South Africa, Botswana, Zambia & Namibia Trip Review: Sossusvlei, Safari Tour, Krueger National Park, Victoria Falls

Review by traveler

Eliezer B.

5.9.2022

General Info

Traveler Review

Which Country (Countries) did you visit on this trip?

South Africa

Botswana

Zambia

Namibia

Your overall comments on the trip and the travel company:

Our trip to South Africa, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia was an amazing trip having a large variety of sites, from cities to waterfalls (Victoria Falls) to wild animals in three different game parks and amazing desert colors. We did a lot of travelling, mostly by small charter planes. The basic itinerary was developed by us with a lot of input from our agent, Tanya, who finalized it and arranged all the accommodations, guides, travel arrangements, hotels, game parks etc. Not only were all the arrangements complete and met our requirements, but during the trip she constantly stayed in touch with us and was on top of every step of the way, including unforeseen changes (e.g., delay in flights).
We travel frequently around the world, and this was one of our most successful trips.

What were the most enjoyable or memorable parts of your trip?

There were so many memorable parts it is hard to mention them all. There was the male lion who walked right by our vehicle, virtually rubbing against it. The leopard with her kill on the tree and seeing her with her young cub (one month old) the next day as she directed the cub to climb the tree to eat off the kill. There was the one-week-old giraffe being guarded by his/her mom. We witnessed two male lions trying to get control of a territory. Or the multitude of hippos blocking the river as our boat was trying to pass. Then there were the amazing colors of the desert at Sossusvlei in Namibia. The list goes on and on.

If you could take your trip again, what would you do differently?

In hindsight, we would probably do the order differently, finishing the game park portion in our lodge in Sabi Sands Reserve, Krueger National Park. This was clearly the best of the lodges, and the variety of game and proximity we got to them was the best. Our lodge in Namibia, is in the desert, and that part of the trip was the most challenging physically. We did it near the end of the trip and it would probably have been better to do it earlier on.

Travel Company Comments:

Hello Eliezer, thank you so much for leaving such a lovely review for us, we're delighted that you had such a fantastic holiday with us! Tanya is passionate about creating memorable holidays for our guests, so we're happy that she hit the nail on the head when it came to meeting your expectations. Wishing you a good time readjusting to life at home & we can't wait to have you travelling with us again!