Tailor-made Zambia Safari Traveller Reviews

A fantastic itinerary with unique experiences in some very special places. We spent time at Shiwa Ng'andu, a working farm with rich colonial history in a beautiful place. We had an amazing safari experience in South Luangwa with Remote Africa Safaris, walking and driving including night drives. The level of service here was extremely high. We finished at Livingstone and the Victoria Falls - amazing as ever.

Expert Africa provided knowledgable and personally tailored help and advice to put together our itinerary. We spent quite a lot of time exploring different options and found the guidance and expertise very helpful and patient with us. Several different itineraries were discussed with lots of information about all the different options. this really helped us with our choices.

Safari holiday based at the Kafunta River Lodge Mfuwe. It was a fabulous all round experience. The Lodge offered superb accommodation in an excellent location. The service and attention to detail was first class; whilst the Safari trips were unbelievable - we saw all the big game including a herd of buffalo crossing the road, a leopard eating its prey and a herd of elephants crossing the local river. All in all an exceptional holiday in an outstanding location matched by staff for whom the customer as at the heart of all that they did.

From our enquiry onwards the service given has been outstanding. The speed and clarity of responses has been excellent. The information provided such as the welcome pack has been of the highest level. Expert Afica clearly chose the Kufunta River Lodge as it matched their concept of excellence and desire to ensure the customer is at the heart of the service provided.

I have lost count of the number of trips Expert Africa have organised for me, but this was the best yet. A wonderful trip to South Luangwa in Zambia.

Expert Africa have always been very efficient, knowledgable and well priced.

We stayed in four bush camps and two hotels in Zambia, July/August 2016, and had the most amazing time. We stayed in really luxurious rondavels and chalets, ate lavishly and were driven through the South Luangwa National Park day after day and night after night by incredibly knowledgeable and experienced guides who showed us lions, leopards, zebra, giraffes, hippos, crocodiles, birds of all sorts, wild dogs, hyenas and many other creatures in their natural habitat, doing what they do. We loved it! We then went to Lusaka and stayed in an excellent hotel, Latitude 15, where we were looked after very well while JMW explored places he'd last been in in the early 1960s. Finally we visited Livingstone, stayed at the Royal Livingstone Hotel and had a splendid time exploring the Victoria Falls Park and enjoying the other diversions offered in the area. It's just tough being home again.

Our holiday was brilliantly set up and organised. Even when Emirates "bumped" us and we had to spend two nights in Dubai, Expert Africa's good offices ensured minimal disruption to our plans. JMW had discussed things with the representative who set up our itinerary and I had not wanted to join in the planning, so it all unfolded before me in a magical way.

Having travelled to Zambia in 2011 at a similar time of year, we thought we knew what to expect but our expectations were far exceeded. The game viewing was outstanding- who knew there were so many leopards in South Luangwa and the Nsefu sector!? We were not expecting to see wild dogs at all, yet our skillful guides found them.

Efficient communication. Can easily contact them if you have a query. Very knowledgeable about the areas and lodges to be visited.

We wanted to see Hippos up close and Shenton Safaris and Expert Africa were, after a lot of reheard, the places to go and make it happen. The added suggestions of stops at Lusaka and Victoria Falls eased us in and out of the main holiday, making the whole thing really, really good. Shentons two camps (Kaingo and Mwamba) gave us a really top class 'safari camp' experience with all the wildlife we could want. Talking to more frequent safari goers, it would seem that what we viewed as bonuses turned out to be a really good combination of sightings, day and night, from the expected antelope, zebra, giraffe and elephants, etc to Painted Dogs, leopards and lions (with kills) plus hyena pups and, of course, more hippos than we hoped for. All with really good, helpful and informative hosts and guides.

We chose Expert Africa and told them what we had in mind. They confirmed Shenton Safaris for the hippos, added start and end suggestions and made it all happen. Just the job and thanks to them.

Safari to see game in South Luangwa park, Zambia. Very impressed with the park and the camps there. Has to be the best place in the world for leopard viewings.

Tour organised by 'Expert Africa' who were very good - every last detail seemed to have been thought of and taken care of. They are very experienced at arranging travel in Africa, I would highly recommend them.

Expert Africa did a fantastic job of arranging our holiday with Robin Pope Safaris in South Luangwa, Zambia. We have used them 5 times now - 4 to Zambia and 1 to Rwanda. They are friendly and efficient and nothing is too much trouble. Their knowledge of the camps and countries is detailed and extensive. This time we did a mobile walking safari and three nights at Tena Tena. It was amazing.

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Two centre safari holiday in Zambia for a family of 4

Expert Africa where given a brief covering activities required, accommodation requirements and price. They delivered 100% on brief. The expertise at point of sale was deep. The expertise of the company was recognised by the camps we stayed in. The development of the itinerary was easy and the company was very flexible and pro-active in suggesting alternatives. There was no sales push. The holiday met the brief 100% and all the ground arrangements and meeting/greeting were excellent. A top class operator.

I had an excellent stay at Vundu camp, on the banks of the Zambezi River. I flew in from Harare with AltAir, spotting game as we flew low over the river, and was met by Nick, the head guide and camp manager, at the airstrip. On the evening drive back to camp we spotted 3 lionesses, which was a terrific start. The rooms were luxurious, clean and comfortable and the service was impeccable. The attraction of the trip was being able to do multiple game viewing activities, including drives, walking safari and boating safari. The highlight was definitely canoeing down the Zambezi river, weaving in and out of hippos, before enjoying sundowners on a sandbank. The game viewing at the time of year (May) was difficult because the bush was still green, but Nick worked hard to find interesting animals and was a fountain of knowledge and jokes. The country was beautiful and the temperature very pleasant. I arranged the whole trip very last minute (and originally intended to go to Botswana), but I was given superb advice and help by Lucy at Expert Africa and I would not have changed a thing. This was a once in a lifetime trip that I would highly recommend.

I contacted Expert with some complicated requests and only a vague idea of what I wanted, but Lucy got back to me immediately, with some great ideas and prices. I originally wanted to go to the Okavango Delta, but we quickly realised that this was going to be out of my price range. I had mentioned that I would like to see wild dogs and so Lucy recommended Vundu Camp in Mana Pools and provided me with all the information. This turned out to be perfect, but there was still work to be done to get the price down. Lucy managed to get the camp to waive the single supplement and arranged for me to share charter flights to reduce the costs. The whole process was done very last minute (the week before I left!), but Lucy managed to get it all organised in time and was very quick to answer all of my questions. I would highly recommend using Expert Africa and I will certainly use them again for all my safari needs.