Moonstroll Vantage Expeditions
- Office In:
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2016)
- Member Of:
- HATAB, BOGA & BTO
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $250 to $400 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Shikha Khandelwal | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Incredible experience!!
We booked a 9 day tour with Monametsi for Botswana. Honestly, we were skeptical about it initially as we had no reference. But when we spoke to him over phone we felt comfortable. He answered all our questions and assured us about everything. Once we arrived in Maun, Monametsi and our driver came to pick us up at the airport and our adventure began. We had the best crew members with us. Our driver/guide Thuso was one fearless man who made sure that we explore everything. Our chef Gotata cooked delicious meals for us every single time and always served us with a warm smile and love. We are vegetarian and they made sure that we got best vegetarian meals possible in the wild. Our camp helpers Kennedy, Howard and Heity were always there to help. They all made sure that our stay with them was comfortable and enjoyable.
I would highly recommend Moonstroll safari for your adventure in Botswana.
All our expectations were met over and above. We had an amazing experience.
This is part of what we wrote to Moonstroll: "Hello Mr Monametsi,
I wanted to say how much we've enjoyed our safari. You have an amazing country and a fantastic wildlife. You offered us a great variety of ways to see it and enjoy it. Day and night drives, walking, boating, flying, amazing! We had the fantastic experience of being part of nature whith the necessary comfort supplied to us by you chef and the good and willing assistant.
And, of course, the one and only Ben: a guide so knowledgeable, reassuring, good driver, pleasant and helpful.
Thank you so much!"
NL
Email Jan and Nathan | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Mr. Monamatsi is someone you can trust. Moonstroll is legit.
We were well taken care of on Our 10 day safari. With an experienced guide, an excellent cook and a happy tent person we never had a to lift a finger except for holding on for dear life on the endless game trails and dirt roads in our landcruiser.
Food was good, the tent comfortable, the shower nice and hot, the toilet better than you may expect.
Botswana’s animals were the most healthy and numerous.
Victoria falls was amazing.
The safari was a wonderful adventure. Thank you Moonstroll.
Jan and Nathan
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Email Mike and Sarah Dyer | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
The crew (guide, cook, and two more) were hardworking, professional, and super people.
We were on the 7-day Moremi/Okavango/Chobe safari and it was the travel experience of our lives. The crew (General, Hotata, Kennedy and Howard) were simply wonderful, and friendly and fun to be with. General is a top-notch guide and we especially appreciated his knowledge of birds, not to mention his ability as a tracker, teacher and driver. Hotata's food, all cooked over wood fires in our wilderness campsites, was excellent, and the crew just took care of everything. These national parks are world treasures, a redoubt of the old, wild Africa and a tremendous credit to the people of Botswana. We would recommend this safari to anyone, with the caveat that you must be prepared for camping a bit in the rough and be physically up to long, bouncy rides in the Land Cruiser.
Email Charlotte Maby | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Moonstroll gave us a truly awesome safari trip, up close to the animals that we'll remember for life
We were a group of 5 adults & 4 teens and can honestly say one of the best holidays we have ever had. Our guides/drivers Ben & Help were super - very knowledgeable and even when you heard an animal scream in the distance during dinner were only to eager to jump in the trucks with you to investigate. The food was good too (considering all done on a camp fire) and especially enjoyable with big camp fires and even the odd animal wandering through camp. The tents were decent quality and bedding much more comfy than expected. Spending 2 nights in each camp meant that when you weren't travelling to the next destination you had lots of times to relax during the day in before heading out animal spotting first thing in the morning or evening.
As for the animals - just amazing - we literally saw everything that we wanted and so much more from a young litter of wild dogs and baby hyenas, to right up close to crocs and elephants crossing rivers; to a huge pride of lions feasting on a baby elephant carcass to the elusive jaguar and feeling the vibration of a male lion roaring. Even in our tents at night you could hear all the night-time animals, so very close by but we always felt safe. Lastly, the birds too were also incredible from large eagles to beautiful storks and smaller birds.
Email Joanne | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An incredible and authentic experience in Botswana
We did a 7 night camping trip staying at Moremi, Savute, Kwai and Chobe River Front. Followed by 2 nights at Vic Falls. Moonstroll took care of every detail and it was an incredible holiday. certainly a trip of a lifetime. We took our kids age 14 and 12. It was the most authentic and incredible way to go on safari. It was the 4 of us, our guide Ben, who was very knowledgeable and had such a beautiful passion for the bush, animals and conservation. A team of 4 would look after everything, put up and take down the tents, provide us with most wonderful food all cooked on an open fire. We have home made fresh bread every day! We saw hundreds of animals and birds. We learnt so much, we also learnt how humans and wild animals live together in harmony. We had close up experiences with elephants, lions, hyena, leopard, lots of different antelope, hippos and much more. If like me, you are finding it hard to decide which company to choose. I would not hesitate to recommend Moonstroll, take the plunge and get it booked. Monametsi who organises everything. Was fantastic and very communicative. Book direct and pay by transfer, that way the local company does not lose funds in commission and you liaise with Monametsi direct and get to build up a relationship. If you are up for a truly authentic experience. Moonstroll tick every box. We had a hot shower set up for us, our camp loos were a closed in area at the back of the tent which worked really well. We had comfy camp beds. Our packed lunches on our moving days day meant that got to lunch at remote and stunning locations with just us and Ben our guide. There is nothing quite like camping in the wild in comfort. We loved every minute of our trip and felt safe and well cared for by Moonstroll. They all work so hard to ensure we had an awesome holiday.
A dream
Our experience was everything we had dreamed of.
Moonstroll was amazing and accomodating from start to finish, creating a safari that fit our needs.
Ben, our guide was super knowledgeable and taught us so much about all the wildlife. He was an experienced and talented tracker and managed to find Lions every day on our 4day safari, we even saw a leopard. Ben was great company and shared great stories around the dinner table.
The chef was super talented with all the amazing meals she could cook over the fire, the food was amazing.
I will definitely go on another safari with Moonstroll in the future and would highly recommend them.
Email Hercules | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
December 2022 trip Okavango Delta amd Moremi
We travelled with Moonstroll Vantage Expeditions during December 2022. We first use them to book Makoro trip into the Okavango Delta. They soon proof to be reliable, on time and very knowlegable about the local area with friendly staff that was most hospitable. We loved their service so much we used them to take us in to the Moremi the following day as well and once again they delivered making our two days with them most memorable. Just love their work and if you looking for a great experience and affordable price you will not be disappointed.
NL
Email Casper Bake | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
This tour made our 6 weeks trip
Ben, our guide , was the basis of the success. He knew all the small paths to find the animals and had many stories about there behavior. Camping in the bush was fantastic. An out of africa experience.
The top of out 6 weeks tour!
Email Mark Cowne | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Moonstroll were incredibly helpful and professional
My wife, son and I recently undertook a 15-day safari with Moonstroll. We can only recommend them and their safari team highly.
We are from Southern Africa and have spend a substantial amount of time in the bush and were looking for a real 'back to nature' camping experience in the wilds.
Moonstroll certainly delivered.
The trip was all undertaken in an open game viewing vehicle which was possibly not the most comfortable vehicle to travel hundreds of kilometers on the main roads to get to our destination but was truly excellent when we arrived at the various locations and reserves. At one point, traveling through the Makgadikgadi reserve we became quite bogged down in very soft sand and were very grateful that we did have a good, off-road focussed, 4x4 to pull us out.
Our trip started with a drive of almost 250 km to the Makgadikgadi Pans to the East of Maun. Most of it on tar roads but the last 50 km on sand tracks. We spent one night in the amazing moonscape of the dry salt pans. The annual rains were just starting and within months the pans will fill and the flamingoes return.
The following day we left early and drove to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. A very long and laborious drive of over 14 hours on bumpy, difficult sand roads through the Makgadikgadi game reserve. Unfortunately, we arrived too late to make the gate and had to camp outside the reserve. There was an immense thunderstorm. The following morning we traveled on to our actual campsite (a further 3 hours) where we spent that night. The next day we left and drove back many hours to Maun where we overnighted on our way to the Makoro camp in the swamp.
Whilst in Maun we requested a meeting with the owner of Moonstroll as our itinerary driving times were far in excess of those that were shown in our itinerary. We felt that, whilst it was wonderful to see such a lot of Botswana, we were spending most of our trip in transfers rather than in the bush. We still had the Mokoro night then 2 nights at Chobe, 2 nights at Khwai, 2 nights at Savuti and 2 nights at Moremi. We realized that, based on our experience so far we would drive a whole day to get somewhere and arrive late at night followed by a day of game driving (excellent) stay that night and leave again early the next day. It was all travel. So, we requested they change the campsite bookings (not easy for them) to give us 4 nights Savuti and 4 nights Khwai.
It was the right decision. Moonstroll made it happen and we are grateful that they did.
The balance of our trip was far more relaxed. It gave us time to be in the bush and photograph the birds and animals we came to see.
The Mokoro island night was fun and elephants came and visited us in our tented camp.
Khwai was possibly the highlight as the rains had started and the river and flood plains already filling. The animal and bird diversity and density were incredible.
Savuti was incredible in its own, drier, rockier way too.
We highly commend Ben, our amazing guide and super bird identifier, and his team, Gothata (a fabulous chef), Kennedy and Gaeti (our camp builders and helpers). Monametsi, the company owner, was great and did everything possible to accommodate our every need. They were all fantastic. We would not hesitate to go with them again. In fact, we will . . . . .
