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4.8415 / 5 4.8122 / 5 4.6301 / 5 4.5272 / 5

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4 star 158 / 10 158
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Female avatar icon Camila Malerbi Brazil flag BR       Visited: August 2024 Reviewed: Sep 9, 2024

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

The most incredible experience in life

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Incredible place that provided unforgettable days. Special thanks to Sandra, who helped us and found the best option for our trip.

Avatar icon Luciana Magnano Argentina flag AR       Visited: August 2024 Reviewed: Sep 9, 2024

Email Luciana Magnano

It's amazing

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We want to de Lions Park and Leseedi Cultural Village. I don't recommend, but only because they are not natural, both are made for tourist. I prefer nature.

Male avatar icon Alex United States flag US       Visited: August 2024 Reviewed: Sep 4, 2024

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

Wild

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When we went on our very first game drive, we saw the Big 5!

Greenfire Game Lodge was absolutely immaculate and a great deal for the price! The food was amazing, the staff was all extremely nice, friendly, and helpful, and the game drives were unmatched!

Male avatar icon Ben Johnson Singapore flag SG       Visited: August 2024 Reviewed: Sep 1, 2024

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

Surpassed expectations

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We went to South Africa for our honeymoon, and we weren't disappointed! The safari portion of the trip was a clear highlight - so much so that we are already discussing coming back. The food and wine in both Cape Town and Franshoek were exceptional. The people incredibly welcoming and friendly everywhere we went. Highly recommend to everyone.

Male avatar icon Dorvidal Jerome Réunion flag RE       Visited: July 2024 Reviewed: Aug 26, 2024

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

Pilanesberg is a safe area with beautiful landscape and a chance to see many animals during 3/4 days

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Our combo Sun City / Pilanesberg was great. First two days at Sun City with the kids in this huge fun park and the Cascade Hostel delivered fantastic breakfasts. The family room was also perfect to check the activities of the kids in the other room. The wildlife park just at 20 minutes is true place for a safari with the big 5, with very few chance to see leopards, a shy animal. We recommended the Shephard's tree, well localised, great kitchen and professional guides here.

Female avatar icon Barb Australia flag AU       Visited: July 2024 Reviewed: Aug 19, 2024

Email Barb  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Wonderful wildlife, sunrises, sunsets, lodges, diverse landscapes, highly recommend visiting.

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Stayed in Kambaku Safari Lodge, Timbavati Private Game Reserve then Arathusa in the Sabi Sands, spending 3 nights in each resulting in 6 game drives at both reserves. Lots of wildlife viewing, excellent guides, staff, food and accommodation at both lodges. Highly recommend both lodges. Panoramic route from Sabi Sands to Oliver’s Hill was also excellent.
We then went to Muchenje Safari Lodge, Botswana.
Our trip was organised by Michelle from Explore & Travel Africa who was very good with advice on all aspects of our trip and everything was well organised.

Male avatar icon Alfredo Fonseca Veiga Brazil flag BR       Visited: July 2024 Reviewed: Aug 19, 2024

Email Alfredo Fonseca Veiga  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Wonderful place to go!

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Everything well organized and wildlife incredible.

Male avatar icon Leonard Bahr Germany flag DE       Visited: July 2024 Reviewed: Aug 6, 2024

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

Unique and awesome safari experience in the Kruger-Nationalpark

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My trip to the Kruger-Nationalpark in particular and to South Africa in general was spontaneously undertaken. Considering this, I had a great experience from the flexible booking option online at home to the transport from and back to Johannesburg with kind drivers to the unique experience with all the animals I saw with Shandrack, who really was more a friend and buddy than merely a guide and who could explain something substantial about every animal in the park! Next time I would consider doing a trip for four days, because you can never see enough. Another highlight was the good food at the lodge, where I stayed. All staff and personell I ever encountered was extremely friendly and service-oriented.

Male avatar icon Thomas Netherlands flag NL       Visited: May 2024 Reviewed: Aug 1, 2024

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

Amazing

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We had an amazing time in South Africa! We visited Cape Town, Pretoria and the Kruger Park. South Africa is a beautiful country and recommended to go to! Cape Town is just as amazing as a safari in the Kruger park. We planned most of the trip ourselves, but we had great help from Sandra from Traipsing Africa by booking our safari, including help choosing which flight we should take. We stayed in Buffalo Rock camp which was great. Nice tents which were very clean and up to date. The food was great and the chef also was very helpful choosing the many due to various allergies. Overall great experience!

Female avatar icon Carol United States flag US       Visited: July 2024 Reviewed: Jul 26, 2024

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

This was a trip of a lifetime.

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AS ADVERTISED! A SAFARI OF A LIFETIME!

What a wonderful experience from start to finish including the pick-up at the Tambo airport bus terminal and the drop off at our hotel door four days later! Quite a ride to Kruger through the mountains and orange groves. We had no real idea about how far or how long (over 7 hours) it would take having booked everything on line. Suggest others might consider flying from Johannesburg. But the scenery was beautiful, the van comfortable, and the driver excellent.

We arrived at the HoyoHoyo lodging and were off on a game drive 30 minutes later! Our guide for the entire experience, Marc Jenkins, was outstanding. Knowledgeable, considerate and personable! We saw the big five and so many more.

We loved the daily schedule: Three hour game drive at dawn with breakfast after, and another drive as the sun set followed by dinner. It got a bit chilly as it was winter, but blankets, ponchos and even hot water bottles were
Read more provided. There was a break during each drive with cocoa or coffee with snacks in the morning and wine or soft drinks, again with snacks in the evening to watch the sun set often with animals cruising by. Just amazing.

HoyoHoyo was incredible. The accommodations in six individual hut-like structures, each a with king-size bed, stone tub, towel service whenever you departed, loads of hot water, even a bedtime story bookmark were fantastic. And then there was the food! Menus were provided for lunch and dinner with plenty of delicious (and often exotic) choices. The wine was excellent. My favorite meal was breakfast. Across from the outdoor dining area was a watering hole. The first night a leopard dropped by. But breakfast visitors were the best—elephant families, herds of impala, baboons galore, and on and on! But probably, the most significant factor of all was the friendliness of the HoyoHoyo staff—everyone had a smile and a word to say. They even knew everyone’s name.

I cannot say enough about this entire adventure. We booked it with crossed fingers from halfway around the world, Honolulu. I would recommend Wayne and The Kruger Safari Company without any hesitation. Wayne was quick to respond to my questions, kept us informed, and certainly planned the trip of a life time for us. Mahalo nui loa and aloha!