​User Reviews – South Africa

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Karina   –  
Belgium BE
Visited: December 2023 Reviewed: Feb 1, 2024

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

Beyond amazing
Overall rating
5/5

This was one of the most impressive trips in my life. We spent 19 days in this amazing country - in Cape Town and around, Kruger Park safari and Johannesburg. Absolutely wonderful to go to enjoy the sunny weather in November/December when back home it's cold and dark. Mind blowing beauty of nature, the extraordinary experience observing wildlife, authentic simple but charming places, but also super sophisticated ones - you find everything there! Sunsets, beaches, mountains, animals (beside safari wildlife you see in free nature also African penguins, seals, ostriches, baboons etc.), colourful buildings, local craft markets, live music, dances, rooftops, street art and art galleries, so yummy food, wine tastings, shopping, warm hearted people. Cape Town has this really laid back vibe whilst Johannesburg the very urban one, city of big contrasts. We loved absolutely everything! And even the regular electricity outages (you learn to manage them) made us appreciate what we taking for granted... Read more back home. A big thank you goes to Safari Bookings for our 4-days Kruger experience. Everything was so perfectly organised - the lodges and tree houses were an experience itself... then the wildlife so close - superlative of excitement. The rangers were so passionate to show as much as possible - we so all BIG 5 and so many other animals! National Geographic live. Very grateful for all what we could experience in SA. I would recommend to everybody to go there at least once in life time.

Mr John James   –  
United Kingdom UK
Visited: January 2024 Reviewed: Feb 2, 2024

Email Mr John James  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Wonderful, beautiful country still trying to cast off the impacts of apartheid
Overall rating
4/5

Internal flights with Airlink are frequent, really great value and comfortable.
Capetown was as vibrant as I expected, excellent food and drinks quality and pricing, huge choice of both on the V&A Waterfront. Uber is you best friend for getting around anywhere, especially at night time for safety / peace of mind.
Capetown can be a very 'breezy' city, plan your tour activities - Table Mountain / Robben Island etc. based on the weather forecasts!! Book fast track access to both tours. Spend an afternoon or two watching the world go by from any number of V&A waterfront venues. The outdoor bar couches of the V&A Hotel offer the best view of the mountain.
WEAR SUNSCREEN in summer!!
Amakhala Game reserve in the Eastern Cape (near Port Elizabeth) is a wonderful destination for your 'safari', with Elephants, Lions, Cheetahs, Giraffes, Zebras, White and Black Rhinos, Warthogs, Porcupines, foxes, numerous antelope species, fascinating flora and fauna, especially... Read more if you stay with Woodbury Lodge, where the rangers are incredibly knowledgeable. The whole team here are really welcoming and professional, the facilities are top notch. My safari trip was perfectly organised by ATP (Africatravelportfolio).

Ian Underwood   –  
United Kingdom UK
Visited: January 2024 Reviewed: Feb 3, 2024

Email Ian Underwood  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Fabulous
Overall rating
5/5

Beautiful country…. friendly helpful people and food and wine excellent.
Great value for money. 👍😎

Cris   –  
Italy IT
Visited: December 2023 Reviewed: Feb 7, 2024

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

A beautiful country with complexities that you can feel. Very organized for tourism
Overall rating
5/5

My tour operator was Mzansi Experience. Not expensive and really very good. The parks are wonderful and full of animals, it is a very varied landscape. Tourists are welcomed with kindness and attention everywhere. Unfortunately I can't say I've lived the cities, because are described as dangerous, and in hotels they don't recommend walking - even during the day - so I didn't visit either the center of Cape Town or Johannesburg

Wayne Fisher   –  
United States US
Visited: January 2024 Reviewed: Feb 8, 2024

Email Wayne Fisher  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

South Africa was a beautiful, diverse, welcoming 1st world country.
Overall rating
5/5

Kathi at Safari bookings did a wonderful professional job of steering us to things to do and places to see in South Africa.
Some highlight were:
* the amazing Cradle of Human Kind
* historical tours of
*seeing the “Big Five” and more on safari
*memorable tours around Cape Town including Table Mountain , the Cape of Good Hope, and a day of tasting S. African wines
*the beautifulydone Cape Town Aquarium
*we concluded our vacation with spectacular sunsets on evening beach walks in the sleepy little fishing village of Paternoster
It was a wonderful experience and highly recommend vacationing in South Africa.

Louise Dixon   –  
New Zealand NZ
Visited: January 2024 Reviewed: Feb 10, 2024

Email Louise Dixon  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Totally amazing
Overall rating
5/5

Had an amazing time
Meet same very nice people and the tour guides where lovely

Helena Barroso   –  
Australia AU
Visited: January 2024 Reviewed: Feb 11, 2024

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

Amazing country with a many different activities to enjoy from
Overall rating
5/5

Kruger national park and Madikwe are must visit places! Cape Town is a great vibrant city to explore some city life

Haiyan   –  
Canada CA
Visited: November 2023 Reviewed: Feb 11, 2024

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

Chasing colors
Overall rating
4/5

Beautiful vegetation everywhere. Very active bird lives. Flowers and birds are the perfect combination of colors and shapes. Magnificent coasts and mountains. Although I wish humans have not set foot in this continent, so that wild animals are not blocked and persecuted from farms to farms.

Pamela Labuda   –  
United States US
Visited: January 2024 Reviewed: Feb 14, 2024

Email Pamela Labuda  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Stunning
Overall rating
4/5

The safari was magnificent. We saw a ton of wildlife. All the guides were very knowledgeable and friendly. We roughed it and decided to do Glamping for our three nights stay. Everything was clean, safe., Staff was wonderful and made you feel right at home And they all made sure we were at our destinations on time. The chef created delicious meals we did not go hungry.
We couldn’t ask for better experience.

Barbara Alicia Suarez   –  
United States US
Visited: February 2024 Reviewed: Feb 20, 2024

Email Barbara Alicia Suarez  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

The California of Africa
Overall rating
5/5

We visited Cape Town which I refer to as “the California of Africa” we stayed in Sea Point, Stellenbosch and Camps Bay. Camps bay was absolutely gorgeous! Very similar to Laguna Beach Ca. We then flew to Hudspruit to the Elephant Plains Lodge and WOW!! Our safari accommodations were superb and our trek guide Chris and Nic were great! When they tell you your guide makes the difference !!! It’s 100 true!! Chris and Nic were able to trek the BIG 5 in one drive on our second day it was a very rare and special day!!! Nic even had his shaved in honor of such an accomplishment!! Africa is truly magical and South Africa will always have a piece of my heart! Thank you

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