East Cape Tours
- Located In:
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United Kingdom
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 1998)
- Member Of:
- ATTA, SATOA, ATOL & SATSA
- Tour Types:
- Custom luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $28 to $110 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email AZ | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Responsive and Dedicated
We talked to Lynn, and she was always very responsive and dedicated to getting us the best safari experience that we wanted. She was very understanding about providing lots of options and was quick in getting the receipts and vouchers put together. The safari itself was wonderful, and I would definitely use East Cape Tours & Safaris again.
Email Steve Tudor | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A fantastic 'Holiday of a Lifetime' thoroughly planned and executed by East Cape Tours & Safaris
This holiday involved travel and transfers in South Africa ( Kruger - Sabi Sands ), Zambia ( Victoria Falls ). Namibia ( River Lodge and Zambezi Queen ), Zimbabwe Hwange Park ( 2 lodges ) and a 5 star boutique hotel in Johannesburg. All accommodation was of the highest standard, all transfers were arranged and executed flawlessly. The high standard of the holiday as a whole and all of the travel in between went to make this an unforgettable experience and it was all put together by East Cape Tours, our greatest thanks go to Colin and his team, especially Lynn for ensuring everything went off without any issues and for suggesting such top class locations.
Reply from East Cape Tours
Posted on Dec 18, 2018Good day Steve,
Thank you for the fantastic review! We're so glad you enjoyed your getaway in Southern Africa!
CH
Email Urs Forte | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Truly professional support with great choice of the lodges.
The communication with East Cape Tours was simply excellent. Very quick response by mail and even by phone for any requests we had. We will, for sure, contact East Cape & Tours again when we will plan our next trip to Africa !!!
Reply from East Cape Tours
Posted on Dec 18, 2018Good day Urs,
Thank you for the awesome review! We can't wait to plan your next trip to Africa!
Email Nick Gilmore | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Tour operator excellant
Communications and everything to do with East cape 1st class
Fishing Lodge most enjoyable and would visit again.
Did not enjoy African Queen as the boat did not really go anywhere .
and the couple of hours which it did cruise in the morning clashed with
morning activity .Food and staff good but might would be better of in a lodge.
Reply from East Cape Tours
Posted on Dec 18, 2018Good day Nick,
Thank you for the great review! We're so glad to hear that we could help you plan your holiday. We're sorry to hear that you did not enjoy the cruise safari, but we appreciate the feedback and will use this information to improve our services. We look forward to organising a tailor-made African getaway for you again in the future!
Email Les and Margaret | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Responsive , flexible, light-touch planning with perfect selection of countrywide hotels and lodges.
We had originally planned to self-book our month's tour of South Africa for 2019, but having made contact with Colin and his team at East Cape Tours, their professionalism and effort to tailor a perfect plan for us, won us over. Their light touch and total flexibility to meet our initially sketchy ideas enabled us to fit in all the places we wanted to cover, plus give us extra confidence in the quality of accommodation, as well as providing us with a one-stop-shop
Our personal travel consultant , Lynn Bowers, managed everything for us as we fine tuned the locations and local travel together. She was highly responsive , with comprehensive , clear and rapid communications , always backed up with East Cape Tours' really smart systems integration that delivered us plans, accommodation details and travel information by return e mail.
Flexible to the end, Lynn was able to manage changes without any fuss , and provided invaluable support when our inbound flight to Cape Town was delayed by a day - notifying the hotel and rearranging the car-hire.
The location and quality of the hotels and lodges was perfect for us and bookings were always faultless and comprehensive : the booking at Madikwe Safari Lodge , our final stop, was really special and proved to be a stunning finale to our trip. Part way through the trip at Port Elizabeth, Colin from East Cape took time out to meet us for dinner which was very kind. Thank you all at East Cape Tours
So if you have some vague future travel plans for South Africa , we heartily recommend you talk to East Cape Tours first.
Reply from East Cape Tours
Posted on Mar 26, 2019Good day Les and Margaret,
Thank you so much for your awesome review! We're so glad to hear that you enjoyed your holiday. We look forward to planning your next East Cape Tours getaway and connecting with you again in the future.
Email June Smith | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Last minute weekend tours
We were in J’Burg on business and had two weekends for Safari. Last minute booking so it needed to be very efficient. Cape Tours found us excellent residences with lovely rooms and good tours. Thank you!
Reply from East Cape Tours
Posted on Mar 26, 2019Good day June,
Thank you for your review! We're so glad to hear that we could help you. We look forward to helping you organise more custom-made holidays in the future!
Life changing AND life-affirming in every way possible
Thank you for the trip of a lifetime. Starting with Denise in Reservations, Patrick My ever-faithful driver, Addo elephant park the, De Drift Inn, and then the amazing Shamwari . I can’t speak highly enough....Simbu, Marley, my ever gracious hosts, James my dedicated and delightful Game driver and all of the staff to say it was exceptional is a massive understatement. And then on to 5th Ave., Beach’s house in PE with Chantelle, Ada, and Sandy. I made friendships that will last a lifetime I loved it so much I did not want to leave!! I plan to return and hopefully purchase a home there in the next two years. Thank you for the gracious, welcoming, delightful, trip of a lifetime. It was not only life affirming, is life-changing. I will be back as soon as possible....and hoping to buy. Home there in2 yours. Amazing country and amazing people. Thank you so very much for welcoming me to your country and guiding me through a a solo trip of a lifetime.
Reply from East Cape Tours
Posted on Jun 24, 2019Good day Katherine,
Thank you so much for the wonderful review! We are so glad you enjoyed your time in South Africa. We look forward to welcoming you back to our beautiful country!
Email Helen | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
ZIMBABWAE WHAT A WONDERFUL COUNTRY
After returning from our two week holiday to Zimbabwe I just wanted to again thank East Cape Tours namely Colin, Kia,and Tehillah for an amazing job in helping us create such a wonderful adventure.
From my first contact with Colin I was instantly impressed with his professionalism and the effort to guide me through our booking process. Colin emailed me through a few itineraries to look at which made it easy to map out our final destinations.
We had 3 nights at the Rhino Safari Camp, 3 nights on the Umbozha house boat sailing on the Lake, 3 nights at Sable Sands then onto Victoria Falls for our last 3 nights.
This trip has everything you would every want from a holiday. All our accommodation was excellent and the food was so impressive and plenty of it. Our game drives were made so much better as our guides were both intelligent and informative their calming nature make you feel extreme safe which is kind of important when those very large elephants stroll on by.
The highlights of the tour were of course the animals, but the people of Zimbabwe were warm and friendly and we learnt so much from them.
If you are looking for a company to create your next adventure I can’t rate East Cape highly enough.
IF YOU HAVEN’T CONSIDERED ZIMBABWE – GIVE IT A GO YOU WONT BE DISAPPOINTED
SE
Email Peter Anto | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A very good experience.
Communication were swift both by e-mail and phone, issues were quickly corrected. We were very happy with service on site, meals/beverages and the safaris, our expectations were exceeded. I can highly recommend East Cape Tours.
NL
Email Gabriel Martel | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Deliver to promise with great and inspiring offers and smooth communication!
Communication through e-mail was very accurate and fast. Friendly professional staff.
