CA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Meleck provided us with amazing cultural and wildlife viewing experiences! The trip of a lifetime!
We can't say enough wonderful things about our experience with Meleck and Parakuyo Tours! During the planning phase of our trip we received enough information that we arrived in Tanzania well prepared for our safari, and from the moment we landed at Kilimanjaro airport we were made to feel welcome and at ease. The food, lodging, and friendliness of staff exceeded all of our expectations.
Melecks in depth knowledge of the animals and their habitats enabled us to learn about and to see many more animals than we had originally thought. We were amazed by the number animals we did see and how close we were able to get to them. We have some great pictures and videos!
Because we were interested in the local people and culture, Meleck provided us with the opportunity to meet and talk with people and to take part in a number of cultural activities. He was very knowledgeable about the people, history and local culture.
The quality of our trip is a direct result of Melecks attention to detail, his high degree of prepardness, and well as his desire to provide his clients with the very best possible experience.
We will definitely recommend Parakuyo Tours and Safaris to anyone who is interested in experiencing Tanzania!
CA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A wonderful adventure for our family!
Our family recently returned from our East Africa Wild 15-day adventure to Kenya and Tanzania. Although we had been to Kenya over 30 years ago, we had always wanted to return with our children to have them experience the beauty of East Africa. Our friends recommended East Africa Wild and we are happy they did so. After several conversations with Alym (owner) over FaceTime, he was able to plan the perfect trip/Itinerary for us based on our interests, comfort/activity levels and need for adventure! (Not an easy task given we were 5 adults!) But he did it! The accommodations were fantastic! We mostly stayed at the wonderful Serena Lodges and they were our favourite. The rooms were perfect and the hotel staff were very attentive. Our guides (Newton in Kenya and Saif in Tanzania) were great and worked hard to make sure we saw as much wildlife as possible and answered all our questions, whether they were related to wildlife or local culture. Newton & Saif were always on time and did their best to accommodate any and all requests that were made (we made lots!). We were also very well taken care of by the staff 'on the ground'. En route to Africa, two pieces of luggage were left behind during one of our connecting flights. The tour company staff in Nairobi quickly took care of the problem by tracking our bags, picking them up from the airport and delivering them to our lodge.
There were too many highlights on our trip to list them all but they included a bush breakfast along the Mara River, a private bush dinner accompanied by Masai tribesmen, and of course the many game drives where we saw the 'big five' and so much more! We totally and with confidence recommend East Africa Wild!
HR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Experience!
Everything was just perfect! We were lucky to have the best tour guide ever! Charles thank you for everything, you really made it unforgettable for us! Charles is really well experienced in doing safari in Selous game reserve, he knows every corner of the park and places where animals are usually hiding. Thanks to him, we saw every animal and beast we could have seen! Driving to and from Selous was great, again thanks to our driver! Charles you really made it and thank you so so much!! Greetings from Croatia :)
BE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing safari, great people and a warmst welcome in Africa
My boyfriend and I did a 3 day safari (4 nights in total) with Sky View Adventure. It was a wonderful experience from the first day to the last! Everything was really well organized and Paul and Emanuelle are amazing people. They really care about their clients and really want to make the best safari possible for you! And we had!! The three day safari was a fantastic trip! We had a good driver, food, campingspots and we saw the big 5! In our last night we had a local dinner with Paul to conclude the safari and it was really nice! I would DEFINITELY recommend this organisation! They are rather new, but sooo great! Thank you so much!
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good, Reliable Tour Company
We did a 5D4N safari and they were able to join us with a group. Our guide Emmanuel was the best driver and had good knowledge on the parks and the wildlife. Good spotter too. We always had the best angle to take photos. They can tailor fit your trip for you so don't hesitate to ask for options. For example we asked for a mix of accommodation options from public camping (the default option for all nights), mid-range to a night of posh tent camping (we were curious!). We were glad we did that.
AT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Highly professional organizing of an unforgetable 7 day Masai Mara, Serengeti & more adventure
We booked a 7 day safari with Allan from Back of Africa Adventure for January 2018 on short notice. During planning he was very flexible in his offering and responded to all of our requests within few hours. He gave as a very detailed description of the safari in advance which was customized to our needs. Payment of deposit through wire was easy to handle as well as the final payment when we started the safari. The guides he hired were very knowledgeable, flexible, warm-hearted and open people and we spent great days with them and learned tremendously much not just about the wildlife but also about the people of Kenya and Tanzania. The standard of the accommodation was above our expectations and convenience was assured throughout our trip. In terms of accommodation, the highlight for us was the wildlife experience in the tended camps inside the Serengeti. Allan kept in touch with us during the safari and made sure everything worked out. Definitely, Back of Africa Adventure is a tour operator to recommend.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A great company to book with
Noah at Wildebeest Safaris was extremely professional and very nice. He was the only operator listen to my father and sister, they were planning the trip, and built a trip around our interests and not what the company wanted us to do. My father and sister spent almost 8 months with other operators who quoted the most expensive options only before they found Wildebeest. Noah helped them plan a unforgettable experience that was fantastic and fun. Our accommodations were great. Our guides very knowledgeable and took time to let us see and experience everything. I had no prior expectations since this was my first trip to Kenya and Tanzania and found this to be a wonderful, unexpected, brilliant trip. A shout out to our guides Max in Kenya and Homza in Tanzania who showed us the wonders of Africa.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Amazing
We used Nick and Buya Buya during our two week visit to South Africa.
Nick met us at the airport and showed us around the area on the way to our lodge. He provided some cold drinks for the journey which were much appreciated considering how hot we were! Nick even managed to get us a car seat for our one year old for the journey that was an additional bonus.
We used Nick for some drives in Kruger and we were so impressed with his professionalism, knowledge and managing to get us some amazing sightings (photos attached!) The time flew by and it was the highlight of our trip.
I cannot fault the communication prior to our trip and attention to detail whilst we were there. It made it for a very stress free first holiday with a baby and we cannot wait to do it again!
FR
had a great 3 days safaris in murchison with Brian
the whole communication from day i sent a request from safaribookings at our hotel in Uganda after we had left France with my husband i brought an idea of us traveling to murchison falls we we sent a request to GoExplore Safaris and Brian responded to us with prompt email response coupled with whatsap call
we arrived in uganda and had 7 days free off our time and choose to go on safari we visited there office and in uganda and made payments then waited for our days fo safaris to begin but we cant tell you how much beautiful this country is the waterfalls in the park were the biggest highlight of the safaris and then seeing the leopards and lions coupled the whole experience to be the best we can recommend to to any one who is travelling to uganda to please use your services Brian will organise the best safari and he is the best safari planner i have found in uganda contact them for your safari in uganda and you wont regret it
we surely will come back for gorilla tracking mid year in august thank you so much
SK
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Januari in Kenya
Hi Robert,
I want to thank you very much we enjoyed our Safari in Style adventure and having cheerful and extremely knowledgable Aroni as our guide totally enhanced our experience. We highly recommend a safari at this shoulder season as the wildlife viewing was remarkable and there were so few other tourists to share it with.