Safari Reviews & Testimonials

We have travelled with Discover Africa during February 2015 and we were looked after by Carel Verhoef, our safari planning was made easy by the wealth of knowledge and wonderful service, care and attention we received from Discover Africa and our safari to Tanzania was as expected, well planned and got us into areas where few others were.

We found the Great Wildebeest migration because of this where many others failed, thanks for a once in a lifetime safari Carel!

Discover Africa planned our safari to East Africa and we were certainly in the right areas at the right time, our itinerary was well designed to maximize time with the migration and related sightings – logistics ran smoothly and all in all we feel that it was well worth it working with Discover Africa.

Our travel agent was Tanya Ellis from Discover Africa. She put together the perfect safari package for our anniversary trip. Luxurious accommodations, airfare, shuttles — everything we needed. No worries, just a wonderful wonderful trip.

The highlight was an amazing stay at The River Lodge in Thornybush. Top notch service, great food, incredible game drives, and a beautiful romantic setting. If you can stay there — do it!

Karl’s communication was faultless, he replied immediately with information to our Questions.

Everything from the vehicle, driver, accommodation, meeting and greeting, food, company, safari our tour was everything and more than we expected. We had the most amazing and memorable time ever.

David Anatory our driver was perfect, his communication, his safe driver with a little adventure every now and then 🙂 made the trip for us. He certainly picked up our vibes for what we liked and what we didn’t want to experience. We enjoyed his sense of humour, knowledge of and passion for Tanzania.

I could go on and on forever about our experience. We rate it 100 out of 100 and if we could afford it we would definitely do again. Thanks DA your great, but a special thank you to David, see you in NZ sometime soon.

Right from the first query till the last day of reaching back home, Megan was so responsive which made my decision to opt for discover Africa an excellent choice.

The challenges and positives of each option was clearly outlined at each step which made our decision matrix easier. The lack of water in okovango was disappointing which could have been given as a disclaimer by discover Africa. Maybe it got lost in the chain of communique.

The three days in Oddballs camp and two nights at Kingdom in Victoria Falls were well managed. ODDBALLS is a basic tented camp but they make up for it with the hospitality. It’s not extravagant on food per se, but then the focus is on safari walks so that was fully met by our guides Congo and Alfred.

Our aim was to undertake numerous makoro rides in the reeds but lack of water all over Botswana did not see that happening. That basically reduced our reach into the Chiefs island. The 20 minute flight from Maun to the Camp and 1.5 hour flight from the Camp to Kasane was well managed without any hiccups whereas there were some other passengers who were left frustrated by some tour operators.

Kingdom hotel is a royal place to say but I should say that some of the facilities are worn down and gives a vintage look. The hotel could not accommodate our children in closeby rooms which again in my review gives them a minus. The Falls are just 5 minutes away and the sun downer cruise and Falls walk organized through Wild Horizons by Megan was outstanding.

Overall an excellent five day package well coordinated and orchestrated by Discover Africa with minimum hassles. Thank you

I was in contact with Megan for my family vacation in Madagascar. I only had 5 days to plan it! She was so helpful and cooperative. She recommended Andasibe National Park, which wasn’t initially on my radar.

It was a fantastic experience. A MUST SEE because you get to interact with so many incredible species of Lemurs. Our stay at the Vakona Forest Lodge was also great. Nosy Be was just a dream. Please visit Nosy Komba and Tanikiley.

Discover Africa was so professional and worked so fast. Communication made everything much easier. Thanks for organizing my family vacation.

This was our first trip to South Africa and I contacted 3 companies for itineraries and quotations.

Discover Africa stood out from the first email contact, offering an amazing itinerary presentation which was so easy to understand and perfect to share with friends and family.

Carli was my contact and she was superb in communication, engaging me with each personal email as if I were the most important client in her day. From first enquiry to booking, we had contact numbers for each of our flights, transfers, accommodation, everything was planned meticulously without any mishaps.

Throughout our trip and beyond Discover Africa were outstanding. This was planned as a once in a lifetime experience but my husband and I have fallen in love with South Africa and will surely return, Discover Africa will undoubtedly be our agent, I cannot recommend them highly enough.

From our first contact with Karl, by email, to transferring large sums of money, which was promptly acknowledged, to being met by Petrous at Kilimanjaro, this Safari was way beyond our expectations. The moment, soon after arrival, the five of us received a boxed gift of a Masai blanket, each, we knew we chose the right Safari operator.

Discover Africa, you know the way to a tourist’s heart. Thank you. The blankets were used at every opportunity during the Safari and are now washed and ironed, at home, with us in Malaysia. A heart warming ,loved souvenir of our 8 absolutely amazing days in Tanzania.

Our guide and driver was totally committed to ensuring we sighted as many big cats, other wild animals, insects and birds as we could. He stopped to show us a line of Martebelli ants and on another occasion,a dung beetle busily preparing its nest. Nothing was too trivial for Petrous.

Returning to a kopje ,which housed big cats ,sighted in the morning to “ see what the lions, leopards and Cheetahs “were up to,now” was the norm each day; it did not matter that we were driving around for 6-8 hours before that ! We feel very grateful that he was assigned to us. Rational, knowledgeable and calm. He drove skillfully through shocking, terribly muddy ditches. We were impressed and he endeared himself to my husband, our 3 adult children and me.

Accommodation was as expected the first 3 nights but our final four nights were spent in a luxurious, comfortable and absolutely scenic camp – Lemala Nanyukie. Being lulled to sleep by roaring lions was sublime. Food was delicious, the barman Nelson was awesome and staff friendly, warm and hospitable. Leaving the Serengeti was not easy for all 5 of us. We will treasure memories of awesome wild life, trustworthy ,honest ,hospitable people and stunning scenery.

Thank you Karl and Mathys of Discover Africa. May we be in contact again, in the future. S Sushila

We saw the big five which was really lucky. The guides were amazing. Food could have been better.

We had a wonderful family holiday in South Africa and Botswana. Matthys at Discover Africa put a great itinerary together, everything worked like clockwork and as advertised. The accommodations, food, flights, transfers and the land and water safaris were excellent with our safari guide being very knowledgeable. Staff at the safari camps were attentive & courteous. Our visit to Camp Moremi exceeded expectations and we viewed four of the big five ( no rhino, but we knew this in advance) plus many other animals. The internal flights with Safari Air were an adventure in their own right – especially the Cessna Van. Pilots were professional and helpful. Thank you for making this a memorable holiday.

She was very concise and helpful in communicating, not being too naggy or giving too much information. I think In terms of living up to expectations, the safari location was a little more beaten up than we had anticipated and the food wasn’t great, but the staff were very nice and we saw a ton of wildlife which was great.

We had Discover Africa plan pretty much our entire trip (16 days in country with two travel days). They did all the transfers, picked out the lodgings, managed our airfare in country and booked all of our guides.

Everything went EXACTLY as planned with no hiccups or issues of any kind. Our transfers were always waiting for us. Our guides were always great people to talk to, knowledgeable and on time. We loved having the online itinerary to look through and share with friends to look at our plans. We made some small tweaks here and there to what Matthys suggested and in hindsight, we probably should have just done what he suggested. We stayed in two different bush camps to see different terrains and animals, and that was a really smart choice.

The places he picked out were high quality and really enjoyable. The hotel in Cape Town was exactly what we wanted. We wanted a mid range hotel near the waterfront where we were close to everything as we planned on being out touring and doing things.

We would definitely use this company again and will recommend them to others without reservation.