Sun Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2002)
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $350 to $1,800 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Bill and Nellie | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Five star communication, great care in detail and superb recommendation.
Liselle, just a quick note to let you know how much my wife and I enjoyed staying at Makumu Lodge and your recommendation for this place. We have stayed at many different places over the years, but I can assure you this tops all other. It was absolutely fantastic, 5 star in every respect, and I can highly recommend this place to any other clients you may have. They will not be disappointed.
It is a small all inclusive luxury boutique lodge in a complete private setting. The safari game drives were excellent. The Zulu king bed suite was amazing. And the food-----:-) and the company during breakfasts and dinners with the managers, and owner on the last day….it made us feel more like family members than guests. I really can’t say enough about it.
Thanks for putting us into this lodge!! Great experience and the best we had on our 4 weeks travels in Africa. We will certainly be in touch on our next trip, and recommend you to our friends as well!
Kind regards,
Bill and Nellie from Canada
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Email Y Heng | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Excellence Guaranteed!
My family and I go on safari annually, and have consistently contracted Sun Safaris to assist whenever we head to Southern Africa. The fact that we are repeat clients indicate the level professionalism and insider knowledge that Natasha and the team at Sun Safaris have of the region.
Our most recent trip was to celebrate my wedding, and we elected to do 5 nights in Mana Pools, with camps in the African Bush Camps portfolio with their recommendation. What a stupendous Safari we had! Truly remarkable and with enough picturesque moments to fill our wedding album.
Natasha was responsive throughout the entire booking process, and even helped us with upgrades to the honeymoon suites in one camp, and a more exclusive family style camp in the other.
We know to trust the opinions offered - the last trip we took was to celebrate my brother’s wedding to Botswana and that trip still remains high on our list of most memorable Safari moments.
Looking forward to the next trip with them!
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Email Hedy | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Luxurious accommodations, great service throughout, spectacular wildlife... the trip of a lifetime.
My son planned this trip with him and his wife as a gift for my 70th birthday. It was a dream vacation from start to finish. Liselle at Sun Safaris took all our tastes, needs and wishes into account very thoughtfully in designing our itinerary with three nights at Klaserie Sands and four nights at Arathusa. Both lodges were luxurious but unpretentious with stunning vistas, beautiful rooms, friendly staff, delicious food and simply amazing safaris. The wildlife guides and trackers in both locations were outstanding. We saw "the big five" within our first 24 hours and over the course of a week saw roughly 50 species of animals (including all three big cats and some rarely-sighted smaller animals like genets, honey badgers, jackals) and 70 species of birds, with multiple sightings of all creatures, many quite up close, many with babies...it was simply spectacular and very moving. We enjoyed every minute of the experience and were completely satisfied with the service we received. Additionally, the whole trip, including safari rides on rough terrain, was easily manageable for a relatively fit 70 year old.---A couple of further points of information for travelers: 1) mid-June in Kruger is winter and temperatures in the pre-dawn and nighttime hours get cold enough for a down jacket, gloves and hat especially when riding in an open safari vehicle; 2) Although both our lodges had some intermittent WiFi, guests should realize that cell service is essentially nonexistent in the Kruger wilderness and that internet connection is spotty at best, so one should be prepared to be offline.
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Email Ed N. | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Tanzanian safari was nothing short of spectacular!
We have used Sun Safaris in the past and have never been disappointed. Natasha was meticulous in helping us plan and coordinate our Tanzanian safari which included Americans and British groups rendezvousing in Kilimanjaro. We loved the accommodations at Gibbs Farm near Arusha and had the most amazing experience at the Asilia group’s Ubuntu camp in the Western Serengeti. It is a mobile camp that follows the Migration and it did not disappoint.
We will definitely be back!!
Email Mark | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing family experience
An amazing family experience that that was perfectly organised and planned by Natasha. Her communication and assistance was first class. The accommodation and activities organised were exactly what we asked for and that was a real African experience. Travelling through South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana was made easy by our well planned trip and very helpful and friendly people assisting us on the way. The people were so caring and could not have been more helpful. For a family Lawhill in Cape Town and Honeyguide in Kruger could have not been better. Bakwena Lodge in Chobe was an amazing place with lovely ladies always making you feel at home. An overall fantastic trip, thank-you Natasha for your great preparation.
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Email Linda | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Natasha did an amazing job organizing our trips to Botswana in 2014, 2017, and 2019!
The communcations have always been prompt and efficient. On our recent tour to Botswana in July 2019, we only arranged the whle safari two weeks before departure. I normally would plan one year in advance but this was an exceptional case. We were thinking if thre were no space at all we would go anytime. Natasha really worked on our requirement and alas, we made it to Botswana!
All the camps observed our dietary requirements well. I am 100% sure that she informed every camp about this requirement, sometimes it is up to the camp's management whether they updated this information.
During 2017 we chose Kwando Safari's lagoon camp, they did not seem to have any information at all about our dietary requirements, and they did not rectify it immediately so we end up having vegetarian dishes for 4 meals. This was clearly a problem with the management, and has nothing to do with Sun Safaris or Natasha. And the second camp, Wilderness Chitabe Camp...though have a wonderful location to site the wild dogs, their management and our guide were arrogant. We have stated to Natasha afterwards on these issues.
We have no hesitation to ecommend Sun Safaris to anyone who wish to arrange an unforgetable safaris.
Email Gillian | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Sun Safaris provide and exceptional service
I have used Natasha from Sun Safaris on a couple of occasions with bookings and she recently assisted me with arranging a week in Zanzibar following my safari. Her promptness to respond to queries and emails, even whilst away on the trip were above and beyond with very quick follow up. Natasha is always willing to provide great options and alternatives when assisting with planning your trip. Our recent week in Zanzibar was perfect thanks to Natasha and Sun Safaris.
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Email Ernie Z | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Blown Away!
I went on the safari with extremely high expectations, and Sun Safaris and Arathusa Lodge blew my expectations out of the water! This was the best vacation I have ever taken. To be five to 10 feet from the animals in their own environment was an indescribable experience. Sun Safaris arranged transportation from the Hoedspruit airport to and from the lodge and it went very smoothly. Great experience, and I would recommend Sun Safaris and Arathusa Lodge to anyone wanting that once in a lifetime safari experience!
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Email Karen K | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Outstanding Experience
We have now used Sun Safaris 3 times, 2012, 2017, 2019, and can not wait to utilized their expertise again! From the first email until our return home the entire experience was fantastic and seamless! Liselle is a pleasure to work with, the whole trip could not have been easier for us. Her recommendations for places to stay, things to do, etc was spot on...Thank you so very much...2 times we have brought other guests with. us and they are as impressed with Sub Safaris as we are
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Email Rebecca and Adam | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fabulous First Time Safari Experience
Michelle was wonderful to work with from our very first email. We had many questions and she was able to help us narrow down the choices and pick the perfect lodge for our first safari experience. Michelle understood what we were looking for and really listened to us. We chose Lion Sands Tinga London and we were beyond thrilled with our experience. Our villa was fantastic, the food was delicious and the staff at the lodge were amazing. We saw the Big 5 and then some. I would definitely use Sun Safaris, and Michelle in particular, again in the future.