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4.9/5

Based on 836 reviews

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In happy anticipation of the second trip they have organised for us.

In happy anticipation of the second trip they have organised for us.

October 2019

20 nights in South Africa

I would certainly recommend them. After giving them a few ideas of where we would like to go a wonderful holiday has been organised for us. We can’t wait to go.
Efficiency, knowledge and support,

Efficiency, knowledge and support,

October 2019

7 nights in Madagascar

Excellent! Jonty is a knowledgeable, efficient and supportive agent who tries to respond to all my questions and accommodate our needs and requests.
Great Customizable Trips And Responsive Customer Service

Great Customizable Trips And Responsive Customer Service

September 2019

8 nights in Madagascar

Very responsive to questions and always available even during outside of working hours well on Safari in Madagascar. Generally strong local partner who procured two excellent guides/drivers for the majority of our trip.
Highly recommended

Highly recommended

September 2019

2 nights in Uganda

Highly recommended. The perfect way to focus on what matters (enjoying your trip)!
September 2019

10 nights in Tanzania

Katie was a great help while booking my trip. She had great advice and took the time to understand my needs. I'm excited for my upcoming safari!
Migration and Crater Safari

Migration and Crater Safari

September 2019

9 nights in Tanzania

Timbuktu website provides an excellent way to map your route and select hotels/campsites nearby. They also provide a good email service to help deal with the finer details of your trip. Although, you need to still do a lot of research in terms of timings of your trip if you want to see the migration and a river crossing this can be easily lost, plus the travel time within the National parks can be very long so make sure you ask these questions. We had a few issues on our trip with quality of food and the trucks you have on the safari, you spend days in these things so worth asking, one of ours had no sun shade so made the process much harder. The only issue we had with the Travel Agent was in respect to our Hot Air Balloon trip with Champagne breakfast over the Serengeti, this was very expensive and we understood that it would just be us on our own, however on arrival there were 30 people, split between two balloons (14 in one and 16 in the other), room in the balloon basket was therefore zero, and massively restricted our view, breakfast was some 10 minutes away by truck on landing. So the concept of a romantic balloon trip for 2 was not what we got! The experience of our overall trip was 10 out of 10 The web site experience was 9 out 10 (Lack of information on the Balloon Trip) Travel Agent 8 out of 10 (due to Balloon trip not being advised correctly) Hotels/Camp sites 9 out 10 (level of food/choice was poor in some hotels) Safari Guides 9 out 10 Safari Tricks 7 out 10 Internal Flight Transfers 9 out 10 (We used Auric air)
Great Service

Great Service

September 2019

12 nights in Kenya

Greatly personalized service with great care taken throughout the whole process. Highly recommended for your African adventure.
Good booking experience

Good booking experience

September 2019

11 nights in South Africa and Botswana

Kristin was extremely responsive and helpful
Trip of a lifetime!!

Trip of a lifetime!!

September 2019

2 nights in Tanzania

My sister and I had a wonderful three day trip at Tarangire National Park! Our guide, Peter Pendael met us at the airport and was extremely welcoming. We immediately went for breakfast where we met Adam, the client liaison officer of Albatros. We proceeded to drive to Tarangire Nationals Park, where we immediately started our game drive. Peter was a phenomenal guide and took amazing care of us. We told him from the outset that we really wanted to see a leopard and cheetah; and we managed to see both. Maramboi Tented Camp was amazing! The location, wildlife around the camp and staff were exceptional. I have recommended this trip to everyone I have spoken to; and we are already planning our next trip to Tanzania with Peter as our guide 😊
honeymoon trip!

honeymoon trip!

September 2019

10 nights in Tanzania, Kenya and Seychelles

We have not yet traveled on our trip but so far the experience has been great! Everything is planned for us and we are very excited to go on our Honeymoon!
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