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Wild For Game Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2019)
- Member Of:
- Botswana Guides Association
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $450 to $650 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Iliana | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Look no further!!!
The experience of a lifetime. Lucas runs a top notch business. He is an incredible tracker and a passionate guide, who goes above and beyond to find the big game in the right setting, looking for great angles and light for pics. Also, his team is went above and beyond to please. We did the 11 day Northern Botswana trip and the memories will stay with me forever.
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Email Patricia | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unbeatable and Unforgettable Experience!
Looking for excellence, professionalism and someone who's passionate about wildlife. look no further. Lucas and his team have it all. Luca's wildlife knowledge is outstanding, we got to see Lions, Buffalo, Hippos, Elephants, Zebras, Wild dogs, Hyenas, Leopards, just to mention few. He is also a professional photographer, so he always placed the vehicle on the perfect spot with great lighting to get great shots. His team was always ready to help you and greet you with a wonderful smile and professionalism. The camp sites excellent and always clean. We had outstanding meals! You forgot you were camping due to the excellent atmosphere and kindness. Your job is to be kind, on time and enjoy it!! Lucas and his team do the rest!! No words to express my gratitude.
CA
Email Vancouver Island fans | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
UNQUESTIONABLY THE BEST
Is there a 10 out of 5 score? Lucas has knowledge, skills, personality & an eye for detail that exceeded any previous safari experience. Glamping at its best: warm, clean bedding & soft towels, hot water bottles for chilly nights & showers & toilets attached to the tent. All food likes/allergies attended to; meals were fabulous & creative. Staff was hand picked for attention to detail, any request. Just open your piggy bank & book.
CH
Email André | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Our safari in one word: stunning! --- Notre safari en un mot : époustouflant !
(version française ci-dessous)
Our safari with Lucas and his team at Wild for Game was exceptional in every way.
My daughters and I were able to experience our dream safari in the heart of Botswana in absolutely fantastic conditions.
In two weeks, we visited the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) and the eastern Okavango Delta (Moremi and Khwai Reserves).
All this with a team that was constantly attentive to our needs, always caring, and impeccably professional. The conditions of our stay, with several campsites, all located in extraordinary settings, were worthy of a 5-star campsite.
The quality and variety of the meals were simply breathtaking: excellent, always fresh, and generous.
Thanks to Lucas for his ability to take us to the right place at the right time during our daily excursions, he allowed us to observe more than fifty different animal species, including the unmissable lions, leopards, elephants, giraffes, wild dogs, hippos, baboons, warthogs, zebras, wildebeest, and buffalo, as well as numerous birds, including eagles and owls, but also reptiles, amphibians, numerous antelopes, hyenas, jackals, and more.
Not to mention the incredible experience of the last evening, with the frantic chase of a group of wild dogs, followed by a fierce and merciless fight between the hyenas and the wild dogs over a poor impala, the wild dogs' prey. The two hyenas, determined not to abandon it, then fought over it. All this in a Dantesque atmosphere at the end of the day, with a magnificent landscape as a backdrop.
All of wild Africa on a platter, just like that, right in front of us, authentic and exceptional!
Thank you so much for these two magical weeks that will remain etched in our memories forever.
My daughters and I can only warmly recommend Wild for Game if you're looking for an adventure with a capital A in Botswana, a pristine country with incredible natural resources, wildlife, and breathtaking landscapes!
One word to sum up our stay: stunning!
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(English version above)
Notre safari avec Lucas et son équipe de Wild for Game a été exceptionnel à tous points de vue.
Mes filles et moi avons pu vivre notre safari de rêve au cœur du Botswana dans des conditions absolument fantastiques.
En deux semaines, nous avons pu visiter la réserve du Kalahari central (CKGR) et l'est du delta de l'Okavango (réserves de Moremi et de Khwai).
Tout cela avec une équipe constamment à notre écoute, toujours bienveillante et d'un professionnalisme irréprochable. Les conditions de notre séjour, avec plusieurs campements, tous situés dans des lieux extraordinaires, étaient dignes d'un camping 5 étoiles.
La qualité et la variété des repas étaient tout simplement époustouflantes : excellents, toujours frais et généreux.
Grâce à sa capacité à nous emmener au bon endroit et au bon moment lors de nos excursions quotidiennes, Lucas nous a permis d'observer plus de cinquante espèces animales différentes, dont les incontournables lions, léopards, éléphants, girafes, lycaons, hippopotames, babouins, phacochères, zèbres, gnous et buffles, ainsi que de nombreux oiseaux, dont des aigles et des hiboux, mais aussi des reptiles, des amphibiens, de nombreuses antilopes, des hyènes, des chacals, etc.
Sans oublier l'expérience incroyable du dernier soir, avec la course-poursuite effrénée d'un groupe de lycaons, suivie d'une lutte acharnée et sans merci entre les hyènes et les lycaons pour un pauvre impala, proie des lycaons, mais que les deux hyènes, déterminées à ne pas abandonner, se disputent ensuite. Le tout dans une ambiance dantesque en fin de journée, avec en toile de fond des paysages grandioses.
Toute l'Afrique sauvage sur un plateau, comme ça, devant nous, authentique et exceptionnel !
Merci infiniment pour ces deux semaines magiques qui resteront gravées à jamais dans nos mémoires.
Mes filles et moi ne pouvons que recommander chaleureusement Wild for Game si vous souhaitez vivre une aventure avec un grand A au Botswana, un pays préservé, avec ses incroyables richesses naturelles, sa faune et ses paysages à couper le souffle !
Un seul mot pour résumer notre séjour : époustouflant !
Email Nick and Alison Blinston | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Passionate about the wildlife and providing an excellent customer focused service.
From the planning stage to our final farewell, Lucas at Wild For Game Safaris, provided an excellent, responsive and personalised service. He read our needs perfectly. We booked a 12 night/13 day luxury camping safari, covering Moremi, Kwai, Savuti and Chobe River Front. The focus was on birding, but we saw loads of other wildlife. Lucas is a very knowledgeable guide, and was able to show us lions on six separate days, including a suckling cub, a leopard, cheetahs, hyenas, crocodiles and a hunting pack of wild dogs. This was on top of other game. We saw 218 birds, the highlights included a Martial Eagle, Verreaux's Eagle-Owl, Broad-billed Sandpiper, and Southern Carmine Bee-eaters hawking in front of the truck as it drove through grasslands soon after we had spotted a Rosy-throated Longclaw.
The camping was very comfortable and safe. The ground crew of Mosa the brilliant chef, Bontsi the camp assistant and Madu the waiter, were hard working, polite and very friendly. Their efforts made for a fantastic experience.
The trip exceeded our expectations, and we would highly recommend Wild For Game Safaris to anybody who wants to experience the joys of Botswana up close and personal.
DE
Email Sylvia and Walter | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
A phantastic experience with a unique guide
For the background: Our trip with Lucas was a '21 Nights Tailor Made Trip', just for the two of us, leading us to Ntwetwe Pan, Nxai Pan, Tsodilo, Moremi, Kwai, Savuti, and Chobe River front starting in Maun and ending in Kasane.
Once we finished our joint planning, Lucas wrote in an email 'this journey will change your life' - and it did! Lucas guided us as guests into the realm of the wild animals of Botswana so that we felt close and welcome. With his extensive experience and profound knowledge of the entire fauna and flora he both taught and entertained us, but most memorable of all, he led us to many overwhelming encounters with fascinating animals both big and small, including all the iconic safari mammals, but also rare species like wild dogs, many birds, and more. These encounters felt new, surprising, and somehow even more exciting every day.
Our game drives usually started from and ended at our tent camps, where Lucas and his team, Mosa (the chef), Monametsi and Gisto, pampered us in every conceivable way and in a warm-hearted, almost family-like atmosphere. Delicious food and drinks, perfect camping facilities for the bush, very professional organization, and not to forget the smiles and laughter complemented our phantastic game drive experiences.
CZ
Email Frantisek and Iveta | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Lucas and his team have prepared the perfect safari. The organization and service worked flawlessly.
Lucas organised an individual perfect safari for 11 nights in Botswana and 2 nights in Zimbabwe.Everything worked from the pick up at Maun airport to the farewell at Victoria Falls airport. Also his team was well prepared, everything worked properly. The chef did incredible things. Overall, the safari was a great success and we can recommend it to everyone.
Email Ella | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Best Safari Ever!
Lucas was absolutely incredible from start to finish. He was very responsive and easy to communicate with and made preparing for the safari so easy by sharing lots of really useful tips including a packing list. The safari itself actually exceeded my expectations (and I had relatively high expectations of Botswana)! Our safari vehicle was much better than any others we saw on safari. It's got some great modifications which make it perfect for photography! Plus, Lucas' team was fantastic. Our chef, Mosa, was a culinary genius and his food was so delicious. The rest of the team really went out of their way to ensure we had a comfortable time mobile camping. The tents were also fantastic with comfy beds. Onto the safari, Lucas is an exceptional guide. He knows everything about the flora and fauna of Botswana and is really fantastic at tracking and understanding their behaviour. We saw every animal that we wished to see and more. My wish-list was wild dogs and leopards and we had incredible sightings of both! Wild For Game Safaris was absolutely amazing and I'd feel confident recommending them to anyone who wishes to go on safari in Botswana. I can't wait to come back and go on another safari with Lucas!
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Email Ken | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
An amazing experience with a knowledgeable guide and a great team
This trip was everything I wanted. Lucas and his team put together an amazing experience with great wildlife viewing, comfortable tents, delicious meals, and wonderful hospitality. Lucas, the owner and our guide, is deeply knowledgeable and offered clear, thoughtful interpretation of what we were seeing. He is clearly passionate about providing a first-rate experience, and we felt we were in good hands from beginning to end. For photographers like me, he was attentive to lighting and scene composition, often putting us at just the right spot for a great shot. The tents are spacious and the bedding is warm, and we enjoyed staying in camps amidst the wildlife. Food was plentiful and delicious, and I appreciated that all food and drinks (including beer, wine, and G&Ts) were included in the price (many tours charge extra for drinks and exclude some meals). I will definitely call on Lucas again when I go back to Botswana.
CA
Email Alex | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best Botswana Safari
My wife and I went on safari with Lucas and his crew back in August 2021, and it was without question one of the best things we have ever done. We can't speak highly enough of Lucas. His passion for wildlife and conservation is second to none, and because he is an amazing photographer himself, he always stops at exactly the right spots and angles for you to get stunning pictures of the wildlife. He also excelled at providing a personalized experience for everyone in the group; some people wanted to see birds, others wanted the big game, one person even wanted to see bush babies. Lucas informed them that bush babies would be tough to spot, but he would do his best.. Lo and behold, Lucas found her some bush babies in an evening drive!! It was an absolutely amazing experience.
In addition to his exceptional safari guide skills, he is an amazing person to be around, genuinely funny and charismatic! I cannot recommend Lucas enough, and the bush camping safari provides a way to see the animals up close and personal that a traditional safari camp can't provide. The accommodations were perfect and the food was awesome, especially considering the limited equipment that the chef has to work with!
We thought that this trip was our once in a lifetime trip, but it was so amazing that we will definitely be back to see Lucas!!
Thanks Lucas,
Alex and Taylor
