​User Reviews – South Africa

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Alexander Erofeev   –  
United Arab Emirates AE
Visited: December 2024 Reviewed: Jan 16, 2025

Email Alexander Erofeev  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

beatiful stay in an excelleny location
Overall rating
5/5

Safari Plains is a great luxury lounge in the middle of huge private safari park. Great service and food, excellent guides, a lot of wild life - worth to go

Dr. Rob Neutelings   –  
Netherlands NL
Visited: December 2024 Reviewed: Jan 12, 2025

Email Dr. Rob Neutelings

South Africa is a beautiful country for a holiday
Overall rating
5/5

For wildlife, Kruger Park is highly recommended. Private game drives (such as at Tomo Lodge) are also highly recommended. With an expert guide, you can see the Big Five; and many other animals. You can eat delicious food in South Africa - the prices in restaurants are relatively low. People are generally friendly. However, there are areas that you should not visit as a tourist, because you may become a victim of crime. The use of trains and buses is also not recommended.

Ness Chapman   –  
United Kingdom UK
Visited: December 2024 Reviewed: Jan 10, 2025

Email Ness Chapman  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

An overall awesome experience with great scenery, a bush vibe, wonderful wildlife and the best guide
Overall rating
5/5

This was our umpteenth trip to South Africa and it did not disappoint. We were recommended a place to stay in Nelspruit by our Tour company - Kruger Flexi Tours - and enjoyed a luxurious night at Beetleloop Guest house before being picked up before dawn by Dave Busschau from Kruger Flexi Tours in an open safari vehicle. We were soon in the Kruger National Game park and within 2 hours Dave had helped us spot four of the big five and many beautiful birds and other smaller animals. Following further game viewing we arrived at our camp of Lower Sabie which was extremely hot and humid. Despite the heat our exciting and knowledgeable guide made us a braai (bbq) which was delicious. A night drive followed with further amazing wildlife to enjoy! Further game driving the following day all the way to Sabi Sands, a private game park. Here we spent 24 luxurious hours being spoilt rotten and entertained with the most amazing time enjoying the big cats. The amazing Dave Busschau drove us back to Nelspruit the following afternoon. South Africa is one of the best destinations for wildlife, scenery and culture.

Iordanka   –  
Canada CA
Visited: December 2024 Reviewed: Jan 9, 2025

Email Iordanka  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Amazing once in a lifetime experience!
Overall rating
5/5

I booked my safari trip with MoAfrica and we opted for their 10 day luxury South African package. Everything was amazing and the support from the company was always available whenever we had questions. Tour guides were professional and a pleasure to interact with. We did the 4 day safari at Kapama River Lodge and it was a magnificent experience. The lodge is beautiful and you see so many animals just from the bush right in front of the restaurant and spa. Game drivers were incredible with abundant sightings of the big 5 and so much more. One of a kind experience all around!

Lorenza Cita   –  
Italy IT
Visited: December 2024 Reviewed: Jan 9, 2025

Email Lorenza Cita  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

FANTASTIC I WANT TO GO BACK THERE RIGHT AWAY !!!
Overall rating
5/5

I WILL JUST SAY FEW WORDS: I AM AMAZED BY THE BEAUTY THE CLIMATE THE FOOD BUT ABOVE ALL THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH AFRICA

Jan Nedoma   –  
Czech Republic CZ
Visited: December 2024 Reviewed: Jan 8, 2025

Email Jan Nedoma  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

You must see Kruger n.p.
Overall rating
5/5

We spent half of december and half of january in South Africa.
5 days in Kruger whith a guide: It is posible go there on you own, but if you want to see any cats, I recomend to you to get a guide.(without guide I could not see lion on 50m)
It is huge place and without a guide you need month to see it.
7 days in Dragon mountains: We hired a car (small toyota) and traveled mountains on our own. It was easy. Not much trafic in highways and local roads are in good shape. Only to get to car park up to Witieshoeck we used local shuttle.
Cape town 7 days: Easy with hired car (vw polo).
To trawel between Johanesburg, Cape town and Durban it is cheep and easy to take flight.

Mirtes Pereira   –  
Brazil BR
Visited: December 2024 Reviewed: Jan 5, 2025

Email Mirtes Pereira  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

A very pleasant place.
Overall rating
4/5

My experience in South Africa was fantastic, from the booking with Viva Safari, the flights, to our stay at Tremisana Lodge. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Patrícia Landau, who was incredibly helpful and answered all our questions about the lodge and everything the safari had to offer. I would also like to express my gratitude to the entire Tremisana Safari team. We were warmly welcomed, and everyone went above and beyond to make our safari unforgettable. We were able to see all the Big 5, and despite the intense heat, the experience was truly incredible!

Norman Prelypchan   –  
Canada CA
Visited: December 2024 Reviewed: Jan 4, 2025

Email Norman Prelypchan  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Where fantasy becomes reality!
Overall rating
5/5

A visit to South Africa is a a wonderful way to windup a Cruise. It has adventure, scenery, history and of course wildlife.
The welcome is genuine and hospitality reasonably priced.

Joseph Ben-Gal   –  
United States US
Visited: November 2024 Reviewed: Dec 28, 2024

Email Joseph Ben-Gal  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Mont Eco Game Reserve Safari
Overall rating
5/5

The place exceeded our expectations by far and so did the service and the food. The team was very friendly and helpful.

The Safari tours were wonderful. Our guide was very very knowledgeable. We have seen the Big 5 and much more.

We all heartedly recommend the place and will go back in the coming years.

Matthias Goebel   –  
Israel IL
Visited: December 2024 Reviewed: Dec 28, 2024

Email Matthias Goebel  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Shocking, in that this level of beauty should be more well-known to the world
Overall rating
5/5

My first time to Africa, South or otherwise, and I was honestly stunned about the enormous beauty of the place. The Safari was top-notch - the only regret being that i could not tip the driver since i didn’t get to an ATM in time. He didn’t demand anything, but i felt very bad not giving anything since his performance was outstanding. He had not only in-depth knowledge about everything going on in the park, but also very good humor and an almost eerie talent for languages - he could say wild boar in both Chinese and Hebrew, two languages I happen to speak well - and was really a fun person to spend an afternoon with.

There were a couple of organizational hiccups in the beginning, but the agency sorted them out most satisfactory. In case your Yekke or German like me: Relax. In my two weeks in SA things consistently turned out to be much different than planned for, but always well. Just go with the flow!

Average User Rating

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