DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent trip we will always remember
My boyfriend and I booked the 6-day Fun Tour with Red Africa Safaris. We chose them because the tour sounded like a good combination of Kruger Park, Panorama Route and seeing lots of animals. Moreover, it was the only company which offered a tour of 6 days with a private guide.
It was a very good decision! We absolutely enjoyed our tour with our guide Jaco!
Organization: The organization was excellent and Amelia answered all our questions promptly (within a few hours!) and was very helpful!
Tour: The tour was very well planned and it did not feel like 6 days but like 2 weeks since every day was packed. We had never done a guided tour before. Usually we plan our tour by ourselves and try to avoid "tourist traps". So we were a bit nervous what we would see. On the tour, we always felt that we visited the places because Jaco was convinced it was worth seeing it. Especially with the sanctuarys (monkey, elephant, lions, chimpanzees) he told us, that they wanted to support them because they do a good job for the animals. Having seen them now, we absolutely agree.
Of course, we have seen the Big 5 and even more quite rare animals (birds...) and interesting scenes of wild life.
Guide: Jaco is very passionate about his job, guiding and especially the animals . He taught us so much about South Africa, Kruger Park and the Panorama Route! The guides in Kruger Park are very nice but not as knowledgeable as Jaco. He is also a very enjoyable travel companion - we had a lot to talk about!
He really did take excellent care of us and we did not have to do a thing. He made sure we got the most of our trip!
We would definitely recommend doing your trip to South Africa with Red Africa Safaris!
IL
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Certainly the "Bestdays" - well deserve the name
Excelent organization as well as Excelent guide and very careful driver.
Ethiopean Airlines lost the suitcase and Bestday retrieved it while we were having fun at the Safari.
This is called Excelent service.
We took the 4 Days Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongorno Safari and enjoyed it immensely.
The Safari vehicle was well maintained and the selection of lodges and tented camp proved to be very satisfying.
IN
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent and knowledgeable guides
We had an enjoyable and awesome safari with Kikwetu which is most memorable. We recommend them to all visiting Uganda and Kenya!!!
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A Dream Come True
Our Safari was everything we could've dreampt for and more! We got to see so many amazing animals up close, enjoy beautiful scenery, and witness the most incredible sunrises and sunsets. The hotels arranged for us to stay at were all top of the line and the ones located within the parks even lent opportunities to spot wildlife right from our room. We also opted to do a Hot Air Balloon Safari, which was one of the most exciting and memorable travel experiences of my life! Our driver was very knowledgeable of all the animals and countryside, answering any questions we could throw at him. Then from my first correspondence with Lucy she was incredibly helpful in making sure we got the best possible Safari experience. If you've ever thought about doing an African Safari I definitely would recommend going with Serene East Africa Safaris. They will give you everything you've ever dreampt of and more!
BR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
3 days around Rwanda
I had only 3 days in Rwanda and I wanted to the most of it. I contacted some agencies prior to my departure, and Golden Rwanda Tours was the one that offered me more things to do in such a short time for a very reasonable price. In 3 days we went to Akagera National Park, Gorilla Trekking, Lake Kivu and we did a Kigali city tour. They were very nice, communication was very good, they all speak very good english and told us about Rwanda history and culture. It was an amazing time we spent there and I would recommend their services to anyone. They were always on time and in a good mood. Also, in our last night there, while waiting to go to the airport they took us to dinner in a very nice restaurant with a great view of Kigali's city. Thank you so much, Michael and Frank!! We loved our visit and we hope to see you again!
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
amazing trip
Erasto started out with great planning. He knew the right questions to ask to figure out what we wanted in terms of budget, accomodations, and day-to-day animal viewing. He is a good driver and never got stuck despite all the mud. The car was new and he kept it very clean (again despite all the mud). The electrical chargers worked well. Responses to e-mails were very prompt. It didn't hurt that the scenery and wildlife were beautiful too.
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Well organized and fun Kilimanjaro expedition
With a group of 5 friends we booked our Kilimanjaro expedition through Jackpot Safaris. Andrew was our contact person and he was friendly and well-organized every step of the way. Two days before departure we had a briefing together with Andrew and the 3 guides who would be leading our trek - this made us comfortable to know everything was taken care of and we had all equipment necessary.
The expedition went very well. Livingstone, the lead guide ensured that everything was well organized and regularly checked up on our health status. This ensured that all 5 of us made it to the summit on a cloudless morning with great views. Fighting the altitude sickness was though, however, we think taking the 6-day Machame route worked well with a day of acclimatization.
Coming down the mountain we had a great last lunch, thanked all the porters, cooks and guides and back at Jackpot Safaris Andrew was there to hand out our certificates. Thanks Andrew, Linvingstone and the whole crew!
UA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari was one of the most wonderful things what had happened with me
Before Safari we had made investigation of few offices with their offers and choose Karibu because they have chipest price with good program. The living conditions were even better than we expected. Double bad in the individual tent with own bathroom!!! Everything clean, not a lot meal but tasty and enough for being full. But what was the most luckiest in our trip this is Arony driver. Thanks him to show us The Big 5 in 4 days and a lot of other rare animals. He has awesome experience around 20 years, he knows the all roads and shortest ways, he has good knowledges about all animals we saw and good understandable English to explain everything. Even in so dangers (with traffic) county as Kenya Arony shown us very good driver skills and we had staying safe all the trip without losing speed. What we definitely understood the main thing when you try to choose safari is the experience of your driver - without good driver you won't see something really interesting or will be stuck in the wet road. Just two things which I didn't like it is Naivasha lake and visiting Maasai village. They cost 20$ per person but I think it is too much and the driver should have clarify all additional visiting on the start of the trip.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Samburu 3 Nights and Nanyuki 2 Nights
My trip was amazing having booked with palmridge tours. The driver was cooperative and guided us well thought-out the whole trip. The accommodation was well organized as we wanted and the safari to the reserve was fantastic as we were able to see most of the big five and other animals. Would recommend if you want to travel book with Palmridge Tours as they will not disappoint you. Looking forward to another one to Masai Mara for the wilderbeest migration in July.
BR
Excellent choice for Safaris in South Africa
One of the best tours I have ever done. The guide Alex Freire is a sensational person who knows a lot about the subject and loves what he does, which is something very important. I had the opportunity to see animals very closely and it was a great experience. Ideal for anyone wanting to do a Safari in Johannesburg. He speaks fluent Portuguese as well as German and English. The company does other very interesting tours as well (including for Namibia and Botswana, which I want to do in the future). I recommend you check out the Unique-Safaris website and facebook.