Discover Africa Safaris team
Discover Africa Safaris
- Office In:
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2002)
- Member Of:
- ATTA, SATSA, CTT, IGLTA & TCD Trust
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $450 to $2,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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If preferred, you can contact the operator directly
Reviews
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Email Judy | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a Lifetime!
From the moment I started working with Diane at Discover Africa I knew I was going to have an amazing trip. She listened to what I wanted to do, what type accommodations I really wanted, and the feeling of security I needed to go on my first solo adventure. And everything was perfect just as she had promised!! I really wanted to do Glamping and I stayed at the most amazing place, MCH Tented Luxury Camp in Garonga. It was beyond my wildest dreams! Such beautiful accommodations, such luxury, and the staff was beyond amazing. The safaris were out of this world and we saw so many beautiful animals. I could not have asked for a better intro in a safari. My next camp was at Timbavati at Kambaku Lodge and it also had fabulous accommodations! The thatched roof pod was so luxurious and fit for a queen!! The guides and trackers were amazing and we found the big 5 quickly. We saw amazing things I never actually believed I would get to see. A mom lioness with her 3 cubs, a leopard with her kill, a pride of 23 lions, elephants galore including precious babies! I even was lucky enough to see a baby elephant nursing!!! As a labor and delivery nurse for 15 years little things like this truly make my day. We saw both black and white rhinos, numerous hippos, a cheetah, giraffes, wildebeests, hyenas, and even wild dogs! I could not have asked for anything more. I believe the reason my safaris turned out so good was the perfect planning by Diane from Discover Africa. I cannot recommend them enough. Truly an awesome company with employees who care. My next trip I wont hesitate to contact Diane and set her to work on another wonderful vacation.
DE
Email Adrian | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great safari, organisation can be improved
The safari at Hamiltons Tented Camp was amazing with beautiful wildlife, nature and a great lodge with friendly people.
The experience with the agent was not as great. Originally, we were promised a morning game drive on the last day as part of our package. We agreed on a price and payed. A few weeks later the agent reached out to let us know that we will not be able to have this morning game drive because she booked the returning flights too early. She wanted to make us pay more for different flights so we would be able to still have the morning game drive.
After some push back from my side an alternative solution was offered which was supposed to stay at the original price and still include the morning game drive. However, this solution was not communicated well to the lodge. The employees at Hamiltons were completely unaware the night before our last day.
All in all it was still a great experience. It's just not great when people try to make you pay for their own mistakes.
ES
Email Monica | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Efficient and proffesional
Good coordination with the transfers and excellent stay at the lodge. All staff has been really kind and professional. Fully recommended.
Email Rachel | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Superb
We booked a holiday last minute and therefore the operator’s experience was invaluable . We discussed what we wanted and everything arranged for us was well organised, high quality tours & transfers, lots of advice, personal service and all high attention to detail. We had a fantastic time and would highly recommend. Lots of communication even in country. Thanks very much Sam and a shout out to Ina who did our tours in Cape Town and was also terrific.
Email Anne | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Wonderful experience just what we were looking for
Our business trip was well planned and the best places were curated for the group. We enjoyed the accommodation and experiences tremendously. Everything worked out as planned and all guest enjoyed this experience.
NO
Email Atle B Johansen | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent!
We had a lovely trip to Stellenbosch/Franschhoek area and visited some beautiful wine farms. The guide had lots of knowledge and took us to places that we would not have been able to find by just reading reviews. Our overnight stay at Lanzerac Wine Estate was also perfect. TIP: Make sure you book your dinner reservations and spa visit well in advance - the best places are quite busy this time of year.
CA
Email Gita Gandhi | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
South Africa and Namibia Safari.Megan is knowledgable, attentive, providing top notch itinenary.
Our 3-week self-drive trip to South Africa and Namibia was fabulous, a beautiful adventure to last a lifetime.
From the wonderful apartment and lodges we stayed in Cape Town, Hermanus, Imbali, to Namibia's Sossusvlei lodge the smallest details were taken care of. The itinenary was well layed out and explaineed what we were doing on a dailiy basis.
Communication with Megan was excellant as she would answer various questions and concern a long the way. THANK YOU MEGAN. You are a ROCK STAR.
Email Ben Mason | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very professional and efficient with a first class personal support and excellent local knowledge
We went to SA on honeymoon 20 years ago and always promised ourselves we would take our kids back on a really special family holiday.
Susan from Discover Africa helped us plan our perfect trip and was very organised in sorting out the details. The trip was then sent to us with a really nice e-brochure detailing what was to happen, which really got the family's enthusiasm going.
The trip itself went off without a hitch. We stayed in fantastic places, all the transfers and day trips happened on schedule and we had a holiday to remember.
What was really helpful was that Susan was on hand to help us through the holiday - she did not disappear once she had taken our money, and her local knowledge was absolutely an advantage over a UK based travel agent.
I would thoroughly recommend Susan's services and will use them again when we go back.
Email Traveller | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great itenarary and escellent customer support.
Susan provided a fantastic itenarary and also made sure tat everything ran smoothly throughout the trip. All accommodation and activities were great with the highlight being Sabi Bush Lodge. Safari there and the staff and food were all excellent. Room amazing. Activities I would recommend outside of those included are table top mountain hike / rock climb, Boeschendal biking and picnic, wine tram, fat biking and shark cage diving. The only disappointment was Grootbos which was a nice property but pretty poorly run. Really should train staff / have some senior presence for the amount charged. Maybe look at alternatives on whale coast. Overall though a great trip!
PR
Email Juan | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Our African Honeymoon
Antoinette Booyse for Discover Africa did an AMAZING job!! She was on top of everything from the start. Provided us various interesting packages with different price points. Guided us through the decision making process and preparations (visas, etc) for the trip.
We communicated multiple times during the trip to resolve any questions or doubts. We were very happy using Discover Africa and would recommend them to everybody!