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Expert Africa by Mr m s 17, 27 May 2017
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Namibia self drive holiday 14 days

Full self drive tour visiting different parts of Namibia

Full self drive tour visiting different parts of Namibia

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Whole trip organised by Expert Africa. Excellent organisation and problem free. Also included a great variety of sights and places which made this trip memorable.

Tailor-made Botswana Safari by Skinny, 16 May 2017
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Holiday of a lifetime to Botswana

A thoroughly enjoyable, once in a lifetime experience on safari in Botswana. The welcome was first rate with accommodation, food and service all excellent. The local guides were particularly knowledgable about the flora, fauna, animals and life in the bush at the Motswiri camp.

A thoroughly enjoyable, once in a lifetime experience on safari in Botswana. The welcome was first rate with accommodation, food and service all excellent. The local guides were particularly knowledgable about the flora, fauna, animals and life in the bush at the Motswiri camp.

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The tour operator was extremely knowledgable about the options available to us and taylor-made our trip to suit our preferences such as including an experience of walking safaris.

Tailor-made Namibia Safari by Emily, 14 May 2017
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Beyond beautiful

We had a holiday to Namibia for one week, which is absolutely not enough time. We arranged for a fly-in safari where we flew from Windhoek to Sossusvlei. We spent two days in the beautiful desert, in awe of the ecosystem, dunes, and fiery sunsets. We had a beautiful safari lodge with a view to die for. Then we flew up to Etosha, and were taken aback and how different the environment was. We stayed at a camp that was very welcoming, hospitable, ...

We had a holiday to Namibia for one week, which is absolutely not enough time. We arranged for a fly-in safari where we flew from Windhoek to Sossusvlei. We spent two days in the beautiful desert, in awe of the ecosystem, dunes, and fiery sunsets. We had a beautiful safari lodge with a view to die for. Then we flew up to Etosha, and were taken aback and how different the environment was. We stayed at a camp that was very welcoming, hospitable, and quite good at taking us out on game drives. We saw more than we bargained for and were very impressed with the guides. I was disappointed when it was over but I have the pictures. When I look at them, I'm in disbelief at how beautiful Namibia is.

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Expert Africa was incredibly helpful with arranging my trip to Namibia. I love to plan trips and am quite good with it, but when I opened the Brandt Travel Guide to Namibia, I was immediately overwhelmed. The guide mentioned Expert Africa as a company that the author works for, so I looked it up. I shot off an email not expecting much, but instead I got incredibly responsive and personalized service. It was very in-depth and the agent must have spent a lot of time working out the details of my specific requests with no guarantee that I'd book with them. Ultimately I did, because the trip was planned so perfectly that I would have been a fool to try to arrange any other way. Plus the trip was extremely well priced. I reached out to other companies to try to arrange the same thing in order to price shop, and absolutely it was the lowest price. I was very glad that the agent worked with me and my budget to ensure I got what I wanted but still within my price range. That was absolutely the most impressive part. I absolutely will use Expert Africa for all of my Africa trips from now on.

Tailor-made Namibia Safari by SCOTTYDOG, 13 May 2017
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Unparreled animal and bird viewing and luxury lodges at night!

14 NIGHTS IN NAMIBIA THE BEST NATURE EXPERIENCES The first antelope by side of road - day1 Sitting on veranda bed at first lodge - day 1 - watching antelopes , warthog family , lots of birds . Close enough ( 6 ft) to cheetahs to hear them purr - Day 2 Mongoose pack being harried by 2/3 hawks - day 3. Warthog Male trying to kill youngsters - because Female then goes into heat!? All alone at waterhole in empty west Etosha watching ...

14 NIGHTS IN NAMIBIA THE BEST NATURE EXPERIENCES The first antelope by side of road - day1 Sitting on veranda bed at first lodge - day 1 - watching antelopes , warthog family , lots of birds . Close enough ( 6 ft) to cheetahs to hear them purr - Day 2 Mongoose pack being harried by 2/3 hawks - day 3. Warthog Male trying to kill youngsters - because Female then goes into heat!? All alone at waterhole in empty west Etosha watching 25 giraffes of all sexes and ages and then enthralled by the herd galloping away - because I spooked them by getting out of car!! Bird with corn cricket in beak - bashing it on branch like on an anvil Chasing 'flocks' of hornbills along Hornbill Highway in far north east Etosha ! The noise of seals at Cape Cross - especially deep bellow of males! Flamingos sieving the water as the tide came in ( went out?) leaving puddles behind The garden at Mushara Lodge - mongoose hunting snakes in long grass - dik dik grazing - wart hogs grazing - lots of birds - very cold swimming pool Elephants coming to Hobaterre Lodge waterhole - could reach out and touch but must not! Lizards everywhere - especially at Erongo all colours - all sizes! Huge flocks of cormorants at Cape Cross ! Thousands of pelicans , flamingos , shore birds in Walvis Bay. Watching the pelicans fishing by diving from 10 metres up!

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Always there to hand craft our holiday to our changing specification.

Tailor-made Namibia Safari by Simon, London, 4 May 2017
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A well-organised visit to an amazing country

We visited Namibia with Expert Africa, who organised an excellent itinerary in a country that we had not been to before. We booked lated but they got us into almost all the locations we wanted and, importantly, seemed to understand what our taste level and requirements were. Taking three children (age 13, 9 and 3) to Namibia is a judgement not to be made lightly because of the vast distances involved and 4-9 hour drives we undertook every two ...

We visited Namibia with Expert Africa, who organised an excellent itinerary in a country that we had not been to before. We booked lated but they got us into almost all the locations we wanted and, importantly, seemed to understand what our taste level and requirements were. Taking three children (age 13, 9 and 3) to Namibia is a judgement not to be made lightly because of the vast distances involved and 4-9 hour drives we undertook every two to three days, but if you can plan for such journeys then you will have a great time. The country itself is charming and child-friendly, with no security risks that we came across. We would definitely recommend it.

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We visited Namibia with Expert Africa, who organised an excellent itinerary in a country that we had not been to before. We booked lated but they got us into almost all the locations we wanted and, importantly, seemed to understand what our taste level and requirements were. Whilst travelling we met a person who is an independent expert and business consultant in travel safari holidays in Africa and she spoke very highly of Expert African and its founder, in particular mentioning that they are much more commercially independent than many operators, which means they are more likely to recommend what is good for you than what is financially good for them. We would certainly recommend them for trips to Namibia, a country they know particularly well.

Tailor-made Namibia Safari by Kiwi56, 3 May 2017
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Fantastic family trip to Namibia

This April we went with large family group (7people) to Namibia, combining wildlife viewing with other activities such as dune climbing and kayaking. Highlights included searching for (and finding) desert adapted elephants and kayaking with seals. We also spent time with an absolutely excellent guide at Mushara Bush camp who found us a black rhino and a pride of lions who had just fed, she was knowledgeable about birds as well as mammals and ...

This April we went with large family group (7people) to Namibia, combining wildlife viewing with other activities such as dune climbing and kayaking. Highlights included searching for (and finding) desert adapted elephants and kayaking with seals. We also spent time with an absolutely excellent guide at Mushara Bush camp who found us a black rhino and a pride of lions who had just fed, she was knowledgeable about birds as well as mammals and it was a real privilege to spend time with her. The teenagers on the trip said that it was the best thing that they had ever done (despite being without wifi for most of the time!)- praise indeed.

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We have travelled with Expert Africa on a number of occasions and always had a good experience. Expert Africa organised a tailor-made itinerary which was near perfect and included booking for restaurants and activities, the attention to detail was impressive. Activities ranged from climbing a dune at dawn to kayaking with seals at Pelican point, plus extensive game viewing and all great fun. The team is extremely knowledgeable about the camps and activities and we always felt confident that they had chosen the best places for our budget.

Tailor-made Namibia Safari by angusmac, 2 May 2017
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Namibia Safari

Expert Africa hired a car for us, booked eleven nights' stay for us in six destinations. All of them were typical of their localities and enabled us to see the sights to best advantage. Sand dunes, seaside holiday, rock carvings and game viewing: Namibia has it all! All done by just handing over what was quite a modest amount of money.

Expert Africa hired a car for us, booked eleven nights' stay for us in six destinations. All of them were typical of their localities and enabled us to see the sights to best advantage. Sand dunes, seaside holiday, rock carvings and game viewing: Namibia has it all! All done by just handing over what was quite a modest amount of money.

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As above: they did all for us with the minimum of effort on our part. We said what we wanted and Expert Africa made it happen. All we had to do was the driving - and that was a pleasure in the excellent hired car.

Tailor-made Botswana Safari by Sherry, 1 May 2017
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Safari Holiday in Botswana

A nine night, three camp holiday incorporating the Delta and Kalahari areas. We enjoyed excellent, friendly, helpful and efficient service throughout. We came home with many memories of a friendly and welcoming country and its diverse wildlife and landscapes.

A nine night, three camp holiday incorporating the Delta and Kalahari areas. We enjoyed excellent, friendly, helpful and efficient service throughout. We came home with many memories of a friendly and welcoming country and its diverse wildlife and landscapes.

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Expert Africa. Very efficient and helpful. We have used them before, and would recommend them to anyone.

Tailor-made Botswana Safari by Ms J of Aylesbury, 24 Apr 2017
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A brilliant experience

We had a wonderful Africa experience including a short stay at Victoria Falls, and then 2 stays at safari camps within the Okavango Delta.

We had a wonderful Africa experience including a short stay at Victoria Falls, and then 2 stays at safari camps within the Okavango Delta.

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Expert Africa helped organise our holiday. They offered good sound advice at all times. They were happy to answer queries quickly and efficiently. We had no problems at all on our hholiday, everything ran smoothly from the moment we picked up the telephone to talk to Expert Africa until we returned home. I would whole heartedly recommentd them.

Tailor-made Botswana Safari by JM, 20 Apr 2017
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Amazing safari experience in Botswana

We experienced two camps in 5 days and were suggested two différents camps who were offering completely different feels. Expert Africa was able to structure our holiday even if we started to plan a bit late for the Easter break which is a very busy period in Botswana.

We experienced two camps in 5 days and were suggested two différents camps who were offering completely different feels. Expert Africa was able to structure our holiday even if we started to plan a bit late for the Easter break which is a very busy period in Botswana.

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The are really experienced in that type of holiday. They can recommend the type of camp that best suits your interests, budget and tastes.