African Welcome Safaris
- Office In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 1999)
- Member Of:
- Southern Africa Tourism Services Association
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $123 to $469 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
Your request will be sent directly to the operator
If preferred, you can contact the operator directly
Reviews
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Email Corrine Ong | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Kathi was responsive and prompt replying all my queries.
Overall they are prompt to us and program was indeed very detailed and all the operators are very punctual at all time. We have no worries during our stay in the entire trip.
We highly recommend African Welcome Safaris if you are planning to go to South Africa.
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Email Junice | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Absolutely amazing and 100% worth booking through them
The entire trip couldn’t be more perfect!! Kathi arranged all the amazing places for us to stay, and travelling around was very convenient for us. We really enjoyed our trip to South Africa and we will definitely be back again.
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Email Mike Reale | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Outstanding Tour by African Welcome Safaris
African Welcome Safaris put together a great trip for us. They were very responsive to our initial inquiry and follow-on questions, listened to our desires for this trip and put together an excellent itinerary. They provided detailed documentation for every step in the itinerary and provided an app that provided those details (meet times and locations with our guides, etc.) so we did not have to search for them in our email or on-line during the trip.
All the accommodations, drivers and tour guides were great. Graham did a great job showing us around Cape Town and the surrounding area. He was very informative, personable and made sure we got to the top of Table mountain when the weather finally cleared the day we were supposed to go to Wineland. We enjoyed our time with him as our guide.
The Old Drift Lodge accommodations were excellent. Our guide, JB, for the river cruises, game drive and Victoria Falls was also great, very knowledgeable and made sure we saw everything possible during our time there.
The Savanna Lodge was outstanding. The accommodations, staff, food, our Butler (Dan) and especially our Ranger and Tracker (Derrick and Killy) were fantastic. They made the trip special and a trip of a lifetime. The surprise dinners and set-up in our room when we returned from game drives made the end of each day a treat.
We love to travel and visit different places. This was our first time to South Africa (and hopefully not our last) and we agree this has been our best trip to-date. Thank you African Welcome Safaris for making this a great adventure.
Email Costa | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Took care of everything - highly recommend
Kathi was fantastic and made the right suggestion for us based on our brief. Everything was taken care of and it was smooth sailing. Would highly recommend.
Email Joanna Garthwaite | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Easy to work with
We had a great time at Kariega Game Reserve. The best part was even in a short stay we were able to see many different animals including giraffes, elephant, rhino, and lions. Our communication with Kathi was great through out. If we had stayed longer we would have loved to go to some national parks too. Thank you so much
Email Rebecca | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A pleasure to deal with, kept us updated and obviously understood our requirements.
We have booked several trips with Alex over the years and each one has been different, we say where we want to go and he gives us his suggestions, we put them together and a perfect itinerary is made.
Our last trip to South Africa ended at Highgrove House Country Hotel near White River and was the perfect place to spend the last few days, set in beautiful scenery, with spacious comfortable rooms, top quality food and hospitality, totally relaxing.
We have booked trips to South Africa, Botswana and Namibia with African Welcome and our best holiday memories are thanks to them!
Email Elizabeth | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Highest standards in personal communcation and excellent recommendations
From the start, Kathi provided excellent advice and communication. She was able to reply quickly, with detailed answers, to phone calls, messages and emails, full explaining circumstances around our upcoming tour. Her service was beyond our expectations. Whenever I called, at times out of hours, I could depend on her immediate assistance. Kathi personally recommended a safari at Kariega Private Game Reserve and booked return flights for us from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth. It proved to be a most impressive lodge with excellent location, service, game drives, meals and drinks. At our room we were delighted to have giraffe, monkeys, kudus and warthogs visiting a waterhole just by our own terrace! Game drives were exciting with our knowlegable ranger who had much to tell us on each of two drives every day. The experience of the African countryside was breathtaking.
Kathi had organised everything, including private taxi transport to and from the reserve and Port Elizabeth airport. On our return she helpfully organised our car rental for the rest of our stay in Capetown, managing our paticular requests in her friendly and efficient way.
I can absolutely recommend 'African Welcome Safaris' to others considering a booking.
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Email Ron | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful Experience from Start to Finish
Kathi, from African Welcome Safaris provided tremendous service and value for our recent trip to South Africa. She made every step of our travel easy and fun, ensuring that we stayed at appropriate lodgings four our tastes and experienced a wide variety of glimpses into this beautiful country.
Additionally, the communication and preparation were outstanding. We were provided with options that were clear and concise, so we could make our decisions quickly and confidently. We especially enjoyed the interactive digital overview that guided us along our journey.
We traveled with confidence, felt secure for the entire time, and experienced a wide variety of activities and tours, all at a very reasonable cost. The hassle-free airport transfers and tours were especially helpful and well-planned.
The highlights included a full day driving tour from Cape Town to the Calpe of Good Hope (including marvelous panoramic cliff-top views and a penguin sanctuary), and our 4 days of Safari in Sabi-Sabi, where we stayed at Little Bush Lodge.
We wil definitely return to South Africa and we will definitely use Kathi and African Welcome Safaris again. We have already shared their info with friends that are traveling to South Africa later this year.
Thanks AWS and Kathi in particular for making our trip so spectacular.
Graham was very knowledgable and knew alot about SA, which was great, but talks ever so much!
Kathi did an amazing job putting our tour together along with our son and daughter in law, as they had been to SA numerous times. We got to experience the city of Cape Town, then the wineries in Stellenbosch and Franschok, the gardens and many beaches, little areas of Cape Town, which were delightful as well as interesting. SA is very mountainous along with lush greenery and there was so much to see...we took a very lengthy drive to to Outshourn but despite the length of the drive, got to really see the little towns, baboons, and the beautiful terrain. We probably would have enjoyed more stops along the way and would pass on the ostrich's next time. After spending 10 days in Plettenberg Bay, which we loved, with a beautiful wedding on top of all of this, we then got to experience Shawarmi and an amazing safari! A very enjoyable journey to say the least with a lot of excitement, scenery, culture and animals!
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Email Nancy Baime | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a lifetime thanks to African Welcome Safaris
This was the most significant travel we have ever done. We stayed almost 3 weeks and had 15+ hour flights. We truly couldn’t have done it without Kathi Simons. We knew very little and she hand held us through it all from the first phone call. She spoke with us often and knew what to ask to determine what we would enjoy. She provided us with different levels of accommodations. She set up wonderful transport and guides. There truly wasn’t one hitch. Every minute of the trip was on time. Her advice about even the smallest things was spot on. She gave us shopping tips, packing tips, restaurant tips and more. She stayed on top of us as the trip got close and gently made sure we were prepared (passports, vaccines etc) leading up to it. We highly recommend her to anyone traveling in Africa/South Africa.
We met other travelers her used her (we attended a wedding while on the trip) and it was fascinating to see how she tailored the trip to each families specific needs. Outside of the wedding, we all stayed in different hotels, did different safaris, ate in different restaurants. Everyone was equally happy. She managed to adjust for family makeup (mobility, age, kids), budget, length of trip. Every single traveler was beyond pleased.
