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Average User Rating

4.8265 / 5 4.8 /5
4.8416 / 5 4.8121 / 5 4.6204 / 5 4.5188 / 5

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5 star 1044 / 10 1,044
4 star 153 / 10 153
3 star 19 / 10 19
2 star 3 / 10 3
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Male avatar icon Anthony Maguire Ireland flag IE       Visited: September 2025 Reviewed: Oct 12, 2025

Email Anthony Maguire  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

A magical place to visit

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We had 4 wonderful days at Keyger National Park. A wonderful adventure. Would definitely go back again

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Avatar icon Andreas Lamp Germany flag DE       Visited: September 2025 Reviewed: Oct 7, 2025

Email Andreas Lamp  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Beautiful Country

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Kruger and Panoramic Route are reason enough to go to SA

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Female avatar icon Monique Goodman United States flag US       Visited: September 2025 Reviewed: Oct 6, 2025

Email Monique Goodman  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Capetown was a beautiful experience.

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We had an amazing experience in Capetown.....Aquilla Reserve is beautiful, a wonderful controller safari experience. The wineries, and Capetown tours and attractions were wonderful.

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Male avatar icon Lawrence United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: September 2025 Reviewed: Oct 4, 2025

Email Lawrence  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

The review below is the personal opinion of Lawrence and not that of SafariBookings.

Fly don’t drive

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The safari itself was fabulous saw loads of wildlife with a great guide also a great lodge (green fires)
However what is described as a 5 hour drive was actually over 8 hours. It was so bad we paid for a flight back to Johannesburg.

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Male avatar icon Gaston Rubiales Argentina flag AR       Visited: August 2025 Reviewed: Oct 3, 2025

Email Gaston Rubiales  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Amazing

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Great Experience! It is magnific please for all the family.

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Female avatar icon Kirsten Weyerman United States flag US       Visited: August 2025 Reviewed: Sep 14, 2025

Email Kirsten Weyerman  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Incredible

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Loved South Africa and will definitely go back. Our guide was very knowledgeable and took the time to stop the truck to explain and answers our questions. I highly recommend Wild Planet Safari and Eric our Tour Guide and Goodwill or cook. They were fantastic!

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Female avatar icon Giulia Fontana Italy flag IT       Visited: August 2025 Reviewed: Sep 1, 2025

Email Giulia Fontana  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Amazing

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We enjoyed a lot our 2 day safari at Pilanesberg Park. We stayed one night at Yvory Lodge, a five star accomodation. All details have been respectful at high level, from the pick up at our hotel. Strongly recommended.

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Female avatar icon Bea TM France flag FR       Visited: August 2025 Reviewed: Aug 27, 2025

Email Bea TM  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Fabulous, with very welcoming people and stunning nature.

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Fabulous, with very welcoming people and stunning nature.

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Female avatar icon Eve United States flag US       Visited: July 2025 Reviewed: Aug 26, 2025

Email Eve  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Stunning vacation destination PACKED with wildlife!

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We spent over a week in South Africa, and it was not nearly enough time. Getting there from the northwest US took a very long time, especially with insane flight delays, but the minute we arrived, it was amazing. We stayed in Camps Bay, Cape Town, and had an ocean view while surrounded by lush vegetation. There were loads of exotic plants and birds all around us. I highly recommend Boulders Beach, particularly on a week day, when it's less crowded, to see the penguins. I've seen penguins in the snow but never on a beach and in a wooded area, and it was so much fun. The Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens were a beautiful destination, and even in winter there was a lot in bloom. The Cape of Good Hope viewpoint and lighthouse areas were also spectacular, and we saw lots of wildlife there, including wild ostriches, just roaming down the road (also elands, seals, and many birds)! Simon's Town is a charming place for walking and dining, to see the wild baboons in town, and to book
Read more a shark cage dive (water was cold, and visibility wasn't great the day we went but we still saw a ton of sharks and seals).

After a few days in Cape Town, we flew over to Kruger National Park and spent three nights at Ivory Wilderness (5/5 stars; accommodation was romantic and food was delicious) in the Klaserie Game Reserve and WOW -- we saw a ton of animals within 2 minutes of leaving Hoedspruit airport. On the drive to our lodge, we saw zebra, elephants, giraffes, dwarf mongooses, impalas, hornbills, and many other birds. On our game drives the next few days we saw all the big five several times over, plus a ton of other species of mammals and birds. (Fortunately we avoided snakes entirely as it was winter!) I loved how the guides were very respectful of the wildlife and regulations in the reserve, like no more than 2 safari vehicles at an animal sighting at the same time, which gave the animals more space and gave us a more private/special wildlife viewing experience. Doing a couple morning and evening game drives let us see a wider variety of animals and behaviors. The guides were incredibly knowledgeable and informative and really made the whole experience incredibly memorable and special.

I wish we had had more time to explore and hike and enjoy more of South Africa, and I would go back in a heartbeat. Don't let the distance or worries about language barriers deter you -- it's worth the trip!
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Female avatar icon Hana United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: August 2025 Reviewed: Aug 21, 2025

Email Hana  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Country of wonders

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This was our first time to South Africa and we have had a smashing time from the start to the end. We landed in Johannesburg late and were going to another domestic flight, everyone in the airport was helpful to let us go through, simply there were all wonderful. We visited Hoedspruit town, a small town on the edge of Greater Kruger and it was lovely town settled between fruit farms and mountains on the horizon. We visited Karongwe Game Reserve, a niche place full of beautiful animals, we saw all big5 there. Then we went on the Panorama Tour which was absolutely stunning with so many beautiful views of mountains, rivers and waterfalls. Hazyview was our other stop, a larger busier but beautiful town on the edge of Kruger National Park. Kruger itself is just breathtaking, we saw so many animals! Everything is so well organised and looked after. Next stop was St.Lucia and iSinmangaliso wetland park. Wow place and must visit if you like hippos, rhinos, crocs and birds! Then Cape Town. What
Read more a place to live, sea & mountains, what else one needs in life. The shopping and pubs were great too. Trip to the top of Table Mountain is another a must do. Cape of Good Hope was a bit too packed with tourists to our liking but stunning nevertheless. Last stop was Hermanus and whale watching. 5 stars place. We met so many lovely people over the two weeks holidays, made unforgettable friends and memories. Everything worked smoothly, high level of service. Maybe we were just lucky but from my perspective we loved South Africa, and definitely will be coming back.
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