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Posted by: zambiatraveler on Feb 15, 12 at 03:36 PM Posted in: Africa & the Middle East Tagged: Zambia Jump to last reply

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Hello all,
We are considering traveling with African travel Resource to Zambia.
Does anyone have recent experience with this travel agent? Could only find some info on this forum, dating from 2006.
All info is much appreciated !
Kind regards,

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cary999 on Feb 15, 12 at 06:23 PM

No help directly, sorry.
But we hear about ATR often here so I did advanced search on "ATR" and it came back with lots in 2011 and some in 2012. For example - http://tinyurl.com/7um26eb

regards - tom

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pixelpower on Feb 16, 12 at 02:54 AM

My personal opinion; they push towards high-end camps too much.

Just look at the scores they give in any particular area; by coincidence the most expensive camps get a 8, 9 or 10. Less luxurious and less expensive camps only get to 7 or sometimes 8. Even though game viewing is idem (as it's in the same park) and even though there's no difference in guiding (they may rave about fantastic guiding in a non-luxe camp, but it will still only get a 7 or 8).

Any camp they did not visit yet gets a zero, which is a bit weird as well.

Their website is great though, if you know how to work it. But interfaces too small to be useable on a tablet PC (sorry, IT guy speaking here).

Can't comment on their services. Have never used them.

Ciao,

J.

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