US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Terrific Safari, Great Experience and Knowledge, Great Pictures
My wife and I had a tremendous safari with PKS. We saw every animal you could imagine (and some that we had no idea existed), while in the comfort of PKS' open-air (but sun-protected) SUV, and learned enough to fill many books about animals, their habitat and habits, bird species, etc. The Bekker brothers take care of every step of your trip, and are at your service the whole way. We were up before dawn to maximize our animal viewing time, they knew all the most likely spots to see interesting sightings and are your "insiders" to the park. They always made sure we were comfortable in our rooms, with food and drink, and led us to see and do whatever we wanted. Would highly recommend.
In addition, they provided us with dozens of great pictures of our experience, as they are both skilled photographers. They added shots that we struggled to get with our own camera, and then shared them with us immediately after the safari. This was a great bonus.
CY
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari and Scuba Diving in Mafia Island
We went for a 7 day group Safari which was within our budget followed by 4 days in Mafia island at Shamba Kilole lodge where we tried out Scuba diving with Marco and got our first padi.
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Enjoy yours with them as well
We highly recommend Tanzania Joy Tours on mountain trekking and wildlife safari. We really enjoyed the company of their guides, food and knowledge. We went on a six-day trekking on Machame route and four-day safari to Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Tarangire, saw all the animals which we expect
NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Short trip in Zimbabwe with Nyati Travel & Tours
We planned a four day trip, travelling from Mutare, via Great Zimbabwe Ruins, Lake Muturikwi (Lake Kyle) Recreational Park, Chivero Recreational Park, to Harare. Nyati Travel & Tours provided the car and driver. We had a wonderful time. The driver, Alec, was a very good driver. He was also kind, helpful and patient. He listened very carefully to what we wanted and came up with some useful suggestions. We enjoyed the beautiful landscape, the sites and the wildlife. We will certainly recommend Nyati to others!
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Cheap but good
Northern Circuit Adventure is one of the few tour operators that offer "budget" safari's. Everything was well organized and I had a great time!
But don't expect any extras with a budget safari. So make sure you buy any drinks beforehand as it won't always be possible to purchase them at the campsites.
Review about Chobe National Park by Philip
An amazing park, with some wonderful encounters with elephants in particular.
Very low water levels in the Delta, but the wildlife more than made up for it
Our safari took in two lodges on opposite sides of Moremi; Sango Lodge, in the Kwai concession in the east, and Pom Pom Lodge in the west.
We only went into the Moremi Game Reserve proper on one occasion: the rest of the time was spent in the other concessions, which at the time of our visit was where the most accessible wildlife (and in particular, of course, the predators) was to be found.
Sango was impeccable. A wonderful low key lodge, with superb, friendly staff and with two packs of Wild Dogs nearby. A brilliant few days.
Pom Pom lacked some of the special character of Sango, and didn't feel quite so special. Our guide and the wildlife that he was able to show us were both brilliant, so perhaps this is more a comment on how great Sango was, rather than a negative review for Pom Pom.
Kruger - The rewarding NP
The Kruger National Park is unlike any other park I have ever been to. Having been to many National Parks, Nature Reserves and Game Farms throughout Southern Africa my idea of the ‘bush’ consists of long, dusty roads that rattle your car apart (Which has happened to me on several occasions), ablution blocks that consist of a whole in the ground for you to do your business and a bucket full of holes to be used as a shower if anything! These for me all make up part of the overall experience, which is why I was so surprised to find tarred roads, supermarkets and fully equipped ablution blocks (you can even do your laundry there!) in the Kruger NP and for those willing to spend a little extra there is luxury accommodation to be enjoyed. At first I wasn’t sure if I liked this about the park because this meant that every guy and his dog (Pets aren’t allowed) could drive through in their tiny little car causing traffic jams at every sighting of a lion or leopard or any other members of the ‘BIG 5’. However that is exactly what is so great about the park; it is one of the very few places you can drive though by yourself and see the ‘BIG 5’ on your first day. I often hear people talking about Kruger and boasting about how early in the day they had seen the entire big 5. That’s just the ‘BIG 5’ that everyone has built a hype around, the park offers way more of just about anything, being a birder the Kruger is a great place to see over 550 species of birds thanks to the large diversity of habitat, it is hard to leave the park without a photo of the beautiful Bateleur or Lilac-breatsted Roller. Overall I was able to overlook the traffic jams and commercial traits because the park always delivers.
Review about South Africa by Brendon White
South Africa as a whole is a very big country with many different biomes creating a large variety of wonderful places to visit accommodating every interest out there!