20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about South Africa by alex_griffiths
South Africa is one of the worlds greatest places to see wildlife that is turly wild. To me it is the true bush.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Fun and educational everything I would want from a safari
Whilst it’s hard to find a bad resort in the Sabi Sands, Loin sands is one of the best middle of the road resorts I have stayed at. (When I say middle of the road keep in mind you can speed £2000 + a night at some of the resorts)
The resort it’s self is to a very high standard and it’s the little things that make the difference, for example staff address you my name within the first few hours and remember you name throughout your stay. Makes you feel special. After the evening game drive you return to your room to find a warm bath has been run and a glass of sherry waits you before dinner.
The game at loin sands can be a bit hit and miss depending on the session and its location, but you will still see plenty more than if you were anywhere else. On the game drives the rangers are very knowledgeable and the resorts are very good at taking it in turns to see the animals, so you are never sat there with a hundred other game vehicles. The drives are done in such a way that you always feel that you have just found the animal whilst knowing full well the ranger has been driving around for 5 minutes waiting their turn.
The resort itself will leave you wanting for nothing, the food and drink is excellent and plentiful. We drank them out of Savannah so the next day they sent some poor sole on a good 4 hour drive to ensure that we had for the next evenings sun downers.
As a wildlife photographer this is an ideal place to get some really nice shots, the rangers are always happy to reposition the vehicle so you can get the shot you want and will get as close to the animals as you and the animals are comfortable with.
For anyone that has not been on a safari before Lion Sand will deliver some excellent game spotting, but I would recommend as you have gone all that way to spend some time in the Kruger national park that borders the Sabi Sands and is about 2 hours from Lion sands, to truly appreciate the wildlife. You will be spoilt at Lion Sands no driving around for 4 hours seeing nothing but bush. (though nothing is guaranteed the animals are wild after all.)
I have been fortunate to stay in a few places in the Sabi sands and Lion Sands is defiantly one of my favourites.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Beautiful Safari, Exotic Animals
We went to Africa for our honeymoon/first anniversary. Samburu was our first stop and it did not disappoint. We stayed at Saruni Samburu and it was amazing! Highly recommend it! Our suite overlooked a watering hole and the African plains. It was indoor/outdoor and huge with dining and living areas seperate from the bedroom and bath. The staff took amazing care of us while we were there.
The safari was great we saw leopard and her cub, lionesses hanging out in a tree, crocs, ellies and countless others. We rarely saw another car. It felt like we had the entire reserve to ourselves. Highly recommend Samburu National Reserve. It has five types of animals you will not see anywhere else.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Masai Mara National Reserve by TheMrskoko
We were there for the migration saw great amounts of animals - all the big five minus the rino. It was a bit more croweded than the other parks we went too. Had a cheetah jump on the hood of our safari truck. Overall great experience! Must see and do!
Review about Zimbabwe by Tami L. Wendell
Zimbabwe has the most amazing landscape, wildlife, and overall African experience.
The Africa of my dreams.
In my mind, I always pictured Africa as expansive grassy plains, watering holes where animals gathered to drink, and the sun setting in a final sigh of purple and orange hues as it disappeared behind stands of acacia trees. Hwange National Park delivered all of this and more. From a pride of lions stalking unconcerned through tall grasses, to elephants wandering the park stripping leaves and branches as they passed, to the loping grace of giraffes nibbling as they moved from tree to tree, their heads rising up to survey the landscape, to the magnificent and varied species of birds, there was never a day without the breathtaking magnificence of animals in their natural environment. The abundant wildlife and diversity made daily photo safaris a much anticipated adventure. With so much to see, I’d have to remind myself to listen as well and breathe in all that Hwange National Park has to offer. The call of the birds, the rustling of the grasses, the myriad scents carried on the breezes, the thrum of insects, all made for a memorable African experience. I hated to leave. Now, whenever I think of Africa, I cry to think of what I left behind, and the images that come to mind are the treasured images from my visit to Hwange National Park.
Review about South Africa by kanigma
The sheer range of options from upscale lodges to real bush camps, from the mountains to the desert and to the coast, and the full range of wildlife that can be found makes South Africa an amazing safari destination. The challenge is picking the places you cannot visit on a trip.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Kenya by LimeWave
From our understanding, this is one of the best places in Africa to get up and close to wildlife. Tanzania get's busier and more visitors, and that "Bush Vibe" isn't as great there. With that said, we haven't compared this ourselves. We've talked about safaris all over Africa but found that this is the best place to get your first - great - safari experience.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wildlife encounters in a less visited park
We had a nice experience in Meru National Park with several unique wildlife encounters with wildlife. The landscape is varied, mostly bushland with several waterholes but also several open fields. Meru offer you a chance to see the Reticulated Giraffe, a subspecies not found in the Lake Nakuru or Masai Mara. We also had a chance to see the close-to-extinct black Rhino. Of course we got to see an abundance of other wildlife as well. On our safari we visited both Meru, Lake Nakuru and Masai Mara national park and the three all had their own profile and features and is a great combination. Of these three, Meru was the one with the least visitors.