According to a survey of over 400 operators in southern and east Africa by safaribookings.com, Yanks make the best safari tourists - 85% of operators rated them "pleasant" to "very pleasant".
They are the top scorers when it comes to friendliness, their sense of humour, generous tipping and respecting local customs.
Italians, however, are at the other end of the scale.
More than 18% checked them as "annoying" or "very annoying", finding them rude, seldom on time, and often wont to completely ignore the guide's instructions.
On the plus side, though, operators do find Italians easy to please.
Shockingly, South African tourists come off second worst, with 14.48% rating them as unpleasant. Though South Africans are considered to have a sense of humour and are considered fun to be with (38%), punctuality seems to be a problem.
The second favourite nationalities are Canadian (82%) and Australian (80%).
Brazilians are notorious latecomers and the Dutch, according to 45% of respondents, are least likely to tip. Of all other nationalities, only the French came close to them in the "poor tipping" department.
Overall, the Brits did very well. Operators say they are polite, punctual and listen to their guides. However, according to 55%, they are the most difficult to please.
Germans win the prize when it comes to being punctual.
Overall, nationalities that have English as an official language score much better than those who don't - possibly because it's easier for the guides to communicate with them.
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