Director Michelle on a mokoro in Botswana
Explore and Travel Africa
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- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2020)
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $500 to $2,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Liz | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic, helpful, friendly, flexible, reliable
Michelle Astbury, our travel consultant was essential in planning this trip. Our daughter had used her a few years ago and suggested her. We haven’t used an agent in 20 years and always plan trips ourselves but for an African safari plus Capetown and Victoria Falls, having someone from the country to help plan was the best way to go for us. Michelle was knowledgeable and booked wonderful places within our budget and all the excursions, flights, transfers hotels, dinners, etc. she was responsive and flexible and available to help even during the trip. I would highly recommend Michelle.
Knowledgeable, professional and adventurous
All aspects of our tour were met with a rep to help us reach our next destination. The help was getting to our next stay, entering/leaving different countries and most of all our tours and safaris.
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Email Mary | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Cape Town - Victoria Falls - Botswana Safaris
We started out in Cape Town staying at the Victoria & Albert Hotel. Visited the local market on Saturday and then spent the next three days touring with a guide: (1) Table Mountain (2) Cape Peninsula; and (3) Winelands. Food, accommodations and service were excellent. Tours were interesting and guides were friendly and knowledgeable. Fly to Victoria Falls and lunch at the Lookout Cafe followed by a tour of the falls from the Zimbabwe side. Traveled by van to the Zambia side of the falls with a two-night stay at the Royal Livingston Hotel. Walked from hotel to see the falls. Wear sandals and shorts with rain gear and umbrella when visiting the falls. It's wet! Giraffes and zebras roam the hotel grounds, providing a glimpse of what is to come on safari. We traveled to Botswana and spent three nights in four separate safari camps. We started with Chobe Game Lodge on the Chobe River. Safari by boat and jeep twice a day. Lots of elephants, impala, baboons, giraffes. A nice transition into the safari daily routine and staying in the park cut down on drive time. Next stop, Wilderness Savuti, a tented camp in the Linyanti Concession followed by Little Vumbura and finished up with Wilderness Qorokwe. We were assigned a guide for each tented camp stay. Guides were knowledgeable about animals, plants, birds and the local community. Accommodations were nice and staff were polite, friendly and helpful. Food was good! Lots and lots of animals and birds. We were gone for three weeks but it went by fast! Explore & Travel Africa made this the easiest and best trip we have taken. The Travelkey app they use is great; no paper to carry around. And once you are in the safari camps, they take care of your schedule and daily needs, including laundry! Pack light.