Africa: Reviews from our travellers

"The safari part of our trip was excellent. Pole Pole was a little disappointing - quality and too long at the resort. Expert Africa should not use Beyt al Chai until it is refurbished.

We are very impressed with Exprt Africa itself. All staff very helpful and concerned that we have an enjoyable holiday (which we did).

Information provided pre deprture very comprehensive and helpful. Terrific web-site which was one of the factors that convinced us to use EA. We really felt they knew what they were talking about." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 12 on a Tanzania safari

"Great experience! Lovely people and places.

Great advice and help from Anna who has tons of experience in Zambia and was well known in all the camps!

It was hotter than expected - most places just below 40C - which was a bit too much at times. No mozzies but a reasonable number of Tsetse flies - the park authorities should really try and do something about this.

Overall - wonderful, especially Mchenja

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No! Carry on the good service!" Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 9 on a Zambia safari

"The booking of Camps Bay was a poor recomendation for a 3 night of stay . After my several sugestions of Waterfront in Cape town we accpted the idea that it was very expensive and not much diference in acess. Wrongly and fortunately Camps Bay Retreat Management saved our stay by moving us to Waterfront Village,with superb location and rooms. This location is near shops restaurants and we allways felt safe. Please thank on my behalf Camps Bay Retreate Management" Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 3 on a Botswana safari

"Very good with 6 stars for Lynianti, and 5 for Barcham Dune Retreat and Sususvelei W.camp" Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 3 on a Namibia trip

"We thoroughly enjoyed our holiday.

Both of the safari camps provided us with a most enjoyable stay and the visit to Zanzibar was a unique experience

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The whole trip was very well organized and your agents were efficient in all aspects of travel. Keep up the good work" Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 7 on a Tanzania safari

"We had the trip of a lifetime. The wildlife, camps and people all added up to make a superb trip.

Thanks for everything. I would definitely recommend your company to friends and family (I already have in fact).

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Can't think of any!" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 6 on a Tanzania safari

"Our trip was incredible; a trip of a lifetime which was exactly what we wanted for our honeymoon.

The trip was really well balanced between safari (6 days/2 camps) and beach (8 days) - altough we could very easily have done another 2 or 3 days safari at the end, having had a short break from it to recuperate!

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The advice we were given was excellent and the trip was great!" Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 10 on a Zanzibar holiday

"We had a fabulous holiday with all arrangements working like clockwork. We can't wait to contact you again to organise another memorable African journey.

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Nobody does it better!!" Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 12 on a Namibia trip

"This was a pretty special trip for us - taking our three grown up sons and their other halves on safari and then onto Zanzibar. The excitement and joy everyone experienced was worth every penny we spent.

The trip was talior made to our requirements thanks to Expert Africa. Every aspect of the holiday was discussed - recommendations made - our likes and dislikes taken into account - suggestions adjusted to fit the budget set . I cannot praise them highly enough.

They could not have picked a better camp for us to stay in . We will never forget the thrill of finding a leopard and the priveldge of being able to sit quietly for over an hour observing her - following her every now and then. And then there were the lion pride with their youngsters - playing with each other and their parents - watching a male lion gently licking and nuzzling his son. All this from about five feet away.

Wild life wandered in and out of camp during the night and the sounds were magical as we lay in our huge beds in luxurious tents.
'There was nothing about the holiday that wasnt good - even being chased by an elephant we put down to experience - because we trusted our guides and rangers to help us out of danger.

we have almost 2,000 photos between us to recapture every moment and relive the experience all over again.
Zanzibar - total chill out - total removal from the reality of day to day life at home. And the snorkelling - wow!!

So thank you Expert Africa - I will definetley be recommending you to anyone who is thinking of a trip to africa.

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I cant think of anything that needs to be adjusted - apart from the credit card companies charging a surcharge if you want to pay by credit card!!" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 8 on a Zanzibar holiday

"We achieved everything we set out to do. 7 days of rest and idleness, followed by 7 days of researching my past ,from the age of a few months to about 4 years old., and going on Town, spice, forest and dhow tours.

The highlight was a visit to the extraordinarily well -organised Archives Office, where we were quickly able to read a full dossier on my father, who was Deputy Commissioner of Police 1926-1939, together with the record of some riots in 1936 when my father was injured.

We also identified two houses near the lawcourts, one of which must have been our home (one is now the Egyptian Consulate, and the other is a government office" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 14 on a Zanzibar holiday