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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Savuti by Tina
Saw most the lions here; campsite seemed more isolated; quite dry when we came here so not much scenery.
AT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience
We had a short 3 day trip with a boat, 4WD and walking safari in the Selous Game Reserve.
Our guide was extremely friendly and helpful and always answered also all our not-safari related questions :-)
The lodge was very comfortable and well located at a river with hippos visible from our small hut.
Elephants and monkeys were also very near and could be heard and also seen.
The game reserve itself was a beautiful place and we saw a lot of different animals.
Although we didn't see Zebras or Leopards it was a great experience I would recommend to everyone.
Would book them again everytime.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Cape Town & Sabi Sands!
My sincere appreciation to Madi at Wild Wings Safaris for her help in making our South Africa vacation absolutely unforgettable. Madi's communication and assistance was timely and efficient. Our Cape Town accommodations, rental car, excursion, flights and Sabi Sand safari lodge was perfectly scheduled and organized. I would recommend Wild Wings Safari to anyone interested in making a lifetime's worth of memories in Africa. Without hesitation, I will contact Madi again for future safari vacations. Thank you!
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Moremi Game Reserve by Tina
This was my favorite campsite! The scenery was amazing; not too far from the gate and abundance of wildlife!
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Chobe National Park by Tina
Too many tourists at the same time; camps are a bit farther;
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65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Roho Ya Chui delivered the trip of a lifetime!
A visit to South Africa including a safari has been a life-time dream, and we were thrilled with how it worked out. We considered several different organizers and were impressed with Ute's responsiveness and knowledge. She guided us in our selection of safari lodge. Some were too rustic, some too expensive, so based on her recommendation we decided on Kapama River Lodge and were delighted. It exceeded our expectations, was great value, and we saw all the Big Five. Ute planned a week in Cape Town for us, and again her hotel recommendation was perfect for us. We stayed at the Victoria & Alfred on the Waterfront and were delighted with the location, the views and the yummy breakfasts. Ute was a wonderful communicator and took care of every little detail. Our transfers worked like clockwork and our whole adventure went off without a glitch. She gets my highest endorsement and I would use her again in a heartbeat.
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65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Thornybush Game Reserve by Haven H.
Thornybush has a rich array of wildlife and an apparently healthy ecosystem to support it.
Our camp was fully solar powered, small and intimate, which added to our enjoyment.
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65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Kruger National Park by Richard
The safari was a wonderful experience, and as noted above, Wild Planet Safaris did an excellent job.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Use to be fantastic for wildlife, now saturated with noisy disrespectful tourists vehicles
I first came to the Masai Mara 13 years ago, where it hooked me for life on wildlife and photography. Subsequent visits over the years, this was the forth, has shown a continuing decline in wildlife and a explosive increase of vehicles and the type of tourist that has little or no respect for the animals or landscape. Every spotting was swamped in minutes and upwards of 40 vehicles corralling the animal. Stressed animals, disrupted hunts and animals forced off rest-ups where common, and the norm. I would be surprised if you saw a hunt these days by any of the much rarer cheetah or leopard.
Parts of the reserve now seem devoid of wildlife, Rhino Ridge, Paradise Plains, Talek river, this was strange to us as these areas have always been good for wildlife. This could be seasonal but our guide, very experienced and many years in the Mara as a guide, indicated that it was rare to bother going over to these areas now unless a migration crossing was happening. So it sounds liked something else is happening to the wildlife. He indicated that a lot of resident wildlife is heading to the surrounding conservancies for a more peaceful life.
The lion population is still very good. Lions being lions spend most of the time sleeping so easier to find, although again if they had cubs they tended to hide much deeper in the bush.
The landscape is still beautiful and with the right timing you can get a vista without the ubiquitous white top safari van marring the view (why can't these trucks be in muted colors that blend?)
One of most my most loved parts of Africa seems to have become a victim of its own success, hopefully more controlled access and a cap on new developments will be implemented soon.
SG
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Exhilarating, memorable, eye opening. Andy as a great guide- knowledgeable & professional
Andy was a super guide. He was knowledgeable in animal behavior, passionate about wildlife, professional and responsible in making sure we had the best safari experience, great at spotting the well camourflaged animals, and took the trouble to even make a detour in order to show us the endangered Sable Antelope when he heard they had been sighted. We were due to leave the park. He could have skipped the detour and taken a more leisurely drive to the airport for our departure.
Andy was fun and we had great meals throughout our stay!
Thanks Andy for a great holiday!