Red Africa Safaris Team
Red Africa Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2012)
- Member Of:
- SATSA, FGASA, SATIB & LEDET
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $144 to $571 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Tania | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A mixed experience
We opted for a 5 days private reserve tour + Panorama route with RedAfrica.
Overall, we have to highlight that it was very pleasant to spend time in Jaco’s company: he is a highly dedicated and motivated person eager to do his best to share his passion of nature and his knowledge. We greatly enjoyed our exchanges with him throughout the trip and his respectful attitude towards us.
The first part of our tour – the gorgeous landscapes that we saw along the Panorama route – was just great.
However, the private reserve part of the tour was unfortunately disappointing: the area, which was described as located in the Greater Kruger ecosystem and thus hosting the same animal and bird species, was highly affected by the recent draught, which forced the animals to migrate elsewhere; a factor which we were not aware of prior to our trip. During our stay in the private reserve, we thus saw extremely few animals. Moreover, the information and time management by the reserve staff was not entirely satisfying, which added to our overall frustration.
Afraid of leaving Kruger disappointed, we requested Jaco to change the plan for the last day of our trip and spend it in Kruger proper instead of the private reserve. Luckily, Jaco was flexible and accepted this last minute change. This last day trip (although a rushed one) enabled us to see almost all of the Big Five in one day and somehow compensated for the frustration related to the impossibility to see animals during the previous days.
Reply from Red Africa Safaris
Posted on Apr 29, 2016This Private reserve is in the Greater Kruger Park which is situated on the banks of the Elephants River, where we normally have great sightings, we were there with other clients 3 days before this trip who had excellent sightings from which we received a very good review (like all our other reviews). We’ve had unpredictably late summer rains here in South Africa at the time which caused the animals to hide from the wind and rain and in turn caused less than normal sightings. These animals are truly wild and freely moving in the Greater Kruger Park causing unpredictable sightings.
The river came down in full flood the previous evening that forced the lodge management to postpone the scheduled river safari to the next day due to safety reasons, we had to then do a bushwalk which started a little later than usual as this was unplanned. Unfortunately the walk was also cut short by 10 minutes due to heavy rain, causing poor visibility and a safety risk.
Unfortunately we have no control over nature and it's effects that from time to time causes less sightings because animals will hide from wind and rain and they move freely in the greatest wilderness area in Southern Africa. We and whichever lodge we use at the time may change the itinerary if needed due to safety reasons or changing weather conditions.
We wish all of our clients a good experience and feel sorry if it's not the case, we cannot control nature even if we sometimes wish we can. Video testimonials on our website can testify of the great experiences pervious clients had at this specific lodge.
Great Experience
I had a private tour guide with Jaco and I spent the whole five days with him. With Jaco I got a nice cool friend and we connected also through Facebook and I told him to let me know when he will be visiting Europe.
Great experience!
Email Jackie | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Organised, reliable and knowledgable and went out of their way to give us a great experience.
The reason I chose Red Africa Safaris above all the other companies was the great communication I got from Amelia who responded to every question (and I had lots) in a timely and professional manner. Our guide for the Safari - Jaco was professional, courteous and supremely knowledgeable. Our safari was great because of all the sights and animals we saw, but also because of his company and the way he shared his experiences with us. I can't imagine how any other company could provide a better experience and I truly hope to come back and many more trips with Red Africa Safaris.
Email Wils | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A real trip of a lifetime, for learning, understanding, appreciating wildlife as a natural gift
Highly recommended it anyone. Our tour guide was excellent and very knowledgeable.. Wouldn't recommended to see Sth Africa and Kruger Park without a guide that has Jaco experience, passion and professionalism regarding wildlife and tourism.
Seen all the important animals in our safari and the guided tours in the way for Kruger was excellent too - ended up in a most beautiful waterfall that I couldn't help myself but has to swim in it.
Looking fwd to Jaco sharing some of the pics he took of our trip.
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Email Carlos | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great safari and guide
Very knowledgeable and great guide. Personalized experience. The company is very flexible to adapt last minute to anything within what is possible. We saw the big 5 in a matter of hours!
Email Tom Briggs | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A boyhood dream come true.
Wow!! I have travelled a lot. This was one of my top 5. We saw everything, up close and often.
RAS do the boring things, like organise the trip, exceedingly well. Speedily and efficiently.
Our guide, Jaco, what a hero! He saved our trip and went the extra mile and kilometer to make it
as enjoyable as possible. His enthusiasm was infectious, his knowledge enlightening and his company, thoroughly enjoyable. Thank you Jaco, eat well!!
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Email Sateesh Venkatesh | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent service with personal care
Excellent service with personal care, able to form a personalized trip just for you.
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Email Leonid Shikhelman | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was wonderful !!!!
I would like to thank the Red Africa company from the bottom of my heart for the organization and implementation a safari trip in Kruger Park!
This Safari trip transferred our dream into reality during all the time that we were there.
I chose Red Africa without prior recommendations, merely by looking for many options on the internet.
When I emailed them with questions, I received very detailed and satisfactory answers. Red Africa were very helpful in recommending the specific trip that would be the best fit for our group of people (we were 4).
On the first day, our guide, Jacob, came exactly on time and picked us up from the hotel in Johannesburg. We made our way to the safari in a comfortable van.
Jacob was with us all these 5 days, and was available for anything we needed 24 hours a day. Also, he was very knowledgeable of the animal life and vegetation in the park. He showed, described and gave us explanations about everything on a very high level.
Jacob works exclusively as a tour guide, both as a “day job” and a “night job” - he loves nature and is very knowledgeable about it. He also loves animals and the landscape around them.
Kruger Park is absolutely different from the place where we came, and Jacob helped us to understand its dynamics and charm.
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Email Julia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience in the Krüger NP
We (my boyfriend and I) did a four day safari with Red Africa Safaris in the Krüger NP and the Panorama Route. Our guide Jaco was really friendly and flexible. He has a huge knownledge of nature and the wildlife, he had an answer for all our questions! In spite of the weather (which was not that good) we saw the big five and much more! It was a wonderful trip and Jaco made it really special!
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Email Georg | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience for our first time
It was a very special part of our journey to south africa. My girlfriend and I did a 4 day safari in the Kruger NP and the Panorama Route. We had not that luck with the weather but we saw the big five and a lot of other animals. Our guide Jaco was excellent, he has a huge knowledge about the animals and the nature and he had a answer of each our questions. The back office and the communication was brilliant, they satisfied all our whishes before and during our trip.