SE
under20 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A journey to remember
In December 2017 me and my family made a trip to Uganda. Of course we chose Mamaland Safaris as our tour guide. We had Mamaland as well on our first trip to Uganda & Tanzania about 7 years ago. I can guarantee you, when I am going to visit Uganda again, I am definietly going with Mamaland Safari. The guides knows the areas, they know the people and they are very flexible. Is there anything you would like to do that is not on the schedule? Then Mamaland will most likely fix it for you so that you will have the ultimate experience. The guides are very friendly and after the trip you're guaranteed to have met new friends.
If you are traveling to east Africa, make sure you pick Mamaland Safaris!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
excellent organisation
Everything was as well as announced in the programme.
Good camp, good meal, good safaris
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
So Many Priceless Moments
Date of Travel: May 2017
Review Title: So Many Priceless Moments!
We can't say enough about how great our agent was to work with at this Africa safari travel company. I asked dozens of questions and she patiently, pleasantly and promptly answered every one of them. I felt like we had someone who was committed to assure our experience in Africa would be something to remember our entire lives. She helped me anticipate what each family member would most enjoy and fit in so many special moments. The trip included one of our family proposing to his girlfriend. The arrangements to make it an amazing and touching evening for them was priceless. Our agent anticipated our needs, planned every detail and we never gave it a second thought if something was done, a reservation was made and the itinerary was what we wanted. Thank you for an extraordinary adventure. I know we will do business with her again and recommend her without hesitation.
The breathtaking beauty of each location was only matched by the wonderful people at the lodges where we stayed. The manager at the Manor House is the standard for how individuals overseeing hotels should be measured. he was kind, professional and anticipated our needs. The team at Treetops and Pioneer Camp will be remembered always. Everyone was genuinely interested in assuring we had great days no matter what were doing. Our guide for the entire trip was a rock star. An encyclopedia of animal knowledge, so well versed in how to find the best view for the animals we wanted to see. he is in a bunch of our pictures, he was like family. We are looking at pictures taken on the trip that truly are like you see in a magazine and it's all because our guide knew where to be and when to be there. We saw every animal we wanted to see and jaw dropping events - lions in trees, fighting, mating, caring for cubs, herds and dozens of creatures we never even knew existed. Truly, so much more than what we expected and our guide made it all happen. Unbelievable! We went to a school to drop off school supplies (okay, really soccer balls) and I will smile every time I think of those beautiful faces and their delight. Our agent and guide made it happen, awesome.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very helpful
The service was very efficient. They recommended amazing trips and understood when it was too pricey and were able to assist with adjusting to my price range/ time.
The sossusvlei tour was incredible !! the tour guide was very good, every question I asked he was able to answer. he also made sure that I was being looked after with any food arrangements as I am vegetarian.
I was also given all the contacts for the tours/ if there was any problems and was very helpful.
All the transfers worked out well, and the accomodation was splendid.
Thank-you SavannaTrek!!
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Great Service
Eastern Vacations booked our hotels and car hire for a 3 week stay in Kenya. James and his company are great to work with.
CA
Beautiful Landscape and Wildlife
I had a wonderful safari in Tanzania. Starting in Arusha I went on a guided 5-day camping tour where we saw an incredible amount of animals and different landscapes.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellently organised and all-round great safari - highly recommended
Our operator Castro was fantastic from start to finish and I would highly recommend the tour. They were quick to respond to all queries and tailored our trip to exactly what we needed. Our was excellent, really helpful and knew all the best routes. The chef was excellent too!
Exceeded all our expectations and we can't wait to go back!
RU
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing!!
My girlfriend and I, looked at a numbers of tours before we decided. Sayari Tano tours were one of the first to contact us, via what’s app.
The package they offered was great, pick up from the airport, night before in a really comfortable hotel.
The tour we chose, was 3 nights 4 days. We end to the elephant park, crater and seregenti.
We saw the big 5, we camped 2 nights and stayed in a great hostel site the first night, that had all the facilities.
The roads can be difficult and our car was damaged underneath. No problem the next day they had a new driver and jeep for the crater.
That evening we had another free night at the hotel, where they met us to see how it went.
The food was great, and camping in the parks is amazing.
Also we were flying out from Kilimanjaro airport next day, didn’t expect them to help us. But they picked us up at lunchtime and took us to the airport, at no extra cost!
One of the best experiences of our lives, can’t praise them more highly!
Ross
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A breathtaking Adventure
Communication was just perfect from the beginning! They give good advices, include your wishes and at the same time they are taking care about the budget. Our guide (he talked also german) was the best guide in the world, he knew a lot about the different animals and was able to show us amazing places, we saw the big 5 and nit only
from far away! The cook was great as well, breakfast lunch and dinner was typical african food and freshly cooked. Even my husband who was afraid that the food is not enough during the day was absolutely satisfied! Meet fish vegetarian, they had everything! We spend 2 nights in a tented camp, 4nights on camping places and 2 nights in a fantastic luxury lodge to calm down in the end of our trip. Everything was prefect organized and even if i was really sick for two days, i felt ok because they took good care of me! It couldn't have been better! Thank you so so much for that once in a lifetime experience!
DK
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good, but could be better
First of all, I enjoyed the tour a lot and I had so much fun with the other people attending the tour. I got to see the different animals and got some good stories to tell when I go back home.
However, I have a feeling that the tour could be much better because:
- Pick-up the first day arrived more than 1 hour late and I didn't get any notice. I called their office, but they weren't helpful at all.
- The engagement of the staff seemed to vary a lot. Some were very engaging and were able to tell about the animals and plants, while others didn't really seem to care too much and just drove/walked us around to earn their money.
- Most of the staff at the Tresmina lodge didn't seem happy. There was a weird atmosphere at the lodge and there seemed to be some tension among the staff.
- The atmosphere at Marc's Tree House was more happy, but the staff didn't seem to care too much for their customers. I got electric shock in the shower the last morning (probably due to a short circuit). I told the staff and they didn't apologize or anything. I just got the answer "Ok, we will take a look at it".
- The quality of the food could be improved a lot without much effort.
Just to summarize: I had a lot of fun and got to see all the animals even though they we had to drive for quite a while to find them. It was a great experience, but I believe that it could be so much better if the staff where better trained and more engaging.