Elephant Herd Tours & Safaris

4.9/5 – 115 Reviews

$1,046 to $1,130 pp (USD)
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Everybodies favourite guide, Trevor

Everybodies favourite guide, Trevor

Elephant Herd Tours & Safaris

4.9/5  
(115 Reviews)
Office In:
South Africa South Africa
Size:
5-10 employees (Founded in 2002)
Member Of:
SATSA & MISA
Tour Types:
Customizable private tours and fixed group tours
Destinations:
Eswatini SZ
South Africa ZA
Everybodies favourite guide, Trevor

Everybodies favourite guide, Trevor

Elephant Herd Tours and Safaris is a privately owned and managed safari tour operator based in Hazyview, Mpumalanga South Africa, a mere 10km from the Kruger National Park’s doorstep. As a specialist open safari vehicle tour operator offering guided tours into the world renowned Kruger National Park, our professionally trained field guides will offer you an insight into the vast biodiversity that the Kruger Park has to offer. We believe in showcasing the Kruger Park in all its splendor

Reviews115

The perfect mix of expertise, customer orientedness and quality
5/5

Feedback to Bev Miller and colleagues : THANK you for the unforgettable experience you gave us with this magnificent travel arrangement. It will be a lifelong highlight for me as long as my brain will work properly.
A nice compliment to Trevor who helped the full day Kruger safari to become an unforgettable birthday.
Specifically to Bev : you are the BEST person who crossed our path during our wonderful South Africa trip. Hannah and I will always remember your friendliness and how your arrangements and efforts were targeted and did contribute to our joy of travelling through your country.

Feedback to Zarafa (if you want to pass it on) : very nice setting and environment.
Enough space, beautiful accomodation, coffee and tea available.
Barry was very welcoming and friendly.
We received a very nice breakfast and lunch box for the full day Kruger safari, very much appreciated.
Some minor attention points :
- I would have loved a table in the (spacious sleeping) room to sit at, and to arrange my papers and read
- I missed a good reading lamp at the bedside
- Several power sockets were not easily accessible

Feedback to Umkumbe River Lodge (if you want to pass it on) : nice and professional welcome by our guide Shannon who looked after us during our stay.
The 'Buffalo' lodge was big, nice and clean. Coffee and tea available.
The careful arrangement of the mosquito nets was appreciated.
The safari drives with Shannon were excellent (4 x leopard, pangolin !).
Good meals : lunch, BBQ diner and buffet breakfast.
Beautiful river view at the restaurant.
Some minor attention points regarding the lodge :
- The outside shower was difficult (temperature either too cold or too hot, balance was difficult)
- WiFi in the lodge would have been appreciated
- International power socket would have been nice

We did our homework...Narrowed Down to Elephant Herd from 5 vendors, NO REGRETS!!
5/5

We first found out about Elephant Herd "EH" through Safari Bookings. We have reached out to approximately 5 service providers, and ultimately settled for Elephant Herds for 3 simple reasons:

1) Fast Bias of Action
2) Customer-Oriented/Hospitality
3) Price - Experience Ratio

Where it took us about 3-4 days on average to hear back from other providers, EH on average came back in 0.5-1 day, with very concise and informative experience. Not only was Bev super patient, she was practical - and even proposed a couple version of itineraries to our needs.

We coordinated with Bev, and found out it's a relatively cozy family-owned dedicated team, where they focus on the quality instead of quantity of service. For example, due to a delay of flight from Europe, we missed Day 1's night safari drive - team EH was proactive enough to suggest on their own accord a replacement in Day 2, allowing us the full experience, we even had the owner Brandon picked us up one of the evenings himself.

In terms of Price - Experience ratio, team EH ensures the best - for example, in typical Kruger safari drives - most cars would be loaded to the maximum of 9, whereas in EH, they focus to ensure no more than 6 per jeep. These are the small little things that stands out.

We also had a lovely time with one of their guides, Bhekifa, and it felt more like a tour with a long lost friend, that has deep knowledge and great hospitality across.

Once again, a big thank you to team EH for the fantastic experience - they may not be the biggest in the industry, but they are certainly big in EXperience and ensuring a great memory in Africa.

High flexibility
4/5

Very organised company an very flexible adapting to our wishes and needs.

Excellent experience
5/5

Excellent experience overall. Easy communication, easy booking process. Most importantly the experience was incredible for my kids, made it so special for them

Wonderful!
5/5

Wonderful experience, thank you! The tour guide was amazing.

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