Meet Our Amazing Team
Bubezi Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 1989)
- Member Of:
- SATOA & MISA
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $275 to $1,100 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The most incredible experience and a definite MUST DO when visiting South Africa
Such an amazing experience, brilliant game drives, food and accomodation with very professional and fun people. Would 100% recommend as would be a pleasure to return.
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Email Daniel | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Panoramic, Animal Interaction & Kruger
My sister and I went on safari with Andy and Bubezi and had spectacular time. We did the 6-Day Family Panoramic, Animal Interaction & Kruger Park and then added a visit to Moholoholo Wildlife Rehab and an extra day in Kruger. Andy was fantastic in responding to my endless emails. I think we exchanged 20+ emails prior to the trip. The advantage with booking with a small company, like Bubezi, is the personal touch. Andy has the knowledge, passion, warmth, and sense of humor that make for an ideal guide. He took us to different sections of Kruger each day and saw the many different biomes that make up the park. We also got to experience stopping at the other camps in Kruger for meals, bathroom breaks, and the museums.
Andy met us at the airport in Johannesburg with a sign with our names on it and then drove us in his SUV to the Protea Hotel Centurion for the first night. If was a beautiful hotel with an excellent restaurant. The next day we drove the Panoramic route. The highlights were God's Windows, Bourke's Luck Potholes, and the three Rondavels. We arrived at Tshukudu Private Game Reserve and saw Rhinos right in front of the camp! That evening we went on a sundown safari and ended up walking with Entombe the cheetah. She let us pet her and drank water from our hands then we walked with her for almost an hour. The next day we went on the walking safari and saw the two cheetah brothers with a freshly killed impala. We got to watch them eat from 15 feet away. It was breathtaking.
We then proceeded to Kruger where we swapped out the SUV for an open-sided safari vehicle. We spent two nights at Satara Camp and two at Skukuza Camp. Both camps had excellent restaurants, Mug and Bean and Cattlemen Steakhouse respectively. The accommodations were very comfortable and clean. They were were lovely cottages with thatched roofs and had excellent air conditioning. We also saw numerous animals inside the camp; warthogs, vervet monkeys, African wild cats, and small antelope. When we went out into Kruger we saw the Big 5, which included lions walking right in front of our vehicle, a herd of several hundred buffalo, baby elephants, and a bull elephant in musht. We also had close sightings of hyena and the critically endangered ground hornbill. Our last day we went to Hazyview Elephant sanctuary. We got to interact with large bull elephant named Casper. We got to touch his ears, tail, elbows, trunk, and tongue. We then got to walk hand in trunk with him.
Andy was a fantastic guide and host and made our vacation memories last a lifetime. I would highly recommend Andy and Bubezi Safaris to everyone.
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Email Noah Fickler | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Experience! Highly Recommended!
Bubezi Safaris is a class A safari tour operator. Andy was our safari guide and I must say he exceeded my safari expectations. Andy is extremely knowledgeable of everything "the bush" has to offer. He took the time to answer our questions and moved at the pace of the clients. Not to mention he knows how to communicate with the animals! In the 4 day tour that we had, Andy strategically brought us to new areas of the park each day. He made sure we were comfortable throughout the day and would stop the vehicle at any moment to snap a photo. I know if I return back to Kruger, I will be using Bubezi Safaris without hesitation. Bubezi really knows how to cook up a proper Braai! Unbelievable experience. A+++.
Email Shirley & Steve Anscomb | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The Big 5, The Small 5 and the most memorable time
Andy & Quintin made our 30th Anniversary a true African Dream Safari. Their passion & exuberance for the wild life was of the very highest level and we felt very privileged to be sharing their knowledge & experience.
Each day as we experienced every sighting, whether it be one of the Big 5, the Small 5 & everything in between, including other mammals, birds, insects & vegetation we were given informative details.
Their kindness & hospitality along with the many personal touches, which included an anniversary number plate, daily snack packs, to chocolates on our pillows to name but a few.
We enjoyed personally prepared food for breakfast, lunch & dinner in true South African style, outside to the natural sights & sounds, along with enjoying their company.
We can highly recommend Bubezi to deliver a true African Bush experience and we would love to return in the near future. Thankyou very much for a truly wonderful time.
Email Richard & Emma Pickford | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Honeymoon Safari
My Brother went on a Safari in 2013 and although he booked with a different company he ended up having Quintin from Bubezi Safaris as his Safari Guide. As soon as he heard that we were contemplating going on a Safari for our honeymoon he said we should definitely talk to Quintin and Bubezi as he would ensure we had the honeymoon (safari) of a lifetime......and we certainly were not disappointed.
Booking with Bubezi was incredibly easy - this was all done with Andy and he was unbelievably accommodating. Not only did we do the Safari but we travelled on from South Africa to Mauritius, which we booked through a separate Travel Agent. We sent those details to Andy and he came back with the itinerary that would fit in perfectly with our additional plans and allowed us to be picked up by Bubezi at Johannesburg airport and taken back there and without the worry of making sure we made our flights - service at it's finest!
The proposed itinerary sounded amazing - jam packed full of game drives and relaxing dinners and picnic stops and to top it all off, as it was our honeymoon, it was only going to be the two of us Andy and Quintin - perfect!
Of course there is a lot of admin to sort out before going on Safari but again this was all made very easy with Andy. Payment was made and taken using a straight forward card authorisation form.
So once we had dotted the I's and crossed the T's, all that was left was to get married and get ourselves to Johannesburg! During this time contact was kept in order to make sure we didn't feel forgotten! Upon arrival in SA Andy met us at the airport and took us up to Kruger, but as it was our honeymoon then a little surprise was laid on for us.....an amazing drive through the Panoramic Tour, seeing God's Window and the Three Rondewelds.
We could go into so much detail about the next three days of the Safari but we would honestly write an essay! To keep it brief....Andy and Quintin made sure we were treated like Royalty!! With regards to food, we filled out a short form before travelling to let Andy know what we liked to eat and drink and all of these things, with a traditional South African twist, were prepared for us by Andy & Quintin. Despite the limited resources on hand the food that we ate was amazing and of the highest quality.
Andy & Quintin are so professional and knowledgeable about what they do every day but at the same time the safari was very informal so much so that not only did we come away thinking that we had had an amazing Safari, seeing all the animals that we wanted to see, but we also came away thinking we had made two new friends as well.
If you are looking for a bespoke, relaxing Safari then we cannot recommend Bubezi Safaris enough....in fact we are already saving our pennies to go back again and spend some time more time with Andy & Quintin in the near future!
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic!!!
Quintin went out of his way to show us the animals we were most interested in. He has a delightful personality and it was a pleasure to spend the day with him. We had a blast! Andy is the perfect host. I would not hesitate to recommend this company and would definitely use them again!!
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Two days in Kruger park with Bubezi Safaris
We went in with John, a guy who knows the whole park like its the back of his hand. He gave us detailed description of every animal we saw and also some more fun fact about the park. To make it even better is the communication between the other people in the Bubezi Safaris. This allowed us to spot some awesome animals and at the end even spot all of the big five!
Really good trip, really good people and awesome animals
Excellent guides, friendly staff
Bubezi Safaris provided us with an excellent trip, hosted by knowledgeable drivers and friendly staff in general. Although we only spend two days with them I'm very pleased with their service.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The big five!!
well organized trip, in one of the most beautiful places of the world
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing safari experience
We were with a group of 9 people and learned a lot from during our safari. I am very pleased with the service provided by Bubezi Safaris and would recommend it to everyone.