Kim Wagner

Safari Specialist & Consultant

Kim started her career in tourism in 1998 and has combined work in different sectors of the industry with extensive travel to many of Africa’s prime destinations. She puts big game safaris at the top of her favourites list but what she really loves is enabling visitors to experience Africa’s landscapes, wildlife and people for themselves. “Africa makes my heart full!” says Kim “and I’m lucky enough to call it home” – this is what drives her passion to ensure that every guest leaves Africa feeling the same way.

COUNTRIES VISITED

South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Seychelles and US.

FAVOURITE DESTINATIONS

Damaraland, Hoanib, Skeleton Coast, Okavango Delta, Makgadikgadi, Savute, Victoria Falls, Hwange and Mana pools.

Favourite Destination

I have many favourite destinations, each for their own reasons. For vast, magnificent landscapes and incredible night skies, not much can beat Namibia whereas for spectacular wildlife the Kruger Park and Sabi Sands have a special place in my heart. But the ultimate safari destination? That would be Botswana!

And since I’m Cape Town born and bred I’ve always been spoilt with amazing beaches but for simplicity of life and untouched natural beauty, my first choice for a beach holiday would be the Seychelles – an unforgettable beach experience.

Favourite Safari Moment

My favourite safari moment was in the Linyanti area in Botswana. Our day had started with a quick breakfast at camp and we were preparing for our morning game drive when a pack of wild dogs raced through camp, killing an impala that was about to give birth. We followed the chase and watched them enjoy their kill from a few metres away.

We eventually left camp for our game drive but the action just kept coming. We found the resident lion pride hunting buffalo, eventually isolating and wounding a big male. The lions kept attacking but the big buffalo never gave up. We spent almost four hours following the interaction – it was absolutely thrilling – until the buffalo eventually got away. And when we returned to camp, we watched a crocodile from a nearby lagoon drag the remains of the impala kill back to the water with him. Most exciting safari day ever!

Favourite Safari Activity

While I will never say no to a game drive, a mokoro (canoe) excursion in Botswana’s Okavango Delta is a definite safari highlight for me. With only the sounds of birdlife and animals gently splashing at the water’s edge, it gives me time – and the vantage point – to appreciate the finer points of nature and all its beauty.

Some of my Colleagues

Karina Atkinson

African Travel Specialist Karina has been in tourism since she graduated in the subject & has a deep love for African wildlife – no wonder she lists Botswana as her favourite destination.

Meet Karina
Melanie Kohrs

Handling the company’s admin & accounting, German-born Melanie has lived in Africa since the early 2000s & has travelled extensively throughout Southern Africa.

Meet Melanie
Walter Kohrs

After enjoying an extensive career as a Southern Africa safari guide, Walter combined his lifelong love of nature with a Business Administration degree to establish Safari Online in 2005.

Meet Walter

Hands-on Expertise

  • We’re based in Africa
  • We regularly do site inspections
  • Knowledgeable team
  • Expect great customer service

Accredited & Bonded

  • SATSA – Bonded Membership (2061)
  • Travel Safe Certificate
  • Fully Independent & Owner Run
  • Travel Support from Start to Finish

Reviews

Perfect

We are six older but experienced travellers who usually do our own planning. Luck led us to Safari Online and Walter. His ideas proved spot on. Throughout our planning Safari Online have been helpful, always answering emailed questions, no matter how basic, straightaway. We’ve had probably our best ever holiday in years of travel, everything went smoothly. Pickups and transfers were on time. Staff in all the places we stayed were friendly and helpful. I can’t think of one adverse remark except maybe seeing a lion that wasn’t asleep, though I think if it could have been arranged Walter would have done so.

Jennifer
Above expectations

Excellent communications and service. We dealt with Sabrina and she is awesome. The safari tour was amazing, i can highly recommend going to Elephant Plains. Its a very special place run by awesome people.

Werner
Excellent service and support for our Africa vacation

Working with Walter was a great experience. He listened to us and helped us build a vacation that exceeded all of our expectations. We really appreciated his professionalism and attention to detail.

Dan
Professional, patient, efficient and responsive. Met all our travel needs and requirements spot on

Communication was excellent – I asked A LOT of questions and did a ton of research myself and Walter was extremely patient with me and very responsive. he was straight forward and extremely professional.  Tour itself was excellent – an incredible experience and one never to be forgotten. Everything was spot on.

Neena
Karina was absolutely instrumental to our safari success.

Our experience with Safari Online was excellent. After becoming very frustrated trying to search for a safari destination on our own, we turned to Karina for help and she was a lifesaver. She responded to our requests promptly and gave us several options with links to each option; we ultimately chose Lukimbi. She then coordinated our flights to and from the property, arranged the drivers necessary to get us from the airport to the lodge and back again, and sent the appropriate paperwork to each of us to verify each step of the process. We had an amazing safari adventure at the lodge–the experience of a lifetime–and are so grateful for her help. We literally couldn’t have done it without her!

Chris
A great tour operator that was a pleasure to deal with.

We used Safari Online to put together a mid-range Botswana trip for a group of four going to three different camps and then onto Vic Falls. We asked several operators to provide options (through this great safari bookings website) and Walter Kohrs from Safari Online was easily the most responsive and quickest to provide different but realistic options and at good prices. In the end it was a no brainer to go with Safari Online. Walter always responded to my queries quickly, with honest and valuable responses that were clear and made sense. From our perspective he tailored a good mix of places for both our budget and standard of facilities that suited us perfectly, with enough information and links to help us make our decisions. In the end each camp was different and had different aspects and strengths that made each unique. We loved it.

Shane
They kept us fully informed and updated throughout planning, travel, etc.

It was excellent all around. Everything worked out well. An experience of a lifetime! The game viewing rides were fun and very informative.

Karen