Sandra Nicol - Travel Coordinator
Traipsing Africa's Safaris and Tours
- Office In:
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2018)
- Member Of:
- ATTA & African Adventures
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $235 to $690 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email William Hamilton | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Unsurpassed Service and Support from Start to Finish
Traipsing Africa’s Safaris receives my highest recommendation. During the beginning stages of planning a trip to South Africa and Zimbabwe I quickly learned that it isn’t easy finding information about Zimbabwe safaris, communication can be slow, and booking online isn’t always an option. Enter Sandra from Traipsing who made everything so easy! Firstly, Sandra’s knowledge and expertise helped me narrow down the many options. Secondly, she was able to secure a special rate that allowed us to stay at the 5 star The Hide Camp in Hwange National Park. The Hide is utterly amazing and I would never have considered it thinking that it was out of our price range! Sandra made the payment process as simple and easy as possible. Sandra organized ground transportation and it was a seamless and comfortable journey to The Hide through Victoria Falls. Communication with Sandra was superb and she periodically checked in via email during the holiday just to see if there was anything she could assist with and there was!! There were so many unknowns and we had questions about travel and testing requirements during the COVID pandemic and Sandra being on the ground in South Africa was able to get us the information we needed. I have no doubt that our holiday was more amazing because of Sandra’s advice and suggestions! Having lived in South Africa I thought I could plan and book everything myself - I now would recommend to anyone traveling to Africa that they partake of the expertise a travel agent offers to enhance your adventure. I highly recommend Traipsing Africa’s Safaris and am so glad that we booked through them.
Email Caroline | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing service
We were due to go on our honeymoon in April 2020. When we were researching, we emailed a lot with Sandra, who provided lots of recommendations and advice about the different places, and was generally really informative. When we had to postpone our trip due to Covid-19, Sandra was excellent in keeping us up to date with all of the options, replying to our emails really quickly and generally helping us out in what was a really stressful time. Her emails were always really upbeat and personal, which we really appreciated, and it felt like she really cared about helping us get the best for our honeymoon. I look forward to speaking with her again soon, and would not hesitate to book with Traipsing Africa, and particularly with Sandra, again.
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Email Elizabeth | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Dream trip!
Sandra helped me book a 3-day tour at the Black Rhino Lodge near Pilanesberg national park. My friends and I had an amazing experience there. Sandra was so easy to communicate with and made me feel at ease throughout the whole planning process. Each step of the trip was perfect. We would love to return someday for another tour!
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Email Candee | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
SPECTACULARLY SPECIAL! Magical Trip.
Our trip to South Africa and Jamila Lodge in the Welgevonden Game Park was a trip of a life time! Sandra Nicol at Traipsing Through Africa made it all happen with the upmost care, excitement and precision. Sandra contacted me and immediately became my guardian angel through the whole journey--from planning, site-seeing, getting to our safari location--to our precarious return home due to the beginning of the world-wide shutdown & CORONA-19 Pandemic.
I contacted Safari Bookings to get recommendations for Safari excursions w/easy access to Johannesburg--I wasn't sure what to expect. I didn't know I would gain a friend in South Africa who knew exactly what we needed! When Sandra called, she listened to all of our needs and hopes. She soon became a wonderful resource for every aspect of our travel to South Africa, including hotels upon arrival, ground transportation, advice on day excursions and local safety. She was in touch on a regular basis to tailor our trip to our needs and time frame. She worked everything around other plans we already had in place in SA and Eswatini.
Sandra recommended a lodge in the mountains of the Waterberg District, of the Limpopo, province--about 3.5 hours from Johannesburg--Jamila. It was absolutely perfect! When the world situation began to change, our plans began to change by the minute as well. Sandra was checking-in and came to our rescue, re-arranging details and accommodations. We were blown away by the personal service of Sandra and the staff at Jamila Lodge. Sandra's concern and care for us went above and beyond. In spite of everything, we had a very private peaceful adventure with wonderful gourmet meals, beautiful luxury rooms, top-notch service, 2 daily-privately guided safari excursions, breath-taking scenery and sun-sets, morning al fresco tea-breaks, fire-side dinners, spotting of The Big 5 and so much more. It was heaven on earth and we could not have done it without Sandra at Traipsing Through Africa! When we do it again, we'll call Sandra!
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Email Christina Bedetta | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent and professional Service throughout the entire experience!
Sandra was very helpful and always communicated with us in a timely manner. The service was outstanding and I would highly recommend to anyone looking for an amazing experience!
Email Sarah | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible special experience at Hoyo Hoyo
Sandra was incredibly helpful and communicative in the build-up to our trip to Kruger. She sent us advice about other part of SA that we were visiting, and also kept us updated on SAA strikes that threatened to impact our holiday for a time. We felt completely confident that from the moment we touched down in Kruger we would not have to think about anything for the next 4 days and we were right! We were met by one of the Hoyo Hoyo lodge staff, which Sandra had arranged, and from that moment on it was complete bliss. Hoyo Hoyo itself is wonderful - the food is delicious (and plentiful!), we were continuously refreshed by tea and coffee breaks and evening drinks, both at the lodge and on safari, and the atmosphere was very luxurious and relaxing. The bush drives themselves were very special, and our guide Pharence spotted many animals with us and beautiful sights. I had a massage on one of the mornings which was great, before spending the day in between drives by the pool looking out for elephants. All the staff members were friendly and welcoming and we were sad to leave! I would recommend both Hoyo Hoyo and Traipsing Africa to anybody looking to book a trip to Kruger.
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Email Torsten | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Outstanding personal service!
Sandra and Jason organized our trip to the lodge in Greater Kruger absolutely perfect! Sandra picked up the phone and asked for our wishes and preferences. On the same day we got some recommendations and offers. She was very patiently with us discussing the different options. The booking and payment process was very easy and smooth. We wanted to change the booking some days before departure in order to extend the stay in the lodge - it was arranged within one hour! She organized the pick-up and transfer from Johannesburg to the lodge and back just for my wife and me. We enjoyed this roadtrip very much since our driver Juri was extroardinary helpful and turned even this transfer into an event.
Later on we met Sandra and Jason in Port Elizabeth where we enjoyed a dinner together. We got so many valuable information for our trip along the garden route towards Cape Town - which you would not find in any of the travel books.
We highly recommend Traipsing Africa's to everyone, you will be in safe caring hands with the best personal service you can expect! Top!
Email Geoff | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Responsive, Accurate, Pro-active and super helpful
I have been dealing with Sandra from Traipsing, and couldn't recommend her more highly. As I said in the heading, she has been respnsive, accurate, pro-active and super helpful. We organised a 3 days Kruger experience with her, which we have unfortunately had to post-pone due to COVID-19 impacts. But she has been outstanding - firstly in terms of being very responsive in giving us options that were all the right pitch and "on brief" in terms of the type of booking we were seeking, and then in sorting out the booking we chose with detail and clarity at every step. And the when the impacts of COVID-19 really started to bite and we were contemplating a deferral, she beat us to the puch, reaching out to see what we were thinking and what we wished to do. Terrific. I recommend Sandra from Traipsing without hesitation.
Email Lily Bartlett | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Outstanding Service!
The service provided by Sandra was amazing. Her help with planning our trip and making sure we found the right location for our honeymoon was outstanding. We could not have been happier with her recommendations of The Residence in Johannesburg and Lush Lodge, they were the perfect place for our honeymoon. Our holiday was stress free because of Sandra she made sure all transfers had us where we needed to be and her level of communication was above our expectations. Could not recommend Sandra and Traipsing Africa more.
Email Ross Newing | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
First Class Safari Tour.
The Traipsing Africa Safari group were excellent to deal with from the get go. Clear and concise lines of communication before, during and after the safari. The tour guides were first class with extensive knowledge of the Greater Kruger National Park and all the wildlife found there.
We did the three day safari and we were not disapointed, we saw the big five, the small five and the ugly five animals within the three days. I would reccomend this safari to all, you will be amazed at the location and the friendly approachable staff.