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African Coast Travel & Tours
- Located In:
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2004)
- Member Of:
- ZTA, SOAZ, ATSA & SATSA
- Tour Types:
- Small & medium group tours (Mid-range & luxury)
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $290 to $1,200 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Allan | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Everything was fine except for return transport
Transport to the lodge was fine and my experience at the lodge was excellent in terms of accommodation, service, food, amenities, and game drives. Transport back from Hwange to Livingstone was a nightmare of poor communication and waiting though. Ended up being forced to wait in a small village for hours without being told what was going on, and being very late on arrival in Livingstone, risking losing my accommodation for the night.
Reply from African Coast Travel & Tours
Posted on Dec 9, 2017Dear Allan
Thank you for your review and these reviews always helps us to improve our services and its good to understand and know if you enjoyed our services or not, and in your case it is unfortunate that what we had arranged changed from the usual tour arrangement, our 2 days 1 night Hwange overnight safari tour starts with a full day and the next morning an early morning game drive then break for branch by 13:30 you then go back into the park for your last afternoon game drive which ends at 16:00hrs which was your pick up time, but unfortunately you then decided to cancel the last game drive and that's then resulted in you staying at the lodge until the arranged pick up time of 16:00hrs, i feel that the guide were also trying to while up time by taking you on a village tour as you had changed your plans and there was no immediate transport to take you back to Victoria falls, but above all we are very sorry for the inconvenience caused and we have since changed our transfers, that all our transfer vehicles which goes by the guests will not return back to Victoria falls but shall remain at the point of stay until the guests finish their stay to avoid the same situation happening again,
Yours faithfully
Joseph Moyo
Operations Manager
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Email Melissa and Carol ~Mothers Without Borders | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
All We Could Hope For in Livingstone!
Joseph Moyo was all we could hope for and more in planning and executing our leisure travel. We brought a group of 23 volunteers with us to Zambia to do humanitarian work in Lusaka. Following our work, we planned 4 days in Livingstone for leisure travel. Never having been to Livingstone we looked for someone to guide us as we planned activities. After reading reviews, we settled on African Coast Travel and Tours. Joseph was prompt at responding and always a step ahead of us. We did a jaw dropping tour of Victoria Falls! We saw the falls from both the Zambia and Zimbabwe side, they were spectacular!!!! That evening we were whisked of on a Sunset Cruise along the Zambezi River, it was perfect. The second day we headed to Chobe National Park. We spent the day in Botswana and Zambia. Lunch was amazing at the Chobe Safari Lodge. It was a perfect day, we saw many animals and had excellent guides. Day 3 included a trip to Mukuni Village, Livingstone Museum, and taking in the Maramba Market. That afternoon and Day 4 prior to our departure, Joseph arranged everyone in the groups individual activities including a Lion Walk, Bungee Jumping, Micro Flights, Elephant Safari and much more. We loved every minute of our time with Joseph and his team. They were amazing!
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Email Jane | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great customer service
Joseph was a great tour guide. He was very patient, knowledgeable and caring. Thank you Joseph for making my visit to Victoria Falls an amazing experience.
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Email Cinda | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Highly Recommended - 20 day Southern African Safari trip from African Coast Travel
If you are looking for a great, multi-country overview of the highlights of Southern Africa, definitely consider African Coast Travel and Tours based in Zimbabwe. The trip includes South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. Here is a link describing this 20 day, 5 country trip: http://www.africancoasttravel.com/southern-africa-explorer-safari-package.html.
My husband and I had the pleasure of making this wonderful trip recently. It is a perfect way of seeing many different countries in Southern Africa in a fairly short time frame. One would always like to say longer in certain areas, but for an overview of the 5 countries included, it’s a perfect introduction. There is so much diversity in this trip, from exploring sophisticated cities like Cape Town and Johannesburg, to breathtaking game drives and miracles of nature , to cultural and historical artifacts and interactions with warm, wonderful people.
African Coast Travel takes care of all of the details, from initial airport pick up to all hotels, most activities and meals, internal and inter-Africa flights. We compared the services and amenities of African Coast to numerous other travel group options. We specifically wanted to support local African tour groups and researched many, but also explored group travel packages from the USA, UK, Australia and more. One of the major benefits of the 20 Day African Explorer Safari from African coast was that the pricing was per person and the trip was available for 2 people – thus, it was basically a private tour throughout. Prices of large tour groups were often as much, if not more as African coast, but they would have meant a bus load of 20-40 other people. The benefits of a private tour are innumerable.
Many people still think of Africa as being unsafe and are concerned about traveling there. We certainly didn’t know what to expect, but felt totally safe throughout our tour. We stayed in Cape Town for 5 days before our official tour, and then in Johannesburg for 5 days at the end – thus were on our own, walking the streets, shopping, visiting attractions, etc. We were, naturally careful about going out alone at night (as one would be in most large, unknown cities). But in general we were never concerned about our safety – in fact people went out of their way to ask if we needed help when we were at the subway or bus stops or carrying our luggage around.
So, if you are thinking about visiting Africa, and are looking for a diverse, multi-dimensional experience, definitely contact Joseph at African Coast and start a dialogue. He and the team are flexible and able to customize this 20 day package or many of the other trips they offer. We are already talking about where we want to revisit or other possible African countries to experience and will, of course, contact African Coast Travel.
Email Kia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fun & Informative !
My partner and I travelled to Namibia for the first time in January with high expectations of amazing landscapes dunes and dessert land. The country didn't let us down - my gosh Namibia is breathtaking! What we loved and did not expect was our lovely tour guide - Joseph and his kindness courtesy, fun and light heartedness! He was very informative telling us about the history of Namibia from the formation of the landscapes, the structure of various towns, to the political and social side of the economy and so much more. Thank you to African Coast Travel for making our trip unforgetable. And most of all thank you to Joseph for the care and attentiveness he took in ensuring we enjoyed our stay :) . I love Namibia !!!
Email Sasha | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Joseph Was Amazing !
I spoke to a few agents when i first started planning my namibian trip but i picked African Coast Travel & Tours as i felt extremely comfortable with Joseph. He was very prompt in replying my emails and answered all my questions with patience. He was also very quick to understand what i liked and customized our trip accordingly. Everything went very smooth with Joseph and we had one of the best trip in Namibia having him as our driver. I would strongly recommend African Coast Travel & Tour to anyone looking to go to Namibia!
Email A & M | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Pleasantly suprised
We booked a 3 day overland tour from Windhoek to Sossusvlei not quite knowing what to expect. The driver met us at the airport on time, dropped us off at the hotel and picked us up the following day from where we travelled to the supermarket to pick up provisions. The 4x4 was robust and air conditioned and our driver was very well-versed on a number of subjects. Camping on top of the vehicle was an experience and we switched to the tent the day after, but the sites were much better equipped than expected. Great evenings cooking food as the sun set - a great way to start our southern Africa tour
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Email Elliott | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best Vacation Ever
This was genuinely the best time we had ever had on vacation. In addition to the trip itself being incredible, the staff was very easy to communicate with and helpful. I would, without hesitation, recommend this company to anyone traveling to Africa.
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Email Alex | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Miombo camp
We had very good expierence in Miombo and enjoing our travel in Zimbabwe. It was intresting and very well orginazed.
Thank you viery much
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Email Dale | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic trip
First of all, I just want to emphasize how nice Joseph and Lucy Moyo were. Joseph promptly answered my numerous questions that I had for him as we were arranging the trip. They were punctual for all the pickups and dropoffs associated with the airport, hotel, the falls, the Boma dinner, and the game safari. They were very helpful.
Secondly, the hotel (Victoria Falls Hotel) is great. We loved the complimentary breakfast. Huge selection of good quality food. We really did not make full use of the hotel, as we were too busy. The game safari at The Hide surpassed our expectations. The food was excellent, the accommodations comfortable and the staff was friendly and very helpful. Our guide, Chris, got us up close and personal with Jericho the lion and many many elephants and cape buffalo. He was very informative and had a great sense of humor.
What an experience