IT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
From every point of view a lasting experience
The nature of this country is of incredible beauty. Xavier, our guide, was the best we could have to introduce us to this beauty, very professional regarding organization, very experienced with everything related to wildlife, very open to let us look a bit deeper into the culture of his country.
He's not only doing his job, he's doing it with dedication. It was great to have him as a guide!
The lodges we slept in were very nice and particular places, we really enjoyed staying there.
The food was good, but as it seems to be usual in Uganda, in the lodges the food offered is very influenced by Indian culture. The quality of everything we tried was without any doubt very good, but I can't hide that I enjoyed very much when there was the opportunity to try also local food whilst travelling...
It's difficult to describe all the single aspects of this trip. It was a really significant experience in its whole - for everything we had the opportunity to live and see there and thanks to the excellent back ground work of organization and preparation of our tour operator.
To be honest, we just want to go back and do another trip. Can't wait for it!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
awaresome safari experience
in August 30- 12 sepetember we had a safari,from Okavango delta by mokoro to savuti with a safari open vehicle,we had an awaresome experience,it was breath taking,the guide, the chef,the mokoro operators,every thing was super.j
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent service, Very Responsive, Always available, Very Friendly.
It was an Excellent trip. Tour Guide was well trained and very happy to take us around. Whole trip was very very well organized. Next time Will surely choose the 'Hodari Kenya Safaris'. Highly Recommended.
GR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Masai Mara National Reserve by Despoina Christaki
Everything is there to see!!! A National Geographic documentary live!!!
GR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We truly enjoyed the beautiful people,the nature and its wildlife!
We truly enjoyed every moment of our safari. We had a 7 day safari with "Kenya Walking Survivors Safaris",with our 6 year old daughter and we all loved it! The communication,the accommodation, food, transportation and our guides was all good for us! Whatever we were expecting to see our guide made sure to see it and explain everything about it without even ask. Big thanks to Peku! He is truly a 5star guide with great experience and good vibe! A part of our trip we did it with David, also a great guide and we thank him a lot! Very nice people!
What we loved about Kenya of course was the wildlife but also the beautiful people! We’ll be back!
AR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Experience!!
Many thanks to Splendours of Africa Tours and Travel for our Amazing Tanzania safari experience :) :). We contacted Mr. Ben Owino who was just excellent, efficiency and always nice in responding to our quires and helpful in giving us different safari options. Unlike some big companies, Splendours of Africa Tours and Travel is very flexible and attentive to detail. They can make personalized itinerary for customers, and this really was our favorite and concerned. The quotation is also reasonable too which worked out well for us!
Finally, we agreed on payment terms and conditions and booked safari with Ben who later met us on arrival in Tanzania Airport as agreed and drove us in a Private 4x4-Wheel Drive Toyota Land Cruiser to our hotel Mount Meru in Arusha town which was already been booked on bed and breakfast basis. Even though we didn’t book a private safari, Ben gave us a vehicle for ourselves for the entire safari…What a surprise…Private safari!!!
Our guide Mr. Zige was amazing, professional and knowledgeable about wildlife, landscape and culture. It was magic, he perfectly adapted to what we expected, positioned us for the best pictures you could image to the animals and birds as long as we wanted. We show all of the big 5 animals e.g. elephant, lion, rhino, buffalo and leopard in one sighting on our safari. Besides the big five animals, we show lots of other animals and different birds’ species including the traditional-cultural shows on our 6 days safari programme.
We visited Serengeti national park, Tarangire, Lake Manyara as well as Ngorongoro Crater Park national park. We didn’t realize the long distance drive between the parks because we could stop at some points on the way to see the beauty and rich cultural heritage of Tanzanian people. The food was superb out in the bush camp. Alidi, the chef is a true master of the grill for all meals. The taste and seasoning was awesome, he made sure we were full every meal. The accommodations were more than I expected out of a tent camp.
This was our first safari ever, so can strongly say - I was expecting to see a huge zoo, but this was far away from my imagination. It was stunning everywhere when we immersed into paradise of wildlife in the Savannah…it was amazing experience! We brought back home treasured pictures into our albums.
Other tourists we saw were on group rides, and more or less sticking to the itinerary routes, they were definitely jealous for us because we could drive wherever we wanted, took much time watching animals as we wanted since we were travelling in a group of five family friends...
So to sum it up, we had a wonderful time in wonderful places, with wonderful people; you will never forget this experience of a lifetime!
I strongly recommend Splendours of Africa Tours and Travel Company- excellent communication and advise very polite and helpful staff, perfect organizational skills and total customer satisfaction service…100%!
NL
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
good and reliable travel agency, everything on time and good guides
January 6-9 The mount Meru climbed, great
January 18 Day trip to waterfall and masia village for coffee burning and drinking.
20-22 January To Masai Mara for safari, seen a lot of 5 lions, elephants, rhino, leopard and the buffalo. was beautiful and impressive.
January 23 With the bus to Nairobi.
Everything arranged by Amazing kilimanjaro Tours and safaris.
I thank Godfrey Owenya for the good organization and all the guides and drivers for their dedication. Thank Petrus. was fulfilled, thank you.
Until next time.
GH
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very professional, knowledgeable about the culture and the different animals. Expectations were met.
Preparations impressive. Will recommend to friends and family. Would like to visit again in the future.
AR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
They are the best
Honest, professional and easy going. after a safari with them not only will you have unforgetable memories but also new friends and even another family.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful safari that delivered everything that was promised!
We had a wonderful time on safari. Our driver, Nick, was a great driver, a knowledgeable tour guide, and fun to have on the safari with us. He was especially patient when we made him stop for every single animal we saw on our first safari drive ... not knowing how MANY animals we would see as the days progressed. We saw the big 5, and many more animals. On two occasions, we were offered the option to spend the whole day on safari drives, instead of just going for a few hours. This allowed us to get deeper into the parks and see lots of animals. We did the 9 day Hakuna Matata tour. The only thing that we may have done differently is to skip the Lake Begoria resort and park. We had just seen all the flamingos at Lake Nakuru so we would not have needed to do the long bumpy ride to see them again. Also, we enjoyed all the resorts, but Lake Begoria was the one that we enjoyed the least.
Make sure if you bring cash for payment or souvenirs, that the bills are dated after 2000 or they will not be accepted.
The airport made us ship in our luggage (not allowed in carryons) all the wooden souvenirs. So make sure they are packed well. Also, if you are from colder parts of the US, you may not need to bring warm coats etc. The mornings were in the 60's (F). I wish I had packed less. A sweater or sweatshirt was nice to have though.