African safari- luxury

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Any recs for tour companies or lodges?

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We stayed at Mala Mala in South Africa. It was pretty luxurious - real rooms rather than tents, great food, game drives just with your group, they did your laundry daily, etc.

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Big place or smaller type place ?

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Anonymous wrote:Big place or smaller type place ?

Hmm, not sure. Any thoughts on the two?

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We used Mary Keet at Go2Africa. I think I found her on the Conde Nast list. She's great and the safari she set up for us in Tanzania was perfect. We stayed at Asilia lodges. 10/10, highly recommend both Mary and Asilia. I'll add that we stayed at the Arusha Coffee Lodge the day we got into Africa and I'm so glad we did -- it was good to rest and relax a bit after the very long travel from the states before heading out into the bush.

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If you truly want luxury, you can’t beat Robin Hurt Safaris.

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Singita

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Abercrombie and Kent. But be prepared to pay.

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What are we talking per person for these types of experiences?

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Anonymous wrote:What are we talking per person for these types of experiences?

PP at 21:35. We paid about 15k for two of us, not including flights to and from the Africa (but did include bush flights) for 10days in 2021, including one night at Arusha Coffee Lodge, 3 nights at Sayari Camp in the Serengeti, 2 nights at The Highlands at Ngorongoro, and the rest at a villa in a resort in Zanzibar. This included pretty much everything but tips. This was in November, which is shoulder season so a bit cheaper (but I highly recommend it -- we had a guide and vehicle to ourselves at both resorts because the camps were not full and we saw every animal, including the big five). We wanted for nothing, and the hospitality was incredible (it was an anniversary trip and at every place they had incredible celebrations for us).

I was provided several options by the travel agent, and we did go with the most expensive options. But this was four years ago and I imagine things cost more now.

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Anonymous wrote:Singita

+1 to singita

We went through a&k, but i also really like Scott Dunn for seamless luxury travel

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Micato

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Anonymous wrote:If you truly want luxury, you can’t beat Robin Hurt Safaris.

OP didn’t say they wanted to kill beautiful endangered animals for fun from a safe distance with high powered weapons to assert their ever weakening manhood.

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We used Ker and Downey for South Africa and they were excellent. Stayed in Londolozi and Royal Malewane. Both different and amazing!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are we talking per person for these types of experiences?

PP at 21:35. We paid about 15k for two of us, not including flights to and from the Africa (but did include bush flights) for 10days in 2021, including one night at Arusha Coffee Lodge, 3 nights at Sayari Camp in the Serengeti, 2 nights at The Highlands at Ngorongoro, and the rest at a villa in a resort in Zanzibar. This included pretty much everything but tips. This was in November, which is shoulder season so a bit cheaper (but I highly recommend it -- we had a guide and vehicle to ourselves at both resorts because the camps were not full and we saw every animal, including the big five). We wanted for nothing, and the hospitality was incredible (it was an anniversary trip and at every place they had incredible celebrations for us).

I was provided several options by the travel agent, and we did go with the most expensive options. But this was four years ago and I imagine things cost more now.

For luxury Africa, that actually is very cheap.