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Female avatar icon Haley Germany flag DE       Visited: January 2018 Reviewed: Mar 7, 2018

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

Surpassed All Expectations!

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This trip surpassed all of my expectations. We booked everything through Ker & Downey Africa (Emma and Razaan were incredible!) I traveled with a group of five to Cape Town and then to Sabi Sands Reserve Park. We stayed at the Elephant Plains Lodge which included a beautiful pool overlooking a plain frequented by elephants (so it lived up to its name!). Our first two game drives and we had already check all boxes for the trip! All the Big 5 to include being in the middle of a herd of about 70 elephants. Lions feeding their cubs. Leopards in a tree and out of a tree. African Buffalo and Rhinos. We also tracked wild dogs as they hunted and caught a warthog. We were all in shock! I truly expected to drive around a while and see some animals...not to be as close as we were! We went on 4 game drives after that which were just a cherry on top! The game drives were out of this world, bush walks were exciting and informative, the food was incredible, accommodations were extremely clean and
Read more comfortable. It was a dream. Really I can't recommend Emma and Razaan enough. They made the entire trip personalized and special for me and my group (and arranged several birthday treats for me along the way!). I can't wait to come back!
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Female avatar icon Laura Carletti Italy flag IT       Visited: January 2018 Reviewed: Mar 5, 2018

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

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Beautiful nature. The lodges are very nice and organized facilities. Very easy to organize a safari and have all the necessary information.
Enchanting views of the bush. (Sorry, no speak english)

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Avatar icon Juh Nam Ho Canada flag CA       Visited: February 2018 Reviewed: Feb 28, 2018

Email Juh Nam Ho  |  65+ years of age

Our 4 days Viva Safaris is quite a good experience to see the wildlife.Viv

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Viva Safari provide excellent service to their guests in every aspect. Patti provides quick response and advice to us to join the Safari tour.
They provide the excellent service and tours as to the printed itinenary, nothing skipped. My daughter and I really enjoy our trip there.

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Female avatar icon Neeltje Netherlands flag NL       Visited: February 2018 Reviewed: Feb 20, 2018

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

Great scenery and good chances of spotting wildlife

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Booked a 2 day/1 night tour to Pilanesberg. It was a fantastic tour. The Pilanesberg is beautiful, very nice scenery and very good chances of spotting wildlife. I liked the extended game drive that Mmilo tours offers since it offers you the possibility to see more of the park. In the game drives of the lodge I did spot more wildlife since the drivers communicate with each other where you can for example spot a lion.. But the extended game drive was a plus since it is more individual and shows you different areas of the park. The guide was very knowledgeable and made the trip good fun. The lodge was perfect and the food very good.

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Female avatar icon Liseth Rivero Spain flag ES       Visited: January 2018 Reviewed: Feb 13, 2018

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

Good quality/price balance

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Amaizing! We saw al 5 five and more wild animals. Outstanding landscapes in Kruger NP, God's Window, Blyde River Canyon and Lisbon falls. Comfortable and clean accommodations. Excellent food. Friendly and expert guides showed all animals and resolve all our doubts...

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Male avatar icon Derek Zenk United States flag US       Visited: December 2017 Reviewed: Feb 12, 2018

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

Out of this world experience

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My wife and I booked our Safari adventure through Jewel of Africa via Safari Bookings. Right from the beginning Neil was extremely helpful going out of his way to make sure our honeymoon was exactly what we envisioned. He helped with securing the right sleeping quarters for what we wanted during a very busy time ( we went for Christmas) along with the booking of a flight into Hoedspruit from Cape Town. The transportation was arranged from the airport to the lodge as well. We were greeted by Lucky at the airport and he was very professional, friendly and a joy to meet. The safari itself was unbelievable. The scenery is absolutely stunning as I feel South Africa is a gorgeous country. The wildlife was plentiful as we visited Manyeleti Game reserve one day and the second day Kruger National Park. The opportunity to be in close quarters to such majestic creatures really left us with a sense of admiration for them and humbled. My heart breaks to hear such frequent stories of poaching in the
Read more region as we discussed this with our guide Simon as I can't fathom how someone could hurt an animal. Simon was fantastic and a wonderful teacher whilst he was our guide. The weather during our visit was incredible. Very warm with a few cool mornings and mostly dry. We did no birding this time around so I haven't much to say there but I would recommend safari to everyone. Dylan, Jeffery, Nat and the rest of the team at Phlewana where we stayed were brilliant, you couldn't find better host. Lastly, the food was extremely good during our stay so my hat is tipped to the kitchen as well! I hope to return some day as I truly loved my safari experience and although I have left Africa, it hasn't left me.
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Avatar icon stan mcghee United States flag US       Visited: February 2017 Reviewed: Feb 12, 2018

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Exceeded our expectations

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In one word. SUPER!!!!! From hotels..tours, guides and staff to the people of South Africa...

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Female avatar icon Terry United States flag US       Visited: January 2018 Reviewed: Feb 10, 2018

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

What an amazing animal adventure, one of my favorite trips!

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We went primarily to see the wildlife in their natural habitat and the trip surpassed our expectations. The animals came so close to our vehicle and were not bothered by our presence at all. We got to see them behaving as they do, protecting their babies, protecting their kill, playing, eating, and sleeping. January is a good time to see the babies. The big cats are as awesome as you expect, the elephants are a delight to watch play in the mud, the giraffes are elegant, and who knew warthogs could be so cute! We did see the big five but those and the vervet monkeys and baboons were our favorites. I did not know what to expect with accommodations or food, but both were fabulous! Viewing animals outside your bedroom window is really cool and they fed us more delicious fresh, food than we could ever eat. The service was outstanding everywhere we went. People are friendly and helpful and our guides, Sebastion and Armand, and tracker, Rifos, were extremely knowledgeable. We hated to
Read more leave! Six days was really not enough to see and do all that South Africa has to offer. I recommend staying 10 days to 2 weeks if you want to get enough of animals, scenery and culture. We could have spent more time viewing animals and we missed out on museums and culture. Lastly, save room for the South African wine!
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Male avatar icon Nils Axel France flag FR       Visited: April 2017 Reviewed: Feb 10, 2018

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

5 / 5 5 /5
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Male avatar icon Michael Germany flag DE       Visited: December 2017 Reviewed: Feb 8, 2018

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

great time with beautiful scenery and sunset

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it still is a beautiful country however immigration is very unfriendly!

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