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
Email Dr. Benhard Jansen van Vuuren and Zenobia Mertsch | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent, efficient, fast ,friendly , a lovely and frienly person with a good feeling of what her
How lucky we were to get Adelle Bell as our tour operator. We told her what we were looking for and she put together an amazing Kruger Safari for us. It was well organized and we had no problem with any arrangements , transfers, etc. All the lodges she chose for us, were excellent. She really was excellent in answering questions, even changing travel arrangements when we needed to fly from Nelspruit to Cape Town and then back to Jhb. She was excellent! Thank you Adelle for making our trip so memorable !!
Email Jennifer | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Friendly and efficient
Megan arranged a trip that was exactly what we wanted. She kept in touch frequently, got us the best deal and the tour more than exceeded our expectations.
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Email Jeff | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Takes care of all the details!
Discover Africa did a wonderful job in ensuring that all of our trip details were taken care of. Especially with all of the intricacies that Covid-19 placed on our trip, our vacation went extremely smoothly and every connection, pick-up, transfer and communication was well thought out and accounted for. It is rare, in our experience, that there is not at least one "hiccough" in one's travel plans, especially when the itinerary involves travel between multiple countries, each with their own Covid-19 protocols and requirements, but this trip went smoothly and every detail was considered and addressed.
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Email Darron and Mary | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Antoinette was a competent,experienced, and well informed tour operator
Antoinette was extremely prompt with responses to questions and most anxious to provide options for all of our requests for tours. She communicated using telephone, email, text and What’s App, whatever was required to assure we had answers as promptly as possible. When we had to make last minute changes to tours because of flight delays, she was immediately on top of it, allowing us to see everything we originally scheduled, despite loss of a full day in Cape Town.
The guide service provided was exceptional. We had private tours for all events, allowing flexibility in timing and stops when we wanted. The Cape of Good Hope tour, the penguin colonies and Table Top Mountain gondola ride were amazing because of the knowledge of our guide.
Our Botswana Safari and Victoria Falls Elephant camps were of excellent quality with diversity between Okavango Delta and Moremi camps that allowed extraordinary wildlife sightings. The elephant encounter at Victoria Falls and our helicopter and guided tour of the falls allowed us to really see its full magnitude.
There are so many wonderful things to say about Antoinette and Discover Africa.
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Email david | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
hard working, patient, persistent and thorough
megan worked hard to find us a safari that met our wishes and patiently answered a million different questions over a period of a year and a half after our trip was postponed in 2020 due to the pandemic lock down
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Email David | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful vacation and service.
We loved our Africa vacation. Despite the airline schedule changes involved the whole itinerary went smoothly thanks to our travel consultant Matthys Van Aswegan who monitored our connections so we could fully enjoy each destination. Our Sabi Sands Game Reserve Safari and Victoria Falls visit was breathtaking and mesmerizing. Each lodge was over the top with a wonderful staff. Hopefully, someday, we will be able to return!
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Email Chris W | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible! Great experience that far exceeded expectations
A Tanzanian Safari had been a bucket list trip and Adelle at Discover Africa and Solly, our guide, made it better than we could have ever imagined! A few highlights:
- Flexibility: we had to adjust dates and itineraries several times given personal conflicts and Adelle flexed with us at every step, offering thoughtful recommendations to make sure we’d be able to have the best possible experience.
- Overall Service: from pre booking until we were back home, we felt genuinely cared about and like we were in great hands. Solly went out of his way to take routes and find spots off the beaten path to see the hard to find animals- answered our endless questions, all while doing some of the most impressive driving weve ever seen!
- Attention to Detail: Adelle reviewed our all arrangements in detail, catching an error I had made with flights and time zones that could have resulted in missing a full day- but was avoided thanks to her. Every detail was perfect at every step. Food, bed types, custom pieces of the itinerary, etc.
- Safety: it was of course a little disconcerting traveling during Covid and with my father who had only been out of the country once before- but the team was excellent and guided us through Covid requirements with ease and made us feel safe at every step, staying in constant contact and being very responsive.
- Accommodations- far exceeded expectations and were beyond what we imagined, perfectly capturing the essence of an African safari. We lucked out that on several of the nights we were the only guests on property- so had over the top service. A reason to book before tourism comes surging back!
Value- we knew this would be a bit of a pricy trip, but Adelle worked with us to get what we felt was a great overall value within our budget. She helped recommend where to pull back and where to spend more on hotels, activities, etc and her advice was excellent. Worth every penny.
We could not say enough to compliment the team or recommend more highly - thanks again for the experience of a lifetime!!
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Email Gary | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Thorough, responsive, and comprehensive trip planning
We originally booked 4 nights in Zimbabwe and Botswana for April 2020. The original planning and booking process was simple. Megan at Discover Africa provided a variety of options for durations and locations, and we were able to select the number of nights and the hotels that worked best for our budget and what we wanted to see/do. It was easy to add excursions such as boat tours and a helicopter flight over Victoria Falls.
When Covid derailed our trip, we were able to defer all the bookings indefinitely. In Spring of 2021, we put everything back on track for May 2021, and Megan got us set up with appointments and the information we needed to get Covid PCR tests in Zimbabwe and Botswana.
Everything went off without a hitch. Victoria Falls was extraordinary. The land transit to Botswana was complicated, but handled adroitly by the Wild Horizons drivers. We would have had a real headache figuring out those specifics without an experienced guide on the ground. Our time in Chobe National Park was wonderful; we saw so many animals from pretty close-up! Again, the guides here were great. All of our covid results came in very quickly, and we had no worries about making our next transit to another country.
Can't recommend Discover Africa enough for getting you to and around Southern Africa. Even in these uncertain Covid times, it's very doable (check local conditions frequently though, as things seem to change rapidly).
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Email Michelle | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Antoinette is not only kind and attentive, but truly WONDERFUL!
I'm not quite sure where to begin when describing my trip to South Africa. It started with impeccable service with our guide/operator Antoinette. She made the process easy and understood that our trip was truly in her hands (we've never had a safari holiday). To begin, everywhere we stayed was impeccably clean, safe, but also just truly enjoyable and fun. The animals we saw we're incredible. Our guides were not only knowledgeable, but extremely kind. I can't emphasize the service and generosity we felt at every spot. It was exactly what we dreamed of. Animals at every turn. Delicious food and drink. An experience of a lifetime that I can't wait to repeat.
This was worth every penny and more.
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Email Jim | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Matthys was professional and very helpful in presenting several options for our family Safari
I chose Discover Africa for a tented camp Safari to accommodate my family of 5.
We wanted the trip to the Serengeti to coincide with the Great Migration. Matthys offered several options and his itinerary was perfect. All five of our Tanzanian Safari accommodations were unique and exceptional. The Safari guides were family friendly and informative. The Safari vehicle was comfortable and easily accommodated our family and all the seats offered exceptional views. Our guides traveled well off the beaten path to provide unique opportunities. On our 9 day Safari, we were even able to to spot an elusive leopard and a wayward rhino. The Discover Africa guides were very experienced and could answer any question asked. Both guides were friendly, polite and fluent in English. The experience in the luxury mobile Safari camps was unique. You could hear the noises of the lion, wildebeest and hyena at night. The food was excellent at all of our five accommodations.
