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
Email Peter | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great Experience, Great Accomodation, Great Holiday
At first I was concerned about the cost, but after the experience, the cost was justified.
I stayed at 4 lodges in Botswana and they were all fabulous. The rooms were clean and huge and modern. The meals were realy good. The staff at the lodges were just amazing. How they remembered everyone's name I don't know!
The vehicles were perfect for the game drives. The guides were knowledgable and friendly.
Then, the puprose of the visit was to the see the delta and Sun Safari certainly organised that brilliantly. Game drives, boat trips and walks. Really great.
I would certainly use Sun Safari again.
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Email Bart Dewael | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
perfect and personal service
For the second time we entrusted Natasha at Sun Safaris with the A-Z organisation of a family holiday.
This time we opted for a 16 day tour in Namibia that Natasha at Sun Safaris organised perfectly to our demands/expectations.
Correspondence with Natasha is very good and prompt. All our preferences and attention points are well integrated in the proposed tour and locations (like smaller boutique hotels/lodges). Multiple suggestions are made from which we can choose and suggestions/questions are well integrated in updated propositions.
We are very pleased with the flexibility of Sun Safaris when replanning our trip due to Covid-19.
Natasha managed to reschedule the whole trip much to our satisfaction and with no additional costs.
We highly recommend Sun Safaris if you are planning a trip / tour.
We look forward to working again with Sun Safaris for our next trip to South-Africa. We fully trust that Sun Safaris will plan yet again an amazing family holiday.
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Email Karen | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Uncommunicative, was very good, no longer will I use them
I have used this company 5 times, the first 3 times were wonderful. Liselle Ratth was our agent and she was fabulous. During and after covid, our booked trip for 2021 was handled by Brett Thomson. He did not communicate in a timely manner, which made us very nervous. However, the trip in September 2021 went very well. We had another trip planned for June/July of 2022 and it did NOT go well. Email questions took days, if not weeks for an answer. Sometimes we never did get an answer. The first lodge on our trip went very well, during our stay there we received an email from the next lodge in Zimbabwe telling us that our stay was cancelled due to none payment by Brett. Needless to say we were in shock. Luckily the owner and manager of Nottens Bush Camp (Sabi Sands) took us under their wing and helped us. The catch was that we had to wire the payment directly to the camp, as they would not deal with Brett. This put us out another $7600 US dollars, which we had already paid. Brett assured me that he would be refunded this amount via our credit card. This did NOT go as planned and took over 8 weeks to receive refunds, which were not the same amount as we wired to the camp due to exchange rates. This is so unacceptable, he did not pay and we were out extra money. I can only image if the guests did not have an extra $7600 cash to pay the camp...would we have been out of luck? I do not recommend using this company...
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Email Eileen | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Brett planned a flawless trip from start to finish - just EXCEPTIONAL!
This trip began with my childhood friend asking me to take her to Africa - her lifelong dream. I had been before - using SunSafaris - so I worked with Brett to put together this trip. 2020 - 2021 - COVID derailed our plans - 20222 - we were going big. I added five days - beginning with a fabulous stay at the Dutch Farm House/Gardens/Mts of Babylonstoren in Franschhoek. Brett suggested three nights which was the call - we eased into our trip with fantastic views - food - wine and outstanding accommodations.
Then Cape Town - Steve our driver to Bablonstoren provided commentary all the way so we planned a full day trip with him once back in Cape Town - capped off by his selection of an outstanding place for lunch on the water and a visit to the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens.
Then Safaris in the Private Reserves of South Africa - Zimbabwe and Victoria Falls - and Botswana's Chobe National Park. Every lodge -every person - every drive - every transfer - EXCEPTIONAL ! So well organized - we had the best time. We were three gals traveling. Two of us had been before - for my friend on her first trip to Africa, when we asked her her thoughts - she said "I only have one regret - that I did not do this sooner."
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Email Phyllis | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Beyond my expectations
My first trip to Africa.
I was totally dependent on my friends knowledge of Africa & Brett from Sun Safari’s suggestions. All were exceptional.
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Email Alana Bartolini | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very professional.
Great agency. We worked with Natasha to set up a honeymoon safari tour around Botswana at very short notice. She set up a wonderful agenda with stops in Setari, Linyanti and Khwai. The lodges, guides and transfers were all perfect. Very good experience.
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Email Susan | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent City & Bush Holiday Experience!
We worked with Natasha at Sun Safaris to plan our 12 day ‘City and Bush’ family holiday. Our trip exceeded expectations! We loved Cape Town, the Cape Peninsula and the Wine Country. The Lawhill Apartments in Cape Town were an excellent choice - well located in the V&A Waterfront, nicely appointed, clean and excellent guest services. Natasha coordinated transfers and day trips in Cape Town and for the Safari camps - all very professional and knowledgeable.
Our safari experience was fantastic. Simbambili Game Lodge at Sabi Sands was a highlight of our trip - it was wonderful and I would not have changed a thing. The staff, food, environment, bush drives - everything - was absolutely perfect! We also enjoyed Jackalberry Lodge. Between the two lodges we saw so many animals and learned so much.
Natahsa was such a pleasure to work with and her knowledge of Cape Town and Safari was so helpful. She was very responsive, and coordinated all of the details that resulted in a memorable, seamless holiday experience. I highly recommend Natasha and will definitely use Sun Safaris again when we are ready to plan our next adventure!
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Email Ellen and Hal | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Sun Safaris (Brett) was excellent to work with her extremely knowledgeable,competent & communicative
Brett was extremely reliable, prompt with answers to questions and very knowledgeable. We had researched where we wanted to go and he booked our safari and air travel for less than we could directly. His arrangements and communication took all the stress out of going on an unfamiliar kind of trip. We would highly recommend Brett and Sun Safaris based on this experience (and Sun Safaris was recommended to us by a friend who was also a very satisfied customer.)
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Email Tracy Y | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Extremely knowledgeable and helpful!
Natasha was an absolute pleasure to work with. We were travelling with a group of 13 and she made our entire trip effortless. Even when we had airline delays from the U.S. she changed our internal flights in S.A. without any issues.
We did 2 different safaris and then 6 days in Cape Town. We didn't have to worry about a thing, Natasha had taken care of every little detail for us. Would highly recommend using Sun Safari's for your best vacation ever!!
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Email Sylvie | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
All was perfect..
Our Safaris where gréât and so was the choice of camps.
The timing was respected and the staff in the camps very professional and sympathetic.
We certainly recommand to spend 3 night in each camp to have time to apprecciate the fauna and the service
Provided by the staff. .