65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
We had a wonderful experience driving from Nairobi to Livingstone and loved the game park drives.
The trip was fantastic! Our guide and mechanic were wonderful, the meals were plentiful and delicious and the accommodation varied from tents to Bandas on the beach. We had a great time and would highly recommend Africa Expedition Support to anyone who wanted to get a feel for the 'real' Africa. The trip took us through villages, game parks, around Lake Malawi and over to Zanzibar, fulfilling a lifetime dream.
A good trip with Crammy
Crammy showed good fieldcraft, finding most of the expected birds for us. Outside of birding, his guiding abilities are also to be commended. He is generally unflappable and good-humoured, meeting our requests, or explaining politely why they were not possible. The itinerary and logistics were well organised. And I must say he has been good company out in the field too.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Passionate and knowledgeable guide
We had Ian on one segment of our Intrepid trip, and he was pure amazing. Extremely knowledgeable about both wild life and Zimbabwe culture / history. Also engages the group and is always happy to share information. Even speaks the language of the bush people! Even outside the context of touring Zimbabwe, he is the cool dude that anyone should get to know. You can't go wrong with this guy.
CH
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Honeymoon
Tranks to Kerry we had a lovely honeymoon! We started in Cape Town and continued via the Garden Route to Port Elisabeth and Lalibela, which was the most perfect place. The tented camp was beautiful (the number of people that can stay there fits into one (!) safari vehicle) food was excellent and the service perfect. On the game drives we saw lots of free roaming animals including lions with cups, rhinos, elephants and many more. All the other places we stayed at during our travels were beautiful and unique. The Segway tour in Tsitsikama and a mountain bike tour in Knysna completed our trip perfectly.
Thanks a lot to Kerry and Pemboury tours!
IT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
amaizing and unforgettable
it was a wonderful experience getting Uganda and its beauty in the comfortable Land cruiser driven by Phillip Diku of Albrieux Africa Tours, whatever were the expectations they became true with the support of Edoardo a very polite and experienced guide who explained to us all the wildlife and nature around. we strongly suggest this Tour Operator in Kampala where that have a very comfortable and nice looking Guest House in the quartier of Mtinda where the Maid Dorah prepare very good food particularly a super Spaghetti alla Bolognese in a very Italian style with good Italian wine to enjoy the time before the safari starts and when the safari ends prior to flight back home. Thanks to the entire Staff for the courtesy and the professionally. Francesco
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Pembury helped to make our South African holiday one of the best we have ever had.
My wife and I wanted to visit South Africa. We had a rough plan of the things we wanted to do and the places we wanted to see. We decided to centre our holiday around a 4 day visit to Lalibela Game Reserve. Having contacted them, they put us in touch with Kerry Ririe at Pembury Tours and she took over the arrangements from us. We planned to start in Cape Town, drive the Garden Route, stopping at Swellendam and Knysna en route to Lalibela, then returning to Cape Town inland, via Graaff Reinet, Oudtshoorn and Montagu. Kerry sorted out our hire car, all of our accommodation and a number of outings.
She dealt with the arrangements quickly and very efficiently. The places she suggested for us to stay were all excellent and she took on the whole burden of booking, leaving us to enjoy the anticipation of the holiday without any of the worries.
From the time of our arrival at Cape Town airport, where we were met by a Pembury representative, handed a comprehensive itinerary and ferried to our hire car, to the time we returned there and handed the car back three weeks later, every one of the arrangements Kerry had made for us worked like clockwork. We were particularly impressed by the paperwork, which had detailed driving directions and route maps, lots of brochures and ideas for things we might like to visit en route, a number of discount vouchers for various attractions and vouchers for free dinners at two of the places where we were to stay.
Our particular favourite places were Lalibela Game reserve and the little town of Montagu, but we enjoyed everywhere we went and were always greeted with friendship and kindness. Our time at Lalibela was particularly special. The highlights were, of course, the morning and evening game drives. We were able to get up close to 3 month old lion cubs, many different antelope, elephants, giraffes, and, in my case, warthogs! Our ranger, Cleo, was a mine of information about all of the wildlife, and added immeasurably to the experience.
Without the help of Pembury we should probably have still had a good holiday, but their assistance made it really special! We have used a number of large British travel agents over the years, but none of them provided as good a service as we experienced with Pembury.
BR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent
Very good company. Everything well organizated. Our driver was really experienced and knew everything about animal's behavior and other things. Very good food. Talk to Dionis, who is the responsible for the company and he will arrange everything for you. 100% satisfy! This trip changed my life and I'm so glad to have chosen Bushtrekkers.
SG
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Uganda - Birds, Gorillas, Big 5, Chimps, Chameleons & Mountains of the Moon
Crammy Wanyama is one of the best guides I've ever had. Right from the start, he customised an itinerary for us that allowed us to cover every single experience I wanted in Uganda, within three weeks and within budget: Gorillas, chimps, Mountains of the Moon’s botanical giants (unfortunately we only saw the Giant Lobelia), Big 5, chameleons, good birding (especially Shoebill), night drives/walks for nocturnal animals, Batwa pygmies etc. Other agencies I asked merely threw me their standard itinerary and hoped that I would bite. On tour, Crammy was accommodating and flexible, polite and informative, and a bird guide extraordinaire with great ID skills (song & sight), even when it came to raptors and waders. He uses site guides (multiplying the number of spotters), which is true eco-tourism as it brings income to the local community. His 10-seater van was comfortable and had a pop-up roof that was great for safaris. It also ensured that the four of us in the tour each enjoyed a window seat. Crammy also went the extra mile. When I was ill, he arranged for the hotel to make me citrus juice twice daily, which he claimed works wonders for him. It definitely perked me up too. He comes highly recommended by all four of us from Singapore.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
best experience of our lives
despite throwing together a plan to go on safari at the very last minute Savannah Explorers took myself my wife and my inlaws under the wing and gave us a week we will never forget.George our guide was supremely knowledgeable,enthusiatic, personable and a joy to spend time with.His skills in spotting animals and in seemingly always having us in the right place at the right time were almost supernatural.I cannot recommend these guys enough!
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent safari experience
Hoppy of Wildlife Safaris was an excellent guide. His amazing knowledge, his gracious helpfulness, and accommodating nature made our safari experience better than we could have imagined. The arrangements were very fine, and the experience far exceeded what we could have hoped for for the price we paid. Three days, two nights, of an adventure we will never forget.