Red Africa Safaris Team
Red Africa Safaris
- Office 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:
- $151 to $596 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
Your request will be sent directly to the operator
If preferred, you can contact the operator directly
Reviews
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Email Benjamin | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent guide, caring , thoughtful and knowledgeable
Communications were great, as with service and quality of accommodations. I had no qualms with any of the operational aspects of the tour. Of course, game viewing is entirely dependent on lucky but our guides made sure they put in their best efforts for us! Thank you both
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Email Michelle | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Look No Further, You Found the Perfect Tour Operator!
Seriously, this was the absolute best experience we could have hoped for! When I first started researching a trip to South Africa for myself, my husband, my parents, and my brother, in honor of his college grdaution, I was considering doing a self-drive tour but my parents requested that I look into having a guided tour. I decided to appease them and do some research. At first, I was astonished at the prices of some of the guided tours I was finding. Then I came across RedAfricaSafaris. The sheer amount of 5 star reviews was enough to make me look into them further, and the quotes for their tours were almost too good to be true. As I started discussing our plans/ideas with Amelia at RedAfricaSafaris, I became more and more convinced that this was the company for us. Amelia was SO incredibly patient while helping us plan the itinerary of our dreams. She answered our questions about the the different locations and activities with thorough, well-informed, and detailed information. We had 5 people on our trip, each with different opinions, tastes, and vastly different ages. Still, Amelia made it easy to pull together a trip that made every single person happy. Upon arrival, our guide Jaco was just the greatest person we could have ever dreamed of. We are not the type of family that usually uses tour guides, and were more than a little apprehensive about this process. However, we couldn't be more glad to have been with Jaco. He was funny, informative, passionate about his job, and an EXCELLENT chef! Seriously, some of our best meals on the trip were the ones he cooked for us. We appreciated him so much. He's a wealth of knowledge about South Africa and a fun conversationalist. We managed to see the Big 5 on our trip, and we learned so much about the landscape, the animals, the birds, the history, the culture, etc. It was the trip of a lifetime. We've already talked about coming back for a safari through Namibia and Botswana and won't consider doing it with anyone but Jaco. I could go on and on, but please have confidence that when you book with RedAfricaSafaris, you're making the best possible choice. The value they provide is out of this world, the people are a delight to work with, and you'll come home extremely satisfied. I almost forgot! Amelia had noticed that my birthday was during the trip and, unbeknownst to me, arranged for the staff of our hotel that night to bake me a birthday cake to celebrate. It was a gesture that was above and beyond. My hat's off to the whole company, and especially to Amelia and Jaco. Thank you all!
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Email Sandra | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A Pleasure
It was very easy working with Red Africa Safaris. Amelia communicated very well and had many wonderful suggestions. She was also patient in answering all our questions.
Our trip was awesome and met or exceeded our expectations. We would use this company again if we get the opportunity to return to Africa.
FR
Email Marivé | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience that exceed our expectations !
The whole trip was just perfect, it exceed our expectations. From the booking process to the hotels and the activities everything was fluid and were very nice. Plus, Jaco is a great guide. He is really helpful and interesting. He taught us a lot about the animals and the plants. He showed us really interesting places and adapted to us. And he cooks well !
Thank you a lot for this trip.
BR
Email Paulo Franca | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The best tour ever!
Everything went well, from the initial communications to the end of the tour. They responded quick and effectively to my enquires. The guide was very nice and supportive. I strongly recommend Red Africa Safaris.
BR
Email Luiz | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Extremely personalized and top class service
I highly recommend Red Africa.
The service provided by them since the booking was excellent and they delivered above expectations. The guide Jaco, who is a savanna passionate and knowledgeable professional, provided an outstanding overview of Kruger’s wild life, including a tour with in-depth explanations which was much better than the regular tours offered by the park. Besides that, he was very flexible to adapt and attend our needs.
CH
Email Kyra B. | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Simply Unmatched
Our travel group consisted of 6 friends - including two couples - coming from four different countries (USA, Germany, Moldova, Switzerland). We had been looking for a 6-day trip to the Panorama Route and Kruger NP at a reasonable budget.
We contacted a number of different tour operators to obtain various tour offers taking our late arrival in JNB due to a wedding the previous night into account, but the only company that responded to us within a couple of hours and demonstrated the required flexibility was Red Africa Safaris. Everyone else took much longer to get back to us and then suggested to just spend the entire day in Johannesburg and start the tour the next day (and thus shortening our nature experience by one entire day) - an idea we did not like at all.
Our first very positive impression of Red Africa Safaris can be entirely attributed to Amelia, the tour organizer, who turned out to be extremely responsive, adaptive to our needs and requests, and who continued to be so kind and friendly even though we kept making changes to the suggested itinerary and added more and more restrictions.
On the day of the start of our tour, we met our guide, Jaco (pronounced "Yaku") for the first time when he picked us up at the airport. The next six days we spent with him far exceeded our expectations and hopes. How can a guide know so much, be so funny and sarcastic, and cook like a chef all at the same time? Not to forget his eagle eyes which spotted animals that blended into their environment perfectly - from a distance of several kilometers and while driving our car?! Some of us had a hard time seeing the animal with binoculars and after he had explained in detail where to look for it. Jaco is outstanding, there is no other word for it, and all the reviews I had read before contacting RAS turned out to be right and to the point.
And I have to admit that - at first - I was not sure what to think of having a "stranger" be with us all day long. Thanks to Jaco's wonderful, interesting, and funny personality, these thoughts quickly vanished when we realized that, by the end of the first day, Jaco had already turned into a full member of our group and was included in our conversations and jokes as we already considered him our friend and appreciated his company.
For a fact we all got along so well that we have already requested an itinerary from Amelia for another trip to Africa next year - with Jaco as our tour guide. We cannot wait for this new adventure!
Thank you, Amelia and Jaco, for everything. We could not have enjoyed our trip more, and you are simply great! Lots of love from Switzerland
PS: We even named our new cat after Jaco --- YAKU :-).
CN
Email Shan | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Glad we found Red Africa Safaris and had Jaco as our guide
Before the trip, we mainly communicated with Amelia. She was very responsive and attentive to our needs and interests. We asked a ton of questions and she had always been patient and given detailed answers. She helped us work out an itinerary that we enjoyed a lot. The entire planning phase couldn’t go any smoother.
Jaco was our guide for the 4 day Panorama Route and Kruger tour. He was very knowledgeable about the nature, from the birds, the animals to the plants...basically everything you would want to learn when exploring Kruger. He cooked us typically South African dinners, which were delicious. Throughout the trip, he took great care of us. We appreciate his company. More importantly, he showed immense passion towards nature conservation through guiding and some other efforts he had been making, which really touched and impressed us.
For us, the service provided by Red Africa Safaris was satisfactory and the price was reasonable. We would choose them if we visited SA again.
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Email Megan & Colby | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The Best Safari!
We had the BEST time on our Safari! From the start, Amelia was so wonderful! She was patient as I changed the dates of travel several times. She customized our trip so we could do everything we wanted. We added on the lion and elephant encounters, which were amazing. We did an 8 day tour of South Africa/Swaziland including Panorama Route, 2 nights in Kruger Park, and 2 nights in Swaziland. We couldn’t have had a better time! Jaco, our guide, was incredible! He made our first Safari the best possible experience. He is so knowledgeable about the country, animals, plants, etc. He is so passionate about conservation, that you can’t help to become excited about it as well. He made sure we could see everything possible, yet still have time to rest and relax. We saw all of the Big 5 except leopards, but we saw leopards up close in one of the sanctuaries. I would definitely recommend adding the lion sanctuary because you can walk with lions and play with baby lions. The elephant sanctuary was amazing as well, and we even rode on/fed an elephant. South Africa was the most beautiful country! From the mountains, to the waterfalls, canyons, grasslands, it is all gorgeous! Jaco was also an amazing cook, and he became a friend as we talked and laughed over dinner each night. The hotels/bungalows we stayed in were incredible! We felt safe the whole time we were there! I felt we got amazing value for the money we spent. Our experience couldn’t have been better, and we definitely recommend Red Africa Safaris to all of our friends! We hope to make it back for another Safari with them!
DE
Email Bernd | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Nice trip Kruger Park August 2014
Had with my Girlfriend a nice trip in Kruger National Park.
Im from Germany and booked at Red Africa Safaris my trip.
Was great and will book in the future my next trip.
Thank you for great time
Bernd