Discover Africa Safaris team
Discover Africa Safaris
- Office In:
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2002)
- Member Of:
- ATTA, SATSA, CTT & IGLTA
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $450 to $2,000 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 Jan Nix | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Antionette Booyse was excellent!
Discover Africa,
Thank you for arranging such a wonderful vacation for us. Antionette Booyse was our representative. She arranged a perfect trip for us and stayed in contact with us.throughout our trip. We highly recommend her. We loved all the places we stayed and the transportation from the beginning of our trip to the end worked perfectly. All the people involved were very nice and helpful.
The Timbavati Private Nature Reserve was fabulous. The staff were very knowledgeable and nice. We could tell they really enjoyed their jobs and loved imparting their knowledge to us. We learned a lot from them. The service was excellent and the food was great. The game drives were fantastic. Their vehicles could go off the road and get close to the animals which we really enjoyed. There was a driver and a spotter who were very good and we saw a lot of wildlife we would have missed otherwise.
Kruger Shalati was very nice with excellent service and food. We loved staying in the train on the bridge. It was so cool to watch all the animals that came to the river from our train room on the bridge.
Victoria Falls Safari Club was also very nice with excellent service and food. We loved the sunset cruise and Victoria Falls tour. We also did a Chobe boat and land safari. The boat was a great way to see the animals in the water and on the banks of the river.
We have been telling all our friends about our trip since we returned. We have highly recommended Discover Africa and Antionette Booyse as the representative of choice, to people who want to do a similar trip. In fact we are thinking of doing another trip to the same places with a couple more family members who really want to go. When we decide on a date we will definitely be contacting you!
Thanks again for everything
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Email Anita | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Responsive and very thorough
Our tour was well coordinated and things could not have run better.
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Email Paul Curasi | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unbelievable 6 Day self drive tour around Namibia
To augment our group tour of southern Africa, four of us decided to arrive a little early and explore in Namibia. I found Discover Africa online and was quickly contacted by Adelle Bell, their representative. She was professional, accommodating, and always available. She set up our rental vehicle and six nights of accommodations in five different areas of Namibia. The trip went off without a hitch. All of the accommodations and meals were excellent and the information given to us at the start of the trip made navigation very easy. I would highly recommend Adelle and Discover Africa for any of your travel needs in southern Africa
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Email Catia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect honeymoon
We discovered Discover Africa and organized our honeymoon trip with them. We couldn't be more satisfied with our choice. We managed, with Adelle's precious help, to travel to Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls and then Botswana where we went on safari in Chobe Park and in the Okavango Delta, which was our main priority. Finally, we spent a few days in South Africa in Cape Town and the winelands. All the accommodation we stayed in was fantastic, with all the facilities and amenities we could need. The employees from the hotel, transfers and scheduled activities were very professional and above all punctual. We didn't have any mishaps during the trip and we always felt very safe in any of these destinations. We really appreciate the availability of Adelle and the rest of the team and we hope in the future to be able to count on Discover Africa to help us organize other trips.
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Email Dave H | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Amazing, knowledgeable and very patient - would definitely recommend
This was the second time Discover Africa put together an itinerary for us, although we've used them previously for bookings. Their consultants are very knowledgeable on their geographic areas and also very patient when it came to making changes! We'd definitely use them again.
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Email Tamara | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Incredibly organized, did not have to worry about a thing!
I had the most incredible trip with Discover Africa Safaris. I did not have to worry about a thing and I really feel like I experienced everything I intended and more. Even at times when we wanted to make last minute changes, Lana was extremely receptive and helpful. I cannot recommend them more!
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Email George and Tara | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
TRIP OF A LIFETIME!!!!
We had the pleasure to work with Susan. From the very beginning we knew that we were in good hands. We started off with a list of "wants", that she used to plan our itinerary. After a couple adjustments, she came up with the perfect itinerary, that came out to be a trip of a lifetime. She was very knowledgeable and was always quick to answer any questions or concerns that we had. Susan stayed in contact thru the whole trip to make sure everything was going as expected and to make sure we were having a blast.
We ended up with a 15-day trip, which we stayed 2 days in Nairobi before starting our safari. We stayed at lodges that are part of the Elewana Collection, and we chose to fly as much as possible between lodges to save on travelling times. All of the lodges were beautiful and unique. The staff were always very attentive and took very good care of us. The food was always of a variety and very delicious. We could have spent days at each lodge just to enjoy them and all they had to offer.
However, we were there for the animals, so we took every opportunity to go on a game drive when available. We opted for private drives, which we loved. We could leave when we wanted, stay out as late as we wanted, and request to look for what we wanted. Instead of having to go with the rest of a group.
All of our guides were excellent to deal with and the game drives never did disappoint. Our first stop was at the Masai Mara. We saw so many animals, including a wildebeest river crossing. Then we went to the Northern Serengeti, the Central Serengeti, the Ngorongoro region where we went to Lake Manyara, and the Ngorongoro Crater, then to our final destination at Tarangire. Each location had different landscapes and offered various beautiful scenic views as well as different animals and plants.
It was truly a trip of a lifetime. We saw every animal we had hoped for and more. We saw wildebeest river crossings, lions, cheetahs, elephants, leopards (with cub), rhino, beautiful birds, giraffes, monkeys, baboons, zebras, hyenas, gazelle, impala, warthogs, and so much more.
I highly recommend Discover Africa and Susan for any trip you may be planning. If we ever decide to take another "Lifetime" trip, I'll definitely be contacting her.
Email John B | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Well organised itinerary
We had a great week on safari and all the arrangements worked well. There was a problem with our hotel in JNB when we arrived the evening before we left on safari and Adelle Bell answered our call and fixed it quickly even though it was outside working hours .
Email Tony Cheesman | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
BEST HOLIDAY EVER
Decided to go on my first safari holiday this year and as Discover Africa was highly rated I used them and boy they were BRILLIANT!
Based in Cape Town, my advisor was the EXCELLENT Vihann
First contact was a video call with him and he was very competent, knowledgeable and helpful. I told Vihann the sort of holiday I wanted and lo and behold within a couple of days I had received and EXCELLENT QUOTATION.
It was for a 10 day holiday including a 4-day safari at the excellent Kambaku River Sands in Timbavati in greater Kruger followed by 4 days on Cape Town touring the beautiful Western Cape privately chauffeured in my own luxury car
Vihann's service throughout was excellent including providing me all the information I needed step by step in organised/chronological order and replying to my 'many' enquiries within a day or so
If you want an excellent Travel Agent/Tour Operator in Africa THE GO TO PLACE IS DISCOVER AFRICA
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Email Diana | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Made our trip memorable, planned just what we wanted
I was nervous about going to Africa. Our tour planner prepared a trip that took us to see everything we were looking for. People met us along the way making us feel safe. Our questions were answered in a timely manner. Communication with our planner was available throughout our trip.