African Jacana staff crusing to the Cheif's Island
African Jacana Safari Tours
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2016)
- Member Of:
- Botswana Guides Association
- Tour Types:
- Budget tours with set start dates and a fixed itinerary
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $100 to $550 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email JohnnyO | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
One Indescribable Experience
Thank you Lucky, Gideon, Wilson and Dadee for an absolutely INCREDIBLE safari!!! The 12 days spent with you and the animals seen were outstanding. The accommodations were great, the food delicious and the experience unforgettable. I have only been home for 4 days and I am already itching to return. THANK YOU for a life changing experience and I can't wait to see you all again on another safari. To anyone reading this review, these folks provide an excellent safari and experience. You can not go wrong if you opt to choose African Jacana Safari for your Botswana safari.
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Email Silke Buehler-Paschen | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
This tour was simply fantastic - perfectly planned and realized - and with a wonderful team!
We travelled as a family (parents and 3 teenagers). It was a 15 day tour (starting at Maun, through the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Nxai Pans, Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Khwai Concession, Savuti and Chobe National Park, transfers to Victoria Falls) in August 2018 – our first safari experience – suggested in a similar fashion on the company’s webpage but adapted (very flexibly!) to our own wishes. The communication with Lucky on behalf of the company was extremely friendly and efficient, without complications or misunderstandings. All services offered in the contract were realized to our full satisfaction.
The tour itself was absolutely amazing – exceeding all our expectations! We saw so many different aspects of Botswana’s amazing landscape and wild life and experienced it in various ways (game drives, boat and mokoro trips, scenic flight, bush walk) - unforgettable! The team that accompanied us (Ben, Wilson, Daddy; also Lucky and Gideon joined at some places) was wonderful. Ben is the best safari guide we could have imagined – he has a huge knowledge on so many aspects of the safari animals and nature, and his great experience and patience in searching also for the rare animals made us see essentially all of them!!! Wilson’s cooking over the fire was delicious! The tents and all infrastructure – up to the bucket showers – were nice and convenient. Sitting around the fire in the evenings – taking about God and the world – was exciting and a wonderful experience. The 15 days passed much too quickly; saying good bye was hard as we had all become friends.
VERRY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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Email Luise | under20 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable Experience
We spent 2 weeks in the wilderness together with the 3 most awesome companions you could wish for on a trip like this. We felt safe at all times, saw all of the big 5, learned alot about the animals and the country of Botswana and felt at home in the bush due to Bens knowledge and openness, Wilsons DELICIOUS food and positivity and Daddies hospitality, and funny character. Any insecurities that we had bevore we started our trip to botswana instantly went away the second we first met Lucky and the crew! There was no doubt that these two weeks were going to be one unforgettable experience. And so it was. Thanks to everyone who made this possible.
Email Jonathan | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
An excellent safari tour operator with its team's heart beat is safaris
My family and I had an amazing experience under Gideon's splendid experience on game touring. Gideon took us for a day game drive to Moremi National Park and little did we know that we were going to have an experience of our life time through his guiding skills and thanks to his sharp eyes which enabled us to see a Leopard and its young one. Gideon and his colleague he was with that are very calm, patient, educative and were really out for the occasion. Gideon's vast experience in safaris for over 30 years gives him a unique flavor that made our experience to be the best compared to many other game drives we have done before in Zimbabwe and Namibia. Happy for us, on that day, we were able to see four members of the big five family. We give credit to Gideon.
We are planning for a camp out with African Jacana Safari Tours and we hope to learn more and have an enhanced feel of the wild.
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Email Robert | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Gideon Rocks!
Just spent three days (6 drives) with Gideon in and around the Khwai river - he was a star! He provided outstanding care and put us on all sorts of game.... and he knows his birds, so much so, he's know the page numbers in the birding guides! When confronted with large numbers of other vehicles following lions, leopards or wild dogs, he knew how to avoid the pack of land rovers and anticipate our subjects movements so as to place us in their path. He was very communicative, without be overly so. You couldn't ask for a better guide/tracker.
Fantastic, very organised and professional, honest , dedicated. Very experienced. Leading in touris
Amazing communication and extended .
Clear and informed
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Email Arsh | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
"Excellent Safari Experience at its best"
Our fantastic trip with African Jacana Safari Tours team for 12 days November April 2018, Moremi, Okavango Delta, Khwai, Savuti Chobe & Vic-falls. Jack of all trades “Lucky”, thank you very much for the great camping experience you made possible for us. From the first email to the last time at the airport everything was well organized. Our thanks also goes out to the Chef, whos‘ delicious food we had the pleasure to enjoy as well, the „good spirit“ of the camp. It was my daughter s belated birthday and Lucky suggested that the chef take the elephant waste and decorate it into a cake with candles on top, after dinner we sang a song for my daughter and the moment she had to cut the cake she realized it was an elephant waste, what a moment!!! We will always remember that.
The Tents were very comfortable and the bathroom facilities were great.
Gideon, you showed and told us so many knowledge and interesting facts about the flora and fauna of Botswana. Inspired by you wildlife journal, for the first time I started to keep a checklist of all animal sightings. What a great idea! You are an excellent guide!
It was in Khwai t when we saw the first leopard. A special sight, for us and our cameras, was the by far most beautiful lion in Africa – what a beauty!
As before, Khwai took our breath away with its beautiful landscapes. A great located camp with Zebras, Wildebeests, Antelopes and Elephants all around us. I will never forget the moment during setting up the camp when an Elephant came by to watch with be just sitting barely 3 meters away – and we got the photo for agreat memory too.
In Savuti we had the luck to see the Savuti pride feasting on their prey, they just made a fresh kill, a buffalo. Thank you for showing us the beautiful group of old baobab trees that is not mentioned in any travel guide!
We were lucky to have been able to take so many great pictures.
Summary: reliable, efficient, very professional, excellent knowledge, delicious meals, very friendly, excellent tents and lots of fun!
We are looking forward to travel with African Jacana Safari Tours in 2019, Great thanks to you Lucky!!
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Email Pascale, Toni and Aitana | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was just EXCELLENT! Gideon, the guide, THE EXPERT!, He detected even the most difficult animals!
The whole team was wonderful! Professional, caring, warm and joyful. We became a little family in only four days...we miss you. Our hearts are still with you! Your advises helped us through the rest of our trip!
Email Sian Edwards | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Knowledgable, experienced, great value for money
Gideon has a wealth of experience having been a guide for 37 years for various large safari companies.
Him and his team organised a first class 2 day, 1 night mobile safari for us at very short notice and at a really great price.
We slept in tents with comfortable beds. They also had a shower and latrine out the back which was attached to the tent - to prevent any encounters with animals overnight!
We ate delicious food cooked by Wilson and Lee over the fire and slept to the sounds of hyena's, hippos and lions.
Gideon and Daddy (second guide on our trip) did not stop during our drives to ensure we saw as much as possible. They both had so much knowledge to share with us and it was a pleasure to learn more about the bush.
We also organised a day mokoro trip through Gideon. The delta is unbelievably peaceful and beautiful at the same time as being full of large, and scary animals, such as hippos and crocs. It was an amazing way to experience the delta.
Email Natalie | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Honestly amazing!
We have just returned after doing a 10 night wild safari trip with Gideon and his team. We visited Morami, Kwarhi, Savute and the Xhobe River and it was was all absolutely amazing! Gideon is so knowledgable about the animals and birds, he often detected where the animals where before he saw them, just by watching the behaviour of other wildlife. We really wanted to see the wild dog and hoped that we just might catch a glimpse as they are very rare- Gideon managed to track down a pack of 22 including their pups and they had just done a kill! He got us up close and personal but always making sure we were safe whilst respecting the animals too, we saw female lions protecting their young from a male lion and the list goes in and on! A special mention too to Wilson, our chef - he cooked us wholesome tasty food and always with a smile on his face. The memories we made will stay with us forever- this was our 4th African safari but by far the best- thank you Gideon and his team- you are the best!
