Originally Posted by LongingForORD

I have always used a great US based "safari" travel agent. I travel the world for business and set up my own travel, but I rely on an expert for my family trips to Africa. The TA travels to SA, and Southern Africa a couple of times a year (and has been doing it for +20 years), he knows most/many camps, sites, areas and makes great reccomendations so my trip, fits the way my family likes to travel. Yes, we are adventurious, but traveling with family on a "once in a life time" trip takes some planning. FYI we are on our third "once in a lifetime" trip. I have never met this TA, he lives on the other US coast, we do everything by email, with many questions asked and answered back and forth.