Natureways Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 1987)
- Member Of:
- ZTA & SOAZ
- Tour Types:
- Budget & mid-range canoe safaris
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $286 to $500 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Bertrand | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Exceptional experience in the wild Mana ¨Pools with excellent and safe guiding and services
Very efficient and responsive back-office. Amazing experience of a 4 days canoeing trip on the almighty Zambezi. Extremely good and safe guiding with 2 rangers for our family of 5 ( with children aged 19, 17 and 14). Simple but comfortable accomodation in tents. Great staff and excellent food. We loved the diversity of canoeing, walking and driving, all with the same team.
Email Johan | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
This one of the best, authentic and varied safaris you can do, highly recommended!
We are in the safari business ourselves (Safarifrank.com) so we talk from a perspective of some extensive experience. The mobile safari of Natureways along the Zambezi is a fantastic and REAL wilderness experience. The groups and camps are small and intimate and the land and water guides, Andy and TK, are some of the best we have come across. Combine that with great hospitality, food and spectacular wildlife experiences and the scene is set for one the best adventure safaris that you can experience! Where else can you camp on the river under private canvas, canoe along the channels of the Zambezi, walk the flood plain and do game drives too?
Pretty spectacular. Thanks guys we had a blast!
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Email Adriana B | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Tamarind Safari: Fantastic Experience in Zambezi with the best guides!
I made the Tamarind Safari, which was 4 days and 3 nights canoeing from Chirundu to Mana Pools & sleeping in sand islands in Zambezi . It has been one of the most beautiful experiences I have had. Our Guide "Zera" had more than 25 years experience, and you need someone that really knows the hippos... The Safari is a mix of total contact and peace with Nature, while you canoe in the midst of the sunrise but then the adventure of passing by through thousands of hippos. The sunset in Vundu Island was amazing... and even the food was really good. I think its the best way to know a natural park like Mana Pools. Highly recommendable!
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Email Katherine | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Great Guides + Incredible Adventure
We just finished the Tamarind Canoe Safari. Our guides were top knotch (ask for Zera and Manu if you can!) and the scenery stunning. A trip we will never forget!
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Email Pete | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A more adventurous perspective!
After a number of game drives in Zimbabwe and Botswana, the Tamarind canoe trip with Natureways gave us a new and adventurous perspective on wildlife viewing. Also a healthy respect for hippo's! Though there were a few adrenalin fuelled moments, our guides Zera and Kenneth were thoroughly safe, professional and fun. Kenneth was a pretty good cook too. Their knowledge of the animals and birds we saw was amazing.
Right from the pick up at the airport to our drop off at Mana Pools, Natureways more than delivered on our expectations in every respect. Hornbill Lodge in Kariba was a great place to stay pre-tour as well. Thanks!
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Email Lennart | under20 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing experience overall, entirely new views on game and wildlife.
Our canoeing trip went from Mana Pools to Kanyemba. We requested it for our family only since we couldn't make it to any scheduled trips. Luckily they were very flexible and willing to organize this custom trip for us.
The views on the river, especially when it's still wide and open is amazing. There are mountainside on the Zambian side and flat land on the Zimbabweian. In between are lots of beautiful islands on which we saw lots of game, especially hippos that just jumped into the water 50m ahead of us. Our guides always had a good eye in seeing hippos so we never came too close to one. Even when we basically slept right next to the hippos, crocs etc. on islands at night (they came quite close to our tents, which was amazing since you could see them in the moonlight) I never felt unsafe.
Our guides were super friendly, always willing to help and good cooks. There was always enough food and water at any meal, which they always prepared for us.
I highly recommend this trip to everyone since it's just a entirely different view on nature and worth the experience.
Email Owen M | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Fish Eagle Safari
The highlight of a Zambezi canoe safari is the opportunity to observe and sometimes interact with wildlife from a river level perspective. The knowledge and experience of the guides is essential in navigating the river snags and never ending supply of hippos and crocodiles that keep popping up in front of your canoe. A special commendation to our guides Zera and Kenneth for keeping us safe, informed and well fed.
From ease of booking, to transfers, camping logistics and generally keeping visitors safe on the river, Natureways have really put in a 5 star performance. They have made it impossible not to have a most memorable experience.
Email Jane Allin | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
One of the best of my life.
Excellent communications. The whole trip exceeded my expectations. Our guide, Andy was superb and extremely knowledgeable about everything. In fact he absolutely made the trip. The staff were excellent, the food amazing (I'm a vegetarian) and altogether the holiday was brilliant.
Email Di | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Superb bush experience in Chitake
Natureways are so professional. We stayed in a mobile camp setup which had all the necessary amenities. The guide Andy Smith was top class. So passionate and knowledgeable about the wild life and the bush. We had such fun and really enjoyed our trip. Thank you to all the staff.
Email Jenny and Don | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful and exhiliarating family canoe safari
Our family of five did the Odyssey Shoreline Safari in June 2017. Everything about our trip with Natureways was faultless, beginning with the early communications, responsiveness to our many questions, travel advice and all administration matters. Once on the ground in Zimbabwe we were constantly in awe of the natural environment surrounding us, and could not think of a better way to observe the wildlife in Mana Pools NP than from the perspective of a canoe on the lower Zambesi, combined with the opportunity to break up the day with walking safari away from the riverbank with our expert guides. Above all, it was the guides (Andy Smith And Takeshaw) who made the trip so enjoyable. Their knowledge, skills, professionalism and safety focus were faultless. We learnt so much in our 4 days with them. The rest of the support staff were also very professional and made our mobile camps a pleasure to spend time in after a day on the river. This trip is not for the feint hearted, but those who make the decision will be forever thankful that they did.