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Female avatar icon Lola Hierro Spain flag ES       Visited: April 2019 Reviewed: May 22, 2019

Email Lola Hierro  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Pleasant

5 / 5 5 /5
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There were less wildlife than expected, specially the first day, we didn't see almost anything, but the day after we went the whole day on safari and we found many animals. Etiene, our guide, was awesome, He made a lot of efforts to find the animals and he was very talkative and nice, a very funny and great man. The weather was very good, only a bit cold in the morning but the hotel provided blankets. The accomodation was perfect: clean, confortable, nice... The food at the hotel was pretty good, the picnic was not so good because the food is ultra proccessed, I would like more real food. The best thing is that the hotel or the company, I don't know, had a good detail with us because they offered us another morning safari for our last day with a little discount, so we could take it and that morning we finally found the lion!

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Female avatar icon Charlotte Wilshire United States flag US       Visited: April 2019 Reviewed: May 14, 2019

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

A once in a lifetime experience

5 / 5 5 /5
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The whole trip was booked by Patrick who was so incredibly helpful. I am a travel agent and won tickets to South Africa. I had no idea about S Africa at all. I did my due diligence to find a good tour operator. After reading reviews of Milotours I decided to book with them. Patrick was fast getting me a price and literally walked me through everything I ever need to know for my trip. I feel like I sent him an endless barrage of emails with a ton of questions and Patrick was patient and answered them all. even my questions about tipping the Safari leaders. Our guides were amazing and really knowledgeable. They were actually rangers from Kruger park so they know the park like the back of their hands. they were able to spot wildlife that we would have never seen on our own. when Rasta our favorite guide stopped at night and pointed out a chameleon that was maybe 6 inches in a tree, I was convinced he must have had a bionic eye.

The scenery was amazing. the weather was great,
Read more although very cold before and after the sun went down, but we were prepared as Patrick had told me to layer while we were on Safari. Patrick even gave me pointers about cape town and Johanasburg, which we actually booked on our own. The accommodations were fine, we stayed just outside the park to keep the cost down. When Patrick said we were 500 meters from the Kruger gate, he was spot on. I told him I was worried about the down time between the Safari's while at the resort, e sent me various day trips etc....we ended up finding the onsite spa and spent the days there, which was lovely. All and all Patrick really made the trip special which was amazing, as I really had no idea where to start. Being a travel agent made it really nice for someone else to actually handle all the details.
Patrick is a star and a first rate tour operator, and I really appreciate all he did for us.
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Female avatar icon Carina Sweden flag SE       Visited: April 2019 Reviewed: May 13, 2019

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

Fantastic experience.

5 / 5 5 /5
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Amazing country wich has it all! Beautiful scenery, fantastic wildlife and interesting cities. Very seviceminded and friendly people. Great restaurants, easy to get transportation and high standard hotels. Felt safe in the Tourist areas.

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Female avatar icon KT United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: April 2019 Reviewed: May 9, 2019

Email KT  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Beautiful with a breadth of animals.

5 / 5 5 /5
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The transportation was top notch. For a game reserve outside of the Kruger it was decent but you noticed a distinct lack of communication between the rangers in order to find the animals.
Syaint that, we did see elephants bathing, rhinos, giraffes, zebras and a variety of buck.
Would recommend for a 1 day safari close to Johannesburg, if you don't have time to visit Kruger National Park.

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Female avatar icon Eszter Katalin Matrai Hong Kong flag HK       Visited: April 2019 Reviewed: May 9, 2019

Email Eszter Katalin Matrai  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

A real dream come true

5 / 5 5 /5
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We spent 6 days with safaris in the southern and the middle part of the park. The wildlife and the scenery was breathtaking. Everyday we saw something different. We were very lucky, we saw everything we wanted from dung beetles to leopard. We had our own guide and safari vehicle, which was a great decision so he would organise our days specifically to what we wanted.

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Female avatar icon Tiffany United States flag US       Visited: April 2019 Reviewed: May 5, 2019

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

Spectacular views with amazing people

4 / 5 4 /5
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It was fantastic, a storm happened and we lost power for remainder 2 days but we made the best of it.

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Male avatar icon Jan S Germany flag DE       Visited: April 2019 Reviewed: May 2, 2019

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

Fantastic Safari at Pilanesberg

5 / 5 5 /5
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Thanks to Mmilo an Patrick for organising that astonishing experience.
Patrick is very professional and is caring a lot about the customers. He finds the perfect Lodge to stay at according to ones budget and wishes. For us the 3 Day Safari with staying at Tshukudu Bush Lodge was just perfect. The Lodge was a real gem inside Pilanesberg National Park. The suite was as wonderful as promised and the team, view, food and drinks where very nice too. One cannot wish for more.

The driver Anton that brought us to the park was very friendly and chose a very beautiful route to show us some of the Jo'Burg area.
If I'd go to SA again any time soon I'd definitely make a booking with Patrick and Mmilo.

Thanks for everything and best regards from Germany!

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Female avatar icon Isha United States flag US       Visited: March 2019 Reviewed: May 2, 2019

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

Relaxing and Awe Inspiring Safari

5 / 5 5 /5
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We were picked up early in the morning (be sure to leave as early as possible! Some of the animals sleep when the sun is overhead) and drove from Johannesburg to Pilanesberg. We did a one day safari with a ranger and it was amazing! It was so relaxing to drive around the park, and so so cool to see all the animals casually grazing with each other. The park is beautiful and majestic, and you can actually get fairly close to the animals. Will definitely be back - what a life changing experience!

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Male avatar icon Chris Fletcher Australia flag AU       Visited: March 2019 Reviewed: May 1, 2019

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

What an amazing 5 star 'bucket list' experience.

5 / 5 5 /5
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Firstly can we thanks Vanessa for organizing such an amazing trip and for making sure the hotels and game parks were able to cater for my unusual way of eating (as i require all my food to be puree as i'm on a PEG). Firstly the hotel in Cape Town at the base of Table Mountain was first rate as was the room upgrade! Great location, friendly staff and wonderful food, big bonus was the free shuttle bus with-in 8kls to ferry us around and even pick us up. Next was the internal flights up to Joburg and the private transfers to and from the Waterburg Biosphere where our 2 lodges were located. First was the 'Clifftop exclusive safari hideaway' and though one of the older lodges was so warm and welcoming, the 5 large private suites spread along the cliff with large terraces, private plunge pool and furnished bale for shade. The food was just mouthwatering (so my wife told me) and excellent selection. This lodge was all inclusive and free flow of wine, beer and selected spirits which
Read more made a lot of difference at the end of the day. Our game park guide was incredible and we spend 3-4 hours starting at 5.30am and again at 4pm let us cover large areas of the park and see the BIG 5. We then moved to Makweti safari lodge, this was also a 5 star lodge with good food though drinks were not included. The 5 lodges were smaller but the main building was filled with amazing Africa antiques and a HUGE wine cellar! We were so impress with how close the animals came up to the lodge and again the amazing staff. A big thankyou to all.
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Female avatar icon Jennifer United States flag US       Visited: April 2019 Reviewed: Apr 29, 2019

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

Vacation experinece of a lifetime

5 / 5 5 /5
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The wildlife, scenery, weather and all guides were amazing. The accommodations were good, not excellent but it depends on what your looking for. The Lodge in Johannesburg was very basic. The people were wonderful but do not expect much from your room. If we were not arriving after dark and maybe someone else would have been staying on property we may have felt better about the place. We met the owner or Manager and her daughter the next morning and they were wonderful. The pool area and courtyard were pretty. I feel like if we had met them before heading to bed or like I said been there during daylight I would have felt better about the whole set up. The Adventure lodge outside Kruger was exactly as expected and what we were trying to do. We had a private chalet and did not do the tent camping but it still felt like we were camping which is what we wanted. The meals were good but not much variety. The guides and safari's that we took were amazing - We did 3 Safari's
Read more while in Kruger and then 4 more in other areas - Botswana and the Chobe River. They were all amazing. While we did stay in luxury accommodations for the remainder of our time in South Africa (6 additional nights) we were glad that we experienced the Adventure lodge as well. We do plan to return to Africa if we can in the next few years and will come to Kruger again and will stay with you again - I understood you are also going to be offering Botswana now.
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