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South Africa: Cape Town and Eastern Cape Safari
South Africa | Oct 15 - Oct 25, 2023

Amber
Amber V.
Switzerland | Reviewed on Oct 30, 2023

Bianca was amazing to work with not only leading up to our big trip but was so helpful while we were there as well. She really put me at ease. We traveled to South Africa from Switzerland with 2 young kids (11 and 10) and with our parents who met us there from the United States. There was a lot of organising and planning to make this trip seamless. And it was exactly that...seamless and relaxing. We absolutely loved our driver and guide Graham in Cape Town and our guide Matthew at Kariega during the safari. I HIGHLY recommend using KimKim to plan the most amazing trip.

Hotel Reviews
The Commodore Hotel
Cape Town

The Commodore had amazing views, good food, and friendly staff. The hotel itself is a but rundown and could use a minor facelift but overall it was great. The location was absolutely perfect for wandering around the V&A Waterfront.

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The Bay Hotel
Camps Bay, Cape Town

This hotel is absolutely beautiful with the best view of the water. Unfortunately while we were there they were renovating the pool side restaurant which made it difficult to enjoy the poolside with all the noise and the blockage of entering the pool easily. The rooms were really big and very clean. The food was really good although the service was not. There were so many employees but for some reason everything took forever.

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Ordering lunch and drinks by the pool took soooo long. Like over an hour for a kids cheeseburger. Our tab was wrong multiple times on different days (them adding other peoples drinks and food to our tab). They seemed really unorganised and not sure who was supposed to do what. Same with at breakfast, getting a coffee took almost 30 minutes even though there were close to 8 employees for 20 guests at a time.
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Very comfortable beds and pillows.
Kariega Game Reserve- Main Lodge
Eastern Cape

Kariega was AMAZING! We absolutely loved this part of our trip. Matthew was our guide and he was just the best. He was great with our kids, knowledgable about the reserve and animals, made us feel safe, he was funny and such a joy to spend 4 days with.

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one of the bathtubs in the chalet was broken, which was a bummer since it was only 1/3 bathrooms that we had for 8 people.
Local specialist: Bianca Gersbach
Bianca
Bianca Gersbach
Local specialist in Cape Town, South Africa | Replied on Nov 15, 2023

Hello Amber and Family,

Thank you so much for the wonderful feedback and for the opportunity I had to help you plan this family holiday. So grateful that you had a good time and that you were able to spend time together as a family. It was fantastic planning this holiday with you!

We hope to welcome you back to South Africa one day!

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