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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
I highly recommend Meektrails & Jasan Warui for your safari
My wife, two teenage sons, and I had an incredible 6 day safari with Meektrails. It was a great value and jam packed with experiences built into the package. Be prepared to rough it!
Additionally, I can’t say enough about our personal driver/guide Jasan Warui. He’s an amazing guide, and even better person. He took very good care of us, and if you request him you won’t be sorry!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Redefining African Experience!
Trip number 2! We trust Newton and Mathew with our first trip to Africa in June 2022 with a Safari experience across Kenya, this time we returned as Newlyweds with a Bateleur Eagles Safari booked and organised trip to Zanzibar.
They matched our needs (knowing us well by this point!) with a local guide for a tour of Stone Town and then transfer to our resort. Our guide was really helpful and even took the time out to find us a baobab tree to visit which was on my bucket list!
We made some changes to our schedule after deciding one thing was a bit “tourist trap” and everything was swiftly changed without a murmur.
Making memories is their specialty.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Nice trip
Overall good trip, with a very nice and well-planned day-to-day itinerary where we got to see all we wanted to see over the three-day period. Also booked great places to stay all nights, with excellent value for money.
Very responsive tour organiser who always responded quickly whenever we had any questions.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent travel Agency, wonderful experience
I had one of the most wonderful experiences in my life. Patrick from Mmilo Tours arranged an unforgettable trip for me and my family to Pretoria and Kruger National Park. Patrick’s is a great professional and person, he arranged every detail of my trip (picking us at the airport, transportation to the hotel, tours to the best sanctuaries in Pretoria, he assigned us a very experienced and respectful guide for the 2 days in Pretoria, transportation back to the airport to go to Kruger)
We had another transportation waiting for us at the Nelspruit Airport to go to the park. The Shishangeni Lodge was beautiful, we even enjoyed the pool in our free time. The safaris were great, we saw all the animals even lots of lions!
Patrick is a great person and very professional. He offered me lots of options. He was also very patience with all my questions.
The whole experience was better than I expected.
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Above and Beyond Experience, Service
We compared notes with other travelers who were staying at the Selous Safari Lodge but were not using Plex as their guide company. And quickly discovered that we not only had the best guide (Michael) for safari but the most smooth experience with the coordination of travel and payments of anyone else. And after looking up who some of the others used, I think we paid a lot less, too!
We had an easy transfer from our Zanzibar hotel to the airport, and our guide was waiting for us when we landed. Our safari experience (2 days in the Jeep, a water safari on the river, and a walking safari and Masai visit) yielded so much--all the animal encounters we could ask for (including a close view of a napping lioness), but more importantly an incredible education. I am a Native American (Ojibwe Nation) and could not have been more thrilled with all of the knowledge that was so freely shared, regarding how the people in this area continue their sustainable agricultural and medicinal practices.
Selous Safari Lodge was amazing. Again, you're way, way far away from an urban center. The entire country struggles with consistent electricity supply. They have a generator but when the grid is on/off/on in minutes, it doesn't kick in. And sometimes generators fail. The little cottages are built to be as comfortable as possible without any electricity. If you absolutely have to have air con on all the time, pretty much anywhere close to the animal action isn't going to be able to provide that, so don't blame the lodge. We loved the food, and they were very accommodating with my food allergies, to the point of preparing a whole separate meal for me one night! Yes, we had to relocate a spider and a couple of frogs because of the way the exterior doors are designed, but it was not a big deal. If you have trouble with the very idea of a spider, traveling in east Africa is probably not for you, anyway. Compared to other lodging options so close to the park, Selous Safari Lodge, with it's pool and top-notch service, was a luxury experience.
Since we were not heading back to Zanzibar but on to Nairobi, Kenya, we ended up flying into Dar Es Salaam. However, the way the flight schedules worked, we had almost an entire day there. Edward at Plex arranged for us to have one of his safari guides, Franklin, take us around the city (he was born and raised there and happened to be in the office). Franklin gave us a day we will NEVER forget, especially the tour meal at the harbor fish market. He didn't shy away from showing us both the wonderful ingenuity and hard work of Tanzanians, and the struggles of the people living in the city.
My husband and I have been all over the world. We cannot thank Plex Africa Safaris enough for making our "bucket list" trip to Tanzania our most memorable and enjoyable trip ever (so far). If we have the ability to return to the region, we will definitely be using Plex again.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Until next time!
Our first safari trip ever! LJE did an amazing job with organizing our safari and their responsiveness before the trip was reassuring. They ensured that we were well prepared and informed about our safari and their personalized service was much appreciated. Our safari guide was well informed about Tanzania’s beautiful attractions which made our safari more enjoyable. Our family had specific lodging requests and LJE was very accommodating. We were not only comfortable but also enjoyed their selection of lodges. The itinerary curated by LJE ensured we experienced the best of each destination, and we could not be any more grateful. Our family is thinking of coming back next year during the great migration in the Serengeti.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Readily available
I loved my package, the guys at Moraj Travel were readily available to answer any questions. I enjoyed my vacation , the hotel was everything I wanted from the food, the service and the activities around. It was worth every coin!!!
Thank you Moraj, you’re the best!!💐💐
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A dream come true
The title sums up our Safari trip. We honestly could not have imagined a better Safari trip. Dan, our tour guide, honestly made the trip by being so knowledgeable, kind and accommodating. He spoke to us about Kenya as a country, explained the history and local life of villages and towns as we drive through them and really gave us a sense of what Kenya is.
The safari its self was honestly breath taking. We saw all of the big 5 and were lucky enough to see 4 of those 5 on our first 2 hour game drive. We had moments of pure tranquility in which we were parked up amongst a heard of elephants, watching them interact with one another and eat. We also experienced a pack of lions waking up from their night sleep and walking casually around us. I can’t express how amazing all of this was.
We stayed in fabulous accommodation (The Mara maisha camp and the sopa lodge) in which the food was outstanding along with the cleanliness, comfort and facilities that were all offered to us. We felt safe at all times.
I can’t express how amazing Dan our tour guide was. He really did make the trip for us!!
I highly recommend Kenya, Mufasa tours and Dan for your Safari!!
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Destination
We loved our time in Kenya. We went to the Maasai Mara, Amboseli, and Lake Nakuru. All three parks were amazing for different things. The Maasai Mara just had animals everywhere and has the Savannah look that I think most people outside of the continent imagine Africa. Amboseli has the view of Mount Kilimanjaro which is unparalleled by any other view. Lake Nakuru gives the best chance to see Rhinos and would probably interest bird watchers a lot (though Amboseli was really good too).
We loved that we went during the low season when there were less tourists. It slowed us to get closer to animals. Our only thing we weren't prepared for were the women trying to sell their goods outside of each park. They can be very pushy to buy something and you can only buy so much.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Masai Mara National Reserve by Joe Manning
Saw the big 5