Okavango Experience

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  David
  Written on March 1, 2018

  5.0 - Excellent

  Had a great experience with Intrepid in the Okavango Delta. Would highly recommend!

  

  Intrepid Travel commented on this review

  Hi David, Thank you for sharing your experience in Africa with us. This trip really packs in some incredible highlights in a short time, doesn’t it? Receiving feedback from our passengers is great as it helps us to know where we’re meeting or hopefully even exceeding expectations. We’re delighted that you enjoyed your time with us, and we hope to see you on another trip again soon! Kind regards, Intrepid

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  Andrew
  Written on August 10, 2017

  5.0 - Excellent

  The trip was pretty much what I expected. The close up encounters with wildlife was above my expectations. The transport was more comfortable than I expected. Camping was pretty much what I expected with a good mix of remote and basic camping with more comfortable camping with excellent facilities. A good mix of camping experiences. The guide, cook and driver were all very professional. While the group size was big (22) we meshed well with only one person in the group being a little difficult at times and not enough to warrant discussing with the guide who had made it clear to do this if needed. I would recommend this tour to others.

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  Nicolas
  Written on July 7, 2017

  5.0 - Excellent

  In short amazing: great guide, great tour. One gets to see so much of Africa in only 10days

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  Jeremy
  Written on June 28, 2017

  4.0 - Good

  My wife and I had an incredible experience on this trip. The staff were the perfect mix of Professional and personable. Friendly, kind, and enjoyable to spend time with. Also very knowledgeable and helpful. Especially when we had a hiccup with our travel documents. They made every effort to help us sort it out and get our trip back on track. The tour was fantastic. Going into it I was hoping to see lots of wildlife, but was well aware that nature doesn't always co-operate and told myself that I'd be happy as long as I saw an elephant. My mind was blown by how much wild life we did get to see, both variety and quantity. The seclusion of camping in the middle of the Delta, completely surrounded by wild Africa, and spending time with the local polers was a unique experience we'll never forget. Even the long days traveling in the bus were enjoyable as we got to know our travel companions, it was a diverse group from all over the globe, and we quickly made a bus load of new friends. We took advantage of the optional tours offered. A fly over tour of the delta shows you how vast and populated it is, in a way that is difficult to comprehend from the ground. And the game drive through Chobe national park, before the river tour that night. Both of these extras were well worth the money. I would encourage peoples budget to include these add-ons. It is a basics tour, so plush accommodations are not to be expected. The heavy canvas tents, and sleeping matts provided were an adequate place to sleep, but my wife found the sleeping mats are to thin. I recommend to anybody not used to camping, bring an extra sleeping mat.

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  Shelley
  Written on March 14, 2017

  5.0 - Excellent

  This trip was AMAZING! Everything was well planned, and super exciting and adventurous.

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  Sang Lyun
  Written on February 28, 2017

  4.5 - Excellent

  The guide was an African. So It was good to brighten up the local matter. And also he was a nice person who was kind, well informed, responsible, and good at cooking. The trucking trip was good because I had tried it before. And road condition was also good. Camp life was better than I thought. But it was inconvenient because it was rainy day many times. So I upgraded to hotel for several days.

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  Leanne
  Written on May 6, 2016

  4.5 - Excellent

  This trip exceeded my expectations - I had not expected to be as besotted by the scenery of Southern Africa as much as I was. Great leader who did everything in his power to ensure the group got the best experience possible. The truck was super-comfy with big windows to give us the best chance to catch view of the wildlife and landscape. Okavango Delta should be on every traveller's bucket list.

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  Federico
  Written on June 10, 2015

  5.0 - Excellent

  It was my first time with Intrepid and with this kind of organized tour in general. I am use to travel a lot on my own to far destinations, mainly with 1-2 friends, however being this time alone I decided to give a try with Intrepid. Well, I have to say I can tell that my expectations have been all fullfilled or even by far exceeded! :) Meshack has been a great guide, as well as Danny as driver. Both very professional, with sense of Humor and super organized. We had a very tight schedule as every day we had to drive between 3 to 7hrs to the next destination, however we have never been late or missed something. All activities planned very were very well organized and allowed us really to do and see an impressive amount of places and wild animals in a very short amount of days. I would say the average age of the people was around 30, half couples and half friends/lonely travelers, most people were from countries were english is the mother tongue (mainly UK, Canada, Australia). The mood has been great for most of the trip and we never had any kind of fight or discussion within the group. If you are very indipendent, you might sometimes miss the freedom of organizing everything on your own, however there are some optional activities that allow for some flexibility and what to say, this is a group tour, so it's something you have to take into account from the beginning. That being said, the itinerary planned was great, the people and guide too and even being quite a wild and lonely traveler I barely missed that flexibility. So to sum up, I definetively liked this trip and recommend this tour to everybody, it has been a great experience. Suggest also to plan 1-2 days more before and after the tour to properly explore Johannesburg/Soweto and the Victoria Falls area.

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  Sonja
  Written on October 28, 2013

  5.0 - Excellent

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  Anonymous
  Written on January 13, 2011

  5.0 - Excellent

  Had a great time! Great guides! Top trip!