AFRICA'S BEST ADVENTURES

  Our plan to visit Namibia had been in the making for a while but the format of the trip (bus, solo, guide) and the exact regions to visit were something... read more we were not sure about. We were lucky enough to come across Altis’s website for Africa’s Best Adventures which was very well made and gave a lot of details about the proposed route and the sites (with pictures). After a video call with Altis, we decided to go ahead and book our trip with him, which was an excellent decision! From the beginning, Altis was very responsive to our questions and requests about the trip and he was able to arrange all of the details for us in advance in a very organized way. This removed a lot of potential stress from us about trying to deal with all of this from Canada. The trip itself was absolutely amazing! We followed Altis with our rented camping 4x4 on a trajectory that Altis had designed for us. Altis has an incredible knowledge of botany and wildlife and he helped us appreciate so much of what we saw through his insight. He was always very cheerful with a great sense of humour that made the entire trip so much fun. In talking with him, it is clear that he is really passionate about exploring (and protecting) the natural beauty of Namibia and South Africa. Even if you feel confident enough to travel through Namibia yourself, doing so with a professional guide like Altis will make the same trip so much more interesting; we would have missed many details otherwise! All together a super experience with Altis and Africa’s Best Adventures and I strongly recommend them!!

  Another amazing African adventure - This was my second trip with Africa’s Best Adventures- last year Namibia, this year Botswana.

Had an amazing time. So many incredible wildlife encounters- lions, leopards, hyenas, wild... read more dogs and of course plenty of elephants, zebras and giraffes.

Loved every minute.

Altis is an excellent tour guide, driver and cook.

Highly recommend if you are looking for a more personalized adventure.

  Northern Botswana Safari - Where to start hey, what an amazing trip. We have just finished a 13 day tour of Botswana with Altis and Africa’s Best Adventures.
Altis was an extremely friendly,... read more personable, knowledgeable and skilled guide/driver who shared with us his passion for getting out amongst it and all things nature. His ability to ensure that each day had something to look forward to was admirable and made for a thrilling journey that had us jumping out of bed ready for what was install.
The itinerary was thoroughly planned out for our schedule, and demonstrated Altis’s intimate knowledge of the area and allowed for the perfect amount of time at each destination.
Each day our tastebuds were also entertained with delicious meals and there was lots of variety too.
We had so many unforgettable wildlife encounters thanks to Altis and our local guide Baitsholedi (B-man), who through skill (or luck) had us in the right place at the right time.
We will never forget the chorus of lions, hyenas, elephants, hippos, impalas, owls and jackals at night as we camped under the stars. It sure beats staying in a lodge.
This was the trip of a lifetime.
If you’re considering a trip with Africa’s Best Adventures, do it! You won’t regret it!
Da Say!
From Reuben and Sue

  My husband and I were blessed to experience a 24 day camping safari from Cape Town SA up, down and across Namibia with Altis of Africa’s Best Adventures. We’ve... read more camped before in the USA for up to a week, but never for this long and never in Africa. It was an amazing adventure and a truly rewarding experience. The communication from Altis from the beginning was great. He provided lots of options on length of trip, locations/countries to visit, types of accommodations and route depending on our budget and ALL of the top notch equipment. We opted for the most magnificent exploration of Namibia camping for 24 wonderful days. The days just flew by. Altis was the master when it came to planning our route, packing, driving, cooking (oh the cooking) and the greatest teacher throughout our trip on the vastly different landscapes, all the animals and birds and even the stars. Everyday brought new surprises, beautiful scenery, the coolest animal sightings on safari, fun lunch spots en route, magnificent sunsets with sundowners and the most delicious fireside dinners. I would without hesitation recommend Altis and Africa’s Best Adventure to anyone looking for a once (or twice) in a lifetime adventure in Southern Africa. He plans all the details, provides everything needed and is cost effective. He has definitely made our travel life richer with neverending memories.

  24-day safari through Namibia and South Africa - We had an absolutely amazing 24-day safari through Namibia and South Africa with Africa's Best Adventures. Altis (the owner) provides customized safaris for each client. We chose mostly... read more camping accommodations at sites with full facilities but spent the first and last night in a nice lodge. Our adventure was hands-on, where we helped setup and tear down the tents each day, in addition to help with cooking and cleanup each night. Altis was amazing in planning all of the meals and cooking them over a braai, which is a South African barbecue. The homemade bread cooked in a pot was simply amazing. We especially enjoyed dinner and sundowners each night, as we discussed the day's highlights.

Each morning, Altis was up early preparing for the day's adventure. We knew it was our time to get moving, when we could hear the water boiling for coffee and tea. Altis planned so many incredible destinations and performed all of the driving from start to finish. We were very relaxed knowing that he had been to all of the destinations before. Altis is also an incredible safari guide, who knows how to find elusive animals including cheetahs and lions, as well as smaller game like cats and owls hiding in trees.

There were so many incredible highlights on this trip, from Fish River Canyon (the world's second largest behind the Grand Canyon) and wild horses of the Namib desert, to Sesriem Deadvlei and Big Daddy Dune (the second tallest dune in Namibia), to the hundreds of thousands of seals that have made Cape Cross home, to feeding wild porcupines, to the incredible Epupa Falls Lodge right on the Kunene River, which separates Namibia and Angola. We ended the trip with 3 amazing nights in Etosha National Park Namibia, and 3 nights in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in the Kalahari in South Africa.

I highly recommend a safari trip with Africa's Best Adventures, you won't regret it.

  Great safri with Africa's Best Adventur - We did a great safari from December 26 to January 6, 2023.
From the start it was great. Altis was right on time to pick us up, with his huge... read more car, and in the afternoon we were already in Pilanesberg. Even had time for a game drive. Altis is a very pleasant and knowledgeable driver (also on unpaved roads) and knows an incredible amount about nature. He also makes you enthusiastic by following all kinds of tracks of the animals. He knows how to tell with passion about both the large and the small animals. Birds are also part of his repertoire .
Camping was an unforgettable experience, zebras, kudu, Nyalas etc. walk around you.
If you are in doubt whether you want to go on safari, stop now and contact Altis.
Thank you Altis for the fantastic trip.
Regards Wim

  Wild life Botswana - We are still excited by the 17 days safari in Botswana, organized for the smallest details by Altis.
It was a great experience composed of animal watching, driving in the... read more bush, sleeping in the wild and getting to know the wild life of Africa.
All that thanks to Altis who is a professional guide, excellent cook, and has his unique way of providing his clients the best time.
We enjoyed this trip very much, and recommend Altis as the best guide for everyone who would like to have a special trip in Africa’s wild life.
Ariela Donval

  Botswana best adventures safari - We returned now from a 17d safari in Botswana with Altis, an amazing professional guide who planned the trip to the last detail.
Altis is a guide, a cooker, a... read more mechanics, a conversation man that makes his clients very confortable during the trip.
Altis is a safari pro. guide in a manner that he knows a lot about animals, birds and trees.
If you love nature, wildlife intimate group, Altis is the man for you in Africa.
I wiil never forget this safari trip and its creator.
As he called it, it is the best Africa adventure I have ever done
Thanks Altis.
Phil. Donval

  Fantastic Trip To Namibia - Just returned from an amazing 16 night camping trip to Namibia. Loved every minute. Altis is an excellent tour guide/ driver /chef.

The whole trip was really well... read more organised. There were so many highlights on this trip but I really loved Etosha. Falling asleep to the sound of hyenas and waking up to the roar of lions is something you never forget.

Here’s to Botswana 2023!

  My first time in South Africa. What a beautiful country and what a great guy Altis Kriel is. He is really very gentle and helpful and has a lot of... read more knowledge about the animals and nature. We made a trip with 3 girlfriends and Altis really took care of everything. Our private guide, driver and cook and we had the time of our life and very much enjoyed our vacation. Beautiful drives, many animals seen and much laughter. I hope to come back and show the beauty of Africa to my family soon.

  Fantastic again! - We just got back of a fantastisch 16 Daytrip throug South Afrika under the guidance of Altis Kriel.
We visit Suncity/Marakele /mabalingwe/Dullstroom and Kruger.
It was my third trip... read more with him and it was great again.
The difference between a group tour and Altis is that you have more freedom.
So with Altis we had a private tourleader,cook ,driver and protector.
I can ‘t wait for the next trip

  Exploring the Kgalagadi - Itching for a new adventure in the bush, we recently decided to do a camping trip in the Kgalagadi. With no equipment, know-how or skills we decided to do the... read more trip with Altis from Africa's Best Adventures and start off on our journey of discovery.
Mike’s always wanted to take photos in the Kgalagadi and after chatting to so many photographic and bush loving friends we decided it was time.
We are so happy with the decision we made travel with a private guide who has done numerous trips to the Kgalagadi and throughout Africa before, the experience Africas Best Adventures brought to the trip really was what made it so comfortable and enjoyable.
Matt cooked up delicious meals from kudu burgers to cottage pie and we were never left feeling hungry. The tents are comfortable, solid and much easier to set up than I expected. We had a few very windy and wet storms on our trip and the tent didn’t budge an inch, and there was no leaking whatsoever.
Comfy stretchers are provided to sleep on so you can have a good nights rest and be ready for your early morning game drives. Altis is an experienced guide and extremely knowledgeable about everything including the wildlife, bird life, the geography of the area and the flora, so you really can learn so much too. Altis and Matt are also great with people and super easy to get along with and we spent many nights drinking wine and chatting around the fire.
The Kgalagadi is greener than it’s been in years so instead of the dessert dunes we were expecting, we were welcomed with greenery everywhere, still so extremely beautiful though and a rare occurrence that we were grateful to witness. The ablution facilities are clean and well laid out at all the camps and never seem over crowded or busy at any one time. There’s also a shop at each camp where you can buy anything from wine and chocolates to toiletries and little souvenirs.
We travel to a lot of beautiful lodges and have become accustomed to luxury but there’s something so raw and exciting about sleeping in a tent in the wild, getting up while it’s still a bit dark and driving through the reserve in search of whatever decides to cross your path. And with Africa’s Best Adventures you have the flexibility to go for as long as you like, there’s no rigid schedules, they prefer to let the client take the lead
It’s all about luck and being in the right place at the right time but these guides were also great at looking for animal tracks and behaviour that could lead us to an interesting sighting.
We managed to spot a female leopard at the top of a mountain and followed her for over an hour as we could see she was on the hunt, Two young Cubs following closely. We waited, watched, predicted her every move and were in the prime position to see her take down a springbok.
We can’t wait for our next adventure with these guys, hopefully to Namibia and Botswana where they have also guided tours many times before.
“If you can visit any 2 continents in your lifetime, visit Africa twice” ~ unknown

  A life changing experience! - What an amazing life changing six nights spent camping in the Kgalagadi with my fiance Caroline and Africas Best Adventures. Two nights at Mata Mata and four nights at... read more Twee Rivieren. Both camps were amazingly clean and tidy and well run.
Our first visit to the Kgalagadi and our first camping experience and “yes” we did fall in love with both. Caroline was however very pleased not to see any scorpions, snakes, or spiders in or around out tent, even though we knew they were most likely still around.

It was incredibly green, some say greener than in 50 years. As it was our first visit, we couldn’t really compare the feel of what the landscape looks like in the dry season, but we will definitely be visiting again to see a different landscape.
Thanks so much to our hosts Altis and Matthew for being absolute professionals and making the trip so enjoyable and comfortable for us. The food and wine was outstanding and far beyond anything we expected while camping. The game drives were action packed and Altis shared his vast knowledge of the bush and environment with us throughout the trip. The brunch stops at the special picnic sites were also so much fun and very relaxing.

Sightings were outstanding, although we had to work harder for them than some other reserves it was very rewarding to see what we did. Especially two big male lions up so close as well at witnessing a cheetah killing a springbok right next to the road with her two cubs by her side.

All in all a very special experience and I cant wait to visit again soon one day! Altis we will definitely be making contact for our next bucket list trips to Namibia and Botswana!

  Unforgettable and amazing camping safari trip South Africa-Namibia-Botswana-Zim - Our 21-day camping safari trip with Altis was an amazing adventure! Altis is an incredible guide and thanks to his personal touch, vast knowledge of nature and animal life, cooking... read more skills (braai-expert and bread-in-a-pot) and sense of humor, this was an unforgettable experience. Altis even got us all into birding :-). We always felt safe and Altis was very well prepared which made the trip very enjoyable and relaxed. We highly recommend a safari trip with Africa's Best Adventures!!!

  Amazing safari run perfectly - We have just returned from our safari at Addo National Park with Altis as our guide. It was perfect. Alts is very knowledgeable about the area and the animals.... read more The safari was planned perfectly, timings were great, food cooked on the camp fire and bbq was tasty. There was always a cup of coffee waiting for us which was appreciated! We spent 4 nights/5days with Altis and he was great company we had long chats about South Africa culture and we learnt so much on the trip. Our return along the Garden Route was leisurely and he stopped at interesting places showing us more of the country, it was more than just a safari and we made a good friend in Altis.

  Thanks to Altis Kriel’s professionalism and glance, we had the chance to discover the wild life and to observe many animals into Addo Elephant National Park.
We also enjoyed camping... read more thanks to him; all was easy-going with nice barbecues.
I felt very safe and comfortable even after many kilometres, first because he is a perfect driver and also because he has a great car.
He took the time to show us some beautiful landscapes as the Garden Route, national lake, Cape Agulhas (...), sharing his experience!

Thanks again Altis, for your hospitality and your good mood.
I’d love to repeat such trip with my family one day.

  Garden Route, Cape Town - We met Altis Kriel, the owner of Africas best Adventures, 4 years ago in Namibia. That's why we asked him to be our guide for our trip to South Africa.... read more Already the preparations were very good. He made us very good suggestions for the hotels / lodges and put together e great programm for the whole trip. Afterwards he organized and booked everything for us. Programm: Port Elizabeth - Tsitsikamma Forest - Plettenberg Bay - Oudtshoorn - Mosselbay - Hermanus - Stellenbosch - Cape Point - Cape Town.
It all worked out great.
Altis is e great guide, very friendly, very helpful, always punctual (like a Swiss watch) and he knows a lot about South Africa. We can warmly recommend him and Africas Best Adventure and are already planning another trip to Botswana with him.