The Adventura Africa Family
Adventura Africa
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2004)
- Member Of:
- ATTA & SKAL
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $250 to $1,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Michael S | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent trip; I really couldn't ask for more in terms of what I got!
The trip was wonderful! Antje did a great job of selecting two camps and explained the tradeoffs between spending more money and the differences in experience. Once I arrived, they really did a wonderful job of making sure everything was taken care of.
On my final day, "winding down" in Cape Town, the manager (whose name, alas, I don't recall) took me out for drinks, talking about the experience and some things I saw there. We spoke a bit about future plans, and I have to really give him credit for something you don't see often: He told me, "based on what you've seen and enjoyed, you really should go to South America some time; you'd love it. We can't book that, but I've been and highly recommend the area." It's rare for a company to say "we can't sell you this, but you should buy it," and I respect anyone who does highly.
If I had one complaint, it would be that I don't think they adequately warned me up front that, by arriving in the wet season, I ran the risk of not seeing as much, with many animals hiding in the thick foliage. As it turned out, that wasn't a problem at all, with some amazing experiences, but what the guides warned me up front when I arrived (that it could be a limited experience) didn't really match what Adventura said. Keep in mind, I traveled in the off-season and KNEW it was the off-season, and this really only applies in the first quarter of the year, when this is a problem. The work they did arranging it and the trip itself was spot-on, but I'd have liked a bit more advice about the risks of off-season adventuring.
That all being said, I really don't want to allow that to take away from how highly I recommend them for the experience! They clearly knew the area (Botswana) well, were able to make very intelligent and helpful recommendations as to the different camps, and in the end, it was a trip I will never forget. When and if I make a trip back, I'll certainly reach out to them for help again!
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Email Elizabeth Minchilli | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent trip planning down to every last detail!
From the first emails with Lizette at Adventura I was very impressed. She asked the right questions and was able to plan a tour for us in South Africa, suggesting the perfect itinerary. Although we only had in mind a safari, she also suggested 3 days in Cape Town and a final evening in Johannesburg. Every minute - from the time our plane landed to the time we took off, was perfectly planned. We had an excellent guide and driver in Cape Town - Marco - who was able to fit an extraordinary amount of sites and adventures into 3 days without seeming rushed. Our Safari at Jamala Madikwe was the stuff of dreams. We were crying when we left. And our final stay at the Saxon in Johannesburg was a nice way to pamper ourselves before our return to real life. Adventura also took care of all the little details from meals at great restaurants, airport transfers, charter flights and even arranged to have someone take us through customs to meet our connecting flight. I can't over state how well we were treated and taken care of. The owner of Adventura, Shaun, even organized a surprise vineyard lunch and cooked for us himself!!! I can recommend Adventura Africa with every bone of my body!!!
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Email Jeannine & Michael | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Exceeded all our expectations, Professional, Attentive and EXTREMELY Organized/Planned!!!
My wife and I travelled to South Africa for the first time in February and had the experience of a lifetime. Much of our wonderful experience was due to the assistance and planning we received from Adventura Africa, especially Lizette and Gary. From all of the questions we had leading up to the trip, to the meet and greets at the airports, to the private guided tours, everything was well planned and organized. Adventura Africa is a well run company that has true professionals on hand to guide you in your travels. We could not stress enough how HIGHLY we recommend Adventura Africa to anyone planning a Safari or taking in the sights of Cape Town.
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Email Paul | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Seamless experience
Working with Adventura Africa, especially Lizette, made our safari trip to South Africa completely seamless with zero difficulties. What would have otherwise been a very complex trip to plan on our own with the complications of lodge bookings, transfers and charter flights was expertly managed. All of our transfers and connections were either on time or early and met by courteous staff that were well prepared for our arrival from the time we landed at JNB until we were dropped off at our hotel following our safari. Our lodge experience was perfect from the moment we touched down on the local air field with personal touches that only could have been facilitated by working with Adventura. Since we've been back home, I've recommended the trip to everyone but told them to not even bother without contacting Adventura first.
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Email Rika | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Booking flights to South Africa
Unfortunately I could only spend a few days in South Africa over the Christmas period and needed flight bookings at short notice. I was advised to make use of Adventura Africa for 'peace of mind'. This is exactly what I got. I forwarded my (complicated) requests and details and had my booking in no time. Siraaz did an excellent job in accommodating my needs. Will I use Adventura Africa again? For sure!
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Email Thomas Glatzel | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Exceeding all our expectations
For many years we dreamed about a Safari in South Africa. When I started to study about what to do, where to go and what to see I quickly found out that the standard packages available in my home country the Netherlands did not fit the needs of our party of six. We decided to go for a tailored tour and found Adventura via Safaribookings. Olivia was our contact person, and she quickly with a lot of professional knowledge designed a program for us fitting all our needs and beyond. Even the most exotic question she could answer, always positive and helpful she made our dream come through. Everything was perfect and well prepared, and wherever we arrived, transport, pickup, transfers always worked perfectly.
We started our Safaritour in Zimbabwe, Safarilodge close to Victoriafalls. Next to the great falls we saw elephants, Buffalos, monkeys, Antilopes and many others from our hotel room or hotel restaurant. From Great to GreAtest: we moved on to Ngoma lodge in Botswana: what a luxury both hotel and wildlife in the Chobe Delta, maybe the most beautiful place of Africa. Water and land safaris showed us a wildlife we only knew from NAtional Geographic. BIg herds of elephants 2 feet away from our open Land Rover, hypos, crocodiles, Buffalos Antilopes and so many more, it seemed not to be real. Hundreds of Zebra and impalas....giraffes and a Leopard. From here we flew to Madikwe resort in SouthAfrica, were we had booked with Madikwe Safari Lodge...having kind of our private lodge for the six of us at Dimakaya...in this game reserve we saw cheetahs, lions, wild dogs, rhinos next to all the other animals. A highlight were the 5 lion cups with two mothers, or the hyenas during dinner...after 4 nights we flew to Capetown and explored the city including the district 6 museum, looking back to township and apartheid history only to continue to Hermanus were we saw more than 20 whales during our boat tour ending our wonderful trip at Franshoek at beautiful winery Rickety Bridge. They have some of the best whines in town and also their kitchen is a class of its own.
Adventura and in particular Olivia: we all want to thank you that you made our dream come true. Showing some of our videos to friends the comment was: this is better than National Geographic on TV. We have travelled all 5 continents, but this was the best travel agency we have ever met so far: honest, reliable, patient, understand customers needs, offer good ideas and tips when planning the trip while also honoring the budget we had available. Highly recommended to all travelers.
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Email Brydee | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Absolutely amazing cannot recommend enough, completly made our holiday!!! :)
Had such an amazing holiday and would not of been the same if I organised it on my own. I've travelled to many countries over the years and generally prefer to organise everything myself these days but thought ill give them a go. Highly recommend, I was able to plan most of the itinerary myself as I already had an idea of the places I wanted to go and told them some of the activities we were keen on and we were given some additional recommendations and advice about the trip which was great and still very affordable, if anything they probably saved us money. No other tour company that I've used in the past, even compares to these guys! Everything was so well organised and such quick and friendly response leading up to the trip.
We went to Mozambique, Kruger, Cape town, Livingstone and Botswana. The accommodation that was booked for us was amazing, excellent service and friendly people. Saved us so much time trying to find this out and the places were awesome, we had animals roaming around our tents in Kruger and could see zebras & elephants from our room in Livingstone but still affordable, much cheaper then other tour companies that I had enquired with but still going to the same places.
Our guide Robin in Cape town was amazing!! Very professional + efficient, new all the good photo spots and was full of information. We were in fits of laughter driving back from our shark cage dive with him, my husband and I want to go back to Cape town just we can hang out with him, he was probably the highlight of our Cape town trip! He brought me a lovely bottle of wine from the vineyards and taught my husband how to fly fish while we there, he also surprised us and set up a cute little picnic for us early that day, definitely went the extra mile, A+++ Service and pleasure to be around. In Kruger they set up a private dinner table which we were also surprised with and had great viewing of some of the animal coming through at night, so cool! :)
There's no way we could of got around so efficiently without these guys. It would of taken hours an hours to research what to do, where to stay and who to do it with ourselves + ended up costing more money and time. These guys are experienced, so much better to leave it up to them. Completely exceeded our expectations, cant wait to plan another trip in the future, thanks!!
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Email Linda | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent service for smooth travels
We had a wonderful vacation planned thougth Adventura Africa. They took great care of us every step of the way. Every driver, guide, hotel and air transfer was superb. If I am able to return to Africa, I will use Adventura Africa to plan the entire trip. I highly recommend them.
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Email Matthew | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Shark Dive and Safari over New Years
We can't say enough about the service from Adventura! During planning our trip they were great. We knew that we wanted to do a shark dive and a safari but that was about all we knew. They walked through options and other activities to help plan the perfect trip. They were receptive with all of our requests and questions. The people who work for Adventura are great. Our guide in Cape Town Robin was fantastic. We have already decided when we go back we are going to request that we work with him again. We have done our own scheduling and driving in some other trips that we have taken but thought maybe it would be to much in somewhere we were so unfamiliar with and really didn't know much about so we went with professionals and so glad we did. For the first time on a vacation my wife relaxed and wasn't ready to come home near the end of our time. We didn't know what to expect but I can tell you we are now in love with Africa and will be going back again in the near future. When we do, we will be working with Adventura again.
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Email Debra | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari of a lifetime
Olivia at Adventura set up the perfect Safari for us. It was our first Safari and could not have gone better. Excellent communication and Adventura makes the whole process very easy.