Namibia: reviews from our travellers

"This was the perfectly orchestrated trip, introducing us to southern Africa. Maruska's ability to listen and plan an experience for complete strangers is uncanny.

Her recommendations assured us of perfect days, every day. To be met at a remote airfield, an hour late, by a jeep who dropped us at a waiting boat at the side of the river, met at the other side and taken to a hotel, all by kind, proud, and efficient staff is an amazing feat. It never occurred to us to be worried - we just accepted each step as part of our wonderful journey.

Looking back it could have been a series of mishaps - but it was perfect! Graeme never wants to travel anywhere else because we enjoyed sights and experiences we never imagined - endless desert, rich delta, the power and beauty of the animals, the kind and gentle people, and moving music. Thank you for the gift!" Read full review: 24 nights in Africa; 9 on a Namibia trip

"The trip was our first one to Namibia and all four of us really enjoyed the whole of the experience.

The people and accommodation lived up to / exceeded our expectations. There is lots to see and do and there were a lot of miles to drive which we did expect and it was good to share the driving between four of us. The roads were an experience in themselves. Namibia offers a good variety of places to visit including deserts, mountains, coast and plains with lots of wildlife. The food was good but the main course of meat and veg did get a bit repetitive.

We would recommend anyone to visit Namibia and use the services of Expert Africa who were very helpful, informative and knowledgeable." Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 14 on a Namibia trip

"We loved the trip. Sabina did an excellent job of planning our itinerary and helping us along the way.

Our itinerary involved quite a bit of driving and in end I am glad we drove even though there were several days that I wished we only had to drive 3 hours instead of 4 or 5. But it was a wonderful way to see the country and feel a part of it. I loved the changing landscape. If we had been able to plan a longer trip we would have benefited from staying in places for another day." Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 9 on a Namibia trip

"Namibia is a fantastic country, and a self-drive trip is the best way of seeing everything it has to offer.

Although Etosha was the high point, Sossusvlei, the Namib-Naukluft mountains and Erongo were not far behind. The smaller lodges were uniformally welcoming and the rooms & food exceeded our expectations.

Expert Africa provided lots of input which allowed us to choose our itinerary and ensured that everything ran smoothly once we'd arrived. We can't wait to return!" Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 13 on a Namibia trip

"Very satisfactory really does do justice to the experience. The scenery, the lodges, the people, the wildlife, the tours, the food; it was all wonderful!

Sabina was very patient, efficient and helpful throughout the booking process. Everything was well explained and ran like clockwork. Well done Expert Africa and thank you." Read full review: 22 nights in Africa; 7 on a Namibia trip

"Our trip was more than good. I cannot say more. We have just arrived back home this very early morning. But we can say that if we're going on another trip to lovely Namibia, or to some other country in Africa, we would like to let you arrange the details for it. We are used to handle our own arrangements, but we do realize that it's worth it all letting you do it, making it much more pleasant for us to take care about our on-spot-experiences.

We also went to Cape Town, but that was our own arrangement, although we were so lucky to have a free apartment in Vredehoek for two weeks. Things have changed there since I was there 40 years back as a very young sailor!

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

No." Read full review: 5 nights in Africa; 5 on a Namibia trip

"A wonderful trip from start to finish.

I think I can sum it up best by saying the whole family are already planning our next trip to Africa with Expert Africa!

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

The reason for chosing your company in the first place was the detailed and helpful email response to our initial enquiry. You hit exactly the right note of being informative and reassuring without making us feel like we had no idea what we were talking about! I would go so far as to say that your detailed initial response was the best we have received during our years of holidaying." Read full review: 7 nights in Africa; 5 on a Namibia trip

"It was outstanding.

Very well organized - thank you Sabina for all your hard work, care and suggestions. We will be back in the near future and hope that Sabina will look after us for a third time.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

Get another car-hire firm or make it clear that they must deliver what is promised and payed for - we got only one spare wheel though payed for two.

But that is a minor complaint compared to our overall appreciation and enjoyment. Thank you" Read full review: 23 nights in Africa; 17 on a Namibia trip

"We were delighted with Expert Africa and would definitely recommend them to anyone. Some friends recommended them to us and we thank them.

We would certainly use them again but not use any Budget vehicles. Fortunately we had two experienced 4 x 4 drivers with us otherwise we are not sure what we would have done being stranded at the airport in Walvis Bay. Budget could have ruined our holiday so expertly arranged by Expert Africa." Read full review: 6 nights in Africa; 6 on a Namibia trip

"All went according to plan with no problems. We have highlighted only 2 things that were not up to standard but not of your doing.
We thoroughly enjoyed the trip and the organisation by yourselves was first class as always.

We asked for our documentation to be sent early as we were leaving our home in Portugal a few days before the part of our holiday that you organised and it arrived even earlier than we expected. Thank you for that.

Can't wait for the next one!



Cannot think of anything." Read full review: 52 nights in Africa; 10 on a Namibia trip