Africa Travel Resource - Guildford

Jen Ruckenstein

My husband and I booked our dream honeymoon with ATR Safari to Tanzania and we cannot say enough great things about our experience planning the trip, and our experience with the lodges, guides, transportation and more within Tanzania. Brian Blatt with ATR heard exactly what each of us wanted out of the trip, and put together a trip of a lifetime for us. We went to Tarangeri National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti National Park and Zanzibar, and each place was unique and had so much to offer! ATR's communication was great leading up to the trip and helping us to understand and organize all of the documents we would need. The platform they share the itinerary and travel tips/expectations on was also top notch and accessible. Luckily, we didn't need an emergency contact, but knowing we had access to their emergency line through whatsapp while abroad was a comfort. I highly recommend planning your next African adventure with ATR!

Agnieszka Szpila

We have traveled with ATR to Africa multiple times, and each experience has been exceptionally well-organized, consistently meeting our needs. It is invaluable to have an agent you can trust, ensuring that accommodations, activities, and transportation are perfectly tailored to your preferences. We highly recommend ATR for their outstanding service and attention to detail.

P J

Richard Wende and Gemma recently helped us planning, booking, and organizing a trip for 6 of us traveling to South Africa. We had an amazing 10-day trip in Cape Town, Franschhoek, and Timbavati! We couldn’t recommend ATR more, they have helped us chosen the best accommodations in these cities, they have the best local contact for drivers, at really reasonable prices too! They are also very responsive in replying to emails, WhatsApp, which is super helpful when it comes to emergency or urgent questions when you are on the trip!

Christine Bernhofer

Absolut fantastic trip, all transfers, flights, camps went very well, in time. Zimbabwe much recommended. ATR excellent, fast response, all my extra wishes were fulfilled.
Shongwe Lookout, Hwange Bush Camp, Somalisa Expeditions, MUSANGO, Goliath Camp, Little Vundu superb. Would do the trip exactly the same again.

Robert Davis

We have recently returned from a fantastic 7 day safari trip to Zimbabwe that we had arranged with Richard Wende at ATR. I had specifically chosen Zimbabwe on the basis of reports that it promised true wilderness locations coupled with top-quality guiding that would provide intense, up-close, walking encounters with wildlife in a way that is not possible in most other safari locations.

We chose 2 camps that offered a comfortable, yet authentic, bush camp experience in great locations - Hwange Bush Camp in Hwange NP and Vundu Camp in Mana Pools NP. Both fully met our expectations, whilst also providing fantastically friendly staff, characterful hospitality and great food. The stretch of Mana Pools alongside the Zambezi River where Vundu Camp is located has to be the most beautiful safari location that we have yet experienced.

Our wildlife encounters more than met my high expectations. We had some exciting and very memorable, on-foot close-up experiences - painstaking tracking that eventually led to a heart-stopping and very loud, snarling encounter with lions in dense bush, bull elephants towering over us to drink at a dam seemingly only yards away and last, but not by any means least, squatting in the dust in dense mopane woodland watching entranced whilst a small pack of African wild dogs returned to feed their excited pups at the den. A wide range of 4WD experiences was topped by our watching 2 mating lions from close up and then feeling their celebratory roaring make our whole bodies vibrate. Spike and Sean, our guides at Hwange Bush Camp and Blade, our freelance guide at Vundu Camp were all very professional, extremely knowledgeable and highly skilled.

All the connecting bush flights arranged by ATR - from Victoria Falls to Hwange, Hwange to Mana Pools, and Mana Pools to Harare worked extremely smoothly and formed a very pleasurable element of the trip in themselves.

Many thanks to to ATR’s Richard Wende for his expert help and advice in formulating the trip and many thanks also to ATR’s Ida du Preez for her work in answering our queries and finalising the trip, but also especially for helping to get us successfully right back on “safari track” after we missed our onward flight connection to Victoria Falls from Johannesburg on the way into Zimbabwe (NB this was not part of ATR’s package).

Tara Stewart

This was the second time we booked an epic African vacation with ATR. Once again, Tracey went above and beyond our expectations to create a trip of a lifetime. The communication was flawless right from the planning stages.

ATR are experts in their field and I wouldn’t trust anyone else with this large of a undertaking traveling from Canada to tour Uganda. What I appreciate most about ATR is the fact that they take the time to get t know you and design a trip based on your wishes and budget. There are no cookie cutter itineraries with ATR and you are not just booking a generic safari from a tour company for the masses.
ATR service is simply like no other, they will work with you every step along the way so you have a personalized itinerary using ATR’s entrusted local guides and boutique lodges that are simply exquisite. Most importantly, ATR does all of this this while staying as eco friendly as possible by supporting local businesses that are sustainable and also give back to their villages and communities.
After arriving to Uganda, everything Tracey had arranged went flawlessly. From our drivers, to 5 internal flights and of course the quaint but luxurious accommodation, the real stars were the wildlife. Tracey had arranged every detail of permits, guides and trekking. We didn’t have to worry about a thing except enjoying the beauty of Uganda and it’s wildlife stars. If you are looking for a personalized trip of a lifetime, don’t book anywhere other than with ATR!

Carla Torgerson

This was my first trip to Africa. Our travel agent, Brian was amazing - he listened to our wants and needs, creating and refining our itinerary until it was perfect for us. Then the guide he requested, Issaya, was simply incredible. He was super knowledgeable about every topic (animals, culture, geography, etc.) and worked to ensure our dream vacation was everything we wanted. I'd been dreaming of going to Africa for 15 years, and had the most incredible experience! I highly recommend the team at ATR.

Meemaw Meloche

There was 12 of us that went on the most amazing trip ever. We thought it would be good but never expected the level of perfection that we experienced. The staff were so friendly and knowledgeable! The food was like the food network show! Every accommodation was perfect! They thought of every little detail. The safari was so exciting! We saw every animal! We saw the big 5 and so much more! Our guides were the best in the world. I can’t say enough about ATR. They asked questions to get to know us and customized our trip for us. It was definitely perfection. Thank you So much!!!!