Reviews of trips to Cape Town
199 holiday reviews from our travellers of holidays which include Cape Town.
G&E
Hudson
"My Nov 2024 trip"
I visited Botswana and 2 other countries between 4 Nov 2024 and 18 Nov 2024
"Trip of a lifetime!"
Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 6 on a Botswana safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr&Mrs S
Arni CH
"Cape Town to Fish River and back"
I visited South Africa and 1 other country between 3 Nov 2024 and 23 Nov 2024
"Very "diverse" trip from wine tastings, excellent food to hiking in the Namibian deserts and beachwalks in Paternoster.
Rather easy and comfortable to be done in three weeks." Read full review: 20 nights in Africa; 14 on a South Africa trip
Rather easy and comfortable to be done in three weeks." Read full review: 20 nights in Africa; 14 on a South Africa trip
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr and Mrs W
GLOS
"My Oct 2024 trip"
I visited South Africa between 18 Oct 2024 and 30 Oct 2024
"Excellent trip. Good blend of exploring / sightseeing / safari.
Was specifically designed to sync with our son's cricket tour and that worked well." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 12 on a South Africa trip
Was specifically designed to sync with our son's cricket tour and that worked well." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 12 on a South Africa trip
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs H
Leicester
"My Sept 2024 trip"
I visited Namibia and 2 other countries between 2 Sep 2024 and 2 Oct 2024
"We were expecting great things and I had built the vision of “holiday of a lifetime”. We were not disappointed! We both agreed that this was the best holiday either of us had ever had and almost every day exceeded expectations. The itinerary was spot-on, the accommodation excellent, and occasionally mind-blowing, the scenery spectacular and ever-changing and our few excursions thoroughly enjoyable. To then add the value for money when eating and drinking and fuel prices a third lower than here in UK, our additional spend was well under budget! I hope we remain healthy enough to experience another trip such as this."
Read full review: 30 nights in Africa; 22 on a Namibia trip
Overall trip
Excellent
P and J
SF
"My Aug 2024 trip"
I visited Namibia and 1 other country between 28 Aug 2024 and 22 Sep 2024
"This was an epic trip. We both agree it was the best we have ever taken. Maruska was so helpful with first designing it and then with questions we had along the way. She even helped with getting us tickets to Robbens Island when it was sold out!
At times it felt like too much driving but I wouldn't have wanted to cut out anything. Probably just added more time. I really liked that we were in Swakopmund in the middle of the trip to have some city time between lodges. Also having stays at two different ends of Etosha with a drive through the middle. The lodges were all so wonderful and fun. Also being met at the airport before and at the end by Wilderness Safaris was so helpful. They waited in line for sim cards while we did rental car. Got us on our way quicker.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
Not really. You did say somewhere that the shortest route is not always the fastest. We wish we had listened as we followed our cars GPS on first day and ended up hours behind schedule and at the start of darkness. Warned not to drive after dark so that was stressful on our first day.
We felt we had lots of info." Read full review: 25 nights in Africa; 19 on a Namibia trip
At times it felt like too much driving but I wouldn't have wanted to cut out anything. Probably just added more time. I really liked that we were in Swakopmund in the middle of the trip to have some city time between lodges. Also having stays at two different ends of Etosha with a drive through the middle. The lodges were all so wonderful and fun. Also being met at the airport before and at the end by Wilderness Safaris was so helpful. They waited in line for sim cards while we did rental car. Got us on our way quicker.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
Not really. You did say somewhere that the shortest route is not always the fastest. We wish we had listened as we followed our cars GPS on first day and ended up hours behind schedule and at the start of darkness. Warned not to drive after dark so that was stressful on our first day.
We felt we had lots of info." Read full review: 25 nights in Africa; 19 on a Namibia trip
Overall trip
Excellent
Ros &Peter
Melbourne
"My May 2024 trip"
I visited Namibia and 1 other country between 20 May 2024 and 21 Jun 2024
"We had a wonderful 24-day road trip to Namibia in May / June 2024, followed by 5 days in Cape Town.
We really felt that we were listened too very carefully in the planning process.
I even got to see a pangolin which was top of my wish list.
We would highly recommend Expert Africa. Thank you Maruska!
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
In the wildlife list leave a space to add wildlife which is not on the list." Read full review: 32 nights in Africa; 25 on a Namibia trip
We really felt that we were listened too very carefully in the planning process.
I even got to see a pangolin which was top of my wish list.
We would highly recommend Expert Africa. Thank you Maruska!
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
In the wildlife list leave a space to add wildlife which is not on the list." Read full review: 32 nights in Africa; 25 on a Namibia trip
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs T
Exeter
"Our Jan 2024 trip"
I visited South Africa between 24 Jan 2024 and 4 Feb 2024
"Our overall experience of Expert Africa was excellent.
They listened very carefully to what we wanted to achieve and created a really good programme for us in terms of locations, drive times, variety of landscapes and things to do and see. This absolutely ticked the boxes in terms of history and culture which particularly interested us, while enabling us to enjoy the classic Cape food, wine and landscape experience.
In other words, our holiday was exactly what we wanted, delivered with care and attention to detail." Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 11 on a South Africa trip
They listened very carefully to what we wanted to achieve and created a really good programme for us in terms of locations, drive times, variety of landscapes and things to do and see. This absolutely ticked the boxes in terms of history and culture which particularly interested us, while enabling us to enjoy the classic Cape food, wine and landscape experience.
In other words, our holiday was exactly what we wanted, delivered with care and attention to detail." Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 11 on a South Africa trip
Overall trip
Excellent
Mrs H
London
"My Dec 2023 trip"
I visited South Africa between 27 Dec 2023 and 6 Jan 2024
"Overall we all agree it was the best family trip we've ever done, we just loved it!
Tracy was very patient with the booking arrangements and all her suggestions were sensible. I think a conversation about how busy Cape Town would be in the New Year would have helped, although I suppose with hindsight it's obvious. Otherwise I really can't think of anything that could have been done better.
Thank you so much for helping us create the amazing memories we now have!
Just have to work out how we can do this all again!!" Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 8 on a South Africa trip
Tracy was very patient with the booking arrangements and all her suggestions were sensible. I think a conversation about how busy Cape Town would be in the New Year would have helped, although I suppose with hindsight it's obvious. Otherwise I really can't think of anything that could have been done better.
Thank you so much for helping us create the amazing memories we now have!
Just have to work out how we can do this all again!!" Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 8 on a South Africa trip
Overall trip
Excellent
A&L Polo
USA
"My Dec 2023 trip"
I visited Kenya and 5 other countries between 18 Dec 2023 and 7 Jan 2024
"Overall our trip was excellent.
Looking back, perhaps the most wonderful thing was the feeling that someone was in control and we didn’t have to worry about anything.
It was wonderful. Thanks a lot!!!" Read full review: 20 nights in Africa; 7 on a Kenya safari
Looking back, perhaps the most wonderful thing was the feeling that someone was in control and we didn’t have to worry about anything.
It was wonderful. Thanks a lot!!!" Read full review: 20 nights in Africa; 7 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
SoCalCouple
Calif.
"My Oct 2023 trip"
I visited Zimbabwe and 2 other countries between 2 Oct 2023 and 19 Oct 2023
"Maruska did a great job planning our trip and was great when it came to answering all of our questions!"
Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 5 on a Zimbabwe safari
Overall trip
Excellent
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