An okayish tour

My tour to Eswatini with Stin Safari was relatively okay. The tour started on time and the driving was good and safe. We stuck to the plan and visited all the places on the itinerary. On the negative side, I had some unplanned expenses, i.e. I had to pay the guide in the Eswatini village even though this had to be covered by Stin Safari according to the plan. The company should take better care of their cars. My car experienced some technical issues, so we wasted a lot of time waiting for people to help us and rushed from the last places that were on our itinerary, so I wasn't able to fully appreciate them.

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1 dia Kruguer

Ótima experiência, guias incríveis e parque extraordinário. Recomendo

What a cool dude! So much fun! :)

My boyfriend and I found a cheap flight to Mozambique. However, we didn't know how to get around, so we contacted Stin! He picked us up at the airport in Maputo and drove us all the way to Tofo . Even when our travel plans changed (well there was a really loud electronic music festival next to our bungalow which we hated), he was flexible and picked us up a few days later in Morongulu (which is like 12 hours away from Maputo). He shared a lot of insights  about Mozambique with us which was very interesting (also he is super funny haha!). Also it is very uncommon to find such a responsible, conservative driver in Africa. Stin made sure he doesn't exceed the speed limit and he drove in a very responsible manner. Stin didn't just drop us off in town, he brought us all the way into the hotel and arranged luggage help.At the end we went to Swasiland and Kruger on a 2 day safari. What a fun trip! I don't understand other reviews that say he wasn't aware of time. Stin really had an eye on the clock and he knew when the borders close. Everything went according to plan and we saw everything we wanted to see :)Touring with Stin felt like touring with a newly gained friend :) Many greetings to Stin and his wife and kids!

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Daytrip to Swaziland

I took part in a day trip to Swaziland. The guide was nice and knew a lot about Swaziland. The places visited were interesting. I can warmly recommend.

Should not be guiding tours to Swaziland

I am very sorry to write this review because Stin is a sweet guy. However in his lake of knowledge he truly risked our lives.Stin took us (a family of 8) to what was supposed to be a day tour of Swaziland. For starters the plan was horrible, we spent 95% of the time driving (more then 4 hours to each direction). Times were not times - he said we’d reach the cultural village of Manzini by 11:15 which was 13:15 in reality. We skipped more then half of the planed itinerary as we were afraid we’ll have to drive back in darkness (while Stin kept saying to trust him that we’ll be back at our lodge in SA by 18:00). In addition the tour should had been wheelchair accessible but was absolutely not accessible.Stin had absolutely no time estimation and in fact we only got back to the border by 18:30 when it was already dark. The true story starts here. Stin did not know the border closes at 18:00!!!We were left stuck in Swaziland with my mum who is a cancer patient and my 80 yers old grandmother. Luckily we had our mother medication with us but finding a place to sleep and driving through Swaziland in a pitch dark night is very unsafe!!! Stin also offered to take us in an additional 4 hours drive through Mozambique back to SA and said he would have  talked to his friends to arrange our visas. Of course the embassedor to whom we spoke said to not even think about it.We had to pay 3500 ZAR (about 300 dollars) for the night (including 500 for Stins’ room) not to mention dinner cost etc...The bottom line is that Stin took us to country he did not know, planned a horrible tour and risked our lives driving through dangerous places at night.this came with additional costs which Stin did not think to return. I don’t feel Stin tried to trick us but his lake of knowledge and horrible tour plan put us in risk and no other tourist should be taken to tours with him.

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