Sun Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2002)
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $350 to $1,800 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Kathy and Steve | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Michelle gave us the experience of a lifetime; I hope to repeat it in the future!
Michelle was wonderful to work with, responsive to our needs and preferences, and booked us a trip that fulfilled our expectations and beyond. We had a week in Cape Town, before we went on safari, and Michelle even thought to include little things, like "do we want to be picked up at the airport and taken to our condo? and back to the airport after the week is up?" which was not a part of the trip that she was involved in booking. Why, yes we do! Thank you very much.
We had wonderful camps, great accommodations, excellent food, and the friendliness of the staff everywhere was beyond our expectations. Our trackers and rangers were very knowledgeable and a lot of fun. Our transfers were on time, friendly, knowledgeable, and also entertaining. We enjoyed every moment, and hope to be going back for more in the not-too-distant future. I highly recommend Sun Safaris, and Michelle in particular, to everyone who mentions they want to go on such a journey.
Email Shiraj De Silva | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Incredible experience
We returned from our honeymoon in Botswana. I wanted to let you know that it was a truly wonderful experience. We were so impressed with the camps we stayed at and the overall quality of the whole experience.
Sango Safari Camp - an incredibly cozy, welcoming and personable camp with some of the most hospitable people we met. Incredible drives and mokoro safaris which were great. The food was really good. The tent was clean and lovely. We had great sightings and would highly recommend this camp.
Hyena Pan - Beautiful camp with great food. Tent was well appointed. It was a bit more remote than the Sango camp but was great. The guides we had were great too.
Savute under canvas - Such a great mobile tenting experience with lovely staff and probably the best guide we had (Dips) who always got us to the best place to vivew the action. We had amazing food here and how they put up the tent every 5 days is amazing. Probably our best sightings were in Savute including cheetahs and hunting wild dogs.
Flights were also great. Nice 12-seater planes and they always knew where we were supposed to go and the transfers were incredibly smooth.
Liselle was extremely helpful and obliging and always willing to help with a great deal of useful information prior to the tour. Was a pleasure working with Liselle to arrange this excellent tour of Botswana's Okavango Delta and Savute NP.
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Email Mark | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Sun Safaris has provided us with excellent service for two safaris in Africa.
Natasha with Sun Safaris was excellent when assisting my wife and me prepare our recent trip to Botswana. She helped us select two wonderful lodges that delivered all the experiences we had hoped for during this holiday. Natasha also helped us plan a great trip to the Kruger area during 2013, and she helped some of our family members plan a successful safari holiday during 2017. We hope to work with her again for any future travel to Africa.
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Email Dave and Marie-Lyne | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very nice trip and an excellent service by Natasha at Sun Safari !!
My girlfriend and i book a trip by sun safari and we can highly recommand Natasha Allan for is very excellent service and advice !! We have a very nice trip at Umkumbe lodge !! Thank you !!
Dave and Marie-Lyne
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Email Judy | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Natasha worked with us to plan safari experiences for a college biology class - for the 4th time
We visited Africa on Foot in South Africa, and Xobega and Tuskers in Botswana. All were fantastic experiences. We had really good wildlife viewing, as well as great interpretations of behavior and interactions by our guides and trackers, and familiarity with not only the abundant animals, but also the plants and how they are used. All 3 lodges had very comfortable accommodations, great food, and gentle hospitality. All the staff were friendly, polite, and ready to help us with any needs. Our bush walks at AoF were excellent, and my students got a chance to learn about birds, tracks, dung, and other sign as well as the vegetation, and the guides were very well prepared. Game drives were very productive - we got to see a lioness nursing her cub, leopards including 2 cubs, lots of elephants of all sizes, cape buffalo, rhinos, zebra, giraffes - and wild dogs! We spent time observing behavior, not just racing from animal to animal. On our last night, we were treated to a braai under the stars and a magnificent baobab. My students were amazed at all they saw and learned, and returned even more excited than before we went! I cannot say enough good things about our experiences, and the organization of our safari by Natalie!
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Email Matt | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable!
Everything was perfect. This was our first safari so naturally we were speaking with a few safari agents but it was Natasha at Sun safaris who made this experience so easy and booking a no brainer. She immediately requested a phone call where we can discuss our interests and goals in order to help shape the best safari. She suggested an amazing camp for us in Botswana that was even more beautiful than she described! Two american thumbs up and 5 stars from us!
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Email Karen & Mike | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Michelle is great to work with and knows what she's talking about first hand
This was our second Sun Safaris experience and we honestly didn't see how Michelle could surpass our first trip two years. Somehow she did! Working with Michelle is a pleasure....she knows the areas first hand and guided the itinerary in a direction that met our expectations and complimented our last trip, rather than repeating what we'd experienced before.
We aren't easy clients to work with; our initial ideas were all over the place (Zambia, Zimbabwe, maybe Namibia??) but she helped us sort everythibg out and we ended up with a 10-day safari to Botswana that was fantastic -- after spending a lot of time on itineraries in the aforementioned countries. Why she didn't "fire" us, I will never know. It's a true sign of her professionalism!
We are singing her praises to all our friends. Sun Safaris is a five-star operation!
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Email Shirley & Tom | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Michelle was always responsive and helpful and booked us the trip we wanted.
My second trip with Walt and Sharon, and I talked my husband into coming this time. He was ever so glad. All lodges (Umkumbe, nThambo, Elephant Plains) were different and wonderful. Staffing and food were excellent; guides and trackers really knew the animals, habitat, history, terrain. Plus, they were fun. The four transfers were handled very well, and we always enjoyed the drivers and being able to get a larger perspective of this amazing country. We have been referring friends to Sun Safaris and will continue to do so.
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Email Vicky | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic first Africa Trip
I could not have been happier if I had scripted it for myself. Sun Safari set up a wonderful package. Each lodge was great but different from one another. Food was terrific. Safari tours were magical. Guides were very knowledgeable and knew their areas. I went with Walt and Sharon in a group of 16. Sun Safari managed to coordinate all of us to get to each destination in a timely manner with all of our luggage. I will be returning to Africa.
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Email Walt and Sharon | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Sun Safari listens to you and tailors the experience to meet your wishes.
We just returned from our third safari organized by Sun Safaris and it was exceptional. We traveled with 15 of our friends (half of whom had never been to Africa) and all of us had a 100% fabulous time. The staff at all 3 Lodges recommended by Michelle were great, friendly and fun to be with and the rooms were all wonderful. One of our friends had an issue with their room in the second lodge but Michelle and the lodge sorted it and all was fine. All it took was a text message to Michelle and the issue was resolved....that is customer service!
We stayed at Umkumbe, Xanatseni and Elephant Plains as suggested and all were really wonderful. My wife and I agree Elephant Plains is our new favorite. The staff was over and above wonderful, the food and service was best of all three ( and all were great) and we had by far the best game viewing there. On our last night game drive their staff met us in the bush at sunset with champagne...a wonderful surprise and a great way to end our final night.
As we experienced on our two previous safaris organized by Sun Safari the selection of lodges and recommendations were spot on. The pre arranged shuttle services and in country flights went off without a hitch. I can only give Sun Safari a 10 out of 10 because just everything was perfect! Thank to Michelle for all of her help as we gathered 17 folks over time to pull this off. Sun Safari's staff are really the best! I believe we have a few more Africa converts now.
We highly recommend Sun Safari to anyone planning a trip to Africa.