Africa: Reviews from our travellers

"It was very memorable.

Will be looking to go back to Botswana!" Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 8 on a Botswana safari

"I was thoroughly impressed with ExpertAfrica!

We take a 2-3 week trip every year, and usually do it fully independently. For this trip, I had planned out the full trip, and then we decided for fun to see what ExpertAfrica would quote, thinking it would be higher. It turned out to be about 30% cheaper! And on top of that, Maruska provided a lot of benefits we would have otherwise missed out on.

For example, we booked rather far ahead (over a year), and Maruska was able to make the bookings even though they weren't available yet on some hotels websites.

She was also able to determine that a couple would be closed over the holidays and recommended alternatives.

Her step-by-step directions between lodges was also excellent, better than both Google Maps and our physical map.

I'd definitely recommend ExpertAfrica to my friends (or anyone!) and we will be using ExpertAfrica again if we're headed to a country tha ExpertAfrica offers trips to.

Thanks for helping make our trip so memorable!" Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 16 on a Namibia trip

"Our trip was great!

Start to finish, everything was well taken care of.

Parita was great in understanding what I wanted and not just giving me what others suggested.

Everything was great! Would travel with you all again." Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 8 on a Zanzibar holiday

"Excellent Kenia safari trip in the December season." Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 8 on a Kenya safari

"We had an amazing trip - our first visit to Namibia and first time using Expert Africa.

It was difficult to know what to do/where to go but Tracy was really helpful from the start. She was extremely knowledgable about the places we wanted to visit and gave us some great information before we then went off and did some research. We then came back to Tracy to ask more questions and look at an itinerary and accommodation in more detail.

We knew were going for 'scenery' rather than wildlife and having done our research our trip met or exceeded our expectations on every level. It was also good to know that Expert Africa was there should we have experienced any problems.

I can't speak highly enough of Expert Africa and particular thanks to Tracy for all her help.

Comments on our Private Guide

We quickly built a good rapport with Usko. We were a little concerned about spending so much time with our guide as there was only my husband and I but needn't have worried. Usko was delightful and was happy to listen to how we wanted the trip to go in terms of leaving time from each lodge, how many stops we wanted to make en route etc.

He told us we didn't need to 'make conversation' but could just enjoy the views from the vehicle and ask questions if we wanted to know anything. He was very knowledgable and always pointed out places of interest/wildlife/flora and fauna, landscapes etc. It made the days easy and relaxing (for us!).

He also told us that some evenings he wouldn't join us for dinner so that we could have time together. Usko made the trip really stress free, our cases were loaded/unloaded and delivered and collected from our rooms. He was an excellent driver especially on the bumpy gravel roads and soft sand at Sossusvlei!

The picnics we enjoyed en route some days were amazing! A proper table, camping chairs, tablecloth and delicious food in 'the middle of nowhere'. Usko really made the trip for us, we felt in incredibly safe hands knowing that if there were any problems that he was fully equipped to deal with them." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 11 on a Namibia trip

"Rwanda is a gem of a country.

Clean, well organised, incredibly friendly and full of hope for the future.

The gorilla trekking was the highlight but Akagera also stunning.

We have travelled extensively in Africa and Rwanda is one of best countries we have visited." Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 7 on a Rwanda safari

"Really great trip. I discussed what I wanted to see with Anton before the trip, and we planned the itinerary together. The accommodation was great, and we packed a lot into three and a half days.
Very happy with a memorable trip!" Read full review: 5 nights in Africa; 4 on a Zimbabwe safari

"We have been very lucky to have done many safaris. This was one of our favourite ones.

There was a lovely contrast between the two camps and game parks. We were also very fortunate to have the same guide, Godwin, with us at Kuro who had been with us 11 years ago taking our family on a week long trip. We loved being with him again.

We saw a huge amount of game and birds in both Parks, but I am not sure if we would go in November again as we were unlucky with the short rains and had rain most days, some of which was torrential!

However, the upside was that there were very few other people around in either Park and we felt, while in Lamai, that we had the Serengeti to ourselves as didn’t see another game truck on one day. We would definitely choose to pick Nomad camps again as they are extremely well run and with great guiding.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

None, you provide very good trips and service." Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 8 on a Tanzania safari

"Our first trip to South Africa, and it was a wonderful experience, the whole itinerary worked perfectly.

We made other sightseeing plans independently in Capetown, with no difficulty.

We took far too many clothes!!! Travel lighter next time !" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 10 on a South Africa trip

"Good trip" Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 13 on a Kenya safari