65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Pembury helped to make our South African holiday one of the best we have ever had.
My wife and I wanted to visit South Africa. We had a rough plan of the things we wanted to do and the places we wanted to see. We decided to centre our holiday around a 4 day visit to Lalibela Game Reserve. Having contacted them, they put us in touch with Kerry Ririe at Pembury Tours and she took over the arrangements from us. We planned to start in Cape Town, drive the Garden Route, stopping at Swellendam and Knysna en route to Lalibela, then returning to Cape Town inland, via Graaff Reinet, Oudtshoorn and Montagu. Kerry sorted out our hire car, all of our accommodation and a number of outings.
She dealt with the arrangements quickly and very efficiently. The places she suggested for us to stay were all excellent and she took on the whole burden of booking, leaving us to enjoy the anticipation of the holiday without any of the worries.
From the time of our arrival at Cape Town airport, where we were met by a Pembury representative, handed a comprehensive itinerary and ferried to our hire car, to the time we returned there and handed the car back three weeks later, every one of the arrangements Kerry had made for us worked like clockwork. We were particularly impressed by the paperwork, which had detailed driving directions and route maps, lots of brochures and ideas for things we might like to visit en route, a number of discount vouchers for various attractions and vouchers for free dinners at two of the places where we were to stay.
Our particular favourite places were Lalibela Game reserve and the little town of Montagu, but we enjoyed everywhere we went and were always greeted with friendship and kindness. Our time at Lalibela was particularly special. The highlights were, of course, the morning and evening game drives. We were able to get up close to 3 month old lion cubs, many different antelope, elephants, giraffes, and, in my case, warthogs! Our ranger, Cleo, was a mine of information about all of the wildlife, and added immeasurably to the experience.
Without the help of Pembury we should probably have still had a good holiday, but their assistance made it really special! We have used a number of large British travel agents over the years, but none of them provided as good a service as we experienced with Pembury.
BR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent
Very good company. Everything well organizated. Our driver was really experienced and knew everything about animal's behavior and other things. Very good food. Talk to Dionis, who is the responsible for the company and he will arrange everything for you. 100% satisfy! This trip changed my life and I'm so glad to have chosen Bushtrekkers.
SG
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Uganda - Birds, Gorillas, Big 5, Chimps, Chameleons & Mountains of the Moon
Crammy Wanyama is one of the best guides I've ever had. Right from the start, he customised an itinerary for us that allowed us to cover every single experience I wanted in Uganda, within three weeks and within budget: Gorillas, chimps, Mountains of the Moon’s botanical giants (unfortunately we only saw the Giant Lobelia), Big 5, chameleons, good birding (especially Shoebill), night drives/walks for nocturnal animals, Batwa pygmies etc. Other agencies I asked merely threw me their standard itinerary and hoped that I would bite. On tour, Crammy was accommodating and flexible, polite and informative, and a bird guide extraordinaire with great ID skills (song & sight), even when it came to raptors and waders. He uses site guides (multiplying the number of spotters), which is true eco-tourism as it brings income to the local community. His 10-seater van was comfortable and had a pop-up roof that was great for safaris. It also ensured that the four of us in the tour each enjoyed a window seat. Crammy also went the extra mile. When I was ill, he arranged for the hotel to make me citrus juice twice daily, which he claimed works wonders for him. It definitely perked me up too. He comes highly recommended by all four of us from Singapore.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
best experience of our lives
despite throwing together a plan to go on safari at the very last minute Savannah Explorers took myself my wife and my inlaws under the wing and gave us a week we will never forget.George our guide was supremely knowledgeable,enthusiatic, personable and a joy to spend time with.His skills in spotting animals and in seemingly always having us in the right place at the right time were almost supernatural.I cannot recommend these guys enough!
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent safari experience
Hoppy of Wildlife Safaris was an excellent guide. His amazing knowledge, his gracious helpfulness, and accommodating nature made our safari experience better than we could have imagined. The arrangements were very fine, and the experience far exceeded what we could have hoped for for the price we paid. Three days, two nights, of an adventure we will never forget.
DE
Excellent service, perfect accomodation. Wonderful, book it now.
We absolutely enjoyed it. Thanks for the great tour. It was even more than expected
Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Thanking you for organising an amazing holiday for us...
You matched us perfectly with our guide Robert....he was so knowledgeable and made everyday truly memorable.
The itinerary covered everything ...your choice of locations were thoughtfully selected and Robert made sure we had everything we needed.
We are still showing friends & Family the many photo's we took...... and everyone has commented on what a beautiful country Uganda is.....I'm afraid the legacy of Armin still comes to the fore with most Brits...but hopefully we can put them straight & you will get more tourists.
Please say hello to Robert for us!
Our Kindest Regards
Elaine & Steve
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Bubezi Safaris can help you live your African dream at Kruger
The management at Bubezi are excellent communicators, great planners and give attention to detail. The enthusiasm of the owners is infectious and they are eager to make sure visitors enjoy their experience. Highly recommended as we had a great personalised safari that we will remember forever. Thanks Guys!
CA
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Lots of birds wonderfulpeople
Birding Trip to Uganda Jan23 to Feb7.
I had a wonderful trip to Uganda with Deo and Robert. Deo organized the trip and was the driver (also guide) and Robert the guide. Robert is an amazing spotter and his knowledge of the birds is astounding. No sound or movement escapes him. If there is a bird somewhere Robert will find it. Both Deo and Robert made sure that we saw as many birds as possible and that we all saw them. We were a group of 6 and came from 3 different continents. Deo is not only a good organizer but has a wonderfully friendly and cheerful personality. We truly enjoyed chatting with him. He is a very good listener and always made sure that everyone was comfortable and spared no effort to keep us all happy. We all enjoyed spending time with him. I wish him great success in his business , he certainly deserves it . He possesses all the qualities and skills required to deal with many diverse personalities and situations.
I want to add that I found the Ugandans welcoming, friendly and so very kind.
Monique Fischer, Toronto
AE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
An amazing - all singing all dancing - African experience....!
I spend 4 weeks on the road with Bella and Jan and it was in one word 'amazing'. I loved the Land Rover that was given to me. The meals prepared by Bella were deliciously tasty. Jan did excellent trip briefing before we took off for our daily drives. There was a good, full programme with things to do and see. Thank you for an fabulous time. Hope to do it soon again....!