Deeper AfricaReviews of deeperafrica.com

Three generations of family traveled together on a fantastic journey that included Victoria Falls and a full week of game safaris.Traveling to third world countries during the Covid pandemic was challenging but Deeper Africa carefully guided us through all the hurdles. The game safari guides, trackers and kitchen staff treated us like royalty while we experienced the best of African wildlife including cape buffalo, lions, leopards, cheetah, elephants, zebra and many kinds of herding animals and birds. I highly recommend Deeper Africa if you want to exceed your expectations for African travel!

We will never be able to thank Karen and Deeper Africa enough for making our first trip to Africa such an incredible experience. The camps, the people, and the game viewing were all wonderful, and the last-minute flight and COVID testing hoops we had to jump through were all handled flawlessly by Deeper Africa. We were able to enjoy our time in Botswana and Cape Town without a moment of stress. We can’t wait to plan a return visit!

I could not be more pleased with my experience working with Karen and Deeper Africa. The Deeper Africa associates across Uganda and Zimbabwe were some of the most hospitable, generous, and friendly people I've ever met, and definitely the perfect people to make the trip of a lifetime so wonderful! I would love to travel with Deeper Africa again and would recommend them to anyone hoping to adventure to Africa. Everything was planned to a T, and the trip was full of special, completely unexpected surprises. Again, this was the trip of a lifetime, and I just can't imagine having done it without Deeper Africa!

After our first incredible safari in Tanzania, we knew we had to see more of Africa. And, given their flawless performance the first time, the choice among vendors was clear - a second engagement with Deeper Africa was an easy decision to make. I particularly like Deeper Africa’s flexibility in tailoring safari details to our particular desires — right down to securing a specific romantic “tent” in a camp at our request. (Saruni Samburu calls it “the best view in Africa” and we’re hard pressed to disagree.) Additionally, Karen’s efforts proved invaluable when a Dutch airline decided to cancel our specific return flight due to the pandemic. We were presented with several viable options to address the situation and wound up extending the trip another day. As for our second safari itself, it fully met our expectations and then some. We have so many indelible memories due to careful planning and, of course, Bernard, our talented and very knowledgeable guide. There is something striking and palpable about approaching a rhino on foot. Or taking your time right at a watering hole to watch several herd of elephant take turns in almost orchestrated fashion. Or having one morning to yield right of way on a camp foot path to an adult giraffe strolling by. Or seeing five leopard (including 2 cubs) in a single day from the comfort of a private vehicle. Or listening to the hippo graze and argue right outside our tent cabin in the night. Or…could go on and on. Suffice it to say, pandemic considerations aside, we are indeed very happy with our return to Africa.

As a long time supporter of a well-known animal sanctuary in Kenya, I began searching for a reputable tour company to plan my Kenyan adventure. I found Deeper Africa's Elephant Walk Safari and began planning. When covid struck, I did not think I would ever be able to go, at least not any time soon as world-wide travel restrictions were keeping people in place. By October 2020, I was really feeling the travel itch and decided to give Deeper Africa a call and at least find out if future travel was possible. Much to my delight, not only was future travel possible, but because no one was really traveling then and Americans could visit Kenya, provided a negative PCR test, Deeper Africa was able to plan my holiday and get me to Africa within weeks of my initial call! Initially, I was only planning to travel to Kenya for a 8 day safari and then fly to Egypt for a holiday afterwards. Karen at Deeper Africa took care of every single detail for my African journey, even things I had not considered, and left me to plan the Egypt portion of my journey. A week before I was scheduled to fly, my Nile River Cruise was cancelled (thank you, covid) and I reached out to Karen to see if she could extend my safari adventure. With only a week to plan it, she was able to get me onto a flight from Kenya to Tanzania for an additional 8 day safari to the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater! Karen is truly a superstar! It would take writing a short story to describe just how magical my safari adventure was, but for the purpose of this review, I will just say that not only was my journey the most sacred experience I've had, but I also made lifelong friends with the amazing owners and my guides from Deeper Africa! The best part was that once I stepped off the plane, the red carpet was rolled out for me everywhere I went. All I had to do was show up and enjoy! I never had to think about what I would be doing the next day or what time to leave....my guides did all of this for me. I imagine that this must be what it's like for celebrities or people who have managers to help them plan their daily lives. All I had to do was tell Deeper Africa what experience I wanted, my budget, and Karen planned everything! It was perfect! I saw every kind of animal, even the ones I didn't expect to see (rhinos, a leopard with a fresh meal) and ones I had never even heard of before! My two guides were experts on everything we saw both in the air and on the ground, as well as the plants and trees, which was just wonderful! They knew where to find those hard-to-spot animals (like a cheetah hiding under some brush to keep cool in the middle of the day). Africa left its imprint on my soul and I am already planning my next African adventure. Of course I will use Deeper Africa to plan it. Thank you for the most memorable adventure!

Deeper Africa put together my first safari: a trip to three regions of Tanzania in December 2019. I was wowed by the individual attention, the selection of camps, the follow-through, and the value. Being in Africa was a magical experience, and I was able to enjoy it more because Karen Zulauf and her staff had taken care of every detail and briefed me so well. They also were a pleasure to deal with. I already am recommending Deeper Africa to friends, and will turn to them again for future safaris.

Karen and staff planned our custom Tanzania safari. To begin with, Karen spent 2 hours on the phone with me asking questions to identify exactly what we wanted before we even determined we would work with Deeper Africa--which is why we chose DA. She asked us thoughtful questions about price, our somewhat middle-class modest budget, time, and comfort levels. She planned the bucket list trip of our dreams within our budget. We were somewhat unique in that one of our family members is in the zoo education field, Master's in Zoology--so it was really important to have guides that really knew what they were doing and could show and explain on a deep level. We had three different guides as we were in the Serengeti, Ruaha, and the Selous. The guides selected by DA were all extremely well-educated and expert at not only finding/spotting but at explaining on a complex level what we were seeing across the ecosystems. Each person tried to make our trip special, from the beginning, when we were unable to shop in Arusha for gifts the day we arrived due to a late plane. Our driver contacted the Cultural Center and arranged for them to open early just for us so we could shop for souvenirs before we had to catch our bush plane flight. The camps were all great and exactly what was promised, definitely glamping, and Coastal's bush planes did a great job of getting us around Tanzania. The Nasikia and Asilia properties all worked out well for our family (2 tents) and the staffs in each were attentive to our every need. A special place, a special trip, thanks to DA and Karen Zulauf.

We loved our experience with Deeper Africa. Karen "got" us right away and helped us build a trip that was exactly what we had hoped for--and more!! Great staff "on the ground" in Africa too and they all did a great job of keeping track of a serious food allergy and also preferences as to privacy of accommodations, etc.