Zanzibar: reviews from our travellers

"We had a wonderful time, Asilia provided us with an excellent guide for Manyara and Ngorongoro. The camps were good and some brilliant. The beach extension to relax was just right. We can't wait to do our next safari." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 7 on a Tanzania safari

"In the words of my 10 year old son "the trip was epic!"

The safari was definitely the highlight of the whole trip - an absolutely amazing experience, where we could see the animals very close up. The Selous Park was great - not as busy as many other safari parks. I would definitely recommend the Impala Camp to any other travellers.

Zanzibar Island was a good relaxing time after the early mornings during the safari. Pongwe Beach is a beautiful hotel with delicious food, although the service could be improved a little.

I was impressed how Expert Africa were pro-active in rebooking our flights after the Nairobi Airport fire. Excellent service from your team on this!" Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 6 on a Zanzibar holiday

"Our trip was fantastic and it was truly the perfect honeymoon!!!

Thank you to all at Expert Africa for making this happen!!!" Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zanzibar holiday

"would definitely recommend this trip to anyone thinking of a safari.

Angela very helpful with good suggestions about where to go - which camp etc so we got the most out of our first safari." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 12 on a Tanzania safari

"We thoroughly enjoyed our holiday. Having agonised about the cost, it was well worth it! The children had an amazing experience they've said they'll never forget. We think it worked well for us to have done the 'relaxing part' first so that we'd got over the flight and got into holiday mode, before we moved onto the safari which was tiring. We would have not appreciated the first day of safari if we'd gone straight there. I'd highly recommend Selous Impala camp.

We also felt we had excellent service from Expert Africa. We would be very happy to book with Expert Africa again.

The mix up of accommodation by Fumba was well handled by you, and in the end worked out better for us with an upgrade of room which we appreciated. We also appreciated your goodwill gesture of booking the Southern Sun for us to use prior to getting our night flight - the room there was excellent. Thank you." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 8 on a Zanzibar holiday

"We had a fantastic holiday and all the recommendations by Expert Africa were excellent." Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 6 on a Tanzania safari

"Our trip was way beyond our expectations, every camp and hotel that we stayed at was unique and a lot of thought and planning went into selecting these. We 've had an unforgettable experience, the safari camps and Chumbe Island in particular were outstanding. We wouldn't change a thing!

Expert Africa, in particular Elizabeth, was incredibly knowledgeable and helpful when recommending which parks to visit and camps to stay at. Whenever I had a query, emails were responded to immediately by the staff. Our whole trip was seamless and we are so impressed with the service from Expert Africa. We will definitely use this company when travelling to Africa again and will recommend you to all our friends and family.

Thank you for an incredible trip!

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

None at all" Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 10 on a Zanzibar holiday

"What a holiday - all we can say is Thank You Expert Africa and we hope we will be able to travel with you again!

Elsewhere in their review, they also commented:

We left Zanzibar the day of the Nairobi airport fire and cannot praise Expert Africa, in particular Liz Woollen, enough for her efficiency and help in getting us back to the UK via Egypt - in as painless a way as possible." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 8 on a Zanzibar holiday

"Ilikuwa ni mkubwa! Asante sana.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

We don't. You provided expert advice and expert services, and we will certainly be recommending you to our friends.

Liz at Expert Africa should be paid her weight in gold and given a free holiday. She rescued us when Nairobi airport caught fire and redirected us on another flight via Cairo. We were upgraded to business class, and provided with drivers to and from the airports as if it had all been planned weeks in advance. We arrived a mere few hours later than previously scheduled. Thank you!" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 8 on a Zanzibar holiday

"This was our first trip to Africa so we were unsure of what to expect. Liz from Expert Africa gave us ideas and direction when we needed help with planning and sorted our flights out which had to be changed several times due to BA timetable alterations.

We loved Beho Beho which was the highlight of the holiday but the whole holiday was of a very high standard. Tanzanians seem to be very warm and friendly people generally and we really enjoyed our holiday on the mainland and on Zanzibar." Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 9 on a Zanzibar holiday