CZ
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Cultural Vibes Travel & Tours - Zimbabwe (Botswana and Zambia)
On 10.9. until 1.10. In 2023, I went on a trip to Botswana, Zimbabwe and a short visit to Zambia with my clients - friends. I carefully prepared the trip in cooperation with the manager of Cultural Vibes Travel & Tours, Mr. Tongesai Mutematsaka.
After arriving in Gaborone we organized a short tour of the city ourselves and met Tongesai in Maun. Tongesai was our driver and guide practically the whole way. We visited the Okavango River Delta and its surroundings (Moremi Reserve, Mokoro boat cruise, flight over the Okavango Delta. This was followed by a visit to the Makgadikgadi Salt Flats, then the Elephant Sands area and in Botswana Chobe National Park with a cruise on the Chobe River.
Then we crossed to Zimbabwe, which was the main part of our journey. In the Victoria Falls area, we visited the Monde settlement, took a helicopter flight over Victoria Falls, followed by a cruise on the Zambezi River as part of a visit to the national park of the same name. We also walked past Victoria Falls on the Zimbabwean side and had a Boma dinner in the evening (too much of a "tourist thing").
On the Zambian side of the falls we saw white rhinos in Mosi - oa - Tunya National Park, then visited the museum in Livingstone and walked the Zambian side of the falls.
From Victoria Falls, we headed to Hwange National Park, where we had a beautiful program - a safari, and after Hwange, there was also a very interesting program in Matobo National Park (there, among other things, white rhinos (a mother with her little daughter), beautiful rock formations and prehistoric cave drawings.
The next place visited was Khami with very interesting buildings, and then we visited the ruins of Great Zimbabwe, which are among the most important world monuments. This was followed by a visit to the Chinhoya Karst and finally the gallery in Harare.
I would also like to comment on the provision of services: Accommodation in the hotels was at the standard, expected level, only the service at the Great Zimbabwe Hotel was rather lazy. Accommodation in lodges - very good and the best accommodation was in Iganyana tented camp in Hwange National Park, mainly due to the extraordinary professionalism and very friendly attitude of the staff there towards us, the visitors.
I must also highly praise all the local guides we met everywhere, e.g. in Chobe, Hwange and Matobo National Parks.
I want to emphasize that this journey is one of the most interesting that I have made around the world. I believe that my clients - friends were also satisfied with the set. Thanks to the travel agency Cultural Vibes Travel & Tours and Mr. Tongesai Mutematsaka.
I recommend Cultural Vibes Travel & Tours to anyone considering a trip to Zimbabwe.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Customised Experience!
Pebble is part of our family vacation plan.Caro curated our first family vacation in 2021, and since then, the memories created from the first family vacation to Mombasa have become the foundation that has built a tradition for my family vacation every year. Since then, we have been on the move—Mombasa, Diani, Watamu, Kajiado, and hopefully many more to come. We have been collecting pebbles of memories through pebble tours and travel, truly creating memories
GR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
professional, reliable, direct and effective!
We enjoyed 4 days of safari with a very friendly budget. Everything was perfect! During our Safari we enjoyed the endless beauty of nature where each sunrise and every encounter with wildlife becomes a lasting memory. We had a private chef who cooked fresh, delicious meals and a great tour guide that taught us a lot about wildlife. We definitely recommend to book a Safari with Topy tours!
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Brilliant first trip to Namibia
We have just enjoyed the most wonderful three week trip around Namibia, organised by Lilly. From the outset, Lilly has been enthusiastic and efficient, listening to our requirements and wish-list, and from there putting together a very good itinerary, taking in some excellent small lodges to break the long journeys. We chose to do ‘self-drive’ (all arranged by Lilly, and included in the trip) and this was easy to do, particularly as Peter at Classic Cars provides very good cars and we loved having the fridge in the back for cold drinks. The roads are tarmac or gravel, and generally long and straight. If you stick to the speed limits, you will have no trouble, and Lilly provides a very good map as well as GPS. Both Lilly and Peter were readily available by email or WhatsApp whenever we had a query, and any small problems or questions were resolved immediately.
We would highly recommend Lilly at Great Explorations Namibia, and we hope to return next year to see more of Namibia.
The country is very beautiful, with each couple of days offering varying scenery, the Namibian people are very kind and gentle, and the high standards at the lodges for both comfort and food was remarkable. We enjoyed seeing the desert elephants and black rhino, and were lucky enough to see four desert lion at Entendeka as well as a black maned lion at Hobatere!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Trustworthy, reliable and knowledgeable.
Jackson, I’d like to say Thank-you for such a great week! The people, the places and our conversations made for a fantastic experience. Your local knowledge made it ever more interesting- showing me those places off the beaten track that I would have never discovered doing it myself. Everyone should visit Uganda! Highly recommend Uganda Family Tours and Safari. Thanks mate.
SE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Professional service made the trip go smooth and give me an even better experience than I hoped for.
Very good communication with Home to Africa from booking to the end of the trip! I had a very good guide with knowledge about everything I wanted to know.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Trustworthy Friendly Dependable Safe Driver!
I've used Jason (& other of his drivers he sometimes uses) multiple times over several years when driving in Uganda & Rwanda. Jason is engaging and friendly, speaks great English, is always on time, is an incredibly safe driver in all road conditions, his vehicles are well maintained and clean. You can't go wrong!
While I usually use him going from Kigali Rwanda to Bwindi Uganda, I used him on a trip with a friend where we went as far north inUganda as Murchison Falls National Park (we had great luck and saw a leopard at night! And a male lion in Queen Elizabeth which are rare!). He's become a good friend and I highly recommend him and his company.
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
4-day Safari tour at Kruger National Park
If you love nature that is an absolutely must in South Africa. It is an astonishing experience being able to see the animals in the wild but also it is really worth expending one day on the panorama route.
CZ
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
My favourite destination for over a decade
It was my fourth safari in Tanzania and while the previous once were all great, this one was one big Wow! from start to finish. A four-day private safari to Serengeti and Ngorongoro for three. Great service all the way: excellent accommodations (including a last minute change when the Soles staff learnt there would be a noisy all-night party at the hotel they had booked us), guides who had erudite answers to every question: Oscar about the animals, country and people we saw on the way; and Chief, our talkative, all-smiles city guide in Arusha. We spotted all the big five (rhinos only from a distance) and dozens more including the masterly camouflaged leopard, huge, slowly moving herds of wildebeest (not the great migration), numerous prides of lions at the end of their mating season and hyenas feeding on whatever others had left for them. And the catering: who would imagine having a full-scale cooked lunch served on stainless plates with drinks and wine in the middle of the wilderness every day! Great, fantastic, recommended!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
He is a professional
Had the best experience ever, I was treated with respect, handled professionally and the staff is so friendly. Can’t wait to use you again when I return to Uganda.