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:
- $225 to $661 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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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.
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Email Greg | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing service and experience
Traipsing Africa is professional, responsive and trust worthy. I highly recommend using their services for any African travel needs. We were able to get very large complex bookings completed seemlessly.
Thank you!!
Gregg
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Email Aadila Bissict | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Seamless perfection with everything taken care of
Sandra is the best agent I have dealt with thus far. I was trying to plan a safari for a 15 person group and almost gave up in frustration after calling in excess on 10 agencies trying to explain my requirements over and over again only to be disappointed with the options returned. Then Sandra came along....she was the most proactive and efficient agent I have ever worked with and also always available to chat despite a 9hr time difference. She immediately understood what I was looking for in terms of a Safari experience and provided a number of feasible options. Once we booked the accommodation she sorted out all the additional logistics in getting to and from the game reserve. In addition to this she proactively offered her services in organizing extra add-ons like spa treatments. Over and above the safari tour she provided assistance in putting together a "must-see" itinerary for our Cape Town part of the trip which was not required but she just helped us out in all areas of our trip whether it related to her or not.
Traipsing Tours and Sandra have been an absolute dream to work with, I think across our group we have recommended her to at least 10 people thus far. If you want to speak to someone who understands your needs, is responsive and proactive and overall just a friendly, accommodating person then use Traipsing Safari and Tours.
In this day and age it's very tough to find people who take pride in their work and even tougher to find people who go the extra mile, Sandra does both and I feel so lucky to have found her and to have had such an a amazing, seamless and worry free Safari despite the large size of our group.
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Email Vivian | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very helpful and thoughtful, made our safari much smoother and more enjoyable.
Sandra was extremely helpful during the safari planning process and looked out for us during the trip as well. She found us amazing accommodations at Hamilton’s Tented Camp for our honeymoon (highly recommended for couples, with excellent food and drinks and service), and also helped us when we wanted to plan our own drive through the panoramic route. We also liked that Traipsing Safari is on Whatsapp, which makes it more convenient and Sandra responds very timely, even to our last minute questions during our trip. I recommended Traipsing Safari to my friends and will recommend it to others as well.
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Email Carrie | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic safari and super helpful staff!
Sandra was so helpful from beginning to end in the booking process. We couldn’t go on the safari we initial enquired about due to our late booking and it being full so Sandra found out what we were looking for, found us a few options and gave advice on what each offered particular to our wants and needs. The actually booking and payment was so easy and Sandra kept us perfectly updated with the process.
We stayed in Welgevonden at Ekuthuleni lodge over Christmas. The safari itself was once in a life time stuff! From the accommodation and game drives to the staff and the setting, everything was brilliant, organised and exactly as Sandra had explained. We didn’t quite tick off all the big 5 but the up close encounters our Ranger managed to get us with the wildlife were truly breath-taking. We would have no hesitation using Traipsing Africa’s again!
Email Niels Westberg | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
The only word to describe Traipsing Africa is 'outstanding'.
Communications between us and Traipsing Africa (TA) were quite extraordinarily good - whether before, during or after our trip. Phone calls and emails to us in both the UK and Africa to confirm the timekeeping of our forthcoming flights demonstrated that we had hour to hour monitoring of our movements. All quite astonishing. Personal service at its very, very best.
We chose our safari camp but TA kept us well in the loop as far as other options were concerned - which was excellent from our point of view.
Our safari was top notch. Game viewing, the camp, the staff, and the whole experience were among the very best we have known over the past 20 years.
We cannot recommend Traipsing Africa highly enough - they are masters of their profession.
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Email Cecilie | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Extraordinary personal service, local knowledge & follow up.
Thank you Sandra for making our Garden Route & Madikwe Safari trip such an amazing experience. Thank you for being there all the way, helping us with every little detail. The best personal service, always doing your utmost to make sure everything is ok. Exactly what you need when you travel as a family with children. Thanks for organising the necessary gluten-free options throughout our trip. We would highly recommend Traipsing Africa’s Safaris & Tours to anyone. You are in safe, caring hands.