Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana
Shipungo Safari & Tours
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2015)
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $200 to $360 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
CH
Email vincenzo presti | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Very professionally Operator providing top guiding, delicious bush kitchen & excellent camping gear
Shipungo is a very professional tour operator and highly recommendable! Mark has been responding to my requests and questions always very fast. All the things he promised to me have been fulfilled 100%.
We (family with three children age 11/14/16) had a great 7 day Mobile Camping Safari through Central Kalahari, Makgadikgadi, Naxai Pan and Moremi.
Our guide Kem was very experienced, driving very safe and enabling great animal encounters with wild dogs (hunting impalas), leopards (eating a kill) and lions.
The support team (Simon, Bruce and Slow) provided a great camping experience with fresh and delicious food and professional camping equipment.
In my view it could not be better!
Reply from Shipungo Safari & Tours
Posted on May 6, 2023Thank you for your review, and for choosing Shipungo Safari & Tours. We are happy to hear that you had a pleasant time whilst with us. Thank you for your support, it is very much appreciated.
Warm Regards
Email Emilie and Kilian | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent 11 days safari, great guide very knowledgable, amazing food and camp, we loved it!
We took a 11day/10 night safari with Shipungo going through several of the huge parks from the Kalahari desert to Chobe via the Okovango delta. Mark always responded to my requests and questions very fast and planned a very good tour for us. We had an amazing time, thanks to Kem, our guide, we saw many many many animals (lions, leopards, wild dogs, african wildcat, buffalos, hippos, girafs, elephants...) and lots of beautiful birds. Kem was very knowledgeable, identifing all birds we spotted, teached us a lot about the animals and how to recognise their fingerprints and sounds. Fortune and Aron took very good care of us on the camp, both Aron and Fortune made sure our camp was all set neatly and cooked for us the traditional bush way including bread, cakes, pizza! Delicious! The team was speaking very well english. We really loved our safari, enjoyed the adventure, the days with many encounters of all sorts and the nights chating with the team, learning few words of Setswana and looking at the stars. We definitely highly recommend them!
Email Kieran McPherson | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic, well organized, professional , knowledgeable and extremely friendly.
We originally booked this trip over three years ago pre covid and Mark from Shipungo kept in touch and updated during this time.
It has been well worth the wait it was an absolutely amazing experience. The four Shipungo staff that accompanied us were very knowledgeable helpful and fun. The food wasn’t good, it was amazing!
Would highly recommend Shipungo to anyone and would definitely use them again
Thank You Mark and your team.
Email Joel | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Well organized, flexible, and amazing value for money
We booked a 5 day private safari for 2 with Mark in Maun, and we were offered a great package. We had to make some last minute changes to our itinerary and Mark was extremely flexible and attentive to our needs. We were very happy to have been able to travel through Botswana’s amazing national parks with Kem, Simon and Slow - our safari team. Our guide Kem was amazing. He was well read and knowledgeable about the locations, the birds and animals. He was also excellent at tracking the animals safely. He was a great guide for birdwatching as well, and had books on hand to teach us about the animals and birds we were interested in. He was also excellent with conversation, and we learnt a lot from him. We encountered almost every big game animal one could expect to see in Botswana, in addition to a huge number of smaller fauna and interesting birds. Chef Simon was a great cook and the food throughout the trip was amazing. But additionally was excellent at spotting game and knowledgeable about the wildlife too.
We were completely at ease throughout the trip with the team’s expertise and confidence. Great service, great flexibility, reliable and excellent value for money. Would highly recommend this experience with Shipungo Safaris.
Email Ann Nicholson | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
5 day epic bush camping
Shipungo were able to accomodate our last minute plan to visit Botswana and designed a 5 day camping trip to perfectly suit our interests and the locations we were interested in. The three person field team were exceptional - our guide Carlos was terrifically experienced with local knowledge of all the areas visited. Simon, the camp chef prepared a perfect pitch of food and with the field assistant provided a great camp set up every time. Thanks to all for sharing so much and making our trip so memorable.
Email Max | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent
We did a 3 day (2 night) private tour to the Okavango Delta. Everything was exactly as described and the service was excellent. Really brilliant trip and would certainly recommend
FR
Email Charles | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip well organize
We did 3 days trip in moremi end of july. The camp site and food was well manage and the game drive was good. I recommand marc for a trip in moremi.
ES
Email Víctor | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
IMPOSSIBLE TO FAIL WITH THEM
First of all, if you are a backpacker like me who is afraid of wasting your money you have to know that Moremi is totally worthy .
Secondly, you have to know that this company is the cheapest so it is a must for you and you have to make sure put it apart from others...but more important it is that you can be certain that this company is totally reliable, I received answers very quickly about everything, they give you a detailed program, nothing is missed.
The day of the activity our guide made all efforts to our needs: ( to find lions) he made everything all the time driving, very little stops just to see some footprints....
We saw 9 lions.
What I can say it is that with this company won't fail, because you feel since first time you can rely on them, it is very clear.
You will be charged a real fair price,( the best) half or 3 times less than others and you are going to receive a great service.
So if you want to do Moremi, don't look other and just book with them, you can be totally safe, you are on the right one.
AR
Email pierre | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
very good price / quality ratio. team dedicated to custumer satisfaction with plenty of flexibility
totally relaible. flexibility. custumer oriented. the whole team great. very good food. Costa the guide dedicated full time in finding game in the reserves. transportation Ok in a very good state Land Cruiser. very good mood and attitude of the whole team. except for an excess delay in pick-up after a mokora ride, the 5 days safari was excellent. I would recommend it.
Email Mieke | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very accommodating and professional
Our plans that had been in the making for over half a year fell through and Shipungo really helped us out by being extremely accommodating at very short notice. We phoned them relatively late in the afternoon the day before we were looking to book an activity. Mark came over to our lodge to discuss our options immediately (what service!) and we promptly booked a mokoro excursion. We really enjoyed it; the guides and drivers and really everyone we dealt with were very nice and helpful. Highly recommend booking with them.