We had an excellent time in their new Mananga camp. Sam the guide was amazing and really good at... read more
We had an excellent time in their new Mananga camp. Sam the guide was amazing and really good at... read more
Incredible time- Rooms had two twin beds- clean- no wifi except restaurant but very slow poor... read more
What an incredible experience! This exceeded my expectations. We had booked our Safari through Siyabona. Naomi Did a fantastic job by putting us with Outlook Safari’s. We were brought to Pretoriuskop, A rest camp in the south of Kruger. Jacques Lourens was in charge and did a fantastic job of making sure our experience was the best ever. Our plane was late in arrival so he arranged for us to go on an alternative sunset safari ride. On our return, we were given a celebratory toast with OBS, Old Brown Sherry, a traditional Sherry drink in enameled camp cups. Really fun! This was followed by a three course meal served in a dining tent. There was a crystal chandelier! There were linen tablecloth‘s, the table was set and wine was poured generously. I cannot believe the quality of the meals. Totally gourmet! The chef is to be congratulated. We ended up staying four nights and every evening was amazing. It was a nice small group of people ranging anywhere from 10 to 20. Perfect for visiting in the evening. The greatest thing about the Safari are the guides. Sam was the best! We were driven twice daily around the park with often only 3 to 5 people. It made for a very intimate experience. You go early in the morning At 5:30 for a 4 Hour Dr. Then you go mid afternoon from 3 PM to 6 PM. A total of seven hours daily! We were able to see all of the big five. Cape buffalo, elephant, Leopard, rhino, and lion. Outlook Safari’s also has a nice morning offering. They give you a hooded poncho lined with fleece to wear on the drive. There are no windows and it can become quite chilly. I didn’t see any other offerings like that with the other safaris that were in the area. It really made it very comfortable. Sam was mostly our guide and really educated us about animals and birds. He is the funniest guy and I would go back 100 times just to experience this Safari. Pierrie was also a great guide. He should be a teacher! Hats off to the other guides who helped serve meals and made us feel so welcome: Rickson, Dane, Tebogo. Everyone couldn’t have been nicer. Jacques was a terrific manager and runs a great program.
We did a three day, two night budget Hut trip. It was much more than we expected!!
Everything was excellent. The food, the accommodations, staff were all top notch!
Would book with them again without any hesitation.
I spent three beautiful days at Kruger , even the weather was not the best. Thanks to all the staff in particular to Jacques for organizing a special tour for myself. His professionalism and availability made everything more interesting and pleasant. I recommend to Outlook Safaris to consider the possibility of organizing alternative tours to make this experience UNFORGETTABLE!
Thank you for an extraordinary experience with Outlook Safaris! Everything from smooth booking & logistics to great safaris with experienced & friendly driver and hospitable staff at the camp was just great.
Special thanks to Tania for being so flexible in rearranging my arrival due to cancelled flight (and 20h delay..).
I aim to come back soon! Thanks.
After stumbling through safari websites, I enquired with outlook through the website and within a couple of days was emailed by Elsabe in regards to the holiday i was looking for. I wanted to book a safari holiday for my partners 30th birthday, but at this point thats all i knew. This was a big deal for me as was the most expensive holiday i have ever booked, i as worried at first with being taken for a ride and losing out on money etc so really wanted to make sure who i booked with was the best i could fine. I also couldn't believe the cost of the trip for what they wanted to offer.
From then on Elsabe went out her way to plan and work with me in creating our dream safari holiday. I had a tight budget which meant that even the amount of time we were way was only 5 days with travel time, but nothing was too much trouble for Elsabe. She was personable, helpful, informative and genuinely wanted to help me make this holiday a dream. I had months of talking things through with Elsabe due to trying to book time off for my partner, trying to add transfers etc.
As the days grew closer to the trip outlook did encounter some issues with the camp we were due to stay in, but this was put to rest straight away with Elsabe putting us in an even better lodge with a swimming pool and beautiful room overlooking the Sabie river. No extra charge was added and it meant that our trip was even better.
When we arrived in Joberg, we were an hour late so i was worried that out transfer would not be there, but we were met with no issue and smile by the outlook driver. We were taken for our first two nights to the Lakefield outlook lodge and met by louie, everything was so smooth, all bags were carried for us and everything was just so chilled and easy. our room at Lakefield was beautiful with a freestanding bath perfect to relax after a long couple of days travelling.
The lakefield lodge was very quiet, but thats all we wanted, we spoke to Louis who booked us in for a day of sightseeing the next day with Milton a guy who works with the lodge. Milton the next day collected us and was very knowledgeable and friendly the whole time, nothing again was too much trouble, he was fun and happy to take us to extra locations on the way to and from Soweto and the museum which were part of the tour. He even got one f his drivers to collect us from our evening meal that night at a small fee so we wouldn't need to use Uber as Uber were having issues out there.
After two days at Lakefield we then had our transfers to Kruger, which again were very smooth and no issue at all. When we got to Kruger National Park we were so excited this is what we had been waiting for. We were met by Dale in our own private safari jeep. From that moment on we had the most personal amazing experience on a 3 day safari . Dale went above and beyond to make out trip own own, he took our bags and checked us in at our hotel whilst we were on our sunset drive so we had nothing to worry about, he came for dinner with us every night and we had nothing to worry about from start to finish. We saw the big 5 and more, we sent 13 hours in the park the second day and it didn't even feel like it because it just was so amazing.We were up at 4:30am everyday to make the most of everyday in the park and Dale was happy to do whatever we wanted and wake whenever we wanted to get there. I really couldn't recommend having a private safari with dale enough. The sabie bush lodge where we stayed was lovely, we didn't spend a lot of time there as we wanted to spend the majority of our time on safari, but our second evening sitting on loungers overlooking the river, watching hippos and the sun going down, to then watching the stars after dinner was something i will never forget.
We then made out wake back to lakefield for another night and another tour with milton to the tribal village to pack in as much as we could for our last day, before milton to us to the airport for our return. I can honestly say i couldn't recommend Outlook enough, all the staff were amazing and they really have made the trip better than i ever thought it would be. The value for money for what we received was just amazing and i will never forget this trip. I cant thank them enough and my parter really did have the best 30th birthday! Thank you thank you thank you!!
Excellent Amazing Wonderful experience..
Its been a great experience for me with Outlook Travel.
Wonderful coordination from everyone.
Ms Lizinda - Quick response & Crisp for all my booking ; very patient to respond to my queries.
Mr Jacques - Hotel Manager at Kruger - Very Friendly and smiley person - He attracts are the traveler's. He gives lot of comfort and guidance.
Mr Blom Chaliti - Chef - I am a Vegan and he made really a nice vegan food for me; all the above people made me to feel like home.
Special thanks to safaribookings.com
Thanks & Regards
Ram
Ram, thank you for sharing your safari experience with us. It's fantastic to receive feedback like yours - I'll be sure to pass it on to Lizinda, Jacques, Blom and the team. We've got a phenomenal group of people here and I'm happy to hear that they helped to make your experience a great and memorable one. Until next time, Kind Regards