and Camp Kwando, our comments have already been recorded.
We had some trouble in Rundu, when a rucksac was stolen from the car, despite 1 of our men sitting in the car! We feel it would be helpful, if in future people going near Rundu, are warned to take extra care, not to leave cars unattended, and even if stationary in the car, lock all doors and windows.
At Ndhovu, we were told Rundu is a bad place, with handbags stolen from cars with people sitting in them, being distracted. There was a lot of noise and activity there making the opening of a car door, silently, relatively simple. (The people at Ndhovu put a lot of blame on people coming from Angola)
200 Rand notes do now seem to be accepted.
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Tracy has been superb to deal with, very helpful at all times, guiding me in directions that were needed, and meeting all the needs of the 6 of us who travelled together. Sabrina took over very efficiently when Tracy went on maternity leave.
I would not hesitate to recommend Expert Africa." Read full review: 24 nights in Africa; 20 on a Namibia trip
"Expert Africa & Robin Pope Safari"
The Robin Pope Safari experience was of a very high standard with the quality of guiding and camps expertly selected. The transfers were all very well done with no lost time as these are treated as being part of the driving safari experience. The camps hostess and the good humour of the guides ensured that the visit was good fun all the way through.
We could not fault the techinical knowledge of the camp guides and they certainly added to the experience.
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Whole trip was completely faultless and ran totally trouble free so sorry but can't make any good suggestions here!" Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zambia safari
"I had a great time"
I stayed in some wonderful resorts (I especially loved Pole Pole on Mafia Island and Chumbe Island). It was clear that Liz listened to me carefully about what I was looking for in Zanzibar and what I enjoyed.
In Stonetown I stayed at the Zanzibar Coffee House, which was perfect for me." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 11 on a Zanzibar holiday
"A well-balanced itinerary"
Expert Africa was able to come up with a 15-day programme which fully met these two sets of objectives." Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 15 on a Tanzania safari
"Our Botswana Experience"
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Cannot think of any thing---Thanks" Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 10 on a Botswana safari
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Driving in Namibia is really straightforward and the distances were not a problem at all.
Everybody very friendly.
We went mainly for the scenery and landscapes and were not disappointed.
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We stopped at Tsumeb by chance which was a lovely town. Maybe you could make suggestions to your clients for 1 or 2 hr stops in nice places along their route to wander around or for lunch.
I know we needed to stop at / near Swakopmund because of length of journey from Sossus to Kipwe but apart from the kayaking which we enjoyed the town did nothing for us. So easy to be wise after the event but 1 night here and an extra one at Wolwedans or Okonjima would have been a much better use of time for us." Read full review: 26 nights in Africa; 18 on a Namibia trip
"Great Namibia holiday"
Generally very helpful, attentive and informative staff and really appreciated being able to look "behind the scenes" a bit. Kunene conservancy safari's ethical concept will hopefully be successful in bringing money into this region. Would love to come back some day for one of their other tours and will certainly come back to Namibia as soon as it can be arranged.
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Can't think of anything, places suggested were excellent and really took our requirements into account, communication was very good throughout." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 8 on a Namibia trip
"First Safari Experience"
Within 5 minutes of landing at the airstrip we couldn't believe the amount of wildlife we saw so quickly. At both camps the staff were excellent and the accommodation was very comfortable.
We will definitly be recommending these camps to friends and family.
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no, it was perfect" Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 6 on a Tanzania safari