AT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Absolutely amazing tour and tour guide!
We got picked up directly from our hotel and drove to the Mikumi National Park. Our tour guide was really great. He knew a lot about the animals and the way they are living inside the nature of the park. He was very respectful of the environment and the animals. We were really lucky to see so many animals. We can totally recommend our Guide William!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A once in a lifetime trip with a few issues...
We had a 13 day tour with walking stick tours in August of 2023. Botswana itself is an incredible country with some of the friendliest people, and some of the most incredible wildlife we’d encountered anywhere. All 5 of us highly recommend a trip to the country for safari. Unfortunately our experience of walking stick tours was less stellar.
I’ll start with the good (of which there is plenty) :
- The food that Jo & team prepared for us was absolutely incredible, better than we had In restaurants elsewhere, and all cooked over an open fire! The team were always friendly and happy to help with any requests, we had beer and wine at dinner and no shortage of clean bottled water. We were really well taken care of at camp the entire 2 week trip.
- Prior to the trip communication was good and we were picked up at the airport.
- We had a great guide, Wago. He spoke very good English and had excellent knowledge of the flora & fauna of Botswana. We had a lovely time getting to know him and he got us some truly amazing wildlife sightings.
- Onto the sightings generally, we had great views of lion, leopard, cheetah, even an early morning wild dog sighting - really special.
The negatives:
- Our vehicle (named desert honey badger) was in a constant state of disrepair. We broke down several times every single day, the brakes on the car weren’t functional, and we had to veer off road at points when vehicles approached along the same stretch of road. We were repeatedly told that the car was being replaced or fixed but the issues persisted for the entire trip. This impacted our game viewing and massively impacted our travel time, by the end of the trip we were taken in an alternate vehicle, but this was far too little and much too late.
- Communication on the trip itself was poor, the issues with the vehicle and what was (or in fact wasn’t) being done was never properly communicated to us. We were misled daily about getting the vehicle repaired or replaced, but this never happened. We’ve been on safari before and know how ad-hoc things are sometimes, but this was a step beyond.
- In an attempt to make up for the constant issues with the vehicle we were offered a “complimentary” trip to Victoria falls in place of a game drive as our vehicle wasn’t functional. This was in fact not complimentary, and we paid $500+ for the day ourselves.
Since our trip we have reached out to Phillimon to open a dialogue with no intent for compensation, but we have been ignored. We absolutely loved Botswana and can’t recommend it enough as a safari destination, but we’d recommend you go with another operator instead of walking stick.
CH
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent Guide with a lot of knowledge
We had a 6 day trip with Meleck John. He is a very relaxing guide and with his experience and relaxing manner showed us the beautiful nature of Tanzania (Tarangiere, Lake Manyara, Serengeti Central, North Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater). We are totally impressed and are already looking forward to the next tour with him.
Thank you much for this week.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A fabulous experience
We had an amazing trip to Uganda with Julius, our guide from Speke. Julius was so knowledgeable and professional and we would definitely recommend him to friends doing the same tour. Everything went according to plan and we saw an amazing amount of wildlife and each of the parks were so different. Although the highlights were the gorillas, chimps and lions, we saw so much more that opened our eyes to the natural world. We've travelled to over 80 countries and Uganda is now in our top 3 countries for an amazing all round travel experience.
IL
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Professional company who deliver!
From planning to execution a perfect safari! The lodges chosen were luxurious with outstanding hospitality and well placed for easy game drives and animal sightings. And boy in the main due tour amazing tour guide Ras, we saw it all ! Lions, cheetah, Rhinoes and of course all the herds. Lunches and sundowners in the veld! Ras was not only professional but very informative and patient. He went the extra mile to make sure we saw everything. The itinerary was excellent allowing us to enjoy various differing terrains with their unique animals. Highly recommend Spirit of Kenya as your safari company!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Outstanding. Recommend without hesitation
Superb adventure of a lifetime with KASC who could not have done any more to ensure we had the most incredible, memorable safari. Their patience even before we left the UK, answering our questions and providing the most invaluable advice & information was beyond expectations & this first class service continued throughout. Dennis is the font of all knowledge, it is our honor & privilege to have him alongside us. Unforgettable experience with the best!
BEST HOLIDAY EVER
Decided to go on my first safari holiday this year and as Discover Africa was highly rated I used them and boy they were BRILLIANT!
Based in Cape Town, my advisor was the EXCELLENT Vihann
First contact was a video call with him and he was very competent, knowledgeable and helpful. I told Vihann the sort of holiday I wanted and lo and behold within a couple of days I had received and EXCELLENT QUOTATION.
It was for a 10 day holiday including a 4-day safari at the excellent Kambaku River Sands in Timbavati in greater Kruger followed by 4 days on Cape Town touring the beautiful Western Cape privately chauffeured in my own luxury car
Vihann's service throughout was excellent including providing me all the information I needed step by step in organised/chronological order and replying to my 'many' enquiries within a day or so
If you want an excellent Travel Agent/Tour Operator in Africa THE GO TO PLACE IS DISCOVER AFRICA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Exclusive Five Star Safari Tour Operator
Just wow!!! We have returned from a safari with Estleon Adventures. Prior to booking with Estleon I had searched through numerous companies offering safaris, however none came close with cost and experience which was offered by this company. Esther, the manager who organised our trip was nothing short of incredible. She custom made our Private Safari including every detail (and I can be a little picky). The accommodation was absolutely outstanding, 5 Star plus! Game drives were beyond our expectations as it was tailored just for our family so we could spend as long as we liked taking photos and taking it all in. Bernard was our guide who was incredible. This is a man who knows his job inside out!! Nothing was too much trouble! We saw ‘The big 5’ many times over, I really don’t have the words to say how incredible our Safari has been!!
I asked Esther for luxury tents and hotels, balloon flight with champagne breakfast and she just kept on delivering and then some!
This company exceeded our expectations ten fold! I really can’t recommend them enough! Just outstanding!!
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best Safari ever
Best Safari ever!
It was our first safari and it was a unique experience for us. James and Ebe are super guides. Both speak very good English, are very nice and accommodating. James is an excellent driver and Ebe speaks very good German.
We paid about 1800 dollars per person for 5 days and 4 nights including food and water. We saw all the animals of the Big 5.
The food was very tasty (especially at Moyo) and the accommodations very clean and comfortable.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Organised and easy to book, great overall experience!
One of the best things we’ve done on our whole trip around East Africa! Added this on last minute as we were desperate to see the Gorillas and had a week to spare. We had the best 3 days and have our guide Michael to thank for this! His knowledge and experience was shared with such enthusiasm, making the long days of driving fly by. Accomodation was basic but comfortable (as expected on budget package), both nights in beautiful locations. Food was great, never a hungry moment. Fantastic experience trying all the local cuisines. We wish we’d had longer to see more of Uganda!
Thank you Michael!
