Falcon Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2002)
- Member Of:
- ZTA, ASATA, ZNTBS & MARS
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $100 to $600 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
excellent in all phases
I booked from Botswana and all services went very smoothly in Bots. and Zimb.. I was dealing with Gertrude from the main office who offered excellent service. All the trips arranged were on time and great fun thanks to Falcon advice and of course people leading the tours. Thanks again. Dr. Mike Wort
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
ALL good and beyod the normal call on the transfer from the Hotel through the Zambia/Zimbabwe border
The pick up and transfer from Livingstone airport gave us helpful information.
The arrangements for the helicopter ride were good.
Everything at the Hotel went without problem.
The 'unusual' cross border movement between Zambia and Zimbabwe was handled well and especially as Mrs Lobb left an item in the first car. This item was brought to the Victoria Falls Hotel - for which Thank you.
Five Star!
Here is a snippet from my journal. In summary this was a remarkable resort. I'd recommend it in a flash!
On our last morning at Victoria Falls the breakfast calm was shattered when a baboon leaped off the roof on to the veranda dining area and terrorized a man at a table. His fortunate wife had just left to make another pass at the buffet. The animal grasped for food off the mans table but he only succeeded in knocking dishes on to the floor before a waiter shooed him away.
The Zambezi Sun, our hotel, is ideally located, literally at the entrance to the National Park, which includes the falls. It's several acres with a series of two story hotel units. On our last day, right around six four zebra sauntered past our living room. Just up, I grabbed my pants and went out with photo equipment in hand. They were oblivious of my presence. This apparently is not unusual on our first evening a group of velvet monkeys went prancing by our unit. Giraffe and elephant are in the area, but I did not see any during our stay. We did see several gazelle as we arrived at the property that first evening.
We toured the falls our first evening. It was hot and the sun still intense at five. We took the main route across the "knife-edge bridge." The water flow was very disappointing, just a trickle; this was the end of the dry season in October. The path leads to a promontory overlooking the main falls area. The vista is spectacular even without the water flow. The drop-off is hundreds of feet, providing an excellent sphincter test! In the distance is the main bridge over the mighty Zambezi river linking Zambia with Zimbabwe.
On the middle of our three day stay we did a river cruise. The Zambezi is the fourth longest river in Africa we were told. The Nile, the Congo, and the ++. We had wanted to do the "African Queen," a larger vessel than seen in the Bogart movie. But, it was only available for the sunset dinner cruise, which was not of interest to us. How lucky for us as it turns out. The small boat, which would probably hold 12 or more, was large enough to seem safe. There was only one other couple, Ian & Esther--another story, so the boat was very fast and very maneuverable.
We started our adventure heading upriver. Within a quarter we came on a herd of bachelor elephants. There were 16-17 in the all male group. The captain pulled right up to them at the river bank as he told us to not worry, because they do not go into the water. Whereupon one and then three elephants entered the river just to our left. We moved on up the river a nod in a short while came on 5-6 hippos; they were grazing on the bank. As we moved closer they hurried off to one side into the river. From then on it was just eyes, ears and noses! There were many other species, most birds, one croc and a variety of fauna. Toward the end of our two hour jaunt we beached the craft and had a Picnic lunch with fried chicken, curried potatoes, some quiche and fruit for desert. Back on board we went bat out of hell down rapids to the hotel where we were dropped off. A magical day!
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Experience
Everything was amazing. Drivers were on time and the tour guides very knowledgeable. We had great guides. I noticed that they were much more engaging that other companies that I saw.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A complete service
I sent an e-mail to Falcon Safaris outlining my requirements & within a day they had confirmed all my requests. The transfers, activities (especially the White Water rafting from Bundu) were exceptional.
It was so easy & they contributed to an exceptional holiday.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent service
Thank you to the entire Falcon safaris team (Christel from SA for organising everything, Esau from Zambia and Newton from Zimbabwe for driving us around and helping out with smooth cross border transfers). We had an amazing experience. Everything was organised so well and ran so smoothly. We were really impressed with the standard of your operation. It was so nice to sit back and relax, knowing all we had to do was to show up on time.
Our stay at the Royal Livingstone was also superb. Good food and sundowners on the deck, perfect!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Quick and efficient
We received prompt response to all our queries and the tour package was excellent.
I would like to compliment you and you staff in the profesional manner the arrangements were made.
I would like to compliment Gertrude with the manner in which se listen and look at our requirements and made our bookings.Everything was properly arranged, he camping sites at Chobe Safari Lodge were were clean and well maintained.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great service - great activities
The activities were great and well organised.
Many thanks also to Christel for the great service and good communication.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Professional transfers and border crossing (Zim/Zambia) and great hotel
The transfers all went very well and the drivers were professional and courteous and handled the Zim/Zambia immigration hand over extremely well. We were very happy with the transfers and will certainly use you again.
The Royal Livingstone was great and we were very happy with the hotel. We enjoyed our stay at the Royal Livingstone, it’s a beautiful hotel with good service.
The only major failure was unfortunately the sunset cruise on the African Queen which turned out to be a very rowdy booze cruise with a lot of very noisy conference delegates who had no respect for the river, the other passengers or the game. As we had just come from The Hide in Hwange (where we had a private guide and vehicle), this was a big shock to us and not the way we should have experienced the Zambezi. I would suggest that you assess the guests needs and tastes when booking a river cruise. In hindsight one of the smaller boats would have been much more suitable, or even just a boat trip to Livingstone Island. Guests should be warned that the African Queen is a noisy booze cruise, the main purpose of the cruise seems to be for passengers to drink as much as possible. That may be okay for conference delegates on a party, not for bush appreciation however.