What our guests say …
There is no better way to learn about a safari than through other travellers’ firsthand accounts. Our Guest reviews are the genuine deal—unbiased and unedited—providing an honest assessment of their experience in Africa.
When choosing an African safari, there are so many itinerary options that narrowing down your choices might be difficult. As a result, we have collated our most recent travelling comments from travellers who have taken an African safari with us to assist you in deciding which safari is right for you.
My sister and I recently returned from an amazing 5 week trip to Southern Africa, where we explored Cape Town, Johannesburg, Namibia, Botswana, and Victoria Falls. Claire’s extensive knowledge and experience with the Region were invaluable in planning our journey. She took the time to understand our safari preferences and offered a range of options. Her meticulous planning and attention to detail were exceptional. We had an amazing adventure with safaris in both Namibia and Botswana, experiencing diverse landscapes, stunning sunsets, and plenty of wildlife sightings. We highly recommend Claire.
AMAZING - First time to Africa and Claire helped organize the most amazing time for us - starting in Jo Burg and then a safari through Botswana, to houseboat on the Chobe River, and then moving on to Zimbabwe and Victoria Fall. Claire happy to answer all my questions and take into account what we wanted to get out of our holiday. We loved our time and already thinking about doing it again. Thanks Claire.
A fun filled three week tour that took us from South Africa to Zimbabwe, from canyons to sand dunes, wildlife up close to sundowner river cruises and everything in between, an amazing unforgettable adventure that we can highly recommend.
A group of 4 of us recently had a fantastic first trip to Africa organized by Claire, gorilla trekking in Rwanda followed by safari in Kenya. The driver and guides and hotel / camp staff were all so knowledgeable and friendly, and our travels were made mostly seamless with the organization by Claire and the local company.
Claire from African Safaris helped us to plan 2 months of travel through Namibia & Botswana, with a touch of Zimbabwe and Zambia. Every day of our trip was awesome. We had brilliant guides, stayed in a range of camps (luxury to mobile tents, houseboat to bed and breakfast), and were well looked after. The food was amazing. Our whole trip was superbly organised and the transitions between camps and countries were seamless. These touches made it the easiest holiday we've ever had! The landscape we drove through, dunes we climbed, flights we took, places we stayed and wildlife experiences were beyond anything we could have imagined before we went. I absolutely recommend working with Claire to have a trip of a lifetime. We certainly did!
My partner and I have just returned from a truly superb extended trip through Southern Africa, all organised by Claire at African Safaris. From our first contact Claire was keen to understand our objectives and tailor our adventure accordingly. She certainly did. Her deep knowledge of all things Africa, coupled with extensive experience 'on the ground' and connections were invaluable. Claire put together a fabulous trip for us. Every day was a unique experience, and it couldn't have run more smoothly. Thank you Claire. If you are planning on visiting Sothern Africa and want to ensure that you have the best possible trip, I cannot recommend Claire enough.
I had a fantastic 4 weeks in Namibia, Zimbabwe (Victoria Falls) and Botswana. Claire, from Africa Safaris put together a seamless program that ran like clockwork. All of the connections were on time, the safaris were well run and the accommodation was comfortable - even the camping segment! The guides we had were both wonderfully knowledgeable and helpful. The photos below are a small selection from the 100s I could have posted. Thank you Claire for organising a truely memorable journey👍😊
What an amazing trip made easy with Claire's fantastic organisation and tips and tricks. We were way better prepared than many we met on both the Rwandan Mountain Gorilla trip and the Kenyan 12 day safari trip. Loved that we had such and individualised programme with such wonderful guides/spotters/drivers/staff - we had a great range of extra activities suggested to us and could tweak programmes to suit ourselves in some ways. Would not hesitate to recommend Claire and African Safaris NZ to anyone. Thank you Claire!
I’m just back from a group climb of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, organised and booked through African safaris Ltd. What a great time we had! A well planned itinerary, down to the detail with local operators and guides exceeding expectations throughout . Well done!
Absolutely brilliant service from African Safari team here in NZ Our trip was amazing!!! No hiccups with flights and everything went very smoothly The Wildlife Horizons were also very efficient in Vic Falls to get us out to The Hide Safari lodge. thanks to Claire and her team!! Top service
