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Kalahari Safaris is a Kgalagadi specialist as we are doing Kalahari tours for more than 10 years. At Kalahari Safaris we believe to concentrate on one area - the northern cape which include Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Augrabies Falls National Park and Witsand Nature Reserve. This gives us the edge over our competitors. Our tours are fully catered for - meaning we let our guests relax while we do all the work! Day tours to Augrabies Falls National Park include river rafting, wine tasting, hiking and game drives. Day tours can also be arranged to visit Witsand Nature reserve, as well as Spitskop or Day tours to visit wine farms.
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Jeffrey P
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Fantastic Experience with Kalahari Safaris
Sep 2023 • Couples
Recently returned from a fantastic 14-day Northern Cape Highlights tour with Kalahari Safaris in South Africa and southern Namibia. From the earliest stages of trip planning to our final drop-off at the airport after more than 3,000 kilometers travelled, Kalahari Safaris exceeded all expectations. Overall their communication, service, value for money, and reliability were all top notch. Our wonderful guide and driver Johan helped insure an unforgettable experience from start to finish. His deep knowledge of all things southern Africa resulted in far too many mind-blowing experiences to count. Could go on and on with praise for this company and our experience with them, but let's just say that i would be very, very surprised if you have any regrets in booking your safari experience with Kalahari Safaris. A HUGE thanks to Lizmarie and Johan for making a long-held bucket-list dream come true, you guys rock!
Written 24 November 2023
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PARTHA S
Kolkata (Calcutta), India71 contributions
Professional & Great Tour Operator They arranged everything according to our expectations 👍
Nov 2023 • Friends
As I said in my heading-the trip is just perfect
No complain no dissappointment
The trip was planned & executed perfectly
The Chalet bookings on all the three main restaurants camps inside the park are done according to our discretion
The Car provided was good & comfortable
The food was according to our choice & it’s delicious
One highlight of our trip is Great food 😍
Last & not the least Oue Guide Johan he’s a wonderful human being & he’s great honest & he’ll of a Cook
His Stakes r magical 😋😋
He has fantastic knowledge of every corner of the Park & is a wildlife
Thanks Johan for everything
Thanks
Written 16 November 2023
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Flyer58869029922
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The best trip we ever made in Africa
Oct 2023 • Solo
Johan, our guide from Kalahari Safaris picked us up in Upington at 8h30 in a very comfortable Toyota Fortuner 4x4 and made us discover the most unforgettable journey into wild areas of South Africa, Botswana and Namibia : Kgalagadi Transfontier Park, Lüderitz, Fish River Canyon, Ai-Ais Richtersveld Transfrontier Park, Namaqua National Park and Augrabies Falls National Park. From start to finish, every moment was filled with beauty and enthusiasm. Johan contributed to the success of this trip by sharing his knowledge and good mood with us. In addition, accomodations and food were up to the task.
In conclusion, this trip was an incredible adventure filled with unforgettable experiences. We highly recommend it to anyone with a passion for travel and seeking to explore the diverse beauty that Southern Africa has to offer.
Georges and Irène
Written 6 November 2023
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Companion07505455477
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Excellent!
Sep 2023 • Friends
This was my second time with Kalahari Safaris (the first one was back in 2011). Both time, it was absolutely excellent! Great communication, fantastic guides (Willem in 2011 and Jakes in 2023). A lot of animals, including rare one! I would wholeheartedly recommend Kalahari tours with Kalahari Safaris.
Written 31 October 2023
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Herbert W
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Interesting tour in Kgalagadie Transfrontier Park
Sep 2023 • Family
Kalahari Safaris in Upington organized a 4-day tour in the Kgalagadi Transfrontierpark for us (3 adults). Johan, our driver, guide and chef, picked us up in Upington in a very comfortable Toyote Fortuner and led us through parts of the immensly large park with a lot of commitment and knowledge. Johans great commitmend and his great willingness to help contributed a lot to the sucess of the trip. The open, interesting conversations with him also helped us to learn more about South Africa.
We trully recommend KalahariSafaris. Lizmarie + Johan, thank you very much
Written 20 October 2023
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LazyLui
Sunnyvale, CA5 contributions
Four days and three nights of bliss
Oct 2022
Pieter was there to pick us up at the Upington Airport when we arrived on an early morning flight from Cape Town. We selected this area because it was different from the Kruger Park and game parks near Durban that we had experienced earlier on this trip to South Africa. Our expectations were that this would be just another safari in a different part of South Africa. The safari turned out to be the most memorable of the safaris we had been on. This had a lot to do with the quiet, laid back diverse environment and Pieter’s depth of knowledge of the area and rapport we had with each other. Pieter was born and brought up in the “Kalari” and new it well. From before sunrise to after sunset we were on the move. We got to see and experience Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and its unique wildlife flora and fauna. We spent most of our time in Twee Rivieren and Mata-Mata. Some of the wildlife we got to experience were white browed sparrows, crimson shrike, sociable weaver bird and it unique nesting habits, laughing doves, red eyed bulbul, fork tailed drongo, ostrich families – male, female and several chicks, black shouldered kite, pale chanting goshawk, white back vulture, gemsbok/oryx, red hartebeest, tawny eagle, springbok, black korhan, yellow hornbills, pygmy falcon, several prides of lions including kalhari black mained lions unique to this area, kgalagadi social spiders, yellow mongoose, cape cobra snake, cape glossy starling, giraffes, secretary birds, black backed jackal, kori bustard, red headed finch, cheetah, striped field mouse, meercats, African wild cats, cape fox, wildebeest. We were able to see most of these because of Pieter’s keen eye and love of his “Kalari”. Besides, the flora was unique and different in its own right. Our accommodations were very comfortable and the food prepared by Pieter was adequate, delicious and wholesome. We would strongly recommend trying this new safari destination.
Written 15 July 2023
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Karen B
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Unforgettable
Aug 2022 • Family
Unforgettable! Pieter was the best guide we could have wished for, very knowledgeable and passionate. Thanks to this amazing 5-days tour, we saw cheetahs, leopards, giraffes and so many other animals. Great memories!
Written 6 July 2023
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John R
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Outstanding tour to a remarkable place.
May 2023 • Family
We took a four night tour from Upington into the Kgalagadi Transfontier Park, with 1 night at Twee Rivieren, 1 night at Nossob, and 2 nights at Mata Mata. We stayed in an excelllent B and B in Upington the night before and night after the tour ( Three Gables) and our tour guide (Jakes) picked us up from the B and B at the start and dropped us off there at the end. We stayed in national park chalets in the park. The long drive between Upington and the park was broken up by some interesting stops along the way too.
Jakes was an outstanding guide- very knowledgeable about the park and wildlife, an amazing ability to spot wildlife, very friendly and helpful, and an excellent cook ( the tour included all meals).The tour provides a lot of opportunities to see wildlife and we drove through the park for most of all the full days in the park, and a half day when we arrived and half day when we left.
The Kgalagadi is a very special place and we were delighted with our tour. We saw all the wildlife we had hoped to see except for cheetah, but going on a safari is not going to a zoo and nothing is guaranteed.
We felt the tour was very good value indeed especially given the high quality of the national park chalets, the great amount of time spent stalk driving in the park, the quality of the guiding, and the quality of the food.
Written 3 June 2023
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Pamela D
Philadelphia, PA6 contributions
Traveling with Kalahari Safaris: 10 days of Joy
May 2023
We did a 10 day trip starting in the Kalahari and ending in the Eastern Cape (Makhanda) with Johan and we could not have asked for a better experience or introduction to this diverse area. Johan worked tirelessly to ensure we not only saw the wildlife (black-maned lions, cheetah, all manner of Gemsbok, Springbok, Blesbok, Steenbok, mountain Zebra to name but a few) but also enabled us to understand how they thrived in this arid landscape. We saw and learned so much in the time we spent on this tour. Johan was a superb guide, telling stories (one needs to get accustomed to his sense of humor, less you think he's serious :D), imparting knowledge and cooking amazing braai dinners-- we were treated royally on this excursion. Lizmarie (owner) orchestrated every aspect of our trip perfectly and was always available via email or text to answer any questions before and during the trip. If you're looking to visit this part of South Africa (and you should!) do not hesitate to book a tour with Kalahari Safaris. We will definitely return.
Written 22 May 2023
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Sahrin R
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Three days tour
Mar 2023 • Solo
The three days tour was amazing.
I enjoyed every second and i can highly recommend Kalahari Safaris .
It was a great tour with guide ,Marius .
Thank you !!!
Written 14 April 2023
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