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Winnie   –  
Canada CA
Visited: August 2024 Reviewed: Aug 11, 2024

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

Brandon is great with our requests and planned our bookings in three different lodges .
5/5

It was first time for our family of three visiting Kruger park areas from Vancouver BC Canada. We like to learn the local culture and do safari . Brandon ‘ company helped us booked lodges with great accommodation, food and experienced safari guides. He also provide us one of the best local safari guide to Kruger park. The half day in Kruger park , our guide already showed us the big five. It gave us a glimpse of what we will see more on the private reserve of other lodges.
It was truly amazing experience for our first S Africa trip.

Corey & Moira   –  
United States US
Visited: July 2024 Reviewed: Aug 5, 2024

Email Corey & Moira  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Incredibly professional and knowledgeable
5/5

We had 2 all-day safaris with Elephant Herd Tours & Safaris at the Kruger National Park.

Our guide, Remember, was prompt, courteous and provided warm blankets for us to use during the chilly early morning start to our excursions. He is exceptionally knowledgeable on all aspects of both the wildlife and the terrain and his commentary was not only informative but very funny! I’ll never forget “the ugly five” when we saw warthogs and hyenas 🤣🤣🤣

We were privileged to see ALL of the Big 5 too including the elusive white rhinos and a leopard after a kill. We had extremely close and exciting encounters with 2 lionesses and numerous herds of elephant and Cape buffalo! Utterly breathtaking!!

He was exceptionally kind and deeply concerned when our friends’ teenage son had a seizure in the safari vehicle while on our 2nd day out in the park and radioed ahead so we could be met by a closed vehicle to take us back to our resort earlier than expected.

This tour group is top notch and we couldn’t recommend them more highly!

Kailash   –  
India IN
Visited: July 2024 Reviewed: Jul 25, 2024

Email Kailash  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

SA trip started with Cape Town and continued with this tour,It was amazing to see all the beautiful.
5/5

This was a beautiful trip which allowed me and my family to explore the jungle safari.Thanks

Osric   –  
Qatar QA
Visited: July 2024 Reviewed: Jul 22, 2024

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

Excellent tour, knowlguide. Big 5 all seen
5/5

We booked with Elephant herd tours on recommendation of our Airbnb host. They were responsive and contacted us immediately. Though not cheapest, they wre happy to pick us up from our accommodation which was importantfor us. Our guide Vobu arrived on time. We made the kruger gates on time for the 6am open and were lucky to see the big 5 though of course this isn't guaranteed. Our guide was super knowledgeable and the elephant herd team have an advantage working with their team of other guides to gives their clients the best chance to see the animals. We chose the morning half day tour as our party included younger kids. It was freezing in the early hours but an awesome experience

Tony   –  
United States US
Visited: July 2024 Reviewed: Jul 22, 2024

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

Easy to work with
5/5

We used Elephant Heard for our 4 day safari at Kruger park. Bev was our contact from booking all the way though our stay. We really liked that they were a local company and available the whole trip if we had any questions or issues, Bev even picked us up from the airport. From pick up to drop off, everything was taken care of, we didn't have to worry about any logistical details. My family and I typically travel independently, but for the safari it was nice to just relax and take in all of the sites. This experience exceeded my expectations, I still can't believe the abundance of animals there are in the park. Lastly, it was a great value, our Lodging at the Zarafa was beautiful and included all the meals, they were delicious and the service was first class.

Annelie   –  
United States US
Visited: July 2024 Reviewed: Jul 22, 2024

Email Annelie  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

The operator was very friendly and helpful.
5/5

Our tour guides was extremely knowledgeable. Bhekifa in particular did a magnificent job. He read the animal pawprints on the ground and found all the animals we wanted to see. He was friendly and even used our phone to get the best pictures of everything we saw.

Best safari so far.

Wendy   –  
United States US
Visited: July 2024 Reviewed: Jul 22, 2024

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

Fantastic
5/5

We saw lots of animals and our guide was able to get us to see many things

Charné   –  
South Africa ZA
Visited: July 2024 Reviewed: Jul 22, 2024

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

Sam, is excellent. We decided to book another full day in Kruger and asked for him again.
5/5

Very prompt and helpful. Used them twice. Will definitely use them again.

Caroline   –  
United States US
Visited: June 2024 Reviewed: Jul 7, 2024

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

Elephant Herd was incredibly great to work with and delivered high quality adventures!
5/5

My family and a close friend booked five adventures through Elephant Herd. We would HIGHLY RECOMMEND this company! They were very knowledgeable, incredibly flexible, warm, friendly, reasonably priced, and very helpful! We cannot say enough good things about our experience with this company! From the company owners to the safari rangers to the drivers, all were first-rate and gave us experiences that will last a lifetime. As an example, Brendon, who owns the company with his wife, was able to meet all of our requests for tours and was even able to work in a drop-off at a shopping site for two of us while then dropping off the other two members of our group at a site to visit elephants! Also, Bekifa, one of our rangers, was beyond committed to finding a rhino for us to see on our last day at Kruger so that we could complete our sitings of the Big 5. He successfully found three for us to see! It was magical! This is a wonderful company with excellent communication, service, reliability, and a passion for what they do. We could not ask for more!

E Mostert   –  
South Africa ZA
Visited: April 2024 Reviewed: Jun 13, 2024

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

Best Tourguide Ever!!!
5/5

We had the most amazing experience with our Tour guide Vuyo.

The experience exceeded our expectations! The guide was incredible. He went out of his way to help us catch a view of all the animals!
He was in touch with the other game drivers by radio so he knew where the sightings were throughout the day.
We saw the big 5 before breakfast.

The knowledge and love for the animals and nature poured out of him it was a truly AMAZING experience with a exceptional guide.

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