Nick van de Wiel of Tailor Made Safaris
Tailor Made Safaris
- Located In:
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Netherlands
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2009)
- Member Of:
- FGASA, TKZN, MHCTO & EDTEA
- Tour Types:
- Self-drive mid-range & luxury tours
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $84 to $367 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Tailor Made Safaris made a dream come true.
When you're married 35 years, you want to do something special. We asked Tailor Made Safaris to arrange a trip for us in which we wanted to do several things. Safari, sea, whales, a boat-trip at the river etc. etc.
What a great journey we have got. Every day we enjoyed so much. All the animals, the Big Five, the beautiful birds. The bush, the parks, Kosi Bay, St. Lucia, the Drakensbergen, it was great. A special award for the way Geert en Freya / Tailor Made Safaris arranged everything. The accomodations in the different parks, the guides and Nicolas ( Tailor Made Safaris ), the transport, it was all great. Tailor Made Safaris didn't only promise us a great trip, they made there words come true!!!!!!!!
NL
Email Maarten en Marianne | Experience level: first safari
A well planned and organized trip.
Our first trip in South-Africa was perfectly organized by Safari’s op Maat (Tailor Made Safaris). During the preparations of our trip this organization advised us not to travel great distances, but instead to stay in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. We have been really happy with their advice and although we stayed in one province, we still saw and experienced many different things during our trip.
Before we left they send us a beautiful bound book containing a day-to-day description of our journey, but it also contained great trips and fun facts. Next to this, we also received a navigation system and a mobile phone, which we really appreciated.
Sometimes we traveled with our own car through the safari parks and sometimes we went on a safari tour with a guide. We also spotted whales, went snorkeling and went with a guide to the beach during the low tide.
If you want to know more about our trip and everything we experienced, you are welcome to read the daily online blog of our trip, although it is written in Dutch. http://maartenenmarianne-zuid-afrika-2014.blogspot.nl/
Geert-Nick and Freya we want to thank you for making our first trip to Africa an amazing experience! We highly recommend you to anyone who wants to have a great experience in South-Africa.
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Email Roel | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A fantastic experience with quality service
We (party of 6) decided to book our trip 'the best of the elephant coast & drakensbergen' with Tailormade Safaris and had a truly wonderful experience. Everything was well-planned and organised and the service was exceptional. Geert/Nick and Freya really delivered on their promise of giving us a one of a kind experience, combining amazing gamedrives, great food (Tailormade Safaris' Nicholaas really knows how to braai!) and secluded lodges with breathtaking views. We will without a doubt book another Tailormade Safari. Geert/Nick, Freya, Nicholaas; thank you for the best trip i've ever had!
NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great travel service with excellent staff
We had a 4 weeks honeymoon with Tailor made safari. Everything was perfectly arranged. Started from the first contact when still planning the holiday untill the last day of our stay.
Would definitely travel with them again in the future!
NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great private trip experience
We had a wonderfull time in South Africa due to Tailor Made Safaris. Especially the small group experience made it possible to visit the best spots; from Cape Town to secluded lodges, and from hiking to diving in the Indian ocean. We had a great guide; thanks to Nicolaas we had a beautiful trip.
NL
Email eric thijssen | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Last minute safari
We suddenly decided to go on a safari. Received the contact details of tailormadesafari via a colleague and sent them a mail. Received answer right away asking what and how we wanted things planned. We received an offer for a self-drive safari combined with severall guided game drives and it fit perfectly with our whishes. Because it was last minute, phone and gps were delivered personally by Geerts father on the day before our plane left. Disregarding their advice with respect to getting a hotel at Johannesburg in between flights to Durban (we should have listened but will be a lesson for the next time) arrived in Kwazulu Natal. Trip was everything we wished for. Wonderful B&B very good choice of guided game drives and an exceptional place for the last 3 days of our safari where we got pampered (great food and drinks included) and were driven around twice a day to spot the animals on big 5 territory. Can only recommend tailormadesafari to anyone planning or just decide doing a safari in South Africa as their knowledge of the area offered something extra's. Great job and thanks for a onforgettable holiday.
NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A really tailor made safari holiday with outstanding services and places to stay
Tailor Made Safari's really has succeeded in delivering us an outstanding holiday. It all started on the Holiday Fair in January 2014 in The Netherlands were they had a very well organized stand. On basis of our wishes Tailor Made Safari's worked out very quickly a very well balanced trip to make in the Kwazulu Natal province of South Africa. One week before leaving the Netherlands we received a mobile telephone for emergencies, a navigation device and a fotobook with description and gps locations of places to stay and places we were going to visit. All pre-prepared for our trip to make by ourselves in South Africa. This made it posible to start directly our trip in a very relaxed way, directly after arrival at the airport. The rented car, the places to stay overnight and the host services were of a very good quality and the people we met were very friendly. With the mobile telephone we had received we kept sms contact with Tailor Made Safari's. They always reacted promptly and this gave us a very save and secure feeling. Tailor Made Safari's made it possible that we were able to make this trip on our own without their help, just as they had told us.
We thank all the teammembers of Tailor Made Safaries for this unforgetable trip. Lambik (53), Sandra (52), Tanja (20) and Daan (18)
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Email Ger, Marlein, Sarah, Wouter en Maureen | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A memorable trip to KwaZulu-Natal
A memorable family trip to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary.
Through our acquaintances we got in touch with Safari’s op Maat. Directly after our request Geert contacted us by phone to discuss our preferences. Very short after his call he sent us, within budget, a proposal of several pages including pictures through email.
The service Freya and Geert gave us was excellent, hospitality is their middle name! They arranged everything perfectly and gave us a lot of personal attention! We will never forget the first day. After a long flight Freya arranged a abundantly lunch in the middle of the wild park surrounded by animals, and this was just the beginning…
We visited several wild parks and every time we were surprised by the wonderful locations and beautiful lodges, a separate little camp of four huts with a cook, just for us, truly amazing!
The parks, all with their own charms, from which we started several (super exciting!) walking safaris and game drives with wonderful sights. Geert and Freya, with four eyes for detail, recognized the animals by sight and gave a lot of new information about the animals and their living area. Between the safaris, park visits and game drives we snorkeled in Kosi Bay, which was also a wonderful location, and interacted with elephants and a cheeta, amazing, to approach these animals so closely with the ultimate bonus to touch them!
This trip is certainly one we will never forget!
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
a wonderfull jurney!
Wow! What a safari holiday! We have seen amazing and beautiful sights, and had loads of great experiences! The logistics of the holiday were exceptionally well taken care of by Tailor Made Safaris, the food was good, the diversity of activities/destinations superb, and the South African people great! Of course you go on safari for the animals, but also the cultural experiences of Zulu villages and the general experience of the beautiful landscapes at the parks were fantastic. In short, a holiday that I would love experience again!
NL
Email Bart, Karin, Jaga, Cor, Marieke | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Elephant Coast from a different perspective
In the summer of 2013, we had a wonderful holiday! Thanks to “Safari op maat” we experienced the real South-African feeling and we were sure that we would return to this amazing country.
At that time, we had not thought that our next holiday to South-Africa would take place immediately next year but it did. We met each other again on the holiday fair in Utrecht and we decided to visit “the elephant coast” once more but then from a different perspective. .
A guided travel plan was organized, which took 5 days longer compared to our previous visit. At our request, we visited Tembe Elephant Park and St Lucia again. The rest of the destinations were new for us.
During the first week we traveled through “the Dragon Mountains” where we stayed at different locations in the area. The accommodations were truly fantastic and the views breathtaking. The area was great to take beautiful walks and if you’re less mobile you also could enjoy the amazing views from camp.
After “the Dragon Mountains”, we travelled to national parks with many wild animals and few tourists. There we were able to experience the African feeling by going on safari by foot and tracking rhino’s. In between the different national parks, we enjoyed a couple of days in Sint Lucia. The accommodations chosen by “Safari op maat” varied from good to very good and the visited wild life parks were astonishing. As during our first holiday, the guide did everything to give us a memorable experience and he did it again!
Thank you again for this wonderfull and memorable holiday.