South Africa: reviews from our travellers

"Animals seen in Etosha great.

Wine tasting at Rustenberg very good.

Good trip to Boulders beach for penguins and sun birds.

Good views from Table Mountain, allow a few days as low cloud plus wind can prevent a visit." Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 7 on a Namibia trip

"it was SO lovely to be back in Africa.

I had missed the bush so much--the smells, the sights, the animals.

Babylonstoren was a true delight--a great way to unplug. Cape Town was vibrant and beautiful

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keep giving the great service that we have always had from you. I constantly tell people about expert africa.

Many of my colleagues are "afraid" of travelling to Africa which I find odd.

I keep telling them about how your team looks after ALL the details and that you are always there to sort out any issues that arise." Read full review: 19 nights in Africa; 16 on a South Africa trip

"We spent 5 weeks in Africa this time around, in Namibia for 2 weeks and South Africa for 3 weeks. This was our 2nd trip with Expert Africa, and it definitely lived up to expectations. (Our previous trip was 5 years ago to Tanzania, Rwanda, Botswana and Zimbabwe.)

Having Tracy assist us in planning the Namibia portion of the trip for 6 of us (3 couples), and then making all of the detailed arrangements was simply wonderful. Her knowledge and expertise gave us the confidence to do a 2-week self driving trip in Namibia. She thought of every detail, including having people meet us at airports to help with the car rental process or to simply guide us through JoBurg Airport to make a tight connection. All of the lodges or camps she selected for us were top-notch, and the activities perfectly suited to our interests.

Following Namibia, we did a 2-week birding and wildlife trip in South Africa with another company--Rockjumper--that we arranged on our own. Even then, Tracy helped us to coordinate with Rockjumper tour dates and arranged our flight to from Windhoek to Durban for the start of the tour. At the end of that tour, she arranged our flight to Capetown, our stay at the lovely Vineyard Hotel for 5 nights, and the delivery of a van for the 6 of us to use while there.

Everything that Tracy could control went smoothly, and even things that she had no control over she helped us fix! Specifically, we had a disasterous flight from the US, with several missed connections due to weather that caused an extra day of travelling. As soon as we contacted her, she rearranged our rental car and notified our first lodge in Windhoek of our late arrival.

Overall, a wonderful and certainly memorable trip!" Read full review: 38 nights in Africa; 15 on a Namibia trip

"The entire safari experience was excellent and we would recommend it to anyone who has an interest. The level of service throughout was superb and the access to animal life across a wide range of species was truly impressive. Each camp where we stayed treated us with great respect and delivered a five-star experience in a very rustic setting. It was extremely relaxing to be offline without access to our modern digital world for an extended period. We loved meeting with the other guests, and had many lovely interactions while dining on superb and varied meals - many of which were locally sourced. Bravo!

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service: One small suggestion regarding your trip planning materials - Americans like checklists rather than text. In future, you may want to consider breaking some of these materials down for ease of access.
In the scheme of things this is a very minor point - since we developed our own checklists using your text!" Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 7 on a Botswana safari

"We'd booked the trip before Covid so, what with the delays and continued postponements along with the delay on our flight which meant we arrived three days late so Maruska had one heck of a job re-organising and re-booking things on our behalf.

She must have spent hours on our trip alone. Not only will I be booking through Expert Africa again, I've already got friends organising their trip via Maruska.

I can't say enough about the service and ability to problem solve under pressure while ensuring that we could relax and know everything was in hand and was being taken care of.
Exemplary customer service and a fabulous trip.

Thank you so, so much.

You bill yourselves as 'Expert' Africa and absolutely live up to that title. Thank you so much for an unforgettable trip and will be booking with you again soon" Read full review: 22 nights in Africa; 14 on a Namibia trip

"We had a wonderful trip.

Apart from transport issue on final leg arrangements went as planned" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 13 on a South Africa trip

"A very enjoyable holiday.

The only disappointment was the game viewing at Little Vumbura which was below exceptions, however the camp itself was great." Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 10 on a Zambia safari

"This was our third trip to Namibia. It had been put off twice because of the pandemic and we had feared it would never happen. We are delighted that it did.

Camp Kipwe and Onguma were new to us and really excellent, especially Onguma. Having a guide in Etosha with a radio and some mates with radios makes a big difference, as compared to just driving yourself around. Having said that, the drives within the Onguma reserve itself were good. We had a great sundowner by a waterhole with a pride of 9 lions and a big old pride male.

This is, I think, our 4th trip with Expert Africa. We are thinking now of a return trip to the Mara/Serengiti in 2-3 years time. We will be in touch.

Tracy, thank you for your hard work.

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Not really. It works." Read full review: 23 nights in Africa; 13 on a Namibia trip

"It was a trip of a lifetime. We throughly enjoyed ourselves and have great memories.

It was a long time coming as we booked pre-Covid and wondered if we would ever get there.

Expert Africa was instrumental in delivering this from the moment we contacted them to the fantastic planning mainly from Megan. She kept us up to date during Covid to when things were eventually opening up. Everything ran smoothly with no problems, especially flights and transfers.

I cannot thank them enough and would definitely recommend.

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Unsure how you can improve on excellence." Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 4 on a South Africa trip

"Our first trip to Zimbabwe and we will return to Zimbabwe at some future point." Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 13 on a Zimbabwe safari