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4.8251 / 5 4.8 /5
4.8405 / 5 4.8096 / 5 4.6160 / 5 4.5161 / 5

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Male avatar icon Carlos Escobar South Africa flag ZA       Visited: October 2019 Reviewed: Jan 2, 2020

Email Carlos Escobar  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Difficult to ask for more from an experience that provided everything.

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Our experience in the Greater Kruger was amazing. Our accommodations were fantastic and the service high quality. Our guides were very knowledgeable and we felt that they went out of their way to provide an unforgettable experience. Happy with the sightings and the learning experience. We were with our kids who had a blast learning about tracking and the ecosystem.

Male avatar icon Florian Germany flag DE       Visited: November 2019 Reviewed: Jan 1, 2020

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

Incredible wildlife

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Outstanding! Email contact, communication and consulting services with our agent have been perfect. Travel tips and recommendations for alternatives were very helpful in our selection process. Our lodge was incredible. Thornybush has totally overexceeded our expectations. Service and friendliness of the staff was brilliant and our Safari has been made unforgettable through our guide and tracker which built a perfect co-alliance while driving in the bush. Have seen all big 5 and a bunch of other animals. Every Dollar spent worth. Would love to come back once in a while to repeat this beautiful experience. Food quality was excellent and the taste variety was overwhelming. In a nutshell: Incredible

Female avatar icon Sandra Mitchell Australia flag AU       Visited: December 2019 Reviewed: Jan 1, 2020

Email Sandra Mitchell  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Great experience

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Thank you we were very happy with our safari and accommodation.

Female avatar icon Wendy M Australia flag AU       Visited: November 2019 Reviewed: Dec 17, 2019

Email Wendy M  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

The review below is the personal opinion of Wendy M and not that of SafariBookings.

Wildlife

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My accommodation, food and transport to Ndaka at Nambiti game reserve was excellent and so was the weather and wildlife. Our game ranger and staff went the extra mile and had sighting of 4 out of Big 5

Female avatar icon Catherine United States flag US       Visited: October 2019 Reviewed: Dec 13, 2019

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

Friendly, comfortable and extraordinary!

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Amazing wildlife - we saw 4 of the big 5 (no rhinos), the accommodations were at Sausage Tree Camp were the perfect blend of luxury comfort and outdoorsy - the canvas tents look rustic and allow the sense of being in the bush- while housing a beautiful queen bed and connected to a brick-and-mortar bathroom with modern plumbing! Food was incredible and the staff was so kind and friendly.

Female avatar icon Cheryl & Terry Canada flag CA       Visited: November 2019 Reviewed: Dec 9, 2019

Email Cheryl & Terry  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

An Amazing experience provided by Jumbari Family Safaris!

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Lisa and Zeena from Jumbari Family Safaris provided us with excellent tours, guides, transportation and accommodation. We started in Johannesburg then to Zambai( Royal Livingstone), Klaserie River Safari, Rovos Rail ( 2 nights 3 days from Pretoria to Cape Town) excellent experience, ending in Cape Town. They kept in touch with us throughout our travels asking us if everything was OK, they were always proactive and very caring. We were well looked after and our trip was excellently planned out.

Our 3 day Safari at Klaserie River Safari Lodge which was outstanding a highlight no doubt. Our 3 day safari was a diverse experience including private safari properties as well as Kruger National Park experience. All were different and very interesting. We saw all the Big 5 as well as very different types of fauna, birds and other smaller animals were also pointed out and we were given details from our guides about all the different vegetation, animals(big or small),birds and
Read more the scenery was wonderful. Guides were very knowledgeable, humorous and communicated well with us making everything interesting and exciting.
Avatar icon Dino and Marisia United States flag US       Visited: November 2019 Reviewed: Dec 4, 2019

Email Dino and Marisia

Unforgettable Experience!

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Our experience with Wild Wings Safaris was amazing!From the beginning Mariana was extremely helpful and we felt we were in really good hands and there was nothing to worry about! Our guide Simon with his never ending enthusiasm and vast knowledge made our safari journey even more unforgetable! He want to thank him for taking such good care of us and taking into consideration our food allergies while doing so!
Transportation was excellent!
Weather was good!
Accommodation was also good and we liked changing camps because of the different scenery each location provided.
Our drives were full of highlights! We enjoyed every single moment!

Female avatar icon Hiroko Morioka Thailand flag TH       Visited: November 2019 Reviewed: Nov 20, 2019

Email Hiroko Morioka  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Still great wild life

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Avoid popular game reserves. Too many vehicle safari travellers. Go to minor reserves such as Dinokeng near Pretoria. You can stay in the reserve and practically monopolize the nature. Few travellers. Safety is good opposed to typical travellers comments. Just don't do things or go to places you don't in your own country.

Female avatar icon Gloria Elena Garcia Colombia flag CO       Visited: October 2019 Reviewed: Nov 12, 2019

Email Gloria Elena Garcia  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

An experience worth living, it is absolutely wonderful to see the animals in their natural habitat

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A beautiful experience, very nice hotel, friendly people, trained guides, excellent food.

Avatar icon Cher United States flag US       Visited: October 2019 Reviewed: Nov 10, 2019

Email Cher

A Birthday Celebration I'll Never Forget!

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This was a trip to celebrate myself and my friends birthdays. We went for 10 days and had the most amazing time. This country is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been in my life! We visited both Johannesburg and Capetown. Johannesburg is full of history and we revelled in it. Visited Lesedi cultural village, Mandela House and the apartheid museum and were greeted warmly by everyone we came in contact with. The dancing and singing and all over welcoming vibe made it a wonderful place to be. In Capetown, the views are breathe taking. On several occasions my friends and I just cried from the beautiful sites before us. We did experience a touch of racism at an establishment in Hermanus called Walker Bay Grill but we did not allow that to effect the rest of out trip. We had an amazing experience at Gold's restaurant, went whale watching, saw the penguins at Boulder beach and saw amazing street performances. I would love to come back to South Africa. This was a trip like none other.