Director Michelle on a mokoro in Botswana
Explore and Travel Africa
- Located In:
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2020)
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $200 to $2,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
Email Paul | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Thoughtful choices of accommodation and activities
Michelle crafted an excellent and thoughtful itinerary for our three weeks in Southern Africa, including safaris at Sabi Sands, Klaserie and a day trip into Botswana (Chobe) from Victoria Falls. Arathusa Lodge in Sabi was great, with views of the watering hole and lots of visiting wildlife from our bedroom window. Klaserie Drift was a tranquil place to unwind and with all the creature comforts. The complimentary laundry service was much appreciated! We ticked off the obligatory Big 5 in the first few days on safari, saw lots of other animals and learned a lot from the informative guides. All the internal flights and transfers worked seamlessly to ensure a stress free holiday. The Blyde River Canyon and Victoria Falls are a must to add to a safari adventure. Definitely recommend Ilala Lodge, where you can see the spray from the falls whilst enjoying breakfast on the terrace. We also explored Cape Town and surrounds before self-driving the Garden Route. Thank you Michelle for pulling it all together and all the invaluable advice. The Travelkey app was very useful too.
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Email Hanspeter + Rosemarie | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
helpfull and professional
Lodges were perfect and the guides very professional.
great experience
Email Ian C | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Botswana safari trip organised by Explore & Travel Africa.
We found Michelle at Explore & Travel Africa very helpful in arranging our wonderful safari in Botswana. After listening to our requirements she provided different safari options, and also answered our various questions about undertaking a mobile (camping) safari. She planned the perfect trip for us around the Chobe National Park in Botswana. The mobile safari included three different sites over the nine days trip. It was well organised, had excellent staff including an expert guide with great tracking skills, good meals, and the luxury camping included single and double beds and an ensuite bathroom. We got to see all the main animals and birds in the national park. We could not have been happier with the way Michelle communicated with us, the trip planning was first class and so thankful for this unique experience. We recommend Explore & Travel Africa to anyone interested in a memorable safari trip.
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Email Wie | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
AMAZING TOUR
Thank you to michelle for help me settle all this tour. It was amazing!! We had so much fun in africa , especially for the safari we saw Big 5.
Nice service , food and all accommodation!
I would recommend this to who’s have plan to visit south africa. You won’t regret !
Email Jackie Neill | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Knowledgeable, responsive, and a pleasure to deal with
We traveled to Kruger in South Africa, Vic Falls, Hwange in Zimbabwe, and the northern Serengeti in Tanzania for a 3 week multi camp trip over June and July 2024 and used The Explore and Travel Company to put together the bookings and logistics for us. We live in Australia and wanted to deal with someone local and after intense research decided upon this company located in Cape Town. We dealt directly with the Director of the company, Michelle, and couldn’t have asked for a better experience all round. My 22 year old niece did all the initial enquiries and communication and was extremely impressed with how well Michelle listened to and understood our needs and gave appropriate expert advice. She gave us choices that matched our strict criteria and our budget and helped us decide on the best camps for us with great patience as we peppered her with multiple questions over both Zoom meetings and emails. Michelle kept all her promises, was extremely knowledgeable and was absolutely lovely to deal with. She really went above and beyond to find out the answers to our questions if she did not know by contacting the properties themselves to ensure we got the most trustworthy information. All this care and attention to detail resulted in a most wonderful trip where properties lived up to or exceeded our expectations, ground and air partners were reliable and professional and gave us great value for money. Absolutely nothing went amiss and our experiences were very special and bespoke. We also loved the digital itinerary technology that Michelle used that we could download to our phones and simply check offline anything we wanted to know. We could not more highly recommend Michelle and her company and we would engage her again in a heat-beat.
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Email Cameron | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Could not have pulled this incredible last minute trip together without Michelle!
Michelle A. was an incredible help when planning our last minute trip to South Africa. She helped us pull together our plan efficiently and quickly. She presented a number of great options, and everything went extremely smoothly. Highly recommend reaching out if you need help planning your trip! The Elephant Plains Lodge in the Sabi Sands was INCREDIBLE!
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Email Stephen | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Absolutely flawless
Michelle and team made the whole process so easy and they made our trip a trip to remember for the rest of our lives. The operators and hotels are all great. 10/10
Email Delia | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Michelle was professional, flexible, personable, excellent communication skills.
Our 2 week safari tour into an area around Okavango Delta, Botswana and private reserves in Kruger, South Africa was a great balance. Michelle had a great feel for what we wanted and didn’t disappoint. We had no issues with transfers, flights or accommodation. We feel very comfortable in recommending others to use Explore & Travel Africa.
Email David | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Michelle from Explore Africa was a gift from the heavens
I love planning holidays and always do the planning myself, but Africa required a specialist with so many choices with camps and locations, time of year, duration at each camp, animals to focus on. Michelle made it so easy and the experience exceeded our expectations. We asked for smaller camps, more authentic fit-out, family feel, connection with place. Chacma and Motswari Camps were perfect. Every holiday needs Michelle, thank you!!!!
Email Michaela Muller-Schuhwerk | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
amazing, excellent trip across 3 countries organised by Michelle which surpassed our expectations!
I loved dealing with Michelle at Explore & Travel Africa the moment we first made contact. I had described what I had roughly wanted out of 3 1/2 weeks travelling to Botswana, the Vic falls and Namibia and Michelle had planned the perfect trip for us.
I loved the fact that there was lots of input from both sides, that Michelle really tried to incorporate everything that was important to us and tried to stick to the budget we had given her. She changed parts of the itinerary to make the trip more cost effective without losing any of the sites we wanted to see. The lodges throughout our trip were beautiful, the locations we stayed at in the Okavango delta very varied and Michelle made sure that we experienced the various different areas that this beautiful part of Botswana provided. We then travelled to the Victoria falls, which again was incredibly beautiful before embarking on a 2 week self drive through Namibia. Again, Michelle had planned a trip for us that included all the major sites. The lodges and accommodation were incredible despite it being only "midrange"! Travelling was easy in every country! Local people were incredibly friendly and all English speaking and everything was arranged down to the last essential! From car rental to travel instruction (down to the last mile and where to turn left); helpful advice, maps, guides etc. The wildlife and scenery was stunning and it helped that travelling was easy and our stay in incredibly varied and beautiful accommodation. From Windhoek to Soussouvslei, Swakopmund, Damara Land Etosha and Africat, we did about 3000 km and experienced breathtakingly beautiful scenery and very friendly people. The wildlife was incredible. Michelle had planned a perfect trip for us for a special occasion. Communication with her was excellent, via email, ZOOM, WhatsApp, or any other form needed. It was a wonderful trip and I will certainly come back to Michelle if and when we plan other areas to see in Africa! A job very well done!
