​User Reviews – South Africa

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Irma Chen   –  
Taiwan TW
Visited: April 2018 Reviewed: Apr 17, 2018

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

Fun place to visit
Overall rating
4/5

Sceneries are so pretty, there are lots to see in Cape Town area. Kruger Park is awesome! Really good place to test your eye vision (how easy can you spot animals) and your knowledge of animals! Recommend to visit both places.

Nuria Lagunas   –  
Ireland IE
Visited: February 2018 Reviewed: Apr 3, 2018

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

Absolutely worth it! Wonderful wild life
Overall rating
4/5

I loved johan’s caring and prof attitude. He helped us organizing ever detail. We were very happy with the overall experience. The food was absolutely incredible! We personally liked more Sabi Sands. We did not like the guide we had the first day of the safari, JC i think. We really liked the blonde girl the second Day, apologies I forgot her name. Overall very happy and the safari is really worth it!

Chris Conti   –  
Peru PE
Visited: March 2018 Reviewed: Mar 24, 2018

Email Chris Conti  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

A good guide makes the difference. Some days were absolutely great!
Overall rating
4/5

We had two great guides, who were knowledgable, took the time to explain things, stopped when we wanted to, etc. And we had two guides that were quite terrible, pretty much making what could have been an excellent day, quite a frustrated one.
Please take the time to evaluate guides, train them, etc.

Overall our experience was quite good, with all the other apects of the trip.

Juh Nam Ho   –  
Canada 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
Overall rating
4/5

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.

Michael   –  
Germany 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
Overall rating
4/5

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

Marc Verbruggen   –  
United States US
Visited: December 2017 Reviewed: Jan 13, 2018

Email Marc Verbruggen  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

great experience
Overall rating
4/5

Great experience - was impressed with the quality of the lodges, the friendliness of staff and the overall service level of all folks involved. At the moment, South Africa is also quite affordable compared to other safari locations. Overall great value for money.

Helena Rubinstein Visited: November 2017 Reviewed: Nov 21, 2017

Email Helena Rubinstein  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Great opportunity to reset after a very hard week's work
Overall rating
4/5

Pilansberg was beautiful and the Shepherd's Tree Game Lodge is to be recommended - friendly staff, excellent food and our guide, Ruan. was exceptional. All transport was efficient and friendly

Carina Johansson   –  
Sweden SE
Visited: October 2017 Reviewed: Nov 18, 2017

Email Carina Johansson

A kind, beutiful land full of surprices.
Overall rating
4/5

We are very satisfied with our trip. The weather was good, the food was okay and we had a good guide.

Michael Goff   –  
United States US
Visited: October 2017 Reviewed: Nov 9, 2017

Email Michael Goff

Safari in Rhino Ridge
Overall rating
4/5

Accommodations at Rhino Ridge were excellent. Room was beautiful, food was delicious, and staff very friendly and helpful. Weather in October was very pleasant. Expected to see a few more animals; however, I enjoyed seeing what we did. Had a walking excursion which was really fun.

Vimla   –  
India IN
Visited: October 2017 Reviewed: Nov 1, 2017

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Safari to Kruger National Park
Overall rating
4/5

The safari to the Kruger National Park was well organised by Viva Safaris. The Tremisima Lodge for the first night was not very great in terms of room space but that we could see warthogs, guinea fowl, ground hornbill and pied crows from across our window was a treat. The staff were extremely helpful and friendly. The Katekani Chalet was wonderful. The staff who took us around the private game parks and Kruger National Park were fairly knowledgeable. The Mohololo Rehab Centre was the highlight. We did not see much wildlife at Kruger Park which was disappointing. The food at Katekani was excellent. The stay at the Airport Safari Club on our return to Johannesburg was also comfortable. However, we missed the complimentary drinking water bottles at all the places even though we had to pay handsomely for our stay throughout. The Safari club was specially very expensive. The weather had changed suddenly; it was cold on most days except the last two days when the sun was very hot during the daytime.

Average User Rating

  • 4.8/5
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