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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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The entire experience was great: from brainstorming, to planning, to troubleshooting, to enjoying!
What I think is important to point out is not only that the experience was a great vacation, but working with Africa Welcome Safaris was what made it so great. Having never been on a safari before (nor visited the continent), Africa Welcome Safaris' made it easy and approachable to plan and enjoy: from finding a great place within my budget, to helping me prepare for the experience (and what to pack, what to expect), accommodating changes to my itinerary when needed and being there 24x7 when small travel hiccups occurred (e.g. airline flight changes or delays). I felt like Africa Welcome treated me and my trip as a top priority for their staff. I want to particularly commend Kathi Simon for making this on of my best vacations ever.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Friendly, knowledgeable and efficient service
We had a great experience with African Welcome Safaris! They were referred to us by other friends who also used them and sang their praises. Kathi was wonderful - responsive to our needs and requests and provided fantastic recommendations. For the most part all of our travel and transfers went smoothly. The one hiccup we encountered was due to an airline cancellation and Kathi stepped in to ensure that all subsequent arrangements were adjusted accordingly, which was of tremendous help. Our safari was a once in a lifetime experience and the lodge was excellent - both in terms of experience and value.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
We dealt with Kathi and she offered excellent advise, was prompt in her responses and very helpful
Everything was booked for us and the logistics worked perfectly. We were looking at 2 different lodges and were told about both and given recommendations. We chose Sabi Sabi Little Bush Camp and had the most wonderful experience in the bush.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful visit to South Africa!
Everything about this trip went very well. All details were covered and the trip was well thought out. The trip exceeded our expectations. Our Cape town guide was exceptional! We would recommend African Welcome Safaris to everyone.
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Email NYC Tough Customer | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The best among many I contacted
Kathy Simon was incredibly attentive, responsive, and on top of all details for our safari spread across two different game preserves. I contacted about 8 different operators and solicited quotes from all of them, and Kathy's was quite competitive, and consisting of well-reviewed properties. More importantly, she was the MOST responsive agent of all of them, always getting back to me right away with answers to my questions. This was decisive for me. She even made a last minute adjustment to some of our transport, arranging things while we were on vacation in the bush. In the end, I actually found a better deal for this than she did by searching a bit online, but when I told her about this, she booked it at the same price, which I really appreciated. Outstanding service, reasonable prices.
Amazing experience with African Welcome Safaris
From day 1 Kathi was extremely helpful in booking our safari at Kapama River Lodge. With so many safaris to choose from, Kathi was able to provide us some options that best suited our needs and preferences while also giving her advice on which ones she thought we'd like the best. We ended up booking a 4 day safari at Kapama River Lodge and couldn't be happier with our experience. All of the details were taken care of in advance (by Kathi), allowing us to have a relaxing and fun time on safari. I would recommend working with African Welcome Safaris to anyone as we truly had an incredible experience!
20-35 years of age
They organised our dream honeymoon and it was perfect in every way.
I would recommend this company to anyone, we had a brilliant experience with them. From our initial contact requesting a quote, right through to the itinerary at the end, they were perfect. The responses to my emails were always very swift and I found them so efficient to deal with in general. They took into account everything we wanted from our honeymoon and came back with a comprehensive itinerary and price. Kathi Simon was wonderful, the accommodation she recommended was always spot on and the information on activities and advice that she provided was so helpful. If we ever return to this part of the world we will use these guys again without a doubt, thank you so much for putting together our dream honeymoon, it was awesome!!
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Email Dominique | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Our short notice safari experience
We decided one week before departure to add 4 days of safari before starting the business trip in Jo'burg.
I googled for a short trip and found The African Welcome Safaris. One short mail and within minutes Kathi Simon from Safari Bookings contacted me. It took us less then 24 hours to settle everything. Despite a public holiday in SA and weekend on top it went so quick!
We took off to Hoedspruit and there started the magic. We enjoyed it very much. Kapama Buffalo Camp was incredible and met our expectations 150%. We will most likely recommend Safari Bookings and Kapama to our friends or might even return with our grownup children.
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Email Sean | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
First Class Experience with African Welcome Safaris
From the time we first contacted African Welcome Safaris to the very end of our trip, Kathi was top-notch in helping us have the best vacation ever! Kathi worked with us and our schedule to figure out the best dates for our trip. She was then able to figure out how to put everything we asked to do, which was a lot, into our time in the country. Kathi was extremely easy to deal with and everything was ready for our trip to South Africa!
Once in country, everything that was set up for us to do was just plain awesome! Rhys picked us up at the airport and was our tour guide for our time in the Cape Town area. He was a wealth of knowledge, easy-going, and was a great guy to spend 5 days with. Laura was a great guide up Table Mountain and we enjoyed our time with her as well! Again, everything we did in Cape Town, Gansbaai, and the surrounding area was taken care of and the only thing we had to worry about was getting our luggage from the airline. Hikings, paragliding, cage diving with sharks, and a trip to the Cape of Good Hope were just a few highlights of our time in the area.
After our time in Cape Town, we headed up to Sabi Sabi Little Bush Camp for an amazing safari experience. Again, Kathi took care of all the bookings, including lodging and our plane trips from Cape Town to Sabi Sabi and later from Sabi Sabi to Johannesburg. Little Bush Camp was an amazing place and we wouldn't have picked it without Kathi's help. We would definitely recommend Little Bush Camp to anyone looking for safari.
This vacation was the best of our lives! We could not have had such an amazing time without the help of Kathi and African Welcome Safaris!
Family trip to South Africa
I entrusted our vacation to Kathi from African Welcome Safaris completely and was thrilled with the result. She put together a rich but relaxing 14 day itinerary. For example we did four days on safari versus the two or three that many others did. I think we had a much deeper exciting experience as a result.
Everything was smooth and seamless. The hotels were so much nicer than we'd imagined our budget would allow.
We had no real problems but the way Kathi kept in touch during our trip, I have no doubt that she would have been there to help resolve them.