MY
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent!
Thank you to Lion King Team, we were able to spot the big 5! They gave us the best service! Such a great experience ever. Excellent service!
MY
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience & friendly staff
We were able to see the Big 5. Thank you to James, Saleh, Gilbert, Salem & others for these amazing & unforgettable experience. The team was very patient & worked hard to ensure our journey is comfortable, full of information & good communication. They also provided clean vehicle, food & facilities. We absolutely recommend this team.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
My daughters vacation to Dubai was very exciting, they had alot of fun. Thanks Splendor Holidays
The communication is top notch updating on every step of the trip, the visas, airport pickup to the hotel and the different activities they organized. I would recommend Splendor Holidays Kenya Ltd to anyone who wants to get value for their money.
MX
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Westernized Africa
You can't beat the wildlife and scenery of a safari, that's for sure and it's worth every buck. However, it did feel heavily commercialized and not very authentic in terms of the people and the vibe. It's the first safari I ever take and my views could be exclusive to Kenya, Amboseli NP or the company I chose (which was very good by the way), but to me it felt artificial in a Disney-like manner. Please don't get me wrong: I stayed perhaps in the best hotels I've ever stayed and got some of the best customer service; the guide and all the staff were always trying to please us and make us happy. Maybe this was the problem ... it felt like Cancun, Miami or anything else but Africa, a standardized and westernized vision and feel of tourism. If what you are looking for is to get to know Africa's epic wildlife with international comfort then a safari is your best choice, but if you want to discover a new culture, then make a change of plans or balance your trip with something else. We also went to Ethiopia and while the comfort standard was light years away from Kenya, the social-cultural component of that part of the trip was much more genuine and memorable. In terms of wildlife, orangutan trekking in Borneo or walking among gellada baboons in Ethiopia feel much more authentic, although not as impressive as what a safari reserve can offer. I think it's a matter of what your profile is and the expectations you have. Again, my only safari experience is in one reserve in Kenya and things could be very different in other places, I don't know but I doubt it. Personally I would take a safari again (tampering my expectations) if I was traveling to Africa on a longer trip. I would never plan a trip exclusively for a safari.
GR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
amazing experience
Thr nature is amazing, of course there is also poverty but the people are very kind and share everyhting.
The weather is ok sunny . There is toooo much dust around the city. ALl the quides are incredible they can see animals kilometrs away.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Florent and Snow Africa Advanetures were wonderful to deal with and organised a great safari for us.
Arati Q
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Pending review
Tanzanian Safari
A group of 7 from Australia and Canada recently travelled to Tanzania for a safari. We had to have this "safari" tailor made to suits our needs and Florent from Snow Africa Adventures organised this trip for us. Right from the start he was very accommodating with our requests and a great communicator.
He arranged for us to be picked up at the airport in Kilimanjaro - then onto a 4 day safari and a drop off to Nairobi. The guides LORRY and CHEEMA he had organised for us were great as were the lodges.
Thank you Florent, Lorry and Cheema for making our safari adventure memorable. I would highly recommend Florent and his team.
Hope to be back one day :)
CH
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was a amazing, varied time wirh a very good symatic driver Richard.
We got really spontain organized a perfect tour around the mount elgon. Our guide heard about our wishes what to do and to see and everithing was great with various guides. The locations and the food were very good. And we felt very safe during our travel with the van. Thanks again!
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Worst experience ever
We had the most horrible and scary 2 days of our lives with this company. First day was the car accident and it went into a full on death-spiral from there. I don’t even want to rehash the 24 hour period in between the car accident the first day and being broken down on the side of the road on the return trip, so for the sake of brevity I’ll start at the vehicle breakdown on January 28th, 2019. We were on the side of the road for 8 hours, in the region where CANNIBALS are known to abduct, kill and eat stranded people. WE HEARD THEM IN THE WOODS BEHIND THE TREE LINE JUST FEET AWAY FROM US! We were in SO MUCH DANGER. 6 tourists had be taken and eaten just a few months prior, we learned the next day. We had to call one of our own people to come get us from Kampala (2.5 hour drive each way for him), if we would have waited for a representative from Love Uganda to arrive, it would have been after 2am! The biggest issue we have at this point is that Love Uganda agreed to refund us 40% of the Safari cost, and we wrote up a contract and both parties signed that by March 1st the funds would be transferred into our account. We gave them 4 WEEKS to get us the refund. 4 weeks came and went, and I emailed them that their deadline had passed. I was told that the owner was out of the country until the end of the month (weeks from then) and that nothing could be done. Here it is April 1st and there has STILL been no contact from them and no refund. I had not intended to write this review because even though our trip was HORRIFIC AND TRAUMATIC, we just wanted the partial refund and to return to our lives. But after everything that happened, and NOW after them not honoring their agreement and ignoring the contract that they signed AND not communicating, I feel it is my duty to warn others. They talk a professional game, but they do not honor their financial agreements, and that is NOT PROFESSIONAL.
CA
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A unique and truly rewarding customized tour with a personal approach that suited us perfectly!
My wife and I were most impressed with the quick response to our late request for a booking on the Blue Train from Pretoria to Cape Town. We feared that we had missed the deadline. Not only did Kathi at African Welcome Safaris book our tickets but she also assisted in arranging our Cape Town and vicinity tours, a Garden Route self drive tour (5 glorious days discovering hidden gems), a glorious 4 nights at the Oyster Box in Durban and all the internal flight arrangements for connecting flights. During our whole time in South Africa whenever we had a question we would just WhatsApp her and we would have an answer and a solution within 10 minutes. Now that's service! At one stage on the garden route we forgot a small black backpack at one of the lodges. They contacted African Welcome Safaris and Kathi called us within 30 minutes of having left. We always felt looked after. Not only did our trip live up to our expectations it exceeded them.
NL
Very helpful, very pleasant contact, good advice
I had a few aes in my mind to visit. I spoke with Tanja and discussed with her by email. She had good ideas, listened to my wishes and arranged a unforgettable journey through SA.
we slept in very pleasant B&B’s, have seen a lot of different places, and alsof the beaten track.
We can be clear: with the help of Tanja, you get the best time during your holiday in SA