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
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Email Johanna | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
fantastic holidays: interesting mix of beautiful gameparks, brilliant nature and lovely coast!
Tailor Made Safaris designed our trip with us, advising on driving distances, places to visit, accommodations to choose. The safari pre pack is absolutely brilliant: you get prepared for the holidays and you also have all practical info together in one book once you're in South Africa. Although part of the tour consists of ' building blocks' that can be chosen from the website, the whole trip really is tailor made. We had some special requests for trips outside the Elephant Coast and that was also organised for us. I would book again with them for sure!
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Email Genio van Hees | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A wonderfull and unforgettable experience!
In August 2015 we made a journey through South Afrika. A part of it was organised bij Tailor Made Safari's. Without exaggerating it must be said that this part of our yourney was a real highlight! The way in which arrangements were made, the professionalism of the guide, Paul, his way of communicating, the humor with which he shared his knowledge with us, the wonderful meals that were prepared by Nicks wife Freya en the barbecue that Paul surprised us with, were wonderful. It was even so that we asked Nick to arrange one more safari for us with Paul after we left St. Lucia and went to Hluhluwe. From six in the morning till six in the evening we had a second wonderful day with him. If it would have been possible we would have taken him with us to Swaziland and Krugerpark! So, nothing but compliments for the organization of this part of our journey!
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Email Frank and Annemieke | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The South African dream fulfilled
We booked a self-drive tour for the Elephant coast with exentsions to Drakenbergen and Cape Town. Although Talor Made Safari's offers a number of "standard" tours, these are just helpful starting points for designing your own tailor made holiday. The holiday already starts two weeks in advance by recieving the self-drive package consisting of a GPS-system, a South African cell phone and, most important, a tailor made book providing all the day-to-day information well illustrated by beautiful photo's. We called it our "black bible".
Our trip in South Africa was fantastic. We drove from game park to game park ourselves, but the game drives were all guided. We had a good mix of parks (also marine), and especially Tembe and Rhino Zululand provided us with some onforgetable experiences. It was interesting to see the changes in landscape driving from Elephant coast to Drakensbergen. The walks and views in Drakensbergen were impressive. We ended our holiday with a five day, fully guided, stay in Cape Town and it's surroundings. Our guide Michel did a great job. This our first, but certainly not last trip to South Africa!
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Email Bert and Hanny | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Our first time in South Africa, what a great experience!
We booked our 24 day self-drive tour with Tailor Made Safari’s.
A few weeks before departure we received our self- drive pack, including a GPS and wonderful travel guide book, written specifically for our itinerary.
Our whole tour consisted of highlights, but our favourites where our stay at Leopard Mountain Lodge and Tembe Elephant Park. And we really enjoyed our first guided drive through the iSimangaliso Wetland Park with a great guide and lunch at the beach.
But our visit to the Drakensberg and the whale watching at St Lucia was also superb!
We saw lots of animals, but we have not seen the leopard from the Big 5, a good reason to go back again!
It’s likely we are going to book another tour with Tailor Made Safari’s. We would recommend this tour operator to anyone, everything was perfectly organised. We have experienced the booking process to be very convenient and personal, especially the personal visit by one of their representatives whilst staying in St Lucia
Overall a fantastic holiday!
Email Jan Willem van der Weele | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Tailor Made Safaris organized a wonderful trip to St Lucia, Mavela, Battlefields and Drakensbergen.
Everything was very good organized, so there where no problems at all. All of us where very enthousiastic about the tours, the guides, de game drives and the B&B's, guesthouses and lodges. We will recommend Tailor Made Safaris to our friends when they lik to visit South Africa.
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Email Jarco van Hemert | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An amazing holiday!!
We have just returned from an amazing trip to South Africa where we visited the Cape and Elephant Coast. What a fantastic time we had, and everything was so well organised! The order of destinations in which Tailor Made Safaris put our itinerary together was perfect, and so were the activities they had included. Our favourites were Tembe Elephant Park where we felt we were treated as kings, and Mavela Game Lodge where the game viewing was just unreal! Four black rhino, cheetah with three cubs, lions on a kill, and much, much more. We highly recommend Tailor Made Safaris to everyone, and are pretty certain we ourselves will be back in the near future! Rik, Jarco & Richard
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Email Bram Barnhoorn | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Again SafarisopMaat made our dreams comes true.
For me and my wife it was the second time that we made the choise for Zuid Afrika. It was te second time that we traveled whit Tailor Made Safaris(TMS). Last year TMS planed for us an unforgetteble yourney. And I never chance what's good. For the other two members on our journey it was the first time in Zuid Afrika. But we have all enjoyed. It was amazing. The way you get your information before you leave for South Africa. The things the deliver for the journey. And then what you receive in South Africa. The Games Reserves, the lodges ( carefully selected / whit nice people and great quality of living and service ) , not much travelling/driving during your holidays an the support from TMS when you need it during your journey etc.etc.. It's amazing.
Thank you Geert, Freya, Angela and Claire, you made our dreams come true (again).
Bye Bye from Katwijk, Holland
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Email Patrick & Miranda | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
An unforgettable journey !!!
What can we say about our 31day self-drive tour in South Africa with Tailor Made Safari’s ?
It was fantastic !!!
Thanks to TMS we have had an unforgettable journey. We have been to the Drakensbergen, St. Lucia, Tembe, Kosi Bay, Mkuze, Hluhluwe and Capetown. Everything is so well organized by TMS. Your holiday starts at home when you receive your personal pre-departure pack (GPS navigation system, South African cell phone and a tailor made book providing all the day-to-day information with beautiful photos). Our whole stay was a highlight, but our favorites were Didima Camp in the Drakensbergen, Tembe Elephant Park and our stay in Capetown. We saw a lot of animals in the Game reserves. In Capetown we got a personal guide (Michel) for one week. He took us to all the beautiful places in and around Capetown (Cape Point, Table Mountain, Hermanus, Gansbaai) . We even saw an albino Southern right whale in Hermanus!!! If you want to go on a holiday to South Africa and you just want to enjoy it and don’t have to worry about anything else….....book with Tailor Made Safari’s.
Thank you TMS team en especially our guide Michel in Capetown for making a dream come true !!!
Patrick & Miranda
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A great experience again !
This trip was again a great experience with Tailor Made Safaris. The accomodations, vehicle, safaris and guides of Tailor Made were well organised again. We visited Drakensbergen, Ithala, Mkuze, St. Lucia, Hluhluwe and Kruger National Park. In Thendele Camp - Drakensbergen and Ntshondwe – Ithala the view from our lodge was incredible. The whole journey we have seen a lot of wild animals and birds. The service is excellent. It is realy a tailor made safari !
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Email Roos en Misja | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Diverse, fantastic, beautiful and lovely, nature and animals- we are booking again!
We visited SA from 23/8 - 12/9 2014. From the moment we asked TMS to help us plan our trip it was well organized. Quick and clear communication about possibilities and wishes. It was great to receive the mobile phone and GPS coordinates (does give a safe feeling). We visited, Drakensberg Mountains, Kloof (durban), Rocktail Beach camp, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, Sint Lucia Estuary and the Zululand Rhino Reserve. All the places had their own beauty and characteristics so we can't give a favorite....(however the baby giraffe and the lion cubs scored high!) the combination of lodges and self catered houses was a good mix of being taken care of and do it yourself.
It was such a good experience that we have booked again for dec 2015- jan 2016 heading for Kaapstad, Garden Route, Addo Elephant Park :)