Africa: Reviews from our travellers

"The trip went very well and Lyndsey's recommendation of Kicheche was a good one.

I especially appreciated her extra effort in altering arrangements to include my friend in the itinerary. Any glitches were small ones." Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 8 on a Kenya safari

"Logistics for travel in Africa can always present their challenges, but when coupled with rapidly changing conditions and regulations in the wake of a pandemic, using a seasoned travel professional to help you piece all the parts of your trip together has never been more critical.

Richard Trillo was extremely responsive to all of our concerns (not to mention more than one panic attack following another sleepless night over whether we’d even be able to take this trip). With the experience and steady guiding hand of Expert Africa, our trip to Kenya, at a time when concerns about COVID continued into a third year, proceeded close to seamlessly. And once in the bush, there were even times when we felt almost a return to a sense of normality.

Thank you for helping us with a vacation that we needed even more desperately than I had imagined.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

No, your services are excellent, and we will not hesitate to contact you again for future travel plans to Africa." Read full review: 18 nights in Africa; 17 on a Kenya safari

"We've travelled many times with Expert Africa, for very good reason.

Individual members of the team have in-depth knowledge of their countries, and are prepared to take the time to find out exactly where you would like to go and the sort of places that will appeal. This trip was no exception - thank you, Lyndsey!

Despite the pandemic, we were also met with a warm welcome wherever we went in Kenya, making for a relaxing holiday that made all the pre-travel bureaucracy disappear into the background.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

None that I can think of" Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 8 on a Kenya safari

"A magical trip returning to a place we visited in 2018. It's a place where it's as much about the community as it is about the wildlife." Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 9 on a Kenya safari

"We booked this trip at short notice as soon as South Africa came off the dreaded red list in October.

Whilst it was a bit touch and go whether we would be able to go when the red list reappeared for a few weeks, thankfully all was ok and we were able to travel.

The trip was excellent with all the people we met demonstrably welcoming and Shamwari, the Cape Grace and Cape Town being very enjoyable.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

none" Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 3 on a South Africa trip

"Absolutely brilliant trip - Jessica went to enormous trouble to cater to our interests - the itinerary worked with clockwork precision and all the places we stayed exceeded our expectations - really the perfect holiday.

Thank you!

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

Nope! This is our third journey with Expert Africa and I wouldn't use any other agent for a return trip." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 14 on a Kenya safari

"This was our first trip back to Kenya since the start of the COVID lockdown. It was wonderful to return. The Kenyans are taking COVID restrictions more seriously than in the UK and it all felt extremely safe.

If you've never been to Kenya before, you must go. You will not be disappointed. We have travelled to Kenya many times and have always had great experiences. We book our next trip there as soon as we get back.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

No, we have always been delighted with our trips and the service from you." Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 15 on a Kenya safari

"This was our fifth visit to Kenya and we wanted to re-visit Laikipia.

We flew into Loisaba and back from Lewa and drove between stops. The longest drive was 3 hours from Sosian to Olepangi.

We will certainly return to Kenya and will happily use Expert Africa again when we do.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

No suggestions at this point." Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 13 on a Kenya safari

"In summary: it was a unique and wonderful trip to Kenya with incredible sightings - one of the very best we've ever had in Africa (and we had many of them !!!)

Of course we had doubts if it was a good idea to travel to Kenya in Corona times but we can say that (only and explicitly just for us!) it was definitely the right decision to travel. Kenya has a relatively low covid incidence (especially in comparison to our country), all staff members of lodges/camps were full vaccinated and wearing masks, using and offering sanitizers when and wherever needed and (most important!) we stayed by far the most time in remote areas and outside of buildings in fresh air.
Because of Covid the lodges and camps had lot of cancellations. Thereby there were only a few guests wherever we stayed - sometimes we were the only ones. Except of our last stay (Amboseli) we always had our "private" game drive vehicle - just the driver guide and the two of us !!!

Although living in Germany we've chosen again Expert Africa as our travel agent because we've had already great experience with them and different team members in planning and organising safaris to different African countries. All team members we were dealing with had great knowledge about the country, lodges, wildlife,... they were responsible for and were so friendly and helpful!

This time Jessica Plumb was our agent and we can't say enough "thank you" to her and all her efforts and patience with all our requests and questions. Even after finishing the booking she was always taking care of us especially in behalf of the always changing rules for Kenya immigration.

As expected the organisation of our trip was perfect, everything worked without any problems, we missed nothing!!

We will came back to Africa - and of course again with the experts of Expert Africa !!!!

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

Although it sounds like advertising: No - everything is perfect !!!

I loved the old website very much but after a short while I got used to the new one and especially the new wildlife count was very helpful for me in behalf of my expectations!!" Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 16 on a Kenya safari

"A truly magical family trip providing memories that will last a lifetime.

It was such a privilege to enjoy an up close experience with the animals of the Mara. Thank you to Richard at Expert Africa whose excellent knowledge and guidance helped create a dream holiday.

Thank you to our wonderful Masai guide David who made every game drive unforgettable, fascinating and so much fun for us all. And thank you Kenya for your warm welcome!" Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 10 on a Kenya safari