This Tour Is Offered By
Personal & Genuine African Safaris
Siya Phambile Expeditions
- Office In:
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2016)
- Member Of:
- Southern Africa Tourism Services Association
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
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We are an African-based tour operator, offering personalised, custom safaris with a variety of experiences and travel options, from Day Tours through to Month Expeditions. We specialise in several 'hotspots' with a focus on Wildlife and Wilderness Areas, but also cultural and coastal tours, all of which can be combined. We aim to provide you with a trip of a lifetime, to visit Africa in all of its glory, to experience the spiritual aspect of traveling here, and most importantly to enjoy!
Reviews70
DE
Highlights of South Africa, very efficient guide, excellent preparation and service.
We had booked a two-week trip, the first week with Benjamin as a guide, the second half self-driving. Benjamin showed us around Joburg and had arranged special tours in Soweto with local guides, which were very interesting. Then he drove us to Blyde Canyon and to Kruger National Park, for me the absolute highlight of the trip. The three safari diverse with Benjamin, who shared his amazing knowledge about wildlife with us, and two Safaris with a ranger were a stunning experience for me. During the time with Benjamin we also got additional information about rules and habits of the country like traffic regulations, areas to be avoided, tips etc. , which helped us a lot during the self-driving period of our trip.
The second week had been prepared by Siya Pamphile Expeditions, providing well chosen accommodation with excellent service, good suggestions for activities, but also time for our own plans, for example a hike on the Robberg peninsula. A further highlight was Cape Town and the Cape of good hope with its combination of city life, nature hikes and relaxing at the beach. Thank you very much for this phantastic trip, Benjamin!
DE
Amazing experience - lots of fun and learned tons!
We spend two weeks in South Africa, one with Benjamin as our guide and one self-drive but organized by him. Both weeks were just wonderful :)
Benjamin is a really great guide: He knows so much about animals, nature and also the history of the country. He's always in a good mood and adjusts plans based on our needs and interests. Communication with him was always very open, which both enabled a super smooth trip and allowed us to ask tons of questions. Besides amazing game drives in Krueger, walking around Johannesburg, Soweto and Blyde Canyon, we also enjoyed our cooking sessions to learn a bit about South African food (Braai for the win hehe) and relaxing drives with interesting political discussions!
Also the second week went super smooth: Everything was perfectly pre-booked by Benjamin (hotels, car) and he had given us so many recommendations of what to do that we didn't even have time to finish them all. Even when a small hiccup of a hotel required us to pay the night that should have actually already been pulled from Siya Phambile's account, Benjamin resolved this and transferred the money internationally to my account.
Thank you so much for this great experience, Benjamin. We'll definitely be coming back for a second trip with Siya Phambile!
Siya Phambile went above and beyond my expectations and then some!
Wow! - what an awesome experience it was travelling with Ben of Siya Phambile. From my initial enquiry some 9mths prior to our trip, to being on safari, in a hot air balloon or sitting around the braai with Ben was nothing short of amazing.
The countless emails with my initial uncertainties and all my requests and were never too much trouble, Ben’s knowledge and ability to pick up on what I was looking for was second to none. He helped build the perfect custom holiday for my family that didn't cost an arm and a leg, and in doing so removed all the stress, concerns and anxiety that would often come when organising a trip like this, he put all the moving parts together for us and still left room for flexibility throughout. As our personal guide along the way, we were privileged to have him travelling with us, such an easy going guy, he just ‘clicked’ with us and that made it all the more special. Some amazing yarns, a wealth of local knowledge, great cooking skills and just a bloody nice guy!
Couldn’t recommend him highly enough, to anyone travelling to South Africa, please contact him, you won’t regret it
Passionate, loving, welcoming and easygoing
Ben has done a brilliant job. This has been my best travelling experience ever. His passion for travel and sharing experiences with clients is very strong. He has put in the work on the backend and in the administrative process to make the tour as smooth as possibly yet also making the most of visiting such a beautiful part of the world. He has a wealth of knowledge in every aspect of South Africa and his love for the country is very prominent. He also has a very astute and friendly personality. He has the ability to read his tour group members and do his best to fulfill their needs at every stage of the tour and is just an all round great person to travel with. He also has many valuable networks with locals who are a great contribution to the experience a great balance of typical tourism as well as a true insight to the day to day local life and culture. I could not recommend Ben enough, he was key facilitator in elevating the trip to South Africa from a good trip to a trip that I will honestly cherish for the rest of my life and will go back in a heartbeat for myself but to also visit Ben again.
IT
Wonderful full-inclusive safari experience
We did a safari and cultural tour in Mapungubwe, Venda and Kruger. Benjamin was available and professional in planning the tour following our requests. He is also very passionate about nature, so very helpful during the safari tour where we saw and learned about many animals. Accomodation and food (mostly cooked by him) were also perfect.
