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MARK ZIEGLER   –  
United States US
Visited: September 2021 Reviewed: Oct 11, 2021

Email MARK ZIEGLER  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Africa Zim Travel was one of the most attentive travel operators I have ever booked for my travel.
5/5

I worked with Blessing at Africa Zim Travel to put together a short three day, two night package in Victoria Falls. Blessing was excellent in providing me updated information and understanding what I wanted to do during my short time in Zimbabwe. We arrived in Livingstone, Zambia because air service there was better than flying into Victoria Falls itself from Kenya. The border crossing into Zimbabwe was a bit tricky but Africa Zim guided us expertly through the border crossings with minimal disruption, even with COVID tests required and scrutinized. Once in Victoria Falls all was pleasant and enjoyable. The Hotel Ilala was impressive with a view of the spray from the Falls from our room and the lovely grounds. The staff was exceptionally friendly and attentive. Our evening boat cruise on the Zambezi River was incredible with sightings of hippo, elephant, and crocodiles. We had booked a day trip to Botswana's Chobe River. That was an absolutely amazing day with more elephants than I could ever count. Excellent guide met us at the border of Zimbabwe and Botswana named Lance. He switched our boat time on the river to afternoon instead of in the morning because he knew it was a better time to be on the river for elephant viewing. Blessing drove us to and from the border and waited all day at the border for us. That was above and beyond the call of duty. The evening was passed at a Boma Dinner. It was definitely touristy but still lots of fun. Trying various types of African foods was the best part of the evening. All in all Africa Zim did a great job and I highly recommend them.

Dave Bowden   –  
Australia AU
Visited: August 2019 Reviewed: Feb 5, 2020

Email Dave Bowden  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Our experience to Chobe National Park was amazing and funco
5/5

Communications were all on line with prompt replies. The coordination of different drivers/tour leaders all went smoothly and the activities exceeded our expectations. Once inside the park, the animal safaris were great and the number of animals sighted was terrific. The camping set up was well done and staff very friendly and capable.

Angelique McDonald   –  
United States US
Visited: October 2019 Reviewed: Feb 5, 2020

Email Angelique McDonald  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Very helpful. They let us know what we needed well in advance.
5/5

The tour guides and camp helpers were incredible. Our guide knew the park and showed us all of the animals. We saw every animal in the park except for the elusive cheetah. Back at the camp, the porter's took care of our every need and then some. They set up fire pits for us to sit around a camp fire, made amazing food (way too much food!), made sure we could take showers to wash off the dirt, and had tents all set up for us. They did everything to make us as comfortable as possible. It was a great, once in a lifetime trip!

Amanda Innes   –  
Australia AU
Visited: January 2020 Reviewed: Jan 29, 2020

Email Amanda Innes  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

A Well Organised, fully catered for, money's worth, adventurous safari experience
5/5

From the time of enquiring about the booking, to arriving at the pick up destination, the company kept you fully aware of what was needed and required from you from there end and what was to be expected for the duration of your trip. They were polite and prompt and made you feel like everything was taken care of. When we arrived at Vic Falls airport we were greeted by out tour guide Pam. She was very lovely, spoke great english and was super informative.She helped us to book our extra activities we wanted to do like the village tour and made sure we knew what our itinerary was for the coming days. She would usually just pick us up and drop us off at our destinations. She took us all the way into Botswana and helped us check in and book our safari tours but then she had to drive that day all the way back to ZIM which was a bummer. We would of liked it if she stayed there with us for the two nights and we could get to know her more and feel a bit more settled knowing someone was there that we knew or we could ask for help or things. It felt like she was too far away if we had a problem or need advice. I would hope that the company would look into allowing there tour guides to at least stay in Botswana close to the clients just in case of any emergencies or problems. Otherwise this company was 10/10. Thank you for your hospitality and life long memories Pam. We miss you, Amanda and Jenique

David Peat   –  
United Kingdom UK
Visited: September 2019 Reviewed: Jan 14, 2020

Email David Peat  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Africa Zim travel were very attentive and hands on taking over when a major uk company let us down.
4/5

Blessing and Pamela treated us like friends making our arrangements before and during our stay and providing transport themselves. Most of our communication was by email, which was usually answered very quickly. They exceeded our expectations.
We organised the main element of our trip with African Horse Safaris at Macatoo in the Okavango Delta, who were excellent. Our stay on the Chobe River was interesting.The driven safari there was more like a crowded trip through a commercial game park but the River Cruises were excellent and a wonderful relaxed way to get close to the game. Blessings booked us into Phezulu lodge for our stay at Victoria Falls, which was like a small modern motel with its own pool and bar and suited us for the end of our trip.

Rick   –  
United States US
Visited: December 2019 Reviewed: Dec 29, 2019

Email Rick  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Victoria Falls - Chobe NP - Elephant Sands - Okavango Delta
5/5

Highly recommend Africa Zim! Our honeymoon throughout Zimbabwe and Botswana was amazing and Africa Zim was flawless with everything. Our guide, Moto, is an incredible man and so fun to be around. He is incredibly smart, very professional and has a great sense of humor. He made our trip an amazing experience and taught us so much about culture, nature, wildlife and everything that makes Africa so awesome. When booking with Africa Zim, see if you can request Moto to be your guide for the week - I promise you won’t regret it!

Emily Clinton   –  
United States US
Visited: October 2019 Reviewed: Nov 18, 2019

Email Emily Clinton  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

amazing tour of Zimbabwe
5/5

From the beginning Blessing provided excellent communication and helped us plan a great trip. We wanted to do one of their tours backwards and change the itinerary a bit and he arranged everything. The accommodations they booked us in were all of a good standard and food was good too. We especially liked seeing the elephant wander through the parking lot of the Hwange Safari Lodge after dinner. Our favorite activities were walking over Mutarazi falls on a suspension bridge, touring the Great Zimbabwe, tracking rhinos and visiting a prehistoric cave with Ian (basically the Zimbabwean crocodile hunter! He was so fun to spend the day with and we got really close to rhinos!), seeing Victoria Falls especially from the Devil's Pool, and finishing the trip with a sunset cruise on the Zambezi river. So many great memories! I would recommend Africa Zim to anyone!

Ralf   –  
Philippines PH
Visited: June 2019 Reviewed: Aug 9, 2019

Email Ralf  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Great Safari Experience
5/5

What I like about Africa Zim is they reply to your questions and take care of your concerns. From the pick up, the camping, the tour and until the drop off, it all went perfectly as planned.
My wife and I had a wonderful experience in Africa because of Africa Zim. Won’t hesitate to use them again when we go back.

Paula   –  
United States US
Visited: July 2019 Reviewed: Aug 9, 2019

Email Paula  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Day trip to Chobe National Park
4/5

Exploring the Chobe river was great and our captain was wonderful We saw lots of wild life. Lunch was excellent and also the safari drive was excellent.
Transportation (from the border to the Chobe National park) was just OK can be improved and probably would have been better to stop for cofee in a location where bathrooms were available.
Altogether great experience!

Carol   –  
United Kingdom UK
Visited: July 2019 Reviewed: Jul 20, 2019

Email Carol  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Day tour Chobe National Park, river and land safaris
5/5

This tour was excellent, good value for money, everything on time and we saw everything we wanted including large herds of elephants really close and swimming. Giraffes close up, hippos very close and crocodiles. The bird life was also exceptional and we lost count of the different species we saw. We had a brilliant guide called Brook who had 17 years experience and we felt very safe with him. I would certainly ask for him if you could. Our driver from Victoria falls to Chobe was a delightful girl called Pamela who was extremely knowledgable too.
The whole day was an unforgettable magical experience.
Thank you

Carol

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