Team
Gifts of The Kalahari Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2006)
- Member Of:
- Botswana Guides Association
- Tour Types:
- Budget camping tours that can start every day (clients assist with camp chores)
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $150 to $500 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
Four of us camping near Savuti, accompanied by our safari guide Lucky
Of the three weeks in Botswana and Zambia the few days in Savuti with Lucky of Gifts of the Kalahari we the most impressive. He showed us the lions, elephants and a lot of other animals, knew their stories. He also had great knowledge about birds and the park itself. During the evening he told us wonderful stories about how he became a safari guide. We shared meals and felt like being a family during these days. The simple camping life made it an unforgettable experience. It exceeded expectations.
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Email Loredana | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Gifts of the Kalahari: an experience in the experience
We are a family with 2 girls (17 and 14 years old) and we spent 11 days in Botswana with Lucky and his team (Marusa, Jacob, Norman). We really appreciated their job. Marusa, a great Chef, I couldn't believe what he managed to cook in such a difficult situation. Jacob a very nice person ready to help and solve whatever. Norman great as well. A special team, never tired, always smiling.
Lucky ... our guide. Where to start from: he knows the bush, he knows the animals, he knows the tourists. So he knows very well his job and it's very clear that he loves it. I think that this is the secret.
But let's start from the beginning: the definition of the safari. He was patient and polite also after 20 emails I wrote him before leaving.
During the safari, he feels the bush: the rumors, the bird's sound, the movements in the grass, the tracks. He knows very well animal's behaviour. He knows where to go, where to stop for a picture, the best place to stay when 5 jeeps are close the lions. He wants the best for its clients and he knows what the clients want. He's incredible with birds as well and I'd also strongly suggest him for photographic safari. I'd also strongly suggest for families: your sons will live much more than a safari.
Me, my husband and my girls will never, ever, forget the evenings at the fire when Lucky was telling us the stories about him and his uncle in the bush. Lucky is not a bushmen (he never lived in the bush), but his uncle was a bushmen. With no doubt I'd say that Lucky is a "bushmen inside". My daughter wrote down his stories in her diary...
These 11 days staying with them, were an experience inside an experience. I suggest you to go and be ready to fully live it.