"Best Ever Kruger Tour"

We loved this review a guest from Logan in Utah wrote in July 2019 on TripAdvisor:

"Went from the thing I was least excited about to the thing I am raving about back home.

I cannot overstate what a wonderful time we had on safari through Wild Wings. When we booked our trip to South Africa, this was easily the thing we were least excited about. We aren't big on tours, or groups, or guided much of anything. We prefer, generally, to do our own research and go from there. What a mistake that would have been for a safari! My partner convinced me to book this, and we are both so glad we did.

We booked the five-day safari, and the price was exceptionally competitive. We had two nights in the park, and two nights at Mohlabetsi Private Game Lodge. We were picked up from Joburg early in the morning of our first day and went right to the first game drive after a five-hour drive with ample stops. Just within that afternoon, we were more than halfway to the Big 5 (which is perhaps a silly concept, but still - it's the first thing people ask you when they hear about your safari). Simon was our guide, and he's truly amazing. He communicates often with other guides and tracks his own sightings, to be sure to share the best possible wildlife sightings with his guests.

He also is a magician in terms of spotting things. I have no idea how he sees the things he sees, but you'll be grateful for his skills if you end up with him. He also knows a ton about the animals and their behaviour, and he never spiked our bullshxt meter when he was talking about them. We have done some other guided things in the past - from museum tours to wine tours, to a trip to Bhutan where you are assigned a guide for the entirety of your trip - and I can honestly say I've never met someone who loves their job as much as he does. He seems to truly love the animals and the park, and his enthusiasm is contagious.

Anyway, I can't count the number of animals we spotted with him (a lot. Like... a lot.), but that experience was the most memorable thing we've taken back with us from our 2.5 weeks in South Africa. The food was amazing as well, and while things like forced group dinners are again not our thing, the family we were paired up with was super nice and fun, and Simon is able to guide all of those interactions to be very smooth. If we come back to Africa for another safari, we plan to contact Wild Wings and just see how much it would take to spend a week with Simon - we'd leave it totally in his hands."

Nicky, our excellent safari guide, was unimaginably wonderful. Her care about the region and knowledge was absolutely wonderful. I want to give a big "high five" to Nicky for when we were not successful in seeing animals for some time, she would stop and give us horticultural lessons.

The highlight, to me, was actually seeing dung beetles in action rolling elephant dung up the tar. Hard to believe, as we saw many lions, rhinos, wild dogs, and other animals!! Seeing the circle of life at work was just so wonderful!"