Cape Town Explorer Tours 2024/2025

“Southern Africa had a lot to offer and lots of wonderful wildlife. The first leg of the tour went through Namibia and there were less people on the tour and therefore the vehicle used was comfortable as we each had two seats. The accommodations overall were good and some were really good. The Gondwana properies were fantastic and in amazing locations. For the second we left straight away and only had two and half hours in Windhoek... It would have been great to have a day to explore there. On this leg of the trip there were more people and I think a vehicle with sixteen seats is too small for eleven passengers plus a guide. This is a comfort tour and with lots of driving should have more seating. As the group got bigger communication was harder due to lots of questions by the no listeners, which meant loss of time and also a lot of focus placed on them. I ended up missing out on Zip lining at Victoria Falls which was the only activity I had my mind set on for this leg of the tour. Food overall was great but became repetitive after day ten. Makgadikgadi had the best food on this leg. This tour is mainly long days of driving and less activities so it is important to have time at each location to stretch, explore and not all stops offer this. Finally, the tour guide Bonnie and Shadrack were friendly and professional, and made the trip more pleasant.”

“We have just returned from Cape Town and the Garden Route and what a reluctant return it was. We are both "Senior Citizens", had never been in Africa before and had few pre- conceived ideas of what to expect. The whole trip was amazing from being met at Port Elizabeth by our guide JP and then our mini bus driver Jerome. They both did everything they could to ensure that we were enjoying ourselves, JP was full of suggestions as to any extra excursions, and then booked them for us. We were very glad that we had budgeted for such trips as the extra game Drive ( a truly wonderful experience), the Tsitsikamma Zip Lining and the boat based whale watching at Hermanus. The accommodation was all clean and comfortable if somewhat basic in a couple of places, the jewel of accommodation was Housemartin Guest Lodge in De Rust. Most of the accommodation had views to die for. JP was full of knowledge about history, the animals, birds, flora and fauna etc and was happy to talk about it all. At Storms River cabins he took some of us on a walk along part of the Otter Trail, strenuous it was and not for the unfit, but the waterfall we ended up at was worth it. It was things like this that we would have missed out on if it wasn't for him. On our final night in Cape Town JP suggested that we all go to Marcos African Restaurant with him and he would make the booking. If you like African music and dance don't miss this place. To us it was simply the very ultimate in special nights out and a superb ending to a superb trip. By the way, we are vegetarians and we ate very well indeed everywhere on the trip.”

“Quite a beautiful city, lots of things to do Marshal, the Travel guide was very professional, he took his time to explain & answer questions from my three boys on the tour. We really had a fun time. He has so much knowledge about Cape Town & the General Geography of the world which was so amazing & helped to keep the tour challenging for my 13 & 15 year old boys”