US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Booked a group camping 5 day safari, and all expectations were exceeded!
Pre-booking experience: They responded to all emails in a day and would answer all personal questions with specific information - not just copy & paste answers that they send to all people.
Airport pickup/drop off: They picked us up from the Arusha airport and dropped us off at the Kilimanjaro airport - all included in the price! The cars were clean and the drivers were friendly.
Hotel before/after the safari: They booked us a room in the Ambassador Hotel for the night before the safari and a night after the safari - all included in the price. The Ambassador Hotel was clean and comfortable enough.
Safari Car: The pop-up roof car was the perfect safari experience! You could tell that our car was a bit used (some broken arm rests and one window that was jammed and couldn't open), but after being in it for 5 days and seeing the road conditions in the parks, I'm not surprised that it had a few little problems.
Staff: Our tour guide+driver (Hozza) and cook (Kelvin) were phenomenal and truly made the safari top-notch! The guide could talk for hours and hours about any and every animal and plant. He was really experienced, professional, funny, and kind. He would explain facts and habits of different animals when we would see them on the safari and then he would go really in-depth on one specific animal every night at dinner. He was also an aggressive driver when he needed to be - making sure other cars didn't block our view for certain popular animals.
Food: For a budget camping safari, the food (quality and quantity) far exceeded expectations! We had a cook who traveled with us every day and would make 3 meals. You will NOT go hungry!! Breakfast always included fresh fruit, omelettes, pancakes, toast, juice, and coffee/tea. Lunch was boxed (you would eat it at the national parks) and included a sandwich, chicken, banana, crackers, chocolate, and juice. Dinner was also a huge spread, and varied every night - homemade soup, fresh salad, pasta/rice, meat...
Drinks: We had unlimited water bottles in a cooler in the car (cool water!) and juice at every meal. We also were served wine and gin and tonics every evening at dinner. The alcohol was included!
Lodges/Campsites: We booked a camping safari, but we ended up staying in a basic lodge for two nights and camping in tents two nights. The basic lodge was a pleasant surprise - hot water private showers, a real bed, and wifi. The tour company provided all of the camping supplies - large tents (each couple/individual got their own tent), sleeping bags, and pillows. We set up our own tents with the help of the guide and cook. We never slept very well while camping because you would hear animals outside of the tents, but totally worth it for the experience! We saw a hyena, warthog, and buffalo at one campsite and an elephant from the other! The campsites have flush toilets and cold water showers.
Safari Itself: The itinerary was different every day, but generally we woke up early and would stay in the park for 6-8 hours a day. Driving between parks takes a long time, but the car is comfortable. The guide is always radioing the guides from the other cars to find out the locations of different animals, but you can expect to see EVERYTHING! We saw so many lions (and lion cubs), cheetahs (and cheetah cubs), leopards (and leopard cubs), as well as elephants, giraffes, zebras, antelope, warthogs, hyenas... PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE!!
Thoughts on a 5 day safari: By the end of the five days, we were definitely safari'd out. I would recommend to my friends to only do 4 days (Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Manyara/Tarangire) - no need to do both Manyara and Tarangire. The scenery is different in each park, but you get to the point of being tired of sitting in the car for the full day.
CO
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Unbelievable :)
My safari trip with Hekima Safaris East Africa was perfect and genuinely couldn't have been any better. The trip planning was easy and stress free thanks to the quick and detailed replies from reservation department at Hekima .Our tour guide on the safari, Juma and the high management was unbelievable very PROFESSIONAL . Ely listened to what we were interested in & made 100% effort to ensure that our tour was amazing in every way. I really wanted to see lions and Hippopotamus when we were there and guide pulled out all the stops to ensure that we seen lions. Hekima team I can say they are so knowledgeable and they are so much passion for what they does you can realized this from the first email :)
Our accommodation that we was arranged for us by Hekima was also perfect. I’d like to mention that the food for our lunches on safari was delicious & we loved that we got to try some proper Tanzania food. The bottle of wine was also a great touch! Thank you for a fantastic trip, we will remember our trip with Hekima Safaris always
FI
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Excellent and accurate preparations and execution of multi-country trip in Africa.
The dialogue when preparing our trip, the presentation of options and booking and payment process were clear, timely and accurate. On site, the arrangements related to transfers, hotels and lodges as well as following agreed itineraries was impeccable. The chosen destinations and accommodations, including the included safari program on site were able beat our (high) expectations.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Touring Tanzania with the best
Amos the director of Migration Venture is one fine gentleman who made my family’s 6 day safari in Tanzania a great adventure. He was so helpful and patient with us as we created our itinerary. He was also very flexible allowing us to make changes to our itinerary a few weeks to our trip owing to flight changes.
We arrived in at night very tired after our long flight and we found a representative from Migration waiting for us at the airport. We were transferred us to our hotel and had a good night sleep.
Our guide Ninah was very experienced; he has been on so many trips such that he knows all the nice spots to view wildlife. By the end of our safari we had seen all the animals that were in our wish-list which are the big 5 and many more. We also got the opportunity to visit some local communities like the Maasai, Hadzabe and a cultural village in Moshi on the last day before our departure.
We had an amazing time in Tanzania thanks to Migration Venture Africa.
NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Chris was always very helpfull, he always gave a quick respond at our questions, very friendly.
Robin was our private chauffeur, he was very friendly, an excellent driver ( it was at some places really slippery because of the rains, we had the 4x4 bus and it got us everywhere in staid of some landrovers who got stuck). Thanks to Robin we saw the whole big 5 and it was amazing with all the wildebeasts! We stayed at the Ashnill Mara luxery tented camp snd it was exellent, nice staff, good food and the tents were luxery. It was really amazing, thank you Sunup for giving us that experience. We can really recommend Sunup!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent and Proffessional service was provided.
On request they responded effectively and efficiently. Their Tourist guide/ driver gave our Canadian Guests a very warm welcome, after a long flight and arriving late the evening. His professionalism went beyond expectations, which was mentioned with great accolades from all four travelers. We will definitely entrust our guests in the great care of Marhaba Holidays.
NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderfull experience! Lots of animals, incredible nature, good driver.
The communications with the Karibu office, the service delivered, the safari tour itself, the accommodation (Sopa Lodge); everything was really good!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Kibaale national park is blessed with nature
The park is blessed with nature for Example tropical rainforest, primates like baboons, monkeys. It has many bird species which can give a good experience to birders. The cool weather in kibaale national park is also amazing.
Kibaale national park is massive.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Apexx Tours made our trip to Tanzania memorable!
Overall, Apexx Tours was great! Our tour guides spoke fluent English and went above and beyond to make our trip to Tanzania memorable. When we went on a safari, I wanted to see an Elephant and our guides were very knowledgeable about the migration patterns. I enjoyed not needing to carry money because everything was paid for in advance. I would recommend Apexx Tours to others visiting Tanzania.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Kennedy was very professional and Geoffrey is an incredible guide
My wife and I booked with Kennedy and Safari Challenge for our honeymoon. We booked 3 days of safaris in Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru. From there we spent 3 days in Diani on the coast. Kennedy is incredibly professional and picked us up at the airport even though we arrived at 3:30 am local time. He is very responsive while booking the vacation and very willing to answer any questions you may have so we arrived well prepared. From there we were introduced to one of his Safari guides/drivers named Geoffrey. Geoffrey has to be the best driver I’ve ever been in a vehicle with and was extremely knowledgeable about the animals. He would get us within feet of the animals and was able to navigate the muddy roads and rocky paths with skill so that we spent our time well on game drives rather than with car trouble. We saw every single animal in the Masai Mara including the elusive black rhino and leopard. Not everyone in the park on those days were even able to see them because the driver skill is so important on drives. Kennedy arranges flights to the coast and we did not have to plan the travel inside of Kenya. He arranged for us to have the honeymoon package and upon arrival we were given coconut drinks, massages, and all you can drink bar access. The week was like a dream. This was the best vacation we’ve been on and it was only possible thanks to Kennedy and Geoffrey. Definitely book with them!
