Zambia: reviews from our travellers

"A truly brilliant trip - one of our best and we have been to Africa on safari on many occasions..

Our fears of the valley being overrun by vehicles were unfounded as the southern end of the Park was just beautiful and only saw Kainga and Mwamba vehicles. Plenty of game but then it was very hot and animals had to come to water. Wonderful photographic opportunities!

We would recommend this trip but perhaps go to the lodge on the Lower Zambezi at the end of the holiday and have a relaxing afternoon on the river and then collected for evening game drive!

All in all a memorable holiday." Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 11 on a Zambia safari

"We have had many African safari holidays but this was one of the best.

Small peaceful remote camps, excellent staff and accommodation. Standard of guiding was exceptional. The wildlife viewing was amazing.

For those interested in photography the provision of dust covers, beanbags etc was helpful and the hides afforded great opportunities to get amazing shots." Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 11 on a Zambia safari

"GREAT - everything worked

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You have always been extremely knowledgeable and helpful and everything has worked." Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 14 on a Zambia safari

"This was our first trip to Zambia and it was a very positive experience. We met a lot of multiple returnees and I can easily see why.

It is a shame it is classified as a malaria area because everywhere we went managers told us they did not have mosquitoes. The other wildlife is fantastic and plentiful at this time of year (late September - October).

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I think your team do a great job at the moment and I certainly recommend Expert Africa wholeheartedly whenever friends are thinking about visiting the area.

As Arnie famously said, I'll be back!" Read full review: 18 nights in Africa; 16 on a Zambia safari

"Amazing---wonderful----superb----above our expectations----very varied----great work done on the ground prior to the trip----from Chris spending so much time helping to ascertain whether there were Tstse flies ----i forgot to mention that there were very few, as Chris had indicated----thank you so much----to Freddie doing all the "hard graft"

We want to repeat the experience in Sept 2019 (God willing") + add on quite a few things---so probably a 19 or 20 day trip

We will call now to discuss this very soon

Millions of thanks to the entire team, both in the UK and also in Zambia" Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 9 on a Zambia safari

"We have said it all in our reviews, but would close by saying that Expert Africa coupled with Robin Pope Safaris gave us a fantastic and memorable Safari which we shall always remember with great affection.

We have travelled extensively around the world but this trip is by far the best we have ever enjoyed!

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No improvements as we thoroughly enjoyed your service, the information, advice and support for this our first Safari-well done!

We would not hesitate to travel with Expert Africa and Robin Pope Safaris in the future." Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 8 on a Zambia safari

"Very good" Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 8 on a Zambia safari

"Excellent service from Expert Africa. It's why we keep coming back.

Not mentioned above, but the "meet and greet" at Lusaka on arrival is always welcome and reassuring" Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 14 on a Zambia safari

"All of our accommodation we stayed in was excellent and we had an extremely enjoyable trip. Kafue NP however was disappointing to us. Firstly the majority of animals are extremely skittish and just run off as soon as they see a vehicle. There is a very distinct lack of a variety of animals that we have seen on other safaris and certainly not the place to go if you want to see lots of 'big game'. This said this though, in Busanga we were very taken with the large herds of Sable and Roan antelope who were very happy to just graze whilst you took photos. In all of our trips we have never seen that quantity of Sable and Roan.

Anyone contemplating visiting Kafue I certainly would advise light aircraft from Lusaka as the journey is almost 5 hours by vehicle, 3hrs on tarmac road on 2hrs on bumpy safari park road!

Tsetse Fly were also a big problem within the park but less so in the area surrounding Musekese Camp." Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 10 on a Zambia safari

"We loved Botswana and Malawi but our hearts belong in the Valley. We’re already planning the next trip.

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Just keep up the good work." Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 9 on a Malawi trip