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4.8406 / 5 4.8098 / 5 4.6163 / 5 4.5167 / 5

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Female avatar icon Connie Ma Hong Kong flag HK       Visited: April 2024 Reviewed: May 7, 2024

Email Connie Ma  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Close to Nature with the raw amazing beauty

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It’s my first visit to S. Africa, which was never been on my list for travel. I took my transfer to Cape Town on arrival at Johannesburg. I spent 5 days in Cape Town where is a place with mixed good & bad vibes. Be alert on the safety protection as a tourist, never allow yourself be alone walking on the street at night. Go for tourists places for entertainment & food, such as the Camps Bay, V & A Harbour Front…..enjoy getting along with ppl . Be sure you are picked up n sent back to hotel with car. Taking all these precautions, you will be sure enjoying much at Cape Town. The prices here are low for everything. Hiring a taxi or Uber to go for Table mountain, Signal Hill, further south to Cape of Good Hope via the Chapman’s Drive which gives you a amazing view of the South Atlantic Ocean. Just a few days here is too short to get the best of the Town.
I went back to Johannesburg for the start of my 5 days Safaris tour. I was lucky enough to have an experienced
Read more guide, Derrick , to show me all Big Five animals in the Safari. It’s a thrilling experience of the hunting Game drive. It’s a must do in one’s life.
In the wild Greater Kruger park, the nature is calm; the air is fresh; the Sunset scenery is stunning . I’ll never forget the Safaris in S. Africa.
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Female avatar icon Kerry Browning Australia flag AU       Visited: April 2024 Reviewed: May 2, 2024

Email Kerry Browning  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

A land of great diversity both beautiful and challenging

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Wonderful trip to Pilanesberg National Park and Backubang Lodge. Despite the poor weather at times we managed to see a great range of wildlife with knowledgeable Rangers and drivers. Sunny, the driver to Pilanesberg and the afternoon safari was particularly interesting and entertaining.

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Male avatar icon Jack MacMahon United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: March 2024 Reviewed: May 2, 2024

Email Jack MacMahon  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Incredible

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Great game drives with excellent and knowledgeable drivers. Hotel suitable for all ages with lots of food and drink options.

Should we ever come back we would happily stay here again

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Avatar icon Charlotte Vilrik Germany flag DE       Visited: April 2024 Reviewed: Apr 28, 2024

Email Charlotte Vilrik

Wonderful nature, hibitants and guides

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I had a wonderful 4 days safari where I was blessed with meeting 4 out the big 5. Some of them multiple times. This is because of the fantastic guides who walks an extra mile to give you memorable moments. Can highly recommend.

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Female avatar icon Connie Sue Cook United States flag US       Visited: March 2024 Reviewed: Apr 23, 2024

Email Connie Sue Cook  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

OUTSTANDING

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If you are contemplating booking an African Safari, just do it, you will experience the best Africa has to offer!
My husband and I booked a five day Kruger Park Safari with Endless Summer and we were totally impressed. Our guide, Wade, was amazing! All arrangements were perfect. Wade made sure we saw the best that Kruger has to offer and even cooked all our delicious meals! The animal sightings were unbelievable! We participated in two sunrise and two sunset jeep tours with local guides, arranged by Wade, who were able to find animals with relative ease and their knowledge of the wildlife was amazing! We spent the rest of our time in our private van, covering the dirt roads, sighting thousands of animals and unique birds! Africa was our last continent to discover and this experience quickly placed South Africa at the top of our list! We will return for a longer safari in Kruger and request our new friend Wade at Endless Summer!

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Male avatar icon Luca Grementieri France flag FR       Visited: April 2024 Reviewed: Apr 19, 2024

Email Luca Grementieri  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

to be seen at least once in a lifetime!

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gorgeous wildlife zxactly as you would expect from Africa... big towns a bit unsafe

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Female avatar icon Tracey Sparks United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: April 2024 Reviewed: Apr 18, 2024

Email Tracey Sparks  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Stunning diverse natural beauty

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Cape Town has so much to offer, stunning sea views, beautiful beaches, mountains, vineyards and wildlife nearby.
Our experience of penguins, whales, dolphins and baboons was amazing . Then the big 5 at Aquila Game Reserve was a hit.
A sunset cruise in Table Bay was breathtaking.
The food was great quality and superb.Food markets very vibey.
Places visited like Stellenbosch, Franschoek, Gordon’s Bay and Hermanus plus the Hemel en Arde wine route was all possible in an our 2 week visit, including a surf at Big Bay.

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Female avatar icon Sparky United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: March 2024 Reviewed: Apr 15, 2024

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

Far exceeds your expectations

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Really enjoyed my safari with Viva Tours in South Africa; the 6 day safari was a luxury because I had time to do 2 full days in Kruger Park and numerous game drives in their private reserve to ensure I saw all of the big five animals as well as numerous interesting birds species, and zebras, giraffes, hippos, kudu, waterbuck, hyena, and so on. We were extremely lucky to see a pack of African Wild Dogs, one of the rarest species in Kruger!

The visit to an animal rescue and rehabilitation centre was extremely special; the care and knowledge that they bring to not for the wildlife but the wider community and the challenges that are faced to balance tourism, argiculture, and human needs.

The landscape of South Africa was far more varied and beautiful than I expected. I am awed by the Drakensberg Mountains!

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Male avatar icon Elkin Alejandro van der Putten Netherlands flag NL       Visited: March 2024 Reviewed: Apr 15, 2024

Email Elkin Alejandro van der Putten  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

SA in general? It’s nice bin muged en a lot of people want something from you. I’m not used

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About the safari it was nice only 3 days is more then enough. I was lucky enough to see the big 5 in the Kruger park. But I would say the bush walk was boring so not really necessary if you ask me. Or you have to be lucky to see ontregeling wilde life. The night dive was super cool specially if you see animals even tho if the are elephants or a giraffe. I guess the don’t do this when ther are lions. So people who I was with did do a 5 day end even a 7 day but only 2/3 Kruger national park. So the rest of the time the wher in the range after seeing the range for 1 day it’s boring end I would say not worth to sty longer money wise. But over all I’m happy with my 3 days end I was done end ready to leave. Fiva safaris was super nice in general besides ower tour guide he was a bit grumpy also regretting tipping him considering his bad mood. We wher so happy to experience this as a group but we wher not aloud for my feeling to joke during the trip or to be over exited. Hope you have a better
Read more tour guide or at least that he has a better mood goin in to the Kruger park it’s for me a one lifetime experience end it’s not nice if some one is holding you back from enjoying it. But after all was it great end thenk you for this amazing experience. Oowh an other thing tipping is mostly for the survives we pay Al ready a lot for stying ther or make it more expensive so we don’t have to tip or make it an unforgettable experience that the crue is working on it becouse then I wanne tip end I did not do that even tho I was prepared for it I had a lot of cash with me. But the people working ther wher nice don’t get me rong but deff not feld like tipping for work that the have to do (including salary) but to make it an extra level of experience like (smiley Hakuna Matata) is a gift 💝
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Female avatar icon Caroline Earnshaw United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: March 2024 Reviewed: Apr 15, 2024

Email Caroline Earnshaw  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Spectacular 😍

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We traveled to South Africa for a family holiday in March. We choose Kruger National Park for our safari destination and Nhlalala Travel for our tour guide. We stayed in the Kruger Gate Hotel which was fabulous. We did a sunset safari, full day private safari and a sunrise safari. We were very lucky as we managed to see the big 5. Our private safari guide was so patient and this enabled us to have a wonderful experience. After our safari we returned to Johannesburg and flew to Cape Town for the second part of our trip.

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