Bellingham SafarisReviews 

Bellingham put together a customized experience that was well-planned, monitored, and extraordinary. The staff is always looking for ways to make individual travelers comfortable and engaged. The entire trip was a delight and a meaningful experience.

Having just returned from yet another fabulous adventure provided by Simon and his team at Bellingham Safaris, I can only say that each journey is a stunning gem in the crown of Africa!
Zambia was teeming with wildlife. Each of the camps' locations in Livingstone, Lower Zambezi and South Luangwa National Parks and the Busanga Plains offered varying species, with hippos & crocs, elephants, leopards, lions, not to mention the vast herds of antelope speices and birds of all colors, shapes and sizes. There were magnificent photo ops at every turn.
The people of Zambia were warm, welcoming and delightful company, making every part of our journey a memorable experience. Kudos to the Bellingham Safari team for making Zambia shine!

Bellingham Safaris (Simon and Jen) provided a great service in setting up our Principe trip and giving us sound advice on what activities to include with the hotel package. We highly recommend them if considering such a remote trip to a special place. We are sure that other trips that they offer would be just as good! Thank you Simon and Jen!

Very well organized, as always!
We’ve been traveling with Bellingham Safaris since its inception and have always had great experiences!
Thanks for all you do.
Cheers
Mario

Bellingham does a great job managing everything that could possibly happen so we enjoy our trip!

This is the second time we have used Shelly of Bellingham Safaris to organise our trip and we were just happy with her service as the first time .Everything was thoroughly presented to me for discussion and finalisation and suggestions made were perfect and the attention to detail before and during our stay outstanding .Thank you again .You can be sure that we will be return customers and any friends who want to do similarly in Southern Africa will hear about you !!!

This was our second time booking with Bellingham and we were once again very satisfied. Shelly assisted us with the reservations and providing all the information we would need. I really like their customized itinerary which can be viewed online. Shelly and the whole Bellingham team are quite responsive and answered all my questions. I recommend them unreservedly.

Just returned from an 18 day trip organised by Bellingham Safaris, covering South Africa, Botswana & Zimbabwe (Victoria Falls). The trip involved numerous flights & hotels/lodges. All the choices & arrangements were superb. Throughout, we felt that they were ensuring that everything went according to plan. We cannot fault Bellingham in any way & would highly recommend them to anyone planning a similar trip. In fact they were recommended to us by close friends who made a similar trip in 2020. Whilst this was the most expensive holiday we have ever taken, I feel that we got good value & do not regret any of the choices. We would happily use this company again, if & when we return to southern Africa. Thank you Bellingham for looking after us so well & for an unforgettable holiday.

Excellent trip to Patagonia. I can't thank the whole team enough. Our guide, tracker, and driver were amazing and Bellingham made sure everything ran smoothly. We couldn't have done it without them. We saw Pumas up close, Glaciers so close you could touch them, and magnificent scenery. Truly remarkable.

Very personal service and customizable itinerary

The guided experience was so good.

We ended up seeing and doing things that we wouldn't never have done by ourselves in Cape Town.

Then the recommendation for the Safari portion of our trip was Brillant.

Would highly recommend.

We had a few delays with our travel, and Shelly was wonderful in rebooking everything for us. Simon took great care of us in cape town, and went out of his way to give our kids an awesome experience. Having an organised and guided experience in South Africa made us feel safe, and took all the hard work out of finding our way around and organising activities. Thoroughly recommend!

Ulusaba safari was amazing! We wouldn’t have known to go here without Shelly’s recommendation.

We had an awesome trip which had been skillfully designed to get the most out of some unique places in Africa. Simon's enthusiasm and knowledge was outstanding (once again) and facilitated some amazing sightings and unforgettable experiences.

The Bellingham safaris team was excellent in making our plans customized for our small group. All of our travel arrangements were streamlined and pulled off without any issues. The camps we stayed at were unique, extremely comfortable and in proximity to abundant wildlife without any crowds.

Our experience was unforgettable! All trip was planned and takes care of in such a way we did not worry about anything else besides enjoying our Safari experience. All planes and transportation worked great. The attention and support from Bellingham’s team was outstanding. Thanks for offering our family this one in a lifetime experience!!

Our itinerary throughout Zambia and south africa was perfectly laid out. We were privileged to have had Simon as our guide as he has an encyclopedic amount of knowledge on all things Africa including birds, mammals and their behavior to maximize our experiences! We are forever grateful to the entire Bellingham team for taking such great care of every detail of our trip! Can’t wait til our next trip with you.

Lodge, staff and view

We were a group of ladies and felt so well looked after. Everything was very well planned and communicated.
We had a life changing time in such a beautiful part of the world . I would highly recommend this truly unique experience .

I rarely deal with a business that goes above and beyond a customer’s expectations. Bellingham Safaris did just that.
I went through one of the best and most memorable experience of my life thanks to their exquisite service.

We were scheduled for one safari in South Africa, but because of a hurricane, Bellingham gave us a couple of other options at no additional cost (only the cost of the plane ticket). We decided to go to Botswana (the recommended option). It turned out to be the experience of a lifetime (with beautiful weather).

Shelly, Simon and Jen did such an excellent job at making our safari the best possible experience. Their detailed and timely communication is exemplary. They put the customer first.

I hope to be on an another safari adventure with Bellingham Safaris in the next couple of years.

The Safari experience was just fabulous and the efforts the Bellingham staff did for us through the entire process was just outstanding. They went way beyond the necessary procedures to really care for our details almost as if we were their family or friends.

1. Simon's expertise with wildlife and seamless attention to detail and the highest level of service made this trip extraordinary....along with his engaging and charming personality.
2. The remote location where we could view tigers and other animals and birds was exciting.
3. The service of the other tour guides and waiting staff was much appreciated.
4. The food was wonderful!
5. The knowledge imparted by our wonderful tour guides.
6. The chance to be with friends and to have this memorable experience together.
7. The only negative was the fact that the morning game drives and the afternoon game drives were too close together with not enough time to rest in between. This was not the fault of the travel company but was necessitated by the rules of the National Park which closed about 6pm or so.Obviously they wanted to give us the maximum amount of time to see the wildlife - and therefore took us out twice each day - but it was tiring. A few times we chose to miss a drive and enjoy the camps which were beautiful and restful and where staff were on hand to provide whatever we wanted in terms of food or drink.
8. There were lots of opportunities to learn about the behavior of the wildlife and also efforts to preserve the natural habitat they live in.
9. We also learned about efforts to discuss with the Indian government the importance of tourism to India and taking better care of these National Parks. This includes the many efforts to discourage poachers from harming the animals.
10. We walked around the neighborhood surrounding the camp and engaged a bit with children and their parents. We enjoyed getting a view into how they lived and appreciated how warm and welcoming they were.These experiences helped to provide context.