Africa Endeavours

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John Edmonds
John Edmonds 2025.12.02
     
In 2024 we were planning our fourth African safari experience, and had previously used Africa Endeavours when booking one previous trip. This time time our experience was to visit Zambia and we chose this company to plan and book out the trip. We were not disappointed. The communication with the company, both during the planning and while on the trip, was excellent. There was always someone who could address our questions and suggest alternatives if we wanted to change any items. This trip was an experience that we will find difficult to beat! The hotels and safari camps were excellent, and in all of them the staff were friendly and knew the kind of experience that we were looking for. Africa endeavours had warned us that at the time of our visit was likely to be hot, and it was the end of the 'Dry season', This turned out to be to our advantage. The animals were concentrated around the water holes, and resulted in fantastic photo ops. Thank you to our Travel designers Vanessa and Maloo for the excellent service.
Neal Schoenle
Neal Schoenle 2025.05.09
     
Shannon arranged the trip of a lifetime for us. From the time we landed until our departure 19 days later every part of our trip was effortless. The insights Shannon shared from her personal experience were invaluable to us. Our Cape town excursion and the helicopter excursion stood were incredible!! We would highly recommend Africa Endeavours!
الرد من Africa Endeavours 2025.05.12
Neal and Sarah: Thank you so much for your business. Great to work with you on your trip to Africa! Cheers, Shannon
Susan Ecoff
Susan Ecoff 2025.05.08
     
Shannon was great to work with. She planned the trip around our preferences, using her expertise to plan a trip of a lifetime. Great Plains was with us every step of the trip from arrival at the airport to our check in process heading home.
الرد من Africa Endeavours 2025.05.08
Thanks so much to the Ecoff family for your business. Such a pleasure to work with you!
Robert Bremner
Robert Bremner 2025.04.27
     
We booked through Shannon our Fiji and Maldives trips. We didn’t want to come home. Both were fantastic. I dive my wife snorkels. We both saw some of the most amazing things. Swimming with Whale Sharks and Manta Rays is the best. There were no glitches all accommodations were great!! Diving was the best. I loved the small infinity pool at our villa. I was in it every afternoon watching the fish and small black tip sharks swimming by on the water. We will book again, next year through Africa Endeavors very happy with them.
Isabelle Green
Isabelle Green 2025.01.06
     
Our family has just returned from the most wonderful trip to Africa, organised by Shannon of Africa Endeavours. In the nearly three week long trip we went to South Africa on safari, followed by a beach holiday in Mozambique. Working with Shannon before our travels was easy and enjoyable. Shannon is a great communicator, responding promptly to our messages, setting up video calls and making sure we were on top of everything needed for the trip. After finding out what we were looking for, Shannon gave us some options to choose from, which ensured we went on a trip tailored to our liking. Our holiday was like a well-oiled machine: all transfers were well organised, all accommodations were beautiful and welcoming, and all activities were perfectly planned and executed. We had nothing to worry about, we were in great hands. It was clear to us throughout our trip that Africa Endeavours has some excellent connections who they can rely on to make their clients’ travels as seamless and friendly as possible. Our South African safari was just perfect. The lodgings was a small private game reserve. The land it was on was huge! But the safari camp only had 24 guests at a time, and we were in our own private camp which was only for our family of six. With it being so small, it offered a very personalized experience with staff who took care of our every need. Our game drive guide and tracker were very experienced and made our outings so much fun. They were not only good trackers but also very safety conscious. We saw the big five several times, as well as so many other animals. Our guide was very knowledgeable about the animals and also the bush in general. The experience was thrilling! Our week in Mozambique was pure bliss! The resort we stayed at was again very small which meant a personalized touch to our stay. Shannon was not wrong when she said that the beaches in Mozambique are stunning. They truly are. We stayed in a tented ‘suite’ which was a first for us. It was like glamping. The lodging was so comfortable and unique, it is a special memory we will treasure forever. Each suite had their own, small pool with a view over the Indian Ocean. We enjoyed spending time on our deck. We also loved swimming in the ocean at the resort. The water was so warm, we joked that it was like being in a warm bath, and on some days it even felt like a hot tub. The resort offered some delicious and healthy food, as well as a daily massage in your room or at a hut overlooking the beach. They also offered various outings, including visiting nearby islands, where we snorkeled and saw the many colourful fish they have in that area. We also saw dolphins, but missed out on seeing whales due to it being the wrong season for whalespotting. We also went on a sunset boat ride in one of the traditional fisher boats, with drinks and snacks provided by the resort. It was a very charming outing. We visited the nearby town which we enjoyed a lot as it allowed us to learn a little about the local culture. All in all, our experience was very positive and we are grateful to Shannon and Africa Endeavours for organising such a marvelous trip for us. The many happy memories of our African travel will stay with us forever. Thank you!
Nicole Frey
Nicole Frey 2023.05.16
     
Excellent experience working with Shannon from Africa Endeavors for our honeymoon. Presented a detailed proposed itinerary and then adjusted based on our preferences and specific requests. We felt very supported and comfortable before and throughout out trip. We traveled to South Africa for a safari with Garonga (MCH site) and then to Mozambique for some R&R at AsDunas.
الرد من Africa Endeavours 2023.05.16
Thanks so much Nicole and Jarrod. Pleasure working with you on your honeymoon. Cheers, Shannon
Ari Ss.
Ari Ss. 2023.01.10
     
الرد من Africa Endeavours 2023.01.12
Hi Ari Ss., we don’t have you in our client records and don’t think we ever talked to you. Maybe you posted the review by mistake. Please call our office and we will be happy to answer any questions. Our goal is to provide the best customer experience and reviews from clients who have worked with us. Cheers, Corinne Goodman - owner.
Samantha Scheinbart
Samantha Scheinbart 2022.11.28
     
My husband and I originally had planned our South African honeymoon with Africa Endeavors in 2019 for September 2020... well, we finally went in October 2022 and it was magical! Africa Endeavors - Laura in particular - was so wonderful throughout the three year process of planning, rescheduling and executing! It was so seamless to change our dates, not once but twice. Laura took all our wishes and turned them into a wonderful 10 day trip across South Africa - Cape Town, Hermanus and the Makalali Private Game Reserve near Kruger. I cannot say enough great things about how wonderful this company treated us - quick to respond, flexibility with scheduling and prices, great recommendations and truly sustainable tourism. Our favorite part was the local tour company that they partnered with in South Africa - the guides were so open to discuss their experience and the history/culture of the country. It was a fascinating and unique experience that truly shaped our trip. Thank you Laura for making our honeymoon planning (and replanning) so pain free, and thank you for planning the experience of a lifetime. We will 100% recommend all our friends to use Africa Endeavors for their safari needs, and we will definitely be back to plan future trips with Laura.
Jennifer Ptak
Jennifer Ptak 2022.11.06
     
Candice and the team at African Endeavours helped us plan an incredible two-week trip to South Africa in October 2022. From start to finish, the guidance and attention to detail was exceptional. Candice helped us to narrow down lodges for safari, and the result -- Tanda Tula in the Timbavati -- was the perfect combination of incredible game viewing, luxury, and hospitality. Candice's guidance was incredibly helpful in planning the day-to-day itinerary, putting the different stops in our trip in the ideal order and making sure transfers were seamless. A few highlights: her recommendation for a food tour in Cape Town, surprising us with special dining experiences to celebrate our anniversary, and arranging a day of activities at Babylonstoren during our stay there in the winelands. We look forward to working with African Endeavors again...hopefully sooner rather than later!
Lindsay Weaver
Lindsay Weaver 2022.10.27
     
We used Africa Endeavours for our honeymoon in Kenya. The trip itself was incredible, and the itinerary allowed us to visit an awesome variety of places. Everyone in Kenya was so helpful and friendly, particularly the local travel company they partner with (Albatros Travel), and we felt very well taken care of. However, we were frustrated by our experience with our travel agent. After we booked, we had a hard timing getting her to answer our questions thoroughly or timely, and we got a lot of incorrect information (maps that were wrong, visa instructions for the wrong country, another traveler's lodging info), which didn't give us a lot of confidence that everything was taken care of. Our biggest issue was that we were grossly misquoted for our trip. We provided a budget upfront and were deciding between Kenya and South Africa. Our agent gave us sample itineraries for each, and we specifically asked if both were within our budget. She said yes, that both were, though Kenya may end up being "a touch above". We spent weeks researching each place to ultimately decide that we wanted to go with Kenya. After we paid our planning fee, we received our final cost, and it was 40% more than our initial budget, exclusive of flights. We expressed our surprise and frustration at this, trying to understand what caused such a drastic increase, and our agent's response was "the price is the price". She said the best she could do was waive our planning fee (which she did not actually do). In the end, we'd spent so much time going back and forth and now had our hearts set on Kenya, so we ended up moving forward and paying it, but we would have explored other options or different travel agencies had we known upfront that our initial budget was not realistic. Ultimately, although the trip was great, we wouldn't book with Africa Endeavours again because of the lack of transparency around pricing.
الرد من Africa Endeavours 2022.10.28
Hi Lindsay,
I am the owner of Africa Endeavours, and wanted to respond to you personally, as well as offer to continue this conversation with me directly at 312.951.8517. I am thrilled Kenya was everything you hoped for, for your honeymoon. The country, people and wildlife are so incredibly unique. I always value feedback on how we could improve our services, especially during more challenging travel times these days. Every traveler is very important to us.

I have reviewed the correspondence, and that Kenya and South Africa were discussed as possible honeymoon options, with South Africa being the less expensive of the two destinations. When options were quoted based on your desire for Kenya, there was immediate follow up, presenting ideas to help reduce expenses so you could make decisions based on what was best for you. Things like downgrading lodgings, removing a location completely - which also helps reduce transfer costs, looked at reversing the flow of the trip based on availability etc.

While we cannot adjust the cost of lodges, as we have no control over that, we can and did provide alternatives on how to reduce the overall cost of the trip. I do see Vanessa worked hard with you, continuing to finesse the trip to ensure it was your perfect honeymoon. And lastly, I’ll pass on your kind words about the Albatros ground crew to them - they really are fantastic.

I do hope that if you would like to discuss this further, please reach out to me directly to chat.

Sincerely,
Corinne
Juli Erhart-Graves
Juli Erhart-Graves 2022.10.18
     
We recently worked with Vanessa for a 2 week trip that included Victoria Falls, Cape Town, a safari and a beach in Mozambique. Vanessa arranged all the flights, hotels, tours and transfers. She had people meet us at each plane to take us through customs and the airports, which relieves a lot of stress when traveling abroad. The hotels were amazing and the tours were fabulous. We loved every minute of our trip and wouldn’t hesitate to use Africa Endeavours again.
الرد من Africa Endeavours 2022.10.19
Thank you so much Juli and Russ. It was such a pleasure to get to know you and help you plan your trip. Looking forward to helping you plan your next adventure to the Northern Lights! Cheers, Vanessa
Toni M-B
Toni M-B 2022.10.04
     
This is the second trip that Corinne (and team) planned for our family. Our Australia trip in 2018 was so phenomenal that Corinne was the first person I contacted when we decided we wanted to travel to Africa. The team at Africa Endeavours took the time to learn what our family likes (and doesn’t like) and created a tailored travel experience that we will never forget! We had just the right number of days on safari, which bookended experiences in Victoria Falls and Capetown. The team on the ground in Africa was easy to communicate with and tremendously helpful. We would not hesitate to book again with Africa Endeavours/Australia Endeavours! Corinne and Doug- next up is probably New Zealand and Fiji!!!
Erika Howard
Erika Howard 2022.08.25
     
We worked with Shannon on our recent trip to South Africa and the trip was amazing and logistics were totally seamless. Highly recommend using Africa Endeavours and Shannon on you next adventure!
الرد من Africa Endeavours 2022.08.25
Thanks so much Erika and Travis! I so appreciate your business. Cheers! Shannon
Annmarie Charno
Annmarie Charno 2022.08.12
     
Shannon at Africa Endeavors was absolutely wonderful in helping us to plan our honeymoon! She provided us with a number of options for our trip, and allowed us to customize to exactly what we wanted. She provided us with wonderful suggestions/recommendations as well as alternative ideas, which we really appreciated. We had to cancel our trip last minute, and she even made that entire process easy for us. It was truly a pleasure working with her, and the rest of her team!
الرد من Africa Endeavours 2022.08.12
Annmarie and Joey. Thank you so much. It’s been a pleasure working with you. Here’s hoping we can get to South Africa in the future. Cheers. Shannon
Marcellus Howard
Marcellus Howard 2022.04.04
     
I can’t express how much we have enjoyed all of our trips planned by Africa Endeavors! Shannon is always so helpful and works with you to plan the best vacations! We first planned a trip with her to South Africa and just wrapped up a trip to UAE. Everyone we have worked with has always been so professional and helpful. All trips are planned with all details laid out where the only thing you have to do is enjoy your vacation! I look forward to planning my next trip with Africa Endeavors.
الرد من Africa Endeavours 2022.04.04
Thanks so much Marcellus and Don for your continued support.
Melody Walker
Melody Walker 2022.04.01
     
I was really looking forward to having my first international trip planned by AE, but was quickly met with disappointment. The itineraries posted online are what prompted me to reach out, but I was quickly told that the itineraries online are not available and the website is not up to date. I was advised that I would have to pay a fee of I believe $500 which I had no issue with until I was told that the itineraries were outdated online, so not even sure what I would be getting. I was also told they would not be able to assist with booking airfare which it states on the website they would. I had to agree to a minimum booking of $8,000 not including airfare, which again was fine other than the fact that now I have no idea what sort of itinerary I am paying for since they are outdated on the website. From the first couple of emails, I just had the overall feeling that my budget probably wasn’t the most desirable for this company, so decided to take my business elsewhere. If you are advertising itineraries, I would recommend you keep the information up to date so that people don’t have to waste time and money not knowing what they are getting. Response to owner: As noted above, I cancelled the call and didn’t pay you fees because I have no idea what sort of itinerary I am paying for since the ones you advertised are not up to date and I was told all I needed to know via email prior to you even speaking to me on the phone. As I’m sure you understand, we rely on information to be updated to make decisions and I just want to share my experience with others in case they find themselves in the same position. I will definitely enjoy my trip. Thanks!
الرد من Africa Endeavours 2022.04.01
HI Melody

It’s unfortunate that you decided to cancel our initial phone call and leave this review without engaging in our services or paying any monies to us. The itineraries on our website are inspirational samples of past hand-crafted trips we have created. As I’m sure you understand, covid has had a major impact on the tourism industry, and we are doing our best to keep our information as up to date as possible given the circumstances. We usually explain this in detail during our initial chat,

We do hope you have an enjoyable holiday to South Africa when you do go. It is an amazing destination.
Jillynn Keppler
Jillynn Keppler 2022.01.26
     
Working with Corinne to plan our family trip to Africa has been an amazing experience. Her knowledge and expertise is evident and is critical to making all of the pieces of the trip fit together seamlessly. But it is her enthusiasm and ability to understand the uniqueness of each client that sets her apart. Corinne takes time to understand what you want from the trip, what matters the most to you, and what will make the trip a step above. And then she makes it happen! I feel so fortunate that we found Corinne and Africa Endeavours!
الرد من Africa Endeavours 2022.01.27
Thank you Jillynn, I have loved getting to know your entire family, and really am looking forward to working with you again in the future. I know this trip will be everything you've wanted, a family adventure you'll talk about for years to come.
Cheers - Corinne
Donald Lalowski
Donald Lalowski 2022.01.16
     
We had been planning the trip of a life time to Africa for years, but then covid hit, and we had to reschedule for a year later. However, African Endeavors took care of everything. We finally took our trip, and it was excellent. They took care of all the details big and small. Even with all the complications of covid and covid testing, everything went smooth. We usually plan our vacations our self, but with this complicated itinerary, we could have never done this with out them. Every detail was carefully planned out for us. We would highly recommend them!
الرد من Africa Endeavours 2022.01.17
Thank you so much Don and Julie. It has been an absolute pleasure see your dream trip come to life. After 6 years of first meeting, you finally got to travel. I've really enjoyed getting to know you both and look forward to many future Endeavours. Cheers - Corinne
John William Townsend
John William Townsend 2021.12.16
     
Shannon was a pleasure to work with. The trip exceeded all of our expectations. The personal touches through all aspects of our trip made this trip extra special. No detail was overlooked to ensure our comfort and enjoyment of safari.
الرد من Africa Endeavours 2021.12.16
Thank you John and Jamee. Great to work with you both! Cheers! Shannon
Marissa MacGauley
Marissa MacGauley 2021.11.15
     
Shannon was absolutely amazing. She helped plan the perfect trip to South Africa for our honeymoon. She was very responsive, listened to what we wanted out of the trip and planned everything accordingly, and helped reschedule everything after a covid related delay/change of plans. It was so stress free while we were there knowing we had her on our sude pulling the strings behind the scenes. Highly recommend her and Africa Endeavors!
الرد من Africa Endeavours 2021.11.17
Thank you so much Gabriel and Marissa. Such a pleasure to plan your trip. Cheers! Shannon

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