20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Absolutely amazing
Timely communication with well made out plans for trips
Got us the best prices…
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Southern African Tours made our family trip a huge success
My wife and I had the goal to return to southern Africa ever since we took our elementary children to Zimbabwe in 1989 and 1993. It finally seemed that 2022 would be the year. However, this time our family of four had grown to 11, including our children’s spouses and five grandchildren spread out in both Ohio and Wisconsin. Our age span was from 8 to 70, quite a challenge to coordinate.
After lots of research and interviewing Craig and Bianca on Zoom, we finally made the choice. We weren’t the easiest group to work with considering our varied ages and expectations, but with regular communication we were able to develop a wonderful two-week itinerary for South Africa, Zimbabwe and a day trip to Botswana. We had some definite things that we wanted and they had a wealth of ideas. We also had financial restrictions that they were able to work within.
When we put everything together, it turned out to be our family’s trip-of-a-lifetime. We were able to tour Cape Town and the surrounding area. It was stunning. Then we moved on to Blyde River Canyon and Kruger National Park. We saw many natural wonders that we will remember for years to come. After that, we flew to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. It was even more spectacular than we had remembered. If you’re at the Falls, make sure that you don’t miss the opportunity for a day trip to Chobe National Park in Botswana. You enter the park on safari vehicles and come out by boat. It was spectacular being up close to crocs, many hippos sunning themselves and in the water, and this was topped off by watching an elephant family swim across the river.
Southern African Tours worked out everything – the in-Africa flights, ground transportation and excursions. Both Craig and Bianca were the keys to the trip’s success. They were flexible, accommodating and caring as well as a wealth of knowledge. A real bonus is that our family has new friends in South Africa.
We highly recommend Southern African Tours for your future trip’s guide. They’re the best!
NO
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The tour operator was great. Always available and extremely professional.
I was fortunate enough to have an amazing and experienced guide with the name of Ronald on the trip to Murchison Falls National Park . Ronald made the trip memorable with his knowledge of the different animals and calm and polite manner. All in all great experience.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very responsive and helpful
The service is great. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing hospitality and experience
Everything was perfect from the time we were picked up at the airport until the time we were dropped back. The travel, the game drive and the stay- planned perfectly. Our host sammy was knowledgeable and put in a lot of effort to ensure we had the right sightings. Definitely recommend
CA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great time spent at Amboseli
My babe and I have just returned from Amboseli after an amazing 3 days with James. It’s a long way from Nairobi and the 3 day tour entails a very early start but we had an incredible safari. We saw close to 100 elephants, often at really close quarters, plus a wide array of other species including hippos, zebra, wildebeest, hyena, kudu, baboons and many different types of birds to name.
I definitely recommend Savannah Woods Safaris for making this booking a success. It was an awesome experience.
James is very knowledgeable and very friendly. He certainly made every effort to make sure we had a great day.
AT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best Team, Best Service, Best Experience
Our honeymoon could not have been better thanks to Samora Explorers. Before traveling to Tanzania we compared many different tour agencies. We ended up booking Samora because it's entirely run by locals (not by gigantic investors like many others) and because the owner, Iddy, was super responsive and service-oriented. I had many questions and he always was very understanding and ensured that the itinerary and accommodations for our two-week stay in Tanzania would be perfect.
During our 7-day Kilimanjaro Trek and our subsequent 6-day Safari, we felt safe, had amazing food, stayed at wonderful lodges, made it to the summit, saw the big 5, and had an incredible team to rely on (shout out to Iddy, Jonas, Gadieli, Benja, Blessing, and our seven Kili porters Baraka, Hopeson, Jackson, Abraham, Ola, Sefa, and Lothar).
We are so grateful for this amazing experience and very much recommend booking with Samora Explorers.
FR
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A great safari with a very nice guide
Max is a great guide, very caring. Thanks to him, we saw lots of animals in Mikumi Park: lions, elephants, hippopotamuses, giraffes, crocodiles, zebras,... We stayed 2 nights in the park, it's a very nice experience. One of his main qualities besides being very helpful and his punctuality. We highly recommend it.
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AE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Extremely knowledgable about culture and wildlife
The guide was excellent. African Skimmer provided a suggested itinerary and a couple possibilities on lodging for each location, which was helpful. Ultimately we used Trip Advisor to pick from the options and that worked well. But, overall, the guide is really important and African Skimmer was outstanding here.