Hwange full day game-drive tour
Cultural Vibes Travel & Tours
- Office In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2010)
- Member Of:
- Zimbabwe Tourism Authority
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $100 to $750 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email k klinger | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Tongesai was EXTREMELY responsive to emails and customized our trip exactly as we requested.
A vacation truly feels like a vacation when the only thing you have to worry about it getting yourself to the airport. From the airport pick up, to the resort, to the numerous adventures and tours, to the last minute shopping trip, and the return to the airport, everything went so smoothly. Tongesai did a great job tailoring our (way too quick 2.5 day) adventure to exactly what we wanted. Instead of doing a helicopter ride we opted for an additional day on a game drive to Chobe National Park. This also gave us some much needed time for shopping at Elephant Walk and the market. We stayed at the Bayete Resort which is a beautiful place with helpful staff and great accommodations. The pool was a nice relaxing treat for the end of adventure filled days. The Boma Dinner was so much fun, the falls were gorgeous, and it was really nice seeing the rhinos making a comeback on the Stanley and Livingstone Reserve. If you have never considered Zimbabwe a destination resort, then you must reconsider. From beginning to end, the people of Zimbabwe were some of the most friendly people I have met on the planet. Thank you to all and a special thank you to Tongesai for making this such a special vacation:)
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Email Carlota Moura | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent and tailored service. Tongesai was organized and acommodating to my requests in VFA!
Tongesai was communicative about any changes to the itinerary and activities for each day. The tours were often times led by other operators, but Tongesai always made the effort to make sure they tied in nicely, both schedule and activity-wise. I had 5 days and 4 nights in Victoria Falls and managed to experience a lot of what is on offer in the town and region, including a day trip to Chobe NP in Botswana, and, remarkably, a solo flight in a helicopter over the falls. The restaurants reserved for meals were of good quality and diverse. The lodge picked by Tongesai, Bayete Lodge, was excellent, a true oasis.
I would recommend communicating to Tongesai what your ideas are for the allocated time in Victoria Falls and seeing what is possible - having a local's perspective, he can allocate you to what best suits your needs and aspirations during your time there.
Email Ms Judy Johnston | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Highly professional, friendly, extremely reliable, an absolute pleasure to manage my package
My experience with Cultural Vibes, Mr Tongesai Mutematsaka, was outstanding, with efficient and speedy communications, extremely reliable and dependable service in terms of collections, timing etc. The resort recommended, Ivory Lodge, was first class and highly recommended for a quality and comfortable stay. Overall, value for money, friendliness and reliability, I cannot recommend Cultural Vibes and Tours highly enough and it was my pleasure to support him for a true Zimbabwean experience.
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Email Alexandra L. | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Service, Highly recommended
We booked our trip with Tongesai and we were very impressed and pleased with all of the services. We were a bit apprehensive at first since there weren't many reviews and since we had to wire money beforehand, however, Tongesai was very thoughtful and communicative and provided us with an ideal itinerary. He ensured that all of our activities and travel accommodations were seamless and the tours he set up were amazing. I would highly recommend doing the Devil's pool at the Royal Livingstone Hotel. He was very knowledgeable and was able to provide us with suggestions that based our interest. Thank you, Tongesai for a very memorable trip!
Email imogen | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
an amazing day of safari in Hwange with an expert tour guide
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the best thing about the tour was Simba, the incredibly knowledgable tour guide, who made it a brilliant day
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Email Mark Pritchard | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Professional tour planning with a local operator
Tongesai provided professional service with excellent communications to arrange our three day Hwange safari at Sable Sands. Tongesai and his company can arrange many different personalized trip itineraries and tours, but we only had him help with the safari booking and transport to Sable Sands. He provided clean, safe transport with excellent driving (he drove us himself). Sable Sands itself is an excellent safari lodge with professional guides that we greatly enjoyed. Sitting at dinner watching the staff encourage elephants to move off the lodge grounds, and being kept awake listening to elephants splashing in the water hole and trumpeting outside our hut is a particular memory.
In all, we felt Cultural Vibes provided a good value and professional booking service. Payment was simple using a secure bank payment system (a sort of PayPal), and much cheaper than bank transfers. Tongesai also has a shop in the Elephant Walk shopping area, and we got some batik table runners there.
Possibly the best part of our 2.5 week Zimbabwe trip.
Hi there,
Tongesai was fantastic and Sable Sands at Hwange Park was perhaps the best part of our trip. I don't usually write reviews for things unless they were awful, hehe, but Tongesai's assistance and the Sable Sands Safari were fantastic. Tongesai even introduced us to other folks in Victoria Falls that we were hoping to meet to discuss some business things we had.
He was on time, a quick communicator and so helpful.
Thank you!
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Email Jonathan | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Thanks, Tongesai!
Great experience with Tongesai. He came to our hotel to explain everything and answer questions the day before, then picked us up and drove us out to Sable Sands, which was an excellent experience. Picked us up again for the return trip to Victoria Falls. Also runs a music shop at Elephant's Walk shopping center in town. Very friendly, helpful, and reliable.
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Email Ryan Burch | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We toured Chobe, Victoria Falls and went on a Game Drive in Stanley Livingston - Amazing!
Tongesai was absolutely fantastic. Every step of the tour he built for us worked like clockwork. Seriously...he picked us up from the airport, handled every small element of the trip and was an utmost professional. I had never booked a trip from overseas, and I was skeptical of putting my trust in someone so far away. Tongesai was the right choice, and I can't tell you how much I would recommend him to any others.
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Email Alvin L. Burch | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Tongesai accomodated our every need and provided outstanding info for our trips near Victoria Falls.
Our trip included a river trip and safari into Chobe in Botswana, travel to Vic Falls from Cosane, sunset cruise on the Zambezi, safari to Livingstone game preserve, helicopter trip over Vic Falls, walking tour at Vic Falls, and accommodations at a tent camp in Vic Falls. Tongesai was very professional and instrumental is setting up the entire trip, and his coordination was very well done. He also made us feel much more comfortable by providing information about stores and available services, information about the countries, their cultures, and the protocols. As amateur overseas travelers, this allowed us to embrace much more about the visited areas than just seeing and enjoying the wildlife. We felt like we had not only a trip coordinator, but a personal tour guide and a personal liaison with the people. This meant so much to us, and I believe this is an important element of your business...to provide this kind of care for an area considered very remote for most people visiting from overseas. Thank you for the experience, kindness, and personal care.