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Female avatar icon Hera United States flag US       Visited: June 2019 Reviewed: Aug 2, 2019

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

The most amazing and eye opening experience.

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We did a 4 night treehouse safari with VIVA Safaris and the experience was absolutely incredible. They took such good care of us from the delicious homemade food to making the most of all of our planned safari trips. The accommodations within our safari package were in the middle of the bush so it really made you feel as if you were in the safari mode. The guides are awesome and super knowledgeable and are really passionate about making the most out of your bush walk or game drive.

Female avatar icon Tanya Murtagh Ireland flag IE       Visited: July 2019 Reviewed: Aug 1, 2019

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

Once in a lifetime experience. If you are thinking about it, stop thinking and just do it!

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Nicky was our tour guide. I can not praise her enough. She worked tirelessly to ensure our safari was memorable. Nicky was brimming with knowledge and enthusiasm. We were so glad we chose Wild Wings Safari.

Male avatar icon Renato Kuster Neto Brazil flag BR       Visited: July 2019 Reviewed: Jul 27, 2019

Email Renato Kuster Neto  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

One of the best experiences in my life!

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The 3-day tour was amazing! We have seen all the big 5 and much more than that, our incredible tour Guide Liese, explained to us all the details and gave us a lot of information about the animals. At nights we have eaten some delicious food accompanied by a perfect wine. We had a lot of fun and Wildlife Safari did a perfect job from the first day we contacted them until the end of the experience. I completely recommend them! Liese, we miss you :)

Male avatar icon Michael Willis United States flag US       Visited: July 2019 Reviewed: Jul 26, 2019

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

Perfect Experience

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We spent four nights at the Kapama River Lodge. From being picked up at Hoedspruit airport by Michael to being dropped off it was all perfect. Very friendly staff, very knowledgeable rangers and trackers and lovely food.

Female avatar icon Nancy Canada flag CA       Visited: July 2019 Reviewed: Jul 25, 2019

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

Awesome

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I was traveling with my sister and my 18 year old granddaughters. The camp was definitely glamping and the food delicious. Our drives were exciting and we saw the big five up close and natural in their habitat. The camp was very sensitive to be ecologically aware. The only drawback was that we were unaware just how cold it would be at that time of year. Our fault for not checking the lower range at night. It was a memorable adventure for us all.

Male avatar icon Divyang Shroff India flag IN       Visited: June 2019 Reviewed: Jul 25, 2019

Email Divyang Shroff  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Fabulous planning and execution

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The planning and execution by Safari Bookings was fabulous. Alex was helping us out with our stuff and he was available anytime we needed any suggestions, changes. The planning was to the tee and we found no hiccups. The stay at umkumbe private game reserve and Imbali were fabulous. It went beyond our expectations- the food, the hotels, the rooms and the game drives. Highly recommend Safari Bookings and a big shout out to Alex!!!

Male avatar icon Mr Jan Dehn United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: July 2019 Reviewed: Jul 18, 2019

Email Mr Jan Dehn  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Most awesome game spotting ever!

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We were three days in Imbali and two days in Arathusa, Sabi Sands. Imbali was a regular game viewing experience, Arathusa was tracking. Both were awesome. Lodges were top notch, service very good, but in both segments the safari experiences per se were really outstanding. We saw Big Five several times over. Extremely close-up encounters. Much better than I had expected. The logistics worked like clockwork, including local flights, transfers, etc.

Female avatar icon Michelle Glatt United States flag US       Visited: July 2019 Reviewed: Jul 18, 2019

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

The safari was amazing and exciting!

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South africa in late June, early July ia beautiful! The weather was a little chilly in the morning, but warmed up to the 60's during the day. Our lodge at Hazyview was clean, comfortable and the staff were friendly and accomodating. The food was very good!

Female avatar icon Taylor United States flag US       Visited: November 2018 Reviewed: Jul 13, 2019

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

Awesome Pilanesburg Full-Day Safari

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My friends and I did the Sunrise Safari at Pilanesberg with Mmilo Tours. Our safari started super early in the morning where our driver Willem promptly picked us up from our hotel in Johannesburg. Willem was fantastic! He was knowledgable and provided great communication throughout our tour. He did his best to get as close up as he could to as many animals as he could. We saw 3 of the big 5 as the cats were not out during our safari, but seeing all of the other animals was just as great. We got so many nice photos and video. It was well worth it and I really enjoyed my overall experience. I would highly recommend this to others. Also, Mmilo Tours provided great communication before and after the safari. We had no issues throughout the entire process.

Avatar icon Kim Colter United States flag US       Visited: July 2019 Reviewed: Jul 7, 2019

Email Kim Colter

Splendid trip to Sabi Sands

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Our family group of six stayed at Jaci Sabi house in Sabi Sands and had a wonderful experience. Ralph, our ranger, and Nkosi, our tracker did a splendid job of finding animals for us. We spent more hours pursuing animals with Ralph and Nkosi than we did on our prior visit to Sabi Sands five years ago. We did more searching for animals in the dark on this trip than on our previous trip. Highlights of this trip included nearly an hour spent with a leopard including seeing the female leopard kill and eat a crested francolin; an hour spent with a pride of ten lions that included five females and five cubs, all in a lazy post prandial state. We saw bush babies, civet cat, genet using spotlight after dark. The birding was terrific with sightings of fish eagle, tawny eagle, Bataleur eagle, Verreaux's eagle owl, pearl spotted owlet, ground hornbill, goshawk, crested barbet, lilac breasted roller, ostrich male and female, oriole, go away bird, others that I would need to check my notes
Read more for. I saw many, many owls on this trip, which was not the case on my previous trip. We visited Sabi Sands five years ago and had a wonderful experience then as well, staying at Chitwa Chitwa. Jaci Sabi house is smaller, with a group size of six the usual maximum. The Jaci Sabi House household staff were wonderful and went out of the way to accommodate a wedding anniversary of our daughter and son in law that occurred during the trip. I am an amateur astronomer and visiting during new moon afforded terrific views of the southern Milky Way, southern cross, omega centauri, coal sack, eta carina, and before dawn the large and small Magellanic clouds were visible. I had no telescope but enjoyed binocular views of objects. Quite honestly, there were exquisite things to be seen around the clock, making it difficult to know when to sleep.