Zambia: reviews from our travellers

"fabulous trip. interesting to see how things were different to 2009. Much drier and hotter in both parks.

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better access to information regarding special offers" Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 12 on a Zambia safari

"Special thanks to Ellie, for sorting out my ridiculous mistake with the booking. You were brilliant.

Made the holiday rather more expensive than I'd anticipated(!) but was thoroughly worth it. Your initial advice about where to go was spot on too. Thank you.

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In a word - No. Whole experience was superb." Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zambia safari

"Great" Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zambia safari

"Great varied holiday.

For a month long holiday there was only one minor one hiccup so that's pretty good. The Wild Horizons road transport from Zambezi Sun to Livingstone Airport didn't turn up. They then didn't answer any of the contact numbers incl their emergency mobile so that is probably more of a concern. No problem we just got the hotel to order us a taxi. A Wild Horizons rep finally called the hotel & said their vehichle wouldn't start that morning & they had another vehicle on the way. We said that given the time we were now taking whatever turned up first (which was the taxi). To their credit Wild Horizans must have contacted the taxi driver and told him to return the fare to us.

Proably the only thing we would have changed on the holiday was to sway Tafika camp in Sth Luangwa NP for one that was on a perennial river with watersports such as canoeing (eg Lower Zambezi NP)

Maruska was extremely helpful with planning our trip and very responsive to our questions .. thanks Maruska

PS: We don't normally have our trips organised by a travel agent and only initially contacted Expert Afrika for the Busanga & Tafika bookings .. but then Maruska offered to book most of the other accn & transfers & that's what happened. Very unusual for us to have transfer cars waiting at an airport etc with our name on a card & we don't see much of an advantage over just getting a bus/taxi .. but i can see that some folks would love the certainty of transport waiting for them

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No" Read full review: 21 nights in Africa; 12 on a Zambia safari

"Fabulous trip. Really impressed with everything.

I would love to go back to Zambia, so I'll have to fit it in when I've gone through everywhere else on my list." Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 9 on a Zambia safari

"We had the trip of a lifetime!" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 8 on a Zambia safari

"Every expectation I had about our trip to Africa was fulfilled, it was a truly magical experience that I will never forget.

I cannot thank Maruska enough for the itinerary she arranged for us. I loved the different terrain we experienced in the different camps and the camps themselves." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 13 on a Botswana safari

"This was a great trip - everything we had hoped for. The combination of walking and driving was perfect for us. The closeness to the environment on the walks was exactly what we wanted.

Somehow the Norman Carr guides always told us something new on our walks - serendipity or planning? We will never know. Nsolo was our favourite camp. We are tempted to return in the wet season." Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 13 on a Zambia safari

"fantastic" Read full review: 29 nights in Africa; 12 on a Botswana safari

"All in all a really fantastic trip pulled together relatively last minute by Tracy.

All the transfers were seamless, which is always really nice when they work.

Exceeded our expectations overall and would highly recommend Tracy and Expert Africa to anyone travelling to Namibia, Botswana. and Victoria Falls.

Her knowledge of the area and what to expect was invaluable.

Wish we had more time." Read full review: 22 nights in Africa; 7 on a Namibia trip