Africa: Reviews from our travellers

"This was our first trip to southern Africa. All of us felt that the holiday was amazing.

We saw so many animals, many more that I had hoped - and not just in the national parks." Read full review: 21 nights in Africa; 14 on a Namibia trip

"We had a very good time on safari and it lived up to all we were expecting" Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 9 on a Zambia safari

"We stayed in some great places and saw more wildlife than ever before (as much leopards as on our five previous trips to Africa combined).

We met a lot of nice people, some of who we will try to stay in contact with. We will definitely return to Zambia someday. A very diverse trip!

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Perhaps you should market yourself more in the rest of Europe (outside the UK). During our trip we only met British people who booked with Expert Africa. People from other countries (e.g. the Netherlands) would not immediately think of Expert Africa when looking for a travel agent, while you're definitely the best we've had so far (after many Dutch disappointments)." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 14 on a Zambia safari

"We were very satisfied with the itinerary agreed with you and really couldn't have asked for more.

The accommodation was excellent and staff everywhere were friendly and helpful.

A few tips for others. Don't believe time estimates for journeys given by locals. Add about 25% to get an accurate driving time. Unless you're sticking to tarred roads, it's well worth getting at least a high clearance 2WD vehicle, such as the Nissan X-Trails. There are a lot of large and sharp stones on many of the gravel roads. These are particularly bad around Palmwag and on the approach (from the south) to Wolwedans." Read full review: 20 nights in Africa; 18 on a Namibia trip

"Our 2010 Africa trip was the latest in a succession of memorable trips arranged by Expert Africa. Each trip has brought a new experience relived again through our films, photos and my diary. This year's highlight just had to be the bushcamp experience at Dolomite Point. I have to praise the dedication and hard work which was shown by Abel, Jeraboam, Victor andJoseph. They made a superb team. I know it was only a temporary camp and will not be repeated but it was surreal.

This year was our 9th fly-drive visit to Namibia and 2nd to the Kgalagadi. We still believe there is no better place to see wildlife than Namibia closely followed by Botswana. If there is an increase in retirement pensions in April we'll be booking another trip!!

Thank you Expert Africa. You're the best tour operator we've found - scrupulously thorough and helpful.

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How can you improve on perfection?" Read full review: 24 nights in Africa; 15 on a Namibia trip

"Anyone who can put up with being fed 6 times a day, bone shaken in a Landrover or baked in the sun in a motorboat/mokoro must be mad but we keep going back because we absolutely love it. Expert Africa's planning and execution were, as ever, faultless. Any criticisms of the camps must be viewed in the light of consistently high standards across the board and are made when things are 99.9% rather than 101%.

This was the first time we had noticed a significant difference between the Wilderness Classic camps in tems of room size and facilities. It might be worth making this point in the brochure. People will still go because each camp has its unique charm or attraction.

This year was special because the annual flood was so high that there was still considerable water in places normally dry in September and a lot of the big game has moved. Is it worth considering bringing major weather/natural events to client attention in time for them to perhaps change their itinerary? We planned wet, dry, wet, dry and were not disappointed but we met a number of guests (not Expert Africa) who were deeply disappointed that they had been expecting the big 5 and had to be satisfied with mostly birds.

We had another 5 star holiday. Thank you. In overview, both Xigera and Tubu Tree feted us with extra activities. Jacana had none, not even a traditional evening while the 4 nights ay Chitabe Lediba provided just a traditional evening. Interesting contrast reflecting management styles?" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 13 on a Botswana safari

"The whole trip was excellent. All the complex transfers worked smoothly. The camps were very good and all the activities very exciting.

Expert Africa know their stuff and were able to recommend what we really wanted to do.

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We found everything went as planned.

We decided to travel with hand luggage only. This made transfers and small plane flights much easier. With the washing facilities at each camp and a bit of planning on our part we had plenty for the trip. This is something you might like to convey to other travellers" Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 6 on a Botswana safari

"We had a fabulous time. Very knowledgable guides.

Robin Pope as a whole excellent and really good communication between camps. Chefs excellent." Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zambia safari

"Because we had done a very simalar trip before our hopes and expectations were high,and we were not disapointed.......
apart from two lodges which did not quite meet our high hopes,it was the perfect trip......

From 4 years ago we have found Namibia & it's people much more friendly & outward going, especiall at the fuel stations where it seems that the oil companies have made large investments in buildings and most definately staff.

We will recommend (& have done so already) both yourself Sabina & Expert Africa . . . Thank you once again.

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We liked the way Sabina Worked with us, guiding us on our previous knowledge, with the route & itinery.
We wlll try air namibia from germany next time we travel with you." Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 14 on a Namibia trip

"We all really enjoyed the trip and saw leopards for lengthy periods on 2 night drives." Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 9 on a Zambia safari