Christine Sales Office
Wildlife Safaris
- Office In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 1971)
- Member Of:
- Southern Africa Tourism Services Association
- Tour Types:
- Small & medium group tours (Mid-range)
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $198 to $221 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Blair | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great company, knowledgeable attentive guide. Definitely recommend!
We would definitely recommend booking with Wildlife Safaris. Our guide Hoppy was great. Very knowledgeable and great to talk to. We liked supporting a small family run company too. Was good value for money. Mid range i.e. we didn't want to stay in 5 star resorts, but didn't want to take the fully budget cost cutting option either. We will definitely choose Safari Adventures when we come back again! We did 5 day tour with one of the nights in a private lodge, however if we would recommend spending the whole time staying in Kruger instead. Private lodge is nice with a pool etc. but not as authentic. If you stay in Kruger you don't have to enter the park each morning, and you see more of the park.
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Email John Camp | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Barney was helpful and pleasant.
Wildlife safaris did a great job of communicating all of the information we needed for our trip as well as providing a knowledgeable guide.
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Email Layan | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity with the best tour guide
I'm currently in South Africa and at the Kruger National Park for the first time. That one was the most fun I've ever had! I believe our tour guide Simon Taylor played a significant role in that. The most important quality about him is his desire for supporting us even in small ways after tour hours. He is a decent, polite, and professional individual. He always made an effort to make sure we were comfortable so that we could all have a great time together.
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Email Jude | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
could not have asked for more... it was absolutely fantastic experience
This was my second trip to South Africa, and for that matter, second safari at Kruger National Park. Surely there was a bit of hesitation at the start, especially due to reports on media and certain blogs, strikes and load shedding etc.... Surely, South Africa has her share of challenges just like many other places but this place is magical in my view.
About the tour group, Wildlife safaris, from the beginning they were very professional. Jonathan with whom I had my initial communications was very professional, extremely helpful and courteous. Always answered my questions to the point and made additional helpful suggestions when needed. Also I had a positive experience with Lorraine in the office.
Our tour guide was Simon Taylor. He was absolutely fantastic. Not only his knowledge, but his passion for nature and African Wildlife is commendable. He took every possible effort one can possibly take to show us more and more animals. I have no doubt that he has seen all that on many of his trips to Kruger yet he was so eager to spot the animals as if it was his first visit. He is an absolutely super guide who is well organized, efficient in time management, and above all so passionate about his work and extremely friendly. We also had a super good group, six of us altogether from different parts of the world, but we gel well as a group, and overall, had a fantastic 4 day safari... spotting the big 5 twice in 4 days. All that thanks to Simon's effort.
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Email Graziano | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great Experience
Amazing experience, we saw all the big 5! Simon is a gteat guide, always helpful and attentive. We strongly reccomend both the agency and the guide.
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Email Manuela | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A great experience
The tour was perfectly planned and executed, our guide Nick and his lovely wife were amazing. We managed to see the big five and many more wild animals and birds. We also were very well matched with the other couple that planned the safari in the same days, so we had also super pleasurable lunches and dinners and it felt as if the 6 of us were old friends. Kruger Park is a unique place where the nature dominates and we felt humbled by it. I loved every moment and I hope I’ll be able to do another safari with them.
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Email Corrado | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
very well organised
very well organised safary tour. we had the experience to see all the animal with an very expert guide
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Email Jill and Michael Scholtens | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Completely organized; knowledgeable guide and animals, animals, animals!
This was a long-delayed adventure from the 2020 COVID days. Over those years, Christine and the staff of WS kept things together and continued to reassure us that our dream would eventually be realized. We had planned the Kruger 5-day Panorama Tour and through the years that continued as our sole focus.
In 2023, the bush camps and resorts perhaps changed a bit but the essence of the trip remained intact. Our guide picked us up as scheduled in our Joberg hotel and immediately immersed us in his knowledge of everything we were seeing along the way to the Sabia River Bush Lodge immediately adjacent to Kruger Park. As a matter of fact the Kruger fence line runs along the back of the property so there can be any number of changing collections of wildlife on the other side of the fence. How delightful it was to spend late afternoons and early mornings with the Hippos currently in residence - 3 adults and 3 children!
Our other two Bush Camp/Resort experiences differed but were equally enjoyable. Throughout, our guide gave us insights and willing/knowledgeable responses to our many uninformed questions. We had no idea that the Park is teeming with wildlife of all sorts or how varied the geology and vegetation is. The only constant in a Kruger multi-day visit is the changing panoramas and wildlife combinations.
In the end we saw thousands of animals and must admit that the highlight was the sunset drive from the Satara Rest Camp. We spotted a pride of 8 lionesses directly beside the road and 5 males in various stages of sleep/rest along the way. And we surprised a young elephant in a family at rest beside the road which immediately put the senior female into an aggressive state along with a very audible warning to bug off! Exciting and humbling!
We'll never forget these and other memories of our time with our guide and Wildlife Safaris in Eastern South Africa!
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Email Margaret & Kevin | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very well organized
Our first safari and it was amazing, saw lots of wildlife. I found the skukuza camp accommodation a bit tired. The sabie river camp was lovely .
The guides were very informative and knowledgeable. The tour vehicles were not huge and not crowded do that made the safari a bit more enjoyable.
Going in the South African winter is great as there is not a lot of foliage so this makes spotting animals easier and it was not that busy. I felt the value of the safari was great for what was included. I would highly recommend them
Email Siobhan King | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Absolutely Amazing!!
We had such a great experience on our safari tour. We did the 5 day tour including the panorama route. We went end of May-June. We stayed in 3 different lodges, and spent most days in Kruger national park but we stayed in one private gaming reserve for an evening and morning drive. Each place offered different things, Kruger was a closed vehicle and often busy but our guide was great at finding spots and allowing time to absorb and also spot the animals. We ended up seeing 4/5 big fives on our first day in Kruger national park. The private game reserve was amazing in its own way and you got to experience off roading to experience more “wildlife”. Here we went through a herd of elephants and saw lions drinking from a water hole. Weather was nice, a bit cold in the morning and evenings drives, but all the lodges provided blankets so it’s not an issue. Our guide, Simon was absolute amazing. He stayed with us pretty much the entire time and made our trip a once and a lifetime experience. He was very knowledgable and was also asking for anything specific we wanted to see, but often we took his guidance. The organisation of this tour was very easy and it was highly customisable depending on extras you wanted to add. I would highly recommend this company, SIMON as your guide and this experience as a most do when doing your safari experience.
