Kate & Darren Humphrys with Henry, Olive and Hume
Compass Odyssey
- Located In:
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2006)
- Member Of:
- Southern Africa Tourism Services Association
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $300 to $1,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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Reviews
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Email Nick and Kate | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Honeymoon!
Compass Odyssey put together and executed the most amazing trip for my wife and I this past April. I contacted Darren online about 4 months before our trip and after getting to know what we were looking for, he put together an itinerary. We tweaked it a bit over the course of a few weeks and we set to go. We set off in late March and over the course of 16 days, we visited Cape Town, Sabi Sands, Kruger National Park, Zambia, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Botswana (Chobe and Okavango Delta) and we ended our trip with a full day in Johannesburg learning all about the history of South Africa (highly recommended).
The trip was everything that we could have asked for and more. Every thing went off without a hitch including our guides, flights, transfers, hotels, at home stays and more. We stayed at 6 different places, saw 6 countries and had 10 different flights and everything went as smooth as we could have asked for. Darren and his wife were available at all times, via email or phone and were simply great. The trip was both stunningly beautiful, relaxing, but also very educational.
I wouldn't hesitate for a second to recommend Compass Odyssey to friends and family, or to book with them again. They were amazing and made our trip as great as we could have imagined!
Cheers!
PE
Email José | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Awesome Africa tour!!
We had a tour with Compass Odyssey in Kruger, Victoria Falls and Chobe. The organization of the tour was perfect! Everything was on time, the food was excellent, the tours well organized, we saw a lot of animals including the big 5, the lodges were amazing!!! Totally recommend this tour operator. Darren was always available for anything I needed and the tour guides really know they work. 5 star for Compass Odyssey!
CA
Email Adam | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing, Start to Finish
My girlfriend and I just came home from a trip to the Victoria Falls and Chobe area. The trip was perfect. The trip we did was basically a modified version of one of the itineraries on this website. Darren was super accommodating and patient with us as he worked with us to plan a trip that best suited what we wanted. We wanted to add an extra day on safari in Chobe and wanted to fly in and out of Livingston instead of Victoria Falls. He worked with us with prompt email replies and put together a few different itineraries that he thought would work best for us, based on what we had told him we were interested in. The trip was perfect, the hotels we stayed in were perfect, the guides were perfect (having a private guide on game drives is definitely the way to go!). The hotels he chose felt safe and the staff were great. The ease of transfer between airports and hotels, across borders and back again was ideal. His staff on the ground in the area are friendly and helpful. I am very happy that I chose to trust my money with Darren and Kate to plan my trip. The trip was amazing and it was in large part thanks to them!
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Email Iowa Travelers | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic trip - no surprises
We had a fabulous trip! Everything went according to plan. Darren was extremely prompt about getting back to us during the planning stage. He listened to what we wanted and delivered. We would definitely utilize his services again in the future!
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Email Tracy | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible experience with a fabulous well planned tour group
We just completed a trip to Johannsburg, Victoria Falls and Chobe National Park through Compass Odyessy. There wasn't a single missed detail in our ten day journey. Darren and Kate managed every detail of our excursion. The guide services in each country were superb - very prompt, knowledgeable and personable. The lodging locations were top of the line with all modern services. The prep work in the months prior to the journey were incredible. Darren provided us with a ton of information prior to our trip which made us all feel well prepared before departing. I can't put in words how well done the trip was so feel to reach out to me if you need more of a reference.
Email Nkanyezi, Alexis and Boituemlo | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
It was awesome, living up to expectations and the arrangements were excellent
My family really enjoyed the tour and it was a great experience for all of us, it was always in our dreams to travel and you made it possible.
I am very grateful, you didn’t disappointment at all and the arrangements were perfect. Mortimer was awesome and pleasant.
Wonderful Experience
We had a great trip thanks to Darren at Compass Odyssey who supplied a detailed itinerary and scheduled everything we requested. We visited Victoria Falls and were accompanied everywhere by Mortimer or his people who were very friendly and efficient. We had a tight schedule to get in all our activities and everything went like clockwork. We then visited Chobe N.P. in Botswana. The wildlife was amazing. I highly recommend them.
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Email Allyson | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Travel with confidence and comfort
Our family of three started out requesting information for a short few day excursion from Johannesburg to Botswana. We sent inquiries to many tour operators and got a variety of responses. By far, the most detailed and informative response was from Compass Odyssey. Our trip then morphed into a trip for four people, then six people, then it was to Victoria Falls and Chobe, then it was ten days, and Hwange too. Suffice it to say, our trip went through multiple adaptations before we settled on our final itinerary (and I didn't even mention we were traveling with a seven (7) year old and a ninety (90) year old) but Kate and Darren were so easy to deal with; they sent prompt replies; answered all questions; and sent the most detailed information of any tour operator I have ever dealt with before. It was because of their professional yet friendly and accessible nature that we had no doubt that when we finally arrived things would be in good order and they were. The drivers were all prompt, the accomodations were fantastic, and everything exceeded our expectations. They even arranged for a birthday party for my father-in-law who celebrated his 91st while on safari. The entire trip was truly extraordinary, no doubt because of the comfort and confidence we had in Compass Odyssey to take care of all the details (and there were many); we just luxuriated.
DE
Email Ed | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The passion of experienced travellers, shared to enable an inspirational, relaxed and exciting trip
Kate and Darren's effusive advice and guidance made for a truly exceptional safari, where questions were promptly answered and arrangements were perfectly smooth and trouble-free.
Early ambiguity concerning internal flights was clarified and the experience from then on is to be wholeheartedly recommended. The abundance of information prior to the holiday meant we arrived well informed and free to soak up all the trip had to offer. All guides and pick ups worked as planned and effortlessly negotiated round some minor inconveniences with the weather. The itinerary itself was perfectly assembled to give an authentic picture of the huge variety of culture and wildlife in Southern Africa.
Emails were responded to seemingly immediately, with detail and comfort-providing clarity.
Kate and Darren's passion for travel and for Africa, their attention to detail and faultless communication, means that we are delighted to recommend them and their company and to offer the highest rating possible.
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Email Jane and Peter Wellington | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Brilliant
From the start of our communications, via email, Darren (Crusty) was patient, responsive and thorough. This was the most exotic and distant trip we had ever planned and we had some anxieties. Darren was respectful and reassuring at every turn.
Darren arranged Compass Odyssey Guides to accompany us through all airports and all border crossings through South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana. We would never have wanted to do this without them. They handled everything and we had not a moment of worry.
The trip was a custom planned experience with private guides. It delivered beyond our expectations. The safari camps were amazing and the guides all knowledgeable and took very good care of us. We saw more wildlife up close than we imagined we ever could.
We stayed in lodges with only 12 to 18 guests and were not infrequently the only guests on game drives and boat cruises.
Compass Odyssey managed every detail of our trip perfectly. They made it a dream come true.
