Nature Travel Namibia
Nature Travel Namibia
- Office In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2005)
- Member Of:
- TASA & Namibia Tourism Board
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $82 to $653 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
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Email Sebastien | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
wonderfull Birding Safari in Zambia, Caprivi and Chobe with Nick Buys
This 2 weeks birds and mammals trip in Southern Africa was our second trip with Nick Buys. We have been already with him in Namibia 4 years ago in a very succesfull trip.
We visited South of Zambia (Nkanga River Conservation Area, South Kafue and Livingstone surroundings), the Caprivi Strip (Kwando River and Mahango Game Reserve) and Northern Botswana (Okavango Panhandle and northern Chobe).
The places we visited were wonderfull. We felt the privilege to be the only ones in the middle of the bush and his fauna in the very preserved Nanzhila Plains-Kafue National Park. We had excelent boat trips on Zambezi, Chobe, Okavango and Kwando Rivers. Sunsets were stuning !
We stayed in very confortable and peacefull lodgings were we could appreciate the magic of wild Africa.
This trip was focused on a list of possible life's firsts, for both birds and mammals. The lists was not so long, as we have been already in various trips in eastern and southern Africa. It consisted most of all in specialities and endemics, as Black-cheeked Lovebird, Schalow's Turaco, Pel's Fishing-owl, Bradfield's Hornbill, Chaplin's Barbet, African Broadbill, Miombo Tit, Copper Sunbird, Black-eared Seed-eater...
We managed to see more than 300 bird species, and almost all the possible species on our list that occurs in the area.
We only failed for 3 species of Miombo forest, certainly because of the severe drought that occured this year. Actually forests were very quite, and Nick had to work hard to find us some dificult birds in that conditions. On the other hand, and certainly because of the drought, this trip was very succesfull for small raptors as African Cuckoo-hawk, Lizard Buzzard, Western Banded Snake Eagle, African Goshawk, Ovambo Sparrowhawk, Little Sparrohawk, Eurasian Hobby, Dickinson's Kestrel... We had excellent sightings of a Lanner hunting a Cape Turtle Dove, a Dickinson's Kestrel drinking at a watter hole and a pair of Little Sparrohawks breeding.
Mammals sightings were also great, with 45 species.
The best was the day spent with a troup of 21 Wild Dogs in Kafue (10 adults and 11 puppies) : they spent the day resting and playing at the side of a water hole in the company of many herbivores (surprisingly very relaxed) and birds who came to drink, including Black-cheeked Lovebirds. At the end of the afternoon, we could follow them one hour hunting in the bush. At the end, we didn't see them catching anything, but a pair of breeding leopards managed to catch an impala that was runing away from the Wild Dogs !
Thanks to some night drives and night walks, we also had a good selection of nocturnal mammals, with 2 species of Galago, Common Genet, African Civet, Bush Pig, South African Porcupine...
We want to thank Nick warmly for this trip. Again we really appreciated his cualities as a guide, his profesionalism, his excelent knowings in the species and the habitats, his sens of respect of nature, his organisation, his patience and his excellent sense of humor.
We hope to come back soon in Africa for another such succesfull trip with him.
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Email Katleen Wils | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Everything you could hope for!
We recently went on a 3-week self-drive tour that was completely organized by Nature Travel Namibia. They booked us a 4x4 rental car with rooftop tents as well as all of our accommodations and some of the activities. Everything was organized exactly as we wanted, and we had no unpleasant surprises during our trip. Just the holiday you would hope for, nice and relaxing but also full of wonderful activities to enjoy the wildlife and landscapes to the fullest. Communication with Nature Travel prior to the trip all went very smooth, they are very friendly and helpful and always eager to assist you in any way possible. The tour itself was wonderful, we absolutely loved Namibia and will certainly be coming back! We will definitely book via Nature Travel again, so highly recommendable!
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Email Barbara | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Trip to the Namib
Everything was perfect. San-Mari and Lucky were the best.
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Email Karen | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
our guide was so knowledgeable re Africa, ecology, recycling, animal habits, and birding
We have been planning our safari for over a year. We have had many emails with Nick with many questions. Some silly and most very informative. When we sent an email he would answer within a few days. This was the best trip of our lives. We were a little nervous before the trip but once there we felt very safe with Nick as our guide. This trip was so far above our expectations I can’t believe it. Everywhere we stayed showed us a different view of Africa. We stayed in lodges, tents, 5star hotels, and open air rooms. Each held its own kind of enjoyment for us on our safari. Everyone in Africa was so nice to us and so friendly. We cannot believe we had such a wonderful time in Africa. It was a long flight but well worth the time. We think that we may want to visit another area of Africa in the future. We saw all the animals we wanted to such as cheetah, leopard, wild dogs, hyenas, lions, Cape buffalo, elephants, giraffes, zebra, impala, hippos, and rhinos, baboons and more. Thank you Nick for the trip of a lifetime!
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Email Ed C | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Nick our Guide put our Safari together it was top notch in all aspects of the safari.
It was very easy to communicate via email with Nick on any Questions we had. I was traveling with my wife and 4 friends and all communications that they had with Nick were answered via email promptly.Every place we went to on the Safari was excellent, in viewing the animals, the lodgings that he had set up for us. The service staff at all the locations we visited were very friendly and went out of their way to make our vacation wonderful. All of us in our group have agreed that Nature Travel Namibia was the best for our safari trip from start to finish.
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Email Rich & Libda Christensen | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Our tour was excellent & allowed us to truly experience the varied geography & wildlife of Namibia
We were a group of six friends. Nature Travel Namibia (Nick Buys) & his staff were very responsive to our many questions. They put together our itinerary & all was delivered as promised & in excellent style. Nick’s expertise & sense of humor further enhanced our experience. We were mostly very satisfied with our accommodations—one a little too rustic. Food everywhere was great & plentiful. Our safaris were awesome. Nick knew just where to go. In addition to the big 5, we saw animals we didn’t know existed & took time to watch & observe their behavior. This is a trip we will never forget. Thanks again Nick & Nature Travel Namibia.
Email ALEX | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
It was real pleasure dealing with San-Mari Maraise at NTN, who was very patience with my
It was real pleasure dealing with San-Mari at NTN, who was very patience with my queries. Will certaintly recommend NTN, for nature lovers.
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Email Susanna and Markku | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Personalised Namibia-tour - big dream came true and even more
We just game back to Finland from our two weeks Namibia-tour. This has been our dream for a long time and now: wow... just wow-wow-wow. We could tell so much about everything we have experienced and enjoyed and how wonderful everything was. But... we say: perfect in every way. We do not know, how something could have been better.
We can not thank enough Nicolette, who was so helpful and kind in advance and made all reservations and listened our changes and wishes and made every of them possible! Such a perfect personalised service, and how in earth she can be so fast!
And Marc, our guide. Ten points in expertise about nature, animals, history etc. Ten points in making our holiday so easy and relaxing. Ten points in taking care of us and our needs. Ten points in exceeding our hopes and dreams. Ten points in beeing just a wonderful person and part of our holiday, not just a guide. And ten points in listening to finnish sense of humour...
Nicolette and Marc really made our dream come true, and even more. Now we are not dreaming of a white christmas, but we are dreaming of a new trip/holiday with help of Nicolette, Marc and Nature Travel Namibia.
Good contact and professional service
We booked lodges, cars and activities and everything work out fine.
Communication was very good and welcome at the airport perfect.
Nicolette and all the staff were very accurate and professional
I really recommend their services
Email Karen | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Absolutely amazing Namibia/ Botswana safari adventure.
We’ve just finished a 15 day Namibia / Botswana Safari, ending with a visit to Victoria Falls and it was amazing! Our guide Marc Cronje, with his vast knowledge and experience, made every sighting exciting, no matter what we were looking at, and got us some exceptional (and sometimes unexpected) spectacles, including Honey Badgers digging for food whilst a number of Pale Chanting Goshawks stood by waiting to steal their prey and a family of Bat-eared foxes roaming around under the early evening sun. Marc worked tirelessly throughout the trip, his enthusiasm never waning, nothing was too much trouble, a thoughtful and caring guide. NTN organised beautiful lodges and accommodation, a surprise highlight being 2 days camping which we would definitely do again. To say we had a great time was an understatement, we are already thinking about saving for our next trip with them!
