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Hanno   –  
Germany DE
Visited: October 2024 Reviewed: Oct 27, 2024

Email Hanno  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Fantastic Tour with a very experienced guide.
5/5

We had a fantastic Tour with a very experienced guide. He let us see so much and give very good explanations. We got the real bush feeling. Thanks a lot.
Hanno from Germany

Andreas Rubahn   –  
South Africa ZA
Visited: October 2024 Reviewed: Oct 24, 2024

Email Andreas Rubahn  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

excellent tour
5/5

Shoes is a very experienced tour guide , with an excellent knowledge about nature , animals and birds .
he is not doing that Ferrarie Rally’s like most of the other guides . The tour was focused on learning the tourist the African Nature and animals and to treat it with respect .

Esra   –  
Switzerland CH
Visited: August 2024 Reviewed: Sep 19, 2024

Email Esra  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Authentic safari experience
5/5

The safari was amazing. The tour guides really knew their stuff and showed us all the big 5‘s and much more. We are really happy

Annet Krijgsman-Louter   –  
Netherlands NL
Visited: August 2024 Reviewed: Sep 18, 2024

Email Annet Krijgsman-Louter  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Perfect organized safari with the best professional guides!
5/5

We booked a day safari tour for the third time with Khalanga and that' s because the trips where so good and so worth the money! If you send a mail fwith a qestion or something you get very soon response. The day before your excursion you get a reminder in your mail . The communication is very good and quick. You van be picked up would at our accomodation. The guide was there before the original pick up time so we can started earlier.
It was cold in the morning but there where warm poncho's / blankets for all of us.
Ismael ( our guide) asked what we want and what our wishes are. He told us a lot about Kruger, the animals and everything we want to know. We stay in the Kruger Park from the time that the gates open till closing time and see a lot of animals.
If we come again to Kruger we would definitely go again on safari with Khalanga!

Thaisa Andreoli   –  
Brazil BR
Visited: September 2024 Reviewed: Sep 13, 2024

Email Thaisa Andreoli  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Unforgetable experience
5/5

Since the begining, Shoes was always helpful and thoughtful with all my questions, even before I hired him. He managed to tailor the experience exactly to my needs and wishes.

During the days we spent on safari with him, he was very good at tracking the animals and determined to find not only the Big Five, but also other highly interesting animals, while sharing a lot of curiosities and knowledge of wild life and of Kruger park in general.

He is very positive, high energy and a fun person to be around, being on safari with him was always a pleasure.

If you are going to South Africa, Khalanga is your go to safari guide!

Ps.: I highly recommend that you let him cook you some of the local dishes of South Africa. We got to try bobotie, braai and other meals and they were all amazing!

Peter G   –  
Canada CA
Visited: August 2024 Reviewed: Sep 5, 2024

Email Peter G  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

The most amazing safari guide - MUST BOOK
5/5

We were a group of 9 family and friends spending 4 days in Skukuza and 3 in Olifants Camp. We were absolutely thrilled by this safari - in large parts as a result of our amazing guide: Shoes Mathebula is the best!

Every step of the trip was perfect:
1. Planning: absolute professional, very responsive to emails and helpful when we booked him with easy and safe international payment options.
2. Flexible pickups at Skukuza Airport to transfer to Skukuza Camp (our group came in on 2 different flights).
3. And of course: the game drives! We saw more wildlife than in our wildest dreams. We also gained many fascinating insights. This was in no small part due to Shoes' expertise, easy going personality, dedication, knowledge, flexibility and enthusiasm to make us happy and show off 'his' Krueger Park. Tracking lions hunting, figuring out where they are by triangulating the direction monkeys in trees are looking towards, observing tracks on the road, ... Shoes added so much to these game drives - careful observations, interpretation of the signs, the patients, the excitement, the action. He is very knowledgable and informative and spots every animal, all while driving very safely.

One last comment: if you are contemplating the self-driving option you need to realize that the elevated view from the safari vehicle in combination with Shoes' expertise and explanations makes for a completely different safari experience. I would definitely opt for the latter and can enthusiastically recommend Shoes Mathebula, the owner of Khalanga Safaris.

Ilaria   –  
United States US
Visited: July 2024 Reviewed: Sep 4, 2024

Email Ilaria  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Professional
5/5

We booked an 5 days safari ( panoramic route and Kruger). The safari with Khalanga exceeded all expectations and left us with beautiful memories. From start to finish, their attention to detail, professionalism, and genuine passion for wildlife made our adventure extraordinary.
The booking process was very easy and Shoes answered all the questions very quickly to meet our requests. I really suggest Khalanga Safaris :)

Barbara   –  
Austria AT
Visited: July 2024 Reviewed: Aug 9, 2024

Email Barbara  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Perfect safari with a very experienced guide!
5/5

Before booking, we got many different proposals, programmes and ideas to find the right one to fit within our needs (travelling with children) and budget.
Everything was perfectly organised and the accomodation well-chosen. The programme was spontaneously adapted to our interests and Shoes, the guide taught us so many background information about the savannah, took us to places without any other visitors and shared his experiences in wildlife observation! Thank you for those unforgettable 4 days!

Weijie   –  
Singapore SG
Visited: July 2024 Reviewed: Jul 24, 2024

Email Weijie  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Great private experience :)
5/5

Shoes and team was very prompt with response from planning/booking the trip. The entire experience my wife and I had was really excellent, from the private dining with chef Desmond (whose food really helps fighting the home sickness while camping), game drives were well planned and we had encounters with 4/5 Big 5! With two leopard encounters :)

It was a really unique yet fulfilling experience!

Do give Shoes a chance to plan your private safari experience! (the tents do get quite cold in winter, though extra blankets were provided but good for everyone else in the future to be ready!)

Vanessa   –  
New Zealand NZ
Visited: June 2024 Reviewed: Jul 1, 2024

Email Vanessa  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Amazing Tour Operator
5/5

Shoes is by far the best Safari Tour Guide you could hope for. His skills and passion for the wildlife and nature is very evident.
A very well planned trip that went like clock work.
I highly recommend Khalanga Safari Tours!!

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