Owners Ines & Christopher
Indigo Safaris
- Offices In:
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United KingdomUnited States
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2009)
- Member Of:
- ASTA, APTA, FGASA & DEMA
- Tour Types:
- Customizable private tours and fixed group tours
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $1,214 to $17,345 per person per day (MXN, excl. int'l flights)
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Reviews
Email Ellis | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
I had an incredible experience...the staff and guide at Indigo to make my stay amazing.
Everything lived up to my expectations. The service was top notch and the tours were amazing (including many leopard sightings!). Highly recommended
Email Sarah Hopp | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Indigo Safaris planned the perfect vacation!! Best trip ever!!
We will 100% use Indigo Safaris again!! They were recommended to us by a family friend and I could not be happier with the trip Ines planned for us! Her communication was so timely and professional. I asked so many questions, and Ines always answered each one. This trip felt so personal and tailored to our family and was absolutely perfect for our first time in South Africa. Ines is a phenomenal agent and went above and beyond to make our trip extra special! My mom has trouble walking and it's hard for her to get in and out of taller vehicles, like the safari jeep. Through communication with Ines, she made sure the lodge knew exactly what my mom needed and the lodge did an amazing job making everything easily accessible for her. Everything was set up and ready upon arrival. On top of that, my brother and his girlfriend got engaged on our trip and it could not have been more perfect. Indigo Safaris set everything up with the lodge beforehand, so my brother didn't have to stress about it. The entire trip from beginning to end was just amazing! We never worried about anything, because there was always someone there helping us along the way. From transfers, to accommodations, to meals, everything went so smoothly, and that is all thanks to Ines and the Indigo Safari team! Indigo Safaris has an amazing team who are so knowledgeable and helpful! I highly highly recommend letting Indigo Safaris plan your perfect Africa trip!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!! Trip of a lifetime!!!! Book with Indigo Safaris, you won't be disappointed!
FR
Email Wendy | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
AMAZING experience driving from South to North !!!
We spent 12 amazing days in Namibia thanks to Ines that took care of everything: she rented our 4x4, did our program and booked all of our accomodation + transfer.
Ines was available at any time if we had a question/ request.
It’s now very difficult to travel with COVID, but Ines make it very easy by including in our itinerary stops for our PCR test.
It was amazing to travel trough Namibia discovering the dunes of Sossuvlei, Fish River Canyon but also doing our safari by our own in Etosha.
We were VERY VERY VERY surprised about the quality of all the lodges/ guesthouses that Ines booked for us. Every lodge was very clean, the staff very nice and the restaurant delicious.
I recommend INDIGO SAFARI if you want to discover Africa and especially Namibia.
We ended our holidays with 2 days in the Victoria Falls and it was also amazing.
Thank you Ines,
Thank INDIGO SAFARI
Wendy & Sophie form Paris
CH
Email Andrea | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing!
Well, where should I begin? We booked with Ines from Indigo Safaris. She did a great job and as some things didn’t work out at first step, she solved it out of her own holiday very quickly so we could enjoy every minute of our stay.
We had an incredible 8 night camping Safari, starting with 2 nights in Kasane, one night camping at chobe river front, followed by 2 nights camping in savuti and 2 nights camping in khwai before heading to Maun for one last night at the backpacker. The camp sites were wonderful, especially the one in khwai right next to the river, where a tall elephant came to the camp to great us. We have seen so many animals ( jackals, hyenas, leopard, wild cat, honey badger, hippos, Buffalo, giraffe….) in savuti we found even a pride of 15 Lions and followed them to the waterhole watching them drinking water and relaxing for a long time. The whole trip was great, the tents and bedding comfortable, the car spacious. But best of all was the crew. Joseph, our guide was unbelievable in reading body language of the animals and found so many interesting animals for us. He always gave lots of information about what we just saw - as well as about animals as vegetation. At the camp fire he was telling interesting stories about everything. We enjoyed every minute with him. Team-members were also Prince and System, travelling with a second car with the tents and kitchen stuff - always a bit ahead so everything was prepared when we arrived after the Safari at the camp. Prince the Chef - what he did over camp fire I can‘t do at home in this quality. Pizza, bread, spaghetti, meat, salad - everything was delicious! They got up really early in the morning to prepare breakfast and even the salads for lunch when we had whole day trips. Don’t know when they found time to sleep. System took care of everything at the camp and the atmosphere between all of them was so good, we felt really comfortable.
Spending the nights in a tent in the wilderness, hearing all the different sound was so exiting! For us, it was the best experience ever. The only bad thing, we only booked those 8 nights - it should have been much longer! So if you get the chance to go to Botswana doing a Safari, choose a camping one and try to get such a great team as we had. Thanx Joseph, Prince and System for this wonderful journey!
Email Luke | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Easy communication and fantastic experiences
The trip was great! It was a really good experience and I really enjoyed all aspects of the trip. The guide, Tulimo, was fantastic and I couldn’t recommend him enough. There were only two other guests on the tour, but he made sure that it was always a lot of fun, and had a lot of interesting knowledge. The accommodation was also all fantastic, no complaints at all in that regard. The Hoada Campsite on Day 5 was switched for another one, but the switched camp site was probably the best of them all! All the experiences were highly enjoyable. I particularly enjoyed climbing the dunes in the desert. In Swakopmund I did both the skydiving and sand boarding, which were a lot of fun, (but cost extra, although very worth it!). Overall though, it was a fantastic trip and very good value for money too. Thank you very much for organising it! I even got home in time to avoid the hotel quarantine, which caused a lot of stress!
PT
Email Afonso Mendes | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very diligent and effective
Our safari trip was a success. The kids loved it and everything that indigo safaris organised went smoothly. Good value for money, wonderful guides faithful transfer from and to airport, wonderful lodges (specially Antrim villa, in Cape Town, very cosy and comfortable and with a wonderful breakfast and lunch menu, lokuthula lodge in Vitoria falls and worming welcome kubo lodges in kasane, that provided us with a surprise dinner).
The game drives were great (Kalahari tours) We saw the animals in a magnificente environment. The staff was very helpful and dedicated, we felt welcome everywhere.
The flights were our responsability. We had problems with Botswana air company that canceled our flight and budget air that postponed it for a week. On the other hand emirates we’re amazing and air link a very good regional flight company. After the cancellation of flight from kasane indigo safaris helped us to catch the plane from Victoria falls providing the transfer from kasane to Victoria falls airport.
Email Jonathan Youngs | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Incredibly helpful very organised - our trip went to plan without a hitch!
We wanted to have an adventurous safari honeymoon but without the stress of planning logistics. Indigo Safari’s were great in putting together a package that was perfect for us. During the trip we always felt we were in safe hands. All the connections went smoothly. The accommodation was always lovely and of course the safari itself was something we’ll never forget.
ES
Email Prebin Babu | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Recommended
Ines was always there and helped us from the beginning. The lodges they chose and the tour plan made for us for short period of time with maximum things to cover was really good.
There are some lodges like Camp kipwe, Grootberg Lodge, Mushara bush Camp and Okukuejo Lodge (All in Namibia) are highly recommended in our opinion. But it all depends upon the type of trip someone wants to do.
Indigo safaris is recommended as they have custom tour packages with good prices according to the need of the traveller and thank you so much Ines.
Email Ashley Macey-Norris | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfectly managed from start to finish
Firstly, a nod to Kerry at Indigo Safaris. Without her recommendations, creative solutions, warmth, and efficient management of the trip, we probably would have gone with a high street travel agent and not received an experience even half as bespoke as the one we had with Indigo.
Kerry and Indigo have a wealth of local knowledge, meaning we were able to not only booked hidden gems for our accommodation, tour operators, restaurants etc, we also got them at the best prices (our overall trip price was less than half of a similar quote from a high street travel agent).
Available for Zoom calls and regular emails whenever required, Kerry helped us navigate the whole process, including assisting with the booking of flights to find the best deals at the most appropriate times.
We had the best experience on the trip, well exceeding expectations. The safari was faultless, transfers and flights were planned to perfection, and our Cape Town hotel was beyond what we’d ever imagined, and all under our budget.
We honestly couldn’t have asked for anything more. Even after the trip, Kerry followed up to see how we got on, and if we had any recommendations to improve the Indigo service (which we didn’t). I would recommend Indigo to anybody who doesn’t want the usual ‘off the shelf’ travel experience.
Email Alexander Kliger | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The tour operator was knowledgeable, flexible and fun-loving
The tour was organized by Kerry Wyatt who was fantastic in her ability to respond to our requests and needs, recommend the best and value-for-money tours and accommodation, to match our expectations with what her tour company had to offer! She was also a great advisor on all things South African, on organizing travel itinerary even outside the Safari program and generally provided the most useful gateway for the first-time tourists to Africa. Her company, Indigo Safari, should be proud of having Kerry on its staff.
Indigo Safari operates in the vicinity of Hoedspruit on private game reserves and also on Kruger National Park. The personnel is very friendly, responsive to some extra requests and willing to help - with accommodation and other needs. The rangers are knowledgeable and fun, take all actions to show the tourists as much of nature incl animals as they possibly can while providing advice and guidance on safety. This is their common attitude adopted uniformly on the lodge and out on tours. I recommend Indigo Safaris for a great African experience to anyone.