50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
The most underrated park in South Africa - an all round experience of a game park at it's best
I visited Addo twice - the second time was even more enjoyable than the first. There is an abundance of wildlife, especially large herds of elephants. Twice we encountered three different groups - more then 20 per group - in the same area. What a sight! The roads are excellent, even for the smallest cars. The accommodation facilities are well looked after and very clean and cater for a large variety of liking. There is a restaurant for them that don't want to do self-catering. We couldn't wait to get up early morning to do a game drive and came in last every evening. Addo Elephant National Park is a photographers dream because you are so close to the wildlife.
FR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent value for money
This tour was an incredible experience. I booked through agent Joao and he was really heplful explaining to me all the different options available. I went with my wife and kids. We are french and It Started in Africa provided us with a fantastic guide with fluent french and apparently bionic eyes :) Amazing. His name is Gasper and he was awesome. Besides that, we had a fantastic cook who served the most delicous food we had in Tanzania. You can’t go wrong with them.
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fabulous
Beautiful country…. friendly helpful people and food and wine excellent.
Great value for money. 👍😎
BR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
The best chance to see a black rhino in Kenya
Nairobi National Park is the only option of gamedrive entertainment while in Nairobi. It is fenced and the city center skyline and tidy roads always recall you that you are in an urban area. There are most of times antelopes like zebras,coke hartbeasts, impalas, giraffes, and also warthogs, and a good variety of birds, including eagles and ibis as the most interesting. Despite there are a couple of lion prides, including big males that they keep track of, we could never seen one single lion in our 4 visits to this park, and then the most interesting animal to spot there is the black rhino, a rare and critically endangered species that is easy to spot in the park, so this is the best attraction of the park. Guides provided by the lodges and camps are usually not good spotters, in our experience. We have tried already the Nairobi Tented Camp and the Emakoko, both inside the park. The Emakoko is in a beautiful site and the accommodations are excellent and food as well, we recommend it as the first choice, but be careful with their arrangements to take you to/from airport as their location in the very inner portion of the park it may have roads restrictions that require them to cross long distances to reach the park gates (just add a good time contingency to avoid losing flights, we almost lost ours!). Nairobi tented is fine too, but food is not so good as in Emakoko, and the staff is less prepared as well, accommodations are good enough.
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
For my part it wasn't just a Safari because I also do ecovoluntering.
The weather in Botswana is very sunny and sometimes very hot. My wildlife guide was the director of the ecovoluntering project, it was a bushman so he had a lot experience with the wildlife, we saw beautiful animal like elephant and hippo.
Concerning the transportation we was in a land rover defender or a land cruiser this vehicules was great to move into the bush.
GR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unique, pure not touristic
Highlight: silverback gorillas.
Very kind people, really nice lodges, non touristic, wild and unique country.
Review about Serengeti National Park by Donal C Wells
Endless plains, short and long grass, Acacia trees. distant mountains, kopjes, and thousands of wildebeest and zebras migrating. Add lions, gazelles, giraffes, elephants, Kori Bustards, Secretary birds, leopard tortoise, and the occasional leopard in a tree and it's hard to beat. The road is horrible, so prepare to a jarring ride. But you'll stop frequently to view the animals and scenery, so don't worry.
AT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good, solid budget safari
Samburu trails delivered what was promised and I had a very satisfying safari.
It’s a budget safari, so for those who need/want luxury look elsewhere. Otherwise the organization was very correct, timetables were respected, there were no hidden costs, game drives were as promised.
The accommodation was in a tented camp, simple but clean and quiet and each tent had its own bathroom and shower. There was even hot water every now and then and electricity a few hours a day.
The driver was brilliant and tireless, fairly knowledgeable and very friendly to us, we did get to see a lot of wildlife.
The food was abundant and well prepared.
My few complaints: we had lots of space in the van the first two days but they packed it full on the third day. It would be nice to have an extra person on the van that can tell people a bit more about what we are seeing.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful, beautiful country still trying to cast off the impacts of apartheid
Internal flights with Airlink are frequent, really great value and comfortable.
Capetown was as vibrant as I expected, excellent food and drinks quality and pricing, huge choice of both on the V&A Waterfront. Uber is you best friend for getting around anywhere, especially at night time for safety / peace of mind.
Capetown can be a very 'breezy' city, plan your tour activities - Table Mountain / Robben Island etc. based on the weather forecasts!! Book fast track access to both tours. Spend an afternoon or two watching the world go by from any number of V&A waterfront venues. The outdoor bar couches of the V&A Hotel offer the best view of the mountain.
WEAR SUNSCREEN in summer!!
Amakhala Game reserve in the Eastern Cape (near Port Elizabeth) is a wonderful destination for your 'safari', with Elephants, Lions, Cheetahs, Giraffes, Zebras, White and Black Rhinos, Warthogs, Porcupines, foxes, numerous antelope species, fascinating flora and fauna, especially if you stay with Woodbury Lodge, where the rangers are incredibly knowledgeable. The whole team here are really welcoming and professional, the facilities are top notch. My safari trip was perfectly organised by ATP (Africatravelportfolio).
Review about Ruaha National Park by Donal C Wells
Uncrowded, walking safari along Great Ruaha River, great numbers of elephants, giraffes, crocs, hippos, zebras, and also mongoose, lions, yellow baboons, rock hyrax, warthogs, impalas, etc. Stay in a rustic banda along the river and make your own dinner to eat as you watch elephants and hippos play in the river below.