27 Apr 2019
What a wonderful experience! I can't say enough great things!
From the beginning, Tracey was so helpful. She answered all my questions about this trip, and was even helpful with other parts of our trip, which were completely unrelated. Our children have food allergies, so I was a little nervous. She was very helpful, super careful (as was our guide), and even took us to our first stop of a high end grocery store that is specializes in healthy foods, so we could have safe snacks for the children.
We found this company on accident. We were just searching for game drives and were excited to see they could coordinate a longer experience, as well. We have done self-catering through Kruger, and ultra luxury safaris, as well. This was the best of all worlds.
1) We had an excellent guide, Dirk, and Teenage, our camp host. We had so much fun with both of them. We had the benefit of open air private drives that we had at luxury lodges, but we got to experience it inside Kruger! We never felt like we were chasing down animals (as we have felt in some of the smaller reserves), but still got to see everything we wanted to! We saw the Big 5, plus wild dogs, black rhinos. Stinking elusive cheetah!!!! :-) Dirk was so knowledgeable about everything, including all birds, which we loved.
2) We wanted a nice place to sleep for our family, wanted to do it under canvas so we could hear the lions in the early hours, and wanted it to be affordable. It was all that. Our tents were so comfortable. I haven't slept like that in a long time (luxury cots with the nicest sheets!) Staying in Kruger means you are out early, before the crowds and out later in the evening as well.
3) We didn't want to worry about cooking. They handled all of that and it was so delicious and wonderful. My son adored Teenage, and loved helping him with monkey duty in camp. We all were so sad to say goodbye to Dirk and leave this incredible experience.
I highly recommend this trip. Ask Tracey if you want to modify it in any way, and she will adjust to your specific needs. I am counting the days until we can go back to our happy place!