It was my first visit to a safari and I was blown away with the whole experience. I have Kyle and the Professor to thank for that. The accommodation was second to none with clean rooms every day. The food and wine was delicious and couldn’t fault it. I can’t remember all the staff but Cute and Rob et al were all very welcoming and friendly.

This was one of the most incredible experiences we have ever had. We stayed in Varty camp and everything was perfect. The rooms and view were gorgeous. All the staff were extremely friendly and every single one went out of their way to help make our stay unforgettable. Our tracker was Equalizer and our guide was Kate. Both were very excited to show us the animals and shared a ton of knowledge. We have been lucky enough to be on other safaris in South Africa and Southern Africa and this simply was the best for the following reasons;
1) Having a guide and a tracker with 2 sets of eyes helps you find a lot more animals and allows the guests to talk with and ask questions of one of them while the other is still looking and listening.
2) All the guides and trackers communicate multiple times a day so they all know what was seen where and allows them to coordinate so as many guests as possible can see the animals without overwhelming the animals with a ton of guests at one time. All the other safaris we basically drove around and crossed our fingers.
3) There are a lot of amenities for the staff as well, including day care, and schooling. I think this becoming very common that these safaris engage the local communities and offer them something beyond wages but clearly Londolozzi is doing a whole lot more. You should ask do the "village tour" which takes you behind the scenes to where the staff live and farm and play and many other things. It takes maybe an hour.
4) The food and drink are simply great.
5) We are not photographers so we did not do this but everyone else who attended the photography workshop raved about how helpful and fun it was to do and they came out with some amazing pictures.

Some things in general about safaris
1) Most of them do complementary laundry service so you don't need to bring that many clothes with you.
2) Bring binoculars. Most of the guides have them but you can always use more.
3) Bring warm clothes for early morning safari. Eventhough they will likely have blankets, ponchos ect, its still nice to bring your own

Some things specific to Londolozzi
1) Our guide Kate had sun screen for us. Unless you are going to lay out and tan you can leave this at home as she has enough for your face each day.
2) The "Sleepy Time" bug spray they have in each room worked great and there was plenty for us to use.
3) Boyd Varty has written a number of books available on amazon, including Cathedral of the Wild, all are available in the gift shop too.
4) We didn't know about this at the time but on amazon is a book, "Tracker Manual" by Alex van den Heever et al. Its used by the Tracker Academy that works a lot on Londolozzis property. Eventhough you see a lot you obviously spend more time looking for animals than seeing them, but their tracks are everywhere so if we have had this on us we could have spent a lot more time "seeing". also the trackers get really excited talking about the tracks and there is a lot of fun things to learn just from the tracks themselves.

Overall this was truly an epic experience!!!!!!