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4.8390 / 5 4.8079 / 5 4.6126 / 5 4.5181 / 5

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Male avatar icon Krystyna Frydryk Poland flag PL       Visited: March 2025 Reviewed: May 13, 2025

Email Krystyna Frydryk  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Super trip

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Very safety. Scenery was amazing. Park Krugera very beautiful. Very interesting Safari

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Female avatar icon Colleen Williamson United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: March 2025 Reviewed: May 11, 2025

Email Colleen Williamson  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Our Rainbow Nation Destination

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Cape Town was wonderful. We had great weather and our air B and B apartment at Docklands was exceptional. We had a fabulous day at the V and A waterfront and a trip up Table Mountain with stunning views. We did a lovely Peninsula drive from CT to Boulders Bay with our driver Jimmy who was so knowledgeable about the area. We then flew to Johannesburg and had a safari trip to the Pilanesburg with MoAfrika. Sibusiko, our driver who collected us from the Holiday Inn at OR Tambo was really friendly and looked after us until we were able to check in to our accommodation at Bakubung in the Pilanesburg Game Reserve. From then Bakubung took over our game drives which we thought was a bit odd as we had paid and expected MoAfrika to take us into the park. We felt young children and their families should be kept separate from other adults wanting to get closer to the animals. There was an issue with one family not wanting to get closer than 200 yards from an elephant because they had young children
Read more on the vehicle which spoilt it for the rest of us. The weather was rainy and miserable which did put a dampener on the game viewing. We will certainly have another trip to the Cape and other SA destinations in the future and I would recommend anyone to have a holiday in South Africa as it is such good value for money to overseas visitors and the people are great.
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Female avatar icon Nita Lee Starr United States flag US       Visited: April 2025 Reviewed: May 8, 2025

Email Nita Lee Starr  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Great trip!

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Our whole experience arranging our tour with Explore & Travel Africa Company was outstanding. We were able to give Michelle some ideas of what we wanted to see and she took it from there. She gave us options and then based on what we decided, arranged outstanding places to stay and all our transportation. We were able to just arrive in Cape Town and enjoy ourselves without the worry of taking care of those details. Every place we stayed was amazing. We spent 3 days seeing some of Cape Town and had a great time. Our hotel was in an area filled with restaurants, and a quick Uber to the sites and places we wanted to walk. We had to miss our trip to Robben Island because of weather and Michelle jumped in and helped us with that. We loved the trip out to Cape Point and the cable car to the top of Table Mountain. I know they are both "tourist" sites, but we thought they were worth it. Then we headed to Sabi Sands, took a day to check out part of the Panorama Route and ended at Timbavati
Read more Private Nature Reserve. The highlight of the trip was staying in places that have many wild animals that we could see as soon as we drove into the camps. On our safari drives we were able to see all the animals we wanted to see and learned so much about other animals we encountered. This was a fabulous experience and I recommend it to any traveler who loves animals and nature.
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Male avatar icon Marcos Brazil flag BR       Visited: April 2025 Reviewed: May 8, 2025

Email Marcos  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

A must go place.

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South Africa can provide the unique experience in life, a lot of fun and adventure, with good food and prices.

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Male avatar icon Mario Campanelli Switzerland flag CH       Visited: March 2025 Reviewed: May 7, 2025

Email Mario Campanelli  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

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

Modern African country with many contraddictions

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I was in Cape Town and Kruger park.
Cape Town is scenically beautiful, even if the architecture is not particularly interesting, and there is no real centre, apart from the waterfront that is a bit of a turist trap. But it is always nice to have a city surrounded by the ocean, and the Constantia winery is worth a trip.
Kruger was quite a delusion, with a density of wildlife much lower than other parks I have been (ngorongoro, Serengeti, Etosha), and a big shopping mall close to the entrance. Overall South Africa is less exotic to a Western visitor than other African countries, and keeps the memories on a divided society.

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Male avatar icon Alessandro di Stefano Italy flag IT       Visited: April 2025 Reviewed: May 6, 2025

Email Alessandro di Stefano  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Dreams come true

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A vacation dreamt for years finally came true. Fantastic place per wild life and landscapes, colours, people and food.
Thank to Safari with us tour operator, very professional at affordable price

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Female avatar icon Maryse Gabon flag GA       Visited: March 2025 Reviewed: May 6, 2025

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

Mixed feelings. Verumy beautiful country but too much gaps between people (Rich and poor) r)

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The safari was fantastic...Kruger park is just amazing. Our guide, Harvey, was really good one and good person, fun, patient open- minded. Great moment in the bush. We saw the big five, a one time life expérience.
Then we continue to Joahnesbourg, we was at Sandton and we have opportunity to visit some historical sites and Soweto, very difficult moments (a lot of emotion) but good to do

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Female avatar icon Jana Merkt Germany flag DE       Visited: March 2025 Reviewed: May 5, 2025

Email Jana Merkt  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Best I‘ve ever been to

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Best tour guides, best wildlife, amazing food, amazing weather, amazing accommodation

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Male avatar icon Don United States flag US       Visited: April 2025 Reviewed: May 5, 2025

Email Don  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Diverse wildlife and spectacular scenery

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Amazing wildlife, up close and personal! Big 5 easily accomplished! Lots of bonuses including ostrich, baboons, penguins, giraffe, zebras, mongoose, hyena, hippo, kudu, impala, honey badger! Kapama reserve is a fabulous facility and great guides.

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Female avatar icon Lardoux Carole France flag FR       Visited: March 2025 Reviewed: May 4, 2025

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

Incredible experience in the heart of wildlife

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My girlfriend and I were amazed during our outings in the reserves. Magnificent encounters whether by vehicle or on foot. We were lucky enough to see the Big Five and much more. I highly recommend taking a 3-hour walking tour; it's another experience to be had. Moafrika gave us good advice before the trip. And even though we did the safari with Viva Safaris, it was great. The places where we slept were very well equipped, especially the second camp. Going in March is a good idea to avoid the busy summer periods and, above all, it allows you to see baby elephants, zebras, hyenas, etc. The guides are really great at showing us as many animals as possible and giving us explanations.

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