Zimbabwe: reviews from our travellers
Original reviews written by our most recent travellers to Zimbabwe
C family
West Sussex
"My Jul 2014 trip"
I visited Zambia and 1 other country between 25 Jul 2014 and 9 Aug 2014
"Excellent trip."
Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 12 on a Zambia safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs M
Surrey
"My Jul 2014 trip"
I visited Zimbabwe between 24 Jul 2014 and 5 Aug 2014
"Our 7th trip to Africa and the 3rd with Expert Africa. Some real highlights, guides were second-to-none, but overall possibly our least favourite trip. Travelling time and stress to reach Zimbabwe was high (2 hours to get through flight connections at OR Tambo was not fun!). Some special game sightings, but we certainly felt there was less game than in other countries and that poaching was a major and growing problem. If we were to return, I'd want to look at a different route to get there. Having said that the light plane flights between camps were flawless, punctual and fun.
I would also say that the trip was not the best value of our trips."
Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 11 on a Zimbabwe safari
Overall trip
Average
Ms TG
London
"A Good Return to Zimbabwe"
I visited Zimbabwe between 15 Jul 2014 and 26 Jul 2014
"The trip was well organised and on the whole satisfactory.
Game viewing was a little disappointing, in that it wasn't very abundant. On the other hand, though, the scenery was breath-taking." Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 9 on a Zimbabwe safari
Game viewing was a little disappointing, in that it wasn't very abundant. On the other hand, though, the scenery was breath-taking." Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 9 on a Zimbabwe safari
Overall trip
Good
Family S
Leeds
"Our Namibia trip Jul 2014 was fantastic"
I visited Namibia and 1 other country between 10 Jul 2014 and 4 Aug 2014
"We loved our time in Namibia-the variety in what we saw and experienced, the people we met.....we had hoped for a holiday of a lifetime and we got it!!
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
We didn't have a price breakdown of each accommodation. I'm still undecided if this would have would have been helpful or not......it may have been interesting to compare places, and may have affected feedback, as value for money is another factor." Read full review: 25 nights in Africa; 15 on a Namibia trip
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
We didn't have a price breakdown of each accommodation. I'm still undecided if this would have would have been helpful or not......it may have been interesting to compare places, and may have affected feedback, as value for money is another factor." Read full review: 25 nights in Africa; 15 on a Namibia trip
Overall trip
Excellent
Family H
Bedfordshire
"My Jul 2014 trip"
I visited Namibia and 1 other country between 6 Jul 2014 and 26 Jul 2014
"Wonderful! All four of us really enjoyed it. We saw so many different sights and had the most amazing experiences.
The people we met were friendly and polite and their lives fascinating, being so different from ours'.
The geography of the area was beautiful, in all it's different forms. Quite stunning.
We had a great deal of very useful advice from Expert Africa and a very smooth holiday." Read full review: 20 nights in Africa; 18 on a Namibia trip
The people we met were friendly and polite and their lives fascinating, being so different from ours'.
The geography of the area was beautiful, in all it's different forms. Quite stunning.
We had a great deal of very useful advice from Expert Africa and a very smooth holiday." Read full review: 20 nights in Africa; 18 on a Namibia trip
Overall trip
Excellent
K
Austria
"Mana Pools and Vic Falls"
I visited Zimbabwe between 3 Jul 2014 and 9 Jul 2014
"everything ran smoothly"
Read full review: 6 nights in Africa; 6 on a Zimbabwe safari
Overall trip
Good
Family G
Toronto
"My Jun 2014 trip"
I visited Namibia and 2 other countries between 30 Jun 2014 and 14 Jul 2014
"EA did a great job of making all part of our trip work smoothly and integrate well.
The only wrinkle was that we were doing Namibia and Botswana, so we worked with two different team members at EA who had experience in each country in the earlier phases of trip planning (good), but neither of them seemed to take responsibility for the overall trip (the wrinkle) until we asked them to figure it out and put one person in charge of pushing things forward." Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 7 on a Namibia trip
The only wrinkle was that we were doing Namibia and Botswana, so we worked with two different team members at EA who had experience in each country in the earlier phases of trip planning (good), but neither of them seemed to take responsibility for the overall trip (the wrinkle) until we asked them to figure it out and put one person in charge of pushing things forward." Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 7 on a Namibia trip
Overall trip
Excellent
Sir & Lady B
UK
"Trip to Zimbabwe June 2014"
I visited Zimbabwe between 23 Jun 2014 and 7 Jul 2014
"Everything worked seamlessly.
One problem:
The telephone numbers we were given in Harare to contact the air charter to check flight time were either "no incoming calls answered" or unobtainable. Our cousin knew a private lodge operator in Mana, contacted his business partner in Harare who knew the air charter person whom we contacted. She took our details and in fact contacted the lodge to ask them to convey an earlier flight time to us which they did by sending a vehicle to find us and tell us." Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zimbabwe safari
One problem:
The telephone numbers we were given in Harare to contact the air charter to check flight time were either "no incoming calls answered" or unobtainable. Our cousin knew a private lodge operator in Mana, contacted his business partner in Harare who knew the air charter person whom we contacted. She took our details and in fact contacted the lodge to ask them to convey an earlier flight time to us which they did by sending a vehicle to find us and tell us." Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zimbabwe safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr H & Miss M
UK
"A memorable and well-organised trip"
I visited Zambia and 1 other country between 22 Jun 2014 and 12 Jul 2014
"We had a great holiday and were happy with all our accommodation choices.....we made small suggestions for improvements but had no cause for complaints.
On reflection we might have changed the length of stays towards the end of the trip e.g. an extra day near Victoria Falls and one day less in Hwange N.P. in Zimbabwe. We very much appreciated the advice provided during the planning of our holiday and the information and service given during this process. The brochure and the travel documents supplied were comprehensive and helpful.
We would certainly consider planning/booking another trip with Expert Africa based on our first experience of the company." Read full review: 20 nights in Africa; 14 on a Zambia safari
On reflection we might have changed the length of stays towards the end of the trip e.g. an extra day near Victoria Falls and one day less in Hwange N.P. in Zimbabwe. We very much appreciated the advice provided during the planning of our holiday and the information and service given during this process. The brochure and the travel documents supplied were comprehensive and helpful.
We would certainly consider planning/booking another trip with Expert Africa based on our first experience of the company." Read full review: 20 nights in Africa; 14 on a Zambia safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs M
Arizona
"Overall Great Trip"
I visited Botswana and 1 other country between 12 Jun 2014 and 25 Jun 2014
"If I had lots of money, I would not do the same vendor (both Kwando camps) to experience something different; however, overall it was a great trip. Arrangements were flawless and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
Maruska was great to deal with as a planner." Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 9 on a Botswana safari
Maruska was great to deal with as a planner." Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 9 on a Botswana safari
Overall trip
Excellent
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