Danielle Littlehale
Most Memorable Moment: See animals on safari, and so close!
Advice For Future Clients: Private land safaris are the way to go. Give a lot of time to enter ZIM, the customs line took about 2 hours- make sure you know to bring cash to pay as they do not accept credit cards and don't have ATMs.
Don Hallum
Trip Review: Victoria crafted the perfect expedition to Kenya and Rwanda. She listened to our wants and desires and met them all.
Most Memorable Moment: A chance tender reunion of a male lion and lioness at the end of a day.
Advice For Future Clients: Strongly recommend Victoria at African Portfolio.
Diane Green
Trip Review: What an amazing trip, from start to finish! The service was exceptional, the lodgings over-the-top beautiful, and the coordination between the events were flawless. African Portfolio is absolutely the way to go for an amazing adventure in Africa. The diverse activities and the incredible support for them provided a worry-free vacation that we'll never forget.
Most Memorable Moment: There were so many - like seeing a leopard and cheetah in the wild... the glorious lions, and all the other African fauna. We were not allowed to approach the Gorillas or other primates, but if they approached you, we were cautioned to step away if we could. But, the proximity of the primates was astounding. I especially liked when the guides provided us two linguistic Gorilla phrases that they encouraged us to learn *before* approaching the Gorillas (one for "calming and non-threatening" and the other for "warning-go away"). And sure enough, we actually witnessed these gorilla sounds in action and felt we truly engaged with them and they with us. Amazing ...
Advice For Future Clients: Bring plenty of 20's, 10's, 5's and 1's ... make sure you go over tipping in detail with your coordinator.
Ann Behringer
Trip Review: It was a magical experience. All the people we met were wonderful. I would recommend it. I plan on going back to Africa!
Most Memorable Moment: Two baby kittens.
Advice For Future Clients: You better be in shape to be able to handle hours on very bumpy roads.
Leah Adams
Trip Review: I thought African Portfolio attended to every detail. There was a small lack of communication in Victoria Falls, but in the end our transportation arrived, and all went well.
Most Memorable Moment: Two things. The scenery at Moremi was just lovely. I loved the big trees, and the contrasting pans, and savannahs. I also just loved the walking safaris. The animals were wonderful of course, and there were many special moments viewing animals, but those are the things you expect, or hope to see.
Advice For Future Clients: Talk to all of the employees, the cooks, the bar tenders, wait staff, housekeeping, etc., not just the guides. Ask them about their families, and once you do that, your interactions will be much more personal, and maybe you’ll learn something.
Lois Robbin
Trip Review: A trip of a lifetime!! Everything and everyone introduced my husband and I to South Africa and Zimbabwe with enthusiasm and grace. African Portfolio were in touch both pre planning and while we were on our adventure!!!!❤️
Jack Rosenthal
Trip Review: This was an incredible trip! Victoria's recommendations were all on point for us and I appreciate how carefully she noted our interests during the planning process. Travel could not have been smoother and all of our accommodations were exceptional. I want to say this was a once in a lifetime trip, but hopefully we will be fortunate enough to return to Africa with our son one day.
Most Memorable Moment: There is nothing like staring into the eyes of a leopard in my opinion. That is something that I will absolutely never forget.
Advice For Future Clients: Soak it all in!
Jill Graney
Trip Review: Yvette made my dream come true!
Most Memorable Moment: Went out for our first 5:30 am drive - came back for an unbelievable breakfast - went to the little pool to relax and regroup - while hanging in the pool we watched a herd of elephants march down for a drink at our watering hole - mommas and babies etc. I put on Lion King music and yes I actually shed a few tears - happy tears.
Advice For Future Clients: Talk to Yvette and then let her plan your dream.
Don & Donna Hutchens
Most Memorable Moment: The Maasai village visit at Tortilis, the Maasai dance at the sun downer at Elephant Pepper, driving parallel to "growling" lion.
Advice For Future Clients: Pack light, know the temperature change from location to locationl
Patrick Dillon
Trip Review: Incredible adventure for our honeymoon. Susan created the perfect itinerary for Tanzania.
Most Memorable Moment: Witness a successful lion hunt.
Advice For Future Clients: Tanzania is an incredible safari destination. Recommend tagging on another fun destination on the continent like Victoria Falls.
Alexandra Zambito
Trip Review: Exceeded our expectations!
Most Memorable Moment: Hard to choose. Chasing down wild dogs while they were on the hunt in Kambaku or having two male lions come right up to the truck at Dulini.
Advice For Future Clients: No need to overpack; I over thought the clothes we would need. We ended up wearing the same clothes / casual and constantly in layers from warm to cold temps.
Phyllis Taylor
Trip Review: Above any expectation I had.
Most Memorable Moment: The sweet faces of the little children running toward the jeeps saying Hello in Rwanda. My sisters joy at a birthday celebration with cake flowers card dancing songs AND CELEBRATION by everyone at Bishops house made possible by Jean Luc. ❤️
Advice For Future Clients: Just do it! Don’t squander your time or money - live!
Marilee Williford
Trip Review: Every personal detail at every location blew our minds. Genuine lovely service and accommodations beyond our expectations. And so many extras!! Special cake for our anniversary. Romantic set ups in every room. Champagne and snacks in every room. The BEST guides at each camp. Felt like family.
Most Memorable Moment: here were so many. Seeing all the animals in each place up close and personal. Hot air ballooning over the Mara at dawn. Seeing and hearing a lion pride roar for 2 mins over a zebra kill. Spending time with the rhinos in Ol Pejeta and trekking for 2.5 hours in the jungle to spend an hour with silverback gorillas and their offspring. What can top all that?
Advice For Future Clients: Pack light. You don’t need that thing you think you do.
Kelly Lang
Trip Review: The entire experience was superb.
Most Memorable Moment: There were so many breathtaking moments on the savanna observing the animals, it’s impossible to choose one. But it was pretty captivating to see the family dynamics of a pride of lions. Spent hours watching their behaviors and interactions. Was charming and fascinating.
Advice For Future Clients: There are 3: -bring more for tips than you think, but do set boundaries on any side tours you take so you don’t get nickel-and-dimed -invest in a decent camera and learn it. Nothing too complicated, but the phone camera does not do it justice -previous visitors told me not to bother with binocs. Bring them! Some, but not all, guides have them. Invest in a quality, lightweight pair. You’ll use them all the time.