Kanyezi Africa Safari
- Located In:
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United States
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 1983)
- Tour Types:
- Mid-range & luxury tours with set start dates and a fixed itinerary
- Destinations:
Reviews
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Email George and Theresa | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic Journey
Well above and beyond our expectations! Even with the Coronavirus crisis developing, we were able to thoroughly enjoy Cape Town and the Dulini reserve. Accommodations were wonderful, tours exciting, and tour guides/trackers very entertaining! You will be blown away by the amount and diversity of animals you encounter. Food and service-first class!
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Email Sam and JoLynn Hezlep | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Extraordinary Adventure Vacation
Kanyezi African Safari's boast of extraordinary 5 - star service and accommodations is certainly not an exaggeration. They were with us every step of the way from planning through execution phase. If you would allow me to make one recommendation in a lifetime for your most enjoyable, exciting, and memorable adventure vacation it would be with Kenyezi African Safari at Dulini Collection in Sabi Sands. Our private villa at Dulini was "Leadwood" with a private swimming pool and beautiful view of the river and wild game. Service at our lodge, including everything from meal and drink preparation in the "treehouse", to modification of travel arrangements, demonstrated every attention to detail. Fred Smith, our ranger, and Tyron, our tracker were magnificent and very impressive, this being only our second safari. They worked extraordinarily well together as a team and went well above and beyond our expectations to discover and locate unique game sightings. Their familiarity and knowledge of Sabi Sands terrain and topography was indeed impressive enabling them to put us in optimum positions to observe and photograph multiple lion prides, female leopards training their cubs, elephant, buffalo, and wildebeest herds. All numbers of game were plentiful this time of year and the weather was perfect. Again, I would highly recommend Kanyezi African Safari without any fear of contradiction!
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Email John L. Richards | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Inspite of a femur fracture, this trip met all my expectations and beyond.
Kenyazi arranged a safari that met all my expectations and beyond. When we arrived in Johannesburg, it had been raining for several days and not safe enough to take the small plane to the reserve. They arranged for a driver and made sure we got to our destination in time. Our accomodations at the Leadwood Dulini Resort was very nice and comfortable. The eating areas faced out into a large open area with the Sand River along the right edge. We were often treated to nice wildlife sightings while we ate. The food was plentiful and very tastey. Our guide/driver was very knowledgable about the mammals and birds. He was good at getting us into good positions for photographs (everyone in our group are advanced ameteur photographers and birders). He was very good at finding the animals we wanted to see and got us close to the BIG 5. What a thrill it was. Now I want to take my wife there and have her experience the wonderful sights we experienced. Once we were there, I can not think of anything I would have changed except the pain in my hip. Without the help of my friends, the guide and tracker and the wonderful staff at our lodge, I would not have been able to make it through the week. They even made sure I help at all the airports going home, so that I could get on and off the planes and around the airports. The only thing that could have been better was the communications from Kenyezi before the trip. Sometimes answers to our questions were slow to come but eventually did. I think the problem was not theirs but the British airlines that were having some strike issues.
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Email Lezlee Liljenberg | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful News and Greatly Relieved
We heard great news from Chris last night and he is going above and beyond to make our trip the Experience of a Lifetime. We are truly looking forward to this trip and were worried due to all of the issues with travel being cancelled and all of the knee jerk reacting across the world. Guess we got fearful too concerning the trip and the money being wired. Chris has assured us that all is OK and that he plans on retainng his company's impeccable reputation serving all of his clients! Thank you for corresponding with us and putting us at ease.
Sincerely, Lezlee
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Email Joanna | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful experience
We had been wanting to do a safari but wanted to do it first class with lots of game drives. This was it. We had an excellent guide, Manie, who took care of us from the time we stepped off the plane till our departure. He was very thoughtful, took care of anything we might need. We were met at the airstrip by a crew who took care of luggage, had cold waters, welcoming smiles. The Dulini River Lodge was exceptional with staff to match. Our Ranger, Morah, tracker, Christopher, were a great team. The knowledge, not only about animals, also about the vegetation, birds, insects, was amazing. Every game drive was a new experience, seeing more animals than we could have imagined. On the morning game drive a stop was made for a special coffee and cookies. The evening game drive had a stop at sunset for some refreshing drink and snacks before heading back to the lodge. There were a total of 11 guests which was a nice number. Every meal was wonderful, every staff member was attentive, cheerful. It exceeded any expectation we may have had. We do hope to return. Thanks to all who made this an awesome experience.
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Email Michelle | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Words cannot express
This experience was absolutely fantastic!
At the time, the airline that we were going to use went on strike, which was something out of the company’s hands. That did delay the arrival times which was a bummer but on arrival, we were treated with beautiful flowers and employees from the company. We got into vans and went to our hotel that we were staying while in Cape Town. BEAUTIFUL location, great spa, awesome food, and cool activities to do on site. Definitely check out the eagle encounters sanctuary, the winery for some wine tasting, and the area where local artists sell their art!
During the tours around Cape Town, we were in a spacious van that had 9 other people in the van. It was difficult to hear the drivers when they were sharing fun facts, however were very receptive to being asked to speak louder. Learned a lot in the car and the people that were in our van were delightful! The locations we went to awesome- really liked the light house hike (option to take a tram, but the hike was gorgeous). There was a good amount of down time which really helped the experience not feel so rushed and you got to explore the area where you were touring that day.
I didn’t know the Cape Town tours were part of this adventure, so that was a fun surprise!
We then went up to where the actual safari took place. There was an option to fly which you do get their faster, but the drive really wasn’t that bad and you got to see more of South Africa.
When at Sabi Sabi- WOW! The food was out of this world, the staff were so friendly and knowledgeable! I could name drop for days.
Chris, Chip, and Manny were a delight and very helpful/ all about making sure we were enjoying our experience! Thank you guys for one of the best vacations I ever had! Definitely planning to do it again in the future!
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Email Chet Anderson | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unbelievable! The Trip Of A Lifetime! Everything was first class!
Capetown was beautiful, the tours and food excellent! When the airline, (Air Canada), totally screwed us for a day of vacation, Chris rearranged everything so we didn’t miss one minute of the best tours. Safari was awesome and humbling, seeing the big five every day. The comfort on safari was unsurpassed! Victoria Falls passed my expectations, especially enjoying a five star dinner and having a hippo wander out of the river to dine with us!
We are ready to go!
We had trouble getting our tickets due to an airline strike, but all is well! We have our tickets, and they are treating us to a Cape Town experience all on them for my birthday. We appreciate the effort and want to say thank you! We can’t wait to go and will be uploading pictures for everyone to see once we arrive.
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Email Kim Delahanty | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The dust on my boots and the rhythm of my feet and my heartbeat say Africa
Words cannot express the joy, excitement and awe we felt. This was a life changing trip for my family and I . Thank you for all of the breath taking safaris, coordination, fun , delicious food, expertise of the Kanyezi teams and leadership such as Chris, Manie and Chip, life changing experiences petting a cheetah, feeding owls, holding a black eagle, friendship and fellowship with new friends. We would definitely go with this tour group again and again.
The dust on my boots and the rhythm of my feet and my heartbeat say Africa .
Absolutely fascinating. All our needs were met. It totally exceeded my expectations.
Everything was wonderful. The rooms, the food, the staff. Our tracker and ranger were the best. Go Ruth’s Ruthless Renegades.
I will always remember this amazing trip. We saw every animal possible. I learned so much about the environment and the animals. Absolutely amazing
My heart is in Africa