$1,890 to $2,220 pp (USD)
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Discover Africa Safaris
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- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2002)
- Member Of:
- ATTA, SATSA, CTT & IGLTA
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- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
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Discover Africa Safaris is a safari tour operator providing the finest safaris, tours and experiences in Africa. Our experienced Safari Planners are qualified to arrange all aspects of your travels in Africa. Our goal is to make your journey into Africa simply amazing. We take pride in showing off our beautiful continent, and helping others experience the best attractions that Africa has to offer. We make luxury travel in Africa, simple.
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Perfect
Megan was always accessible and answered our questions. She really understood what we wanted and did an excellent job. she got us in with the finest tour guides, which is really important and makes a huge difference. Everything ran smoothly and you cannot ask for more on a vacation, I highly recommend Megan
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Great company. You cannot go wrong choosing them.
Very attentive and patient. Our advisor Dev was in constant communication with us all the way. Vendors that were provided on our trip were all very good.
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Experience of a Lifetime
This truly was an experience of a lifetime! Everything was smooth, organized, affordable, and so much fun! Megan was amazing!! She helped us every step of the way! Readily available for any questions or concerns we had leading up to and through the entire trip!
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No detail left undone
Susan helped us organize a trip to Rwanda for Gorilla trekking and safari in Maasai Mara. She was extremely helpful, knowledgeable and attentive to every detail from start to finish. From the moment we landed in Africa, it never felt like we had to worry about a single thing. Everything was arranged and thought through. Susan was always available for any questions that we had before and during the trip.
We had a magical, worry free vacation and I can’t recommend her enough for anyone planning their African vacation. I cannot wait to start planning my next trip already!
What a Great Customer Experience
I found Discover Africa via a web search and connected with Diane Du Plessis one their safari travel experts. As this was my second trip to Sth Africa I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted for my family this time around and specifically I wanted to return to Honeyguide Mantobeni in the Manyeletti private game reserve for the first leg of our safari, and I needed Diane to help us find another lodge for a different experience on the second leg of the holiday. Diane listened to what we wanted out of this holiday and put together a trip that was brilliant, including the lodges organising internal flights and transfers from airports to and from the lodges, all of which ran like clockwork. Diane even texted me while we were in transit from Singapore to Johannesburg to remind me that our internal Airlink flights were open for on-line check in. So, she was still working for us before we even got there. Absolute 5 star for her attention to detail.
Diane booked us into Honeyguide at my request. As I said I'd been there before and really enjoyed it. I would describe Honeyguide as a 4 star Lodge with very nice tented accommodation. Tents are elevated, have a nice seating area out front, shower, bathroom and good bed. If you want to feel like you're in Africa it works. The staff are very attentive and the meals are plentiful. It's not fine dining but more than adequate. If needed, they will cater for dietary requirements, in our case Dairy-free for our daughter. Drinks are not included in your package but beer wine and spirit prices are so reasonable it doesn't matter.
The lodge is situated on its own waterhole which attracts loads of wildlife. Zebra, antelope, wildebeest, elephant. Elephant roam the camp daily and come to drink from the lodge's swimming pool giving you a very up-close and personal experience. We had lion roaming through the camp at night and one large male lion came through during the day. So, you'll get wildlife in spades.
The game drives in Manyeletti make this the ideal first stop on a safari holiday. I would rate the game viewing 5 Star because of the variety and sheer numbers of animals and the landscape itself which is more open plains or savannah than bush. So if you are out on a drive looking for Lion, you will see herds of elephant, Zebra, Wildebeest etc along the way. We came upon 2 Cheetah enjoying their fresh kill one morning. As for Lion there are 2 or 3 Prides so no issue in terms of finding them. There's nothing quite like being eyeballed by a lioness as she strolls past your vehicle at a very intimate range. What are less prevalent in this reserve are Leopard which are just establishing themselves and Rhino which are at the far southern end of the reserve. The reserve is some 24,000 Hectares which is massive and the dirt roads are not kept in the best condition. They do not use trackers at Honeyguide so the Guide is playing a dual role. I suspect this is because of the abundance of wildlife and the radio communication with other lodge vehicles who operate within the reserve. I've been twice and I'll probably go back again. It's a wonderful experience which will not break the bank.
Diane did some research based on what we wanted and what we had experienced the yr before at Honeyguide and another Lodge in another province. She suggested Inyati in the Sabi Sands Private reserve which was about a 90 minute drive from Manyeletti. We went with her suggestion and were delighted with the whole experience. First the lodge is 5 star, the accommodation is individual chalets and the staff were amazing. Again food was plentiful with enough variety to suit any palate. The Lodge overlooks the Sand river with its resident Hippos and crocs antelope by the hundreds, elephant etc. This is a totally different experience than the first lodge, which is why Diane suggested it. Rather than open plains it is more bushland. The reserve is famous for Leopard and they roam freely in and around the Lodge. (had a leopard kill literally 3 meters from our chalet front door one night).
Upon arrival our guide asked us what we'd like to see that afternoon, we said Leopard and within 10 minutes our tracker found one. Saw Leopard cubs, saw Painted dogs with a litter of 10 pups, saw a painted dog running down an impala, lots of Rhino and rhino calves, Elephants, baby elephants Cape buffalo Lion and lion cubs. So the big 5 as well as the baby 5. Lions were more difficult to find at Inyati and it's probably because of the bushland setting and the Sabi Sands is another massive private reserve and the animals roam. Totally different experience, more tracking involved and not the masses of Zebra and Wildebeest along the way as you track down whatever it is you were looking for, but a herd of Giraffe running down the sand river and having your path blocked by Rhino or elephant is also quite the experience. The guide and tracker were excellent with amazing knowledge about every animal you came across including the wide variety of birdlife.
All drinks were included in the package and the staff couldn't be more helpful and delightful. The lodge has a gym but we preferred sitting on the lodge's main deck soaking up the view of the sand river and the wildlife with a cold drink in hand.
Great lodge, much more upmarket, tons of wildlife--a definite yes. Thanks Diane Du Plessis for putting together a holiday we'll talk about for years. Look forward to talking to you about what's next for us.
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4-Day Affordable Masai Mara Safari
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You Visit: Nairobi (Start), Masai Mara NR, Greater Masai Mara, Nairobi (End)
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6-Day Masai Mara with Kicheche Camps
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You Visit: Nairobi (Start), Greater Masai Mara, Nairobi (End)
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$5,050 to $5,810 pp (USD)
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