Africa: Reviews from our travellers

"Expert Africa are indeed experts in arranging a seamless and wonderful trip to Africa. All the way through a tricky year of planning due to covid, PCR tests and visa applications, Lyndsey at Expert Africa was calm and helpful. The flights and camps which she arranged were perfect. Thank you Lyndsey." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 9 on a Tanzania safari

"This is our second time travelling with Expert Africa and we were once again very happy with our experience. This is especially considering the many times we had to re-book due to Covid! EA worked hard to make sure we still got the experience we wanted and we are massively appreciative of that.

Megan gave excellent advice on where we should stay and was very patient with my many questions and changes of mind during planning. I always love that with EA you get one person who sticks with you from the first enquiry until you're safely home (In this case extra impressive when my first email exchange with Megan about this trip was Nov 2018!!).

I also appreciate that, unlike many travel agents, EA will happily communicate predominantly by email. This just suits me so much better around work and gives me a record of all the information for discussion with the rest of the group. The superbly detailed and easy to read information on the website is also a big plus.

Additional thanks to Chris, who responded personally when I had concerns about re-booking during Covid. It's also a lovely touch to get your guide book with a booking. Due to unforeseen circumstances, it was our only reading material for most of the trip so it's been read cover-to-cover and we're looking forward to a sequel!

Thanks again Expert Africa - we'll be back when the savings have replenished enough for another go!! (North & South Luangwa? Maybe Etosha... so many places to see!)" Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 6 on a Botswana safari

"EA did a great job in tying up all the many parts and presenting us with a fabulous visit to Kenya

Thank you!

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You guys have it together- no advice needed!!" Read full review: 20 nights in Africa; 16 on a Kenya safari

"We loved every minute of our trip.

It was very well planned, lots of different activities and sceneries. All the transfers went smoothly.

All in all a truly wonderful holiday! We will always remember these special 2 weeks!

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No. It was just great!" Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 8 on a Zambia safari

"Brilliant, fantastic, amazing!! 400% above expectation. We were treated like royalty, everything was perfect.

We were really looked after every step of the way from booking the safari to our return to Nairobi. Luxurious tent, great food, lovely drinks and 4 days was perfect to do everything we wanted, including a couple of walking safaris, a visit to the Masai market, a night game drive, a balloon trip and a day in the main Mara Reserve.

We saw pretty much everything ( except a Rhino) on the game drives, including no less than 4 recent kills. The bird watching was also so wonderful.

Thank you so much to Lyndsey, Jennifer, Mooli and all the amazing staff at the Offbeat Mara camp." Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 4 on a Kenya safari

"We cannot thank Expert Africa enough! This has been the trip of a lifetime, largely to do with the time spent on the organisation and the attention to detail by Tracy Lederer.

The trip was initially put together by Richard Ball, who has since left the Company and then taken over by Tracy, who gave us great confidence. Covid then hit and we had to postpone our trip twice, but at no point did we feel any concern that it was not going to go ahead or that it would not be what we had hoped for.

At the last moment one airline went bust, a few days before our departure but Tracy had got seats held on another airline before we even got in touch with her. The trip itself went really well, without a hitch. At every step we were met and guided across borders, through airports and onto transfers. The lodges that had been recommended were ideal and as we had hoped, the mobile safari was a real highlight.

Thank you to everyone at Expert Africa who worked so hard to make this a truly memorable and extremely enjoyable holiday.

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We would not have changed a thing. Thank you for all that you did." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 11 on a Botswana safari

"My 14 day stay in the Luangwa valley was a wonderful safari. I loved the landscape, wildlife was abundant, especially seeing the wild dogs and so many leopards was impressive. The guiding is of a very high level, which I appreciate. All the staff are very friendly and helpful.
My trip was postponed twice, and I want to thank ExpertAfrica/Lucy Copson and the camps (Robin Pope Safaris and Shenton Safaris) for their flexibility." Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 16 on a Zambia safari

"This trip was a legacy of our deferred 2020 trip.

We wish to sincerely thank Kwando Safaris for their understanding, and willingness to reschedule our trip. We also want to commend Lucy Copson for her assistance at the time of deferral (we had arrived in Cape Town just as all the borders closed), and then all her willing and cheerful help subsequently in rescheduling, and replying to many questions about details post-Covid.

We thoroughly enjoyed the trip, and it was well worth the wait...!

Everything went smoothly (better than we could have hoped for, given all that happened since 2020), and we would strongly recommend Expert Africa, Lucy Copson and Kwando!" Read full review: 24 nights in Africa; 10 on a Botswana safari

"Our holiday was outstanding.

We weren't sure what to expect travelling to Africa so soon after international borders started to open again, but we were delighted with how quickly tourism has found its feet again in Namibia, Zambia and Rwanda. Our self drive in Namibia felt perfectly safe, and our first time to Zambia now won't be our last.

Claire did a great job with our covid delayed trip. Fantastic support on the trip with CV 19 testing issues for Rwanda as a result of delayed airlines. Accommodation particularly in Zambia was outstanding." Read full review: 29 nights in Africa; 15 on a Namibia trip

"Everything from start to finish was superb.

From the initial chat about what I'd like to do, to the return, was handled exceptionally well by Meg and the whole Expert Africa team. You couldn't be in better hands." Read full review: 6 nights in Africa; 4 on a Botswana safari