Mr Samuel Mopalo has been working in the tourism
Early Kingfisher Safari
- Office In:
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2017)
- Member Of:
- BOGA & Botswana Tourism
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $100 to $1,200 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
Your request will be sent directly to the operator
If preferred, you can contact the operator directly
Reviews
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Email Enno | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic safari tour in the Okavango Delta
We had five amazing days in the Moremi Game Reserve. Thanks to our experienced guide Sam, we had many opportunities to observe wild animals such as elephants, lions and leopards. He also took us to fantastic spots where we could enjoy the beautiful landscape of the Okavango Delta. During the game drives, we not only observed various animals, but also learned a lot about nature and animal behaviour. Furthermore, the team at the camp was excellent, so we felt comfortable at all times (the food was great!).
We are already looking forward to our next adventure with Early Kingfisher Safari!
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Email Peter Fanta & Robert Solciansky | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
The best you can find in Botswana !
The best safari we have ever experienced in Africa. Together with my friend we are very experienced travelers with more than 110 countries and have experienced all possible safaris in many African countries and therefore we can confidently say that the 9 day safari with Sam and his company Early kingfisher is the best that can be experienced in Africa!
We chose October as the peak of the dry season and what we had the opportunity to see in the Moremi reserve was amazing - thanks to the only remaining water there are an incredible number of animals around the water sources and Sam is a perfect tracker! He has an enormous 30 years of experience and yet he gets up every morning at 05:00 with an unquenchable desire to discover as many animals as possible that day and provide his clients with a perfect experience!
We admire his enthusiasm, always in a great mood, tremendous knowledge and ability to always find the rarest predators such as leopard, cheetah, wild dogs, hyenas and others.. In the few meetings with other guides - they are rare in that wonderful wilderness - he is highly respected by his colleagues and usually the first one to find the predators that day.
In the same way, his team provides perfect service in the background, everything works absolutely exactly literally for minutes every day, and what his cook can conjure up 5 times a day for meals, including daily freshly baked bread, sweet cakes, savory pies, etc. is literally unbelievable!
You have to prepare for getting up early every day at 05:00, because morning game drives are many times more successful than in the evening, when many animals are hiding.
The best experiences were provided by Moremi crowded with animals, dry Savuti in our term was 20% animals but offered an incredible number of lions in large packs! ..fine is Khwai.. only weaker was the final destination Kasane-Chobe, where suddenly there are too many tourists like in Kenya and Tanzania and after many days in Moremi, when we met 2-3 cars / day it suddenly became ordinary..
Again, we have to thank the perfect tracker Sam and his team many times for an experience that we know very well that we will not be able to surpass anywhere else in Africa - this was the absolute pinnacle of what is possible!
Email Charlie | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Early Kingfisher must be the best Mobile Safari company in Botswana, I can not imagine a better one.
If you are planning a trip to Botswana to see wildlife then Early Kingfisher Safari, a mobile camping safari run by Sam Mopalo, should be at the top of your list to contact. I have been on numerous previous trips to South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia and Zanzibar and nothing comes even close to my superb experiences with early King Fisher Safaris in Moremi Game Reserve, Chobe National Park and Central Kalahari Game Reserve. I've been with Sam's company on three trips in the last two years and I'm planning a fourth one soon. Sam, his wife, daughter and son are all involved in his company and between them they are able to accommodate almost any request, make significant changes, if needed, on the fly and they help in every way possible to make your trip a memory to last a life time. My trips with them have been among the best trips I’ve ever taken.
I’ve stayed at lodges in the past, but I’m so glad I stumbled on the option of booking a safari trip with a good local owned mobile safari operator. Sam provides an unbelievably experienced guide with first-hand knowledge of the park, good equipment and ready access to emergency response. Another plus is that he, as well as other mobile safari operators, registers with the national parks administration to gain special access to a very limited number of campsites scattered inside the park. With Sam’s Early Kingfisher mobile safari operation the tents are spacious with a floor and a walled off private camp toilet and bucket shower attached to the tent. There are actual beds to sleep on and excellent food. A support vehicle with a crew of two or three is part of the package and they come along to set up camp, prepare meals and since the camping takes place in remote areas their Land Cruiser serves as a backup vehicle in case of mechanical problems. The camp moves to a new site every two to three days and the support crew moves ahead of the game drives to have the campsite set up when you arrive….what more can you ask for! The advantages of mobile camping far outweigh the perceived comfort of a lodge. You are situated right in the middle of nature, away from lodge and self driving traffic and your game drives start when you leave your tent in the morning. On every trip I've taken with Sam the outcome far outweighed my expectation. If the animals are present Sam and company will track them down and you'll be rewarded like I've been with surprise after surprise.