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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing. The guides were knowledgeable, the cook was fantastic and the trip was spectacular!
The communications were a bit slow because of the time differences, not a company specific issue and if you are planning a trip you should be aware that it takes several days to get emails back and forth.
Also, take a towel. For some reason we didn't think about towels and it just makes your life easier to have a towel!
As far as the actual safari we were pleasantly surprised at almost every turn. We loved our guide and our cook. They were fun to be around and really made the effort to interact and to make sure that we were having a good time and getting a good safari. The number of animals we saw was incredible. We feel like we really lucked out with our trip and driver because we got to see all of the big cats numerous times and also saw more than one black rhino.
We highly recommend Naiman and his team of excellent safari guides. Haji and Pascal and Nelson are truly great guys to spend a week with in the bush!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Marakele National Park by Bert
If you are in the vacinity it may be nice to spend two or three hours here. It's in quite a nice part of the country as far as the scenery goes. But please keep in mind this is a subjective rating and others may have had a greatly different experience.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A Must Visit
Pilanesberg has become one of South Africa's 'must visit' destinations. It's a compact game park which can be reasonably covered in a day visit, with a great variety of large and small game, as well as birdlife. Should you have the privelage to spend more than a day, that would be even better. Accommodation is great and does not lose the bushveld atmosphere. The service is good and friendly and in the many times that I have been there I have not been able to fault the food once. There is a low security risk but as tourists we all need to be security concious no matter where one goes in the world, so don't leave expensive equipment lying around. The weather is great whether sunshine or rain, but keep in mind that December - February are hot months in South Africa, so if you come in those months please don't complain about the heat, just enjoy it. Over-all I can assure anyone that they will look back at a visit to Pilanesberg and never regret making it part of their itinerary. It's a thoroughbred African experience with an entrance fee through the gate of less than 5 Euros per person for the day. (Accommodation in the luxury catagories could of course be quite expensive, but you normally get good value for your money) I hope you consider making Pilanesberg part of your life experience - I'm addicted :-)
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about South Africa by Bert
South Africa is a beautiful country in it's own right. From the barren Karoo and the Namibian desert sands to the beauty of the Low-veld and the Garden Route.
Beauty is what we create in an unbiased mind that does not compare the what it beholds to what it thinks it should behold.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip Of A Lifetime!
Thank you to Kathi of African Welcome Safaris, who put together a wonderful trip to South Africa for a group of friends. From the beginning, Kathi was so helpful and informative. She also answered our e-mails and made recommendations and suggestions before we even arrived. She really went above and beyond. Kathi put together such a great package that we did not have to think about anything - just enjoy ourselves. One of the highlights of our trip was our stay at Tintswalo Manor House. We were treated like royalty. We also had two wonderful tours in Cape Town with Rhys who was so knowledgeable and friendly. We cannot thank African Welcome Safaris enough for putting together this magical trip. We will talk of this trip the rest of our lives! We will recommend African Welcome Safaris to our friends and family.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
March 2016 was my first experience with ACZ. I had a very good moment in Nairobi with my 2 daughters
John Murage from ACZ is an extraordinary person to me. During our tour in Nairobi John was always available on time and responsive to all our requests. Within a very short period, we have been able to visit different places in Nairobi town and surrounding areas. John is a very good experienced driver and guide with a good knowledge of Nairobi. He always provides clear orientation and explanation and make suggestions on how to minimize cost for accommodations, shopping and feeding. ACZ company is very professional and would like t recommend it.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Choose ANY other company!
The guide Simon is a tourist who moved to South Africa to do tours and it shows in his arrogant, opinionated, disrespect of the South African people (he made fun of the way they talk), disrespect of the animals (he was gleeful at the thought of witnessing a kill in stark contrast to how the local guides respectfully handled the same situation and he even defended poaching saying "poachers are just people trying to feed their families") and his disrespectful comments about americans which he repeatedly made. Kruger National Park was amazing, the South African people were wonderful-- do the tour, just do it with ANY company but this one!
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Two different safari camps in Kruger - both excellent in their own way - fantastic animal sightings!
I found Roho through a Google search of safari operators. Although there was a list of packaged safaris Ute was very good in custom designing a trip for us and handling all the logistics associated with the transfers. She was excellent in communicating information and following up on questions.
The airport hotel exceeded my expectations. The Sabi Sabi Earth lodge was first rate with the accommodations and food being first class - the game viewing was excellent in the open bush. I had lower expectations for the Ngala tented camp but was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the accommodations, the friendliness of the staff and the great rangers that they had there. If anything the game viewing was better at Ngala but part of this may have been that the main safari lodge was closed so there were only a few people in a big private reserve. All in all probably the best adventure type vacations we have taken.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An unforgettable 3-day safari in Kruger National Park
The 3-day safari surpassed our expectations. Our guide was very professional and super friendly.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
They arrange for you your desired trip you just tell them your specification and relax
Amazing reception. Well informed about the trip they are planning for you. Constant emails of any updates