IL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great safari with Sale and Richard
We travel for 3 days safari - manyara, serengeti and ngorongoro with Salehe and Richard.
We contacted Daniel through whatsup and he was kind and answer all our questions with patience. We compare many companies and Daniel gave us the best price and service.
We had a great and amazing safari experience with Salehe and Richard.
Salehe was the tour guide. he was nice, giggle all the time, and have a lot of knowledge about the wildlife and the nature.
Richard was the cooker. We can't eat everything because we eat only Kosher food but we didn't feel it because Richard helped us with all our needs and and made great meals.
Both of them have eagle eyes and can recognize all the animals hiding in the way!
Thanks a lot, Daniel, Salehe and Richard!
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unbelievable, unforgettable and economical personalized African adventure
Our trip was absolutely amazing, an experience of a lifetime! Our guides Charles and Isaac were a key part of this, sharing their incredible knowledge, good humor and outstanding driving skills to facilitate this two week journey. Accommodations were lovely, food delicious and varied, and the staff at locations were very welcoming and hospitable. We really enjoyed the diversity in the different lodging too and continued to be in awe of both setting and ingenuity!
Of course the stars were truly the wildlife, which brought me to tears of joy and wonder day after day. I'm so glad we took all the 100's of photos and video recordings as a great reminder that we were really in Africa and saw these incredible sights with our own eyes, not on a National Geographic show!
The two week travel itinerary was just about perfect. We had one potential challenge at Haven Nature with our booking that ended up working out better in the end- although we were scheduled to stay two nights, they had us listed only for one due to an incoming group that had booked the entire site. In addition, our lodging became a room, not a tent, which we would have preferred. Fortunately, we were able to secure an additional night at Tarangire Safari Lodge, which was outstanding. However, I feel like this all came together only with our persistence (and on hand cash!) otherwise I'm not sure where we would have spent the night. This situation was a little disappointing given extensive pre trip planning to prevent these sorts of surprises, but again, it all ultimately worked out well, and actually made for better use of our time by arriving at Tarangire earlier.
The birthday celebration was all tied to the above so that also added a little craziness, but again, it all came together with a wonderful surprise celebration by the staff at Tarangire. They were able to pull it off, thanks to Isaac, ISIA staff inTanzania and my husband. Very memorable and still surprising!
So, super thanks to all the ISIA staff for this unforgettable adventure, especially Joao for the extensive itinerary and pre trip planning, and Charles and Isaac for their on the ground knowledge, expert guiding and driving skills, and humor.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The highlights of Namibia in 15 days
The itinerary was very thoughtful. We travelled to, in this order, Damaraland, Etosha, Okonjima, Swakopmund, Wolwedans, with a return to Windhoek in the middle for Christmas with friends.
We self-drove for part but also took 4 internal flights with Scenic Air. Logistics were faultless. ATI were excellent, which is very reassuring when you have 3 children with you (12, 10 and 8).
Etosha was quiet but we still managed (on the trip) to see elephant, lion, rhino (black and white), giraffe, leopard, cheetah etc. Not to mention kayaking with seals which was very special.
I particularly recommend Mowani Mountain Camp and Wolwedans. These are landscapes you will never forget with beautiful accommodation and a sense of peace, far away from the digital blizzard in which we all now live.
For Europeans, Namibia is still mostly an undiscovered gem. For a family with sense of adventure, I recommend it unreservedly.
JP
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Thank you for wonderful experience in Tanzania !!
We reserved 8days(30th Dec - 7th Jan) mid-range class tour by e-mailing to Mr.Richard.
Frankly speaking, at first we felt a little nervous,as it was first time to send such a big money through web.(of course it was fully securited web site tough)
We sent 50% first on booking and the rest of 50% was sent a few weeks before departure but anyway total 100% advance payment was required before departure.
Richard answered very quickly all of our questions, he updated all the situation right on time and the process was very smooth!
As many people say on this site, Richard works very quickly and that makes us relieved surely.
(Thanks for it Richard !! :D)
About tours itself,
Our driver(Mr.Horace) was very nice and professional guide and drive safety always.(That's why sometimes we feel asleep in the car...sorry! :D)
He accompanies us for 8 days always including a Happy new year !!
He was punctual always and knew a lot of things about animals,trees,birds etc.... and shared all the knowledge with us.
What is more he tought us what it is about Tanzania(culture,people,language,life,problem etc...) and that made our trips even special as it is always nice to know about the country itself.(in additional to main purpose which is Safari)
During the trip we faced flat tyre 2 times unfortunately(as expected !?) but no wonder as the road is very rough.
But Mr.Horace fixed it very smooth and quickly and it was no problem at all.(it was even good experience as a part of our journey)
We strongly recommend this company and the driver Mr.Horace especially.
Please enjoy it and von voyage !!!
PL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Everything was great
Like in a title above, everything was perfect. I had lucky that a group was awsome and a tour guide as well. Defenetly I recomend ACZ.
NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
excellent
Everything was perfect and according to plan, from the moment we landen in Kilimanjaro Airport to our flight back home. Our 2 weeks stay in Tanzania and Zanzibar were very successful. We are grateful to Makasa and specially to our guide Kalibi.
It was a fantastic experience and have memories to cherish for the future.
Robert and Dorith Katan
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Tanzanian wildlife Safari with a super friendly and experienced guide
Our dream was to visit Tanzania and see as much animals as possible, for us it was not only the big 5....we wanted to see reptiles, small mammals, as muh as possible.
John was a perfect guide and helped us finding those small ones aswell.
We were very happy with the information John could give us, as we are both animal people (i am a zookeeper) we know more about the animals found than others might. The tent and places we went for the night were good and the food we had during the safari was really special and absolutely great!
This was the best experience we could have had in Tanzania, we loved it.
DK
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good service throughout the entire experience
We did a 3-days safari to Masai Mara including pick up/drop off in Nairobi. The operation manager Leah was very serviceminded and professional and our guide as well. In short - we had very good experience with no complains.
NG
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
I have walked with the Masai, Stared at a lion, run with zebras . . .
We got picked up by a guide named Peter.
Peter arrived punctually and very cheerful.
He had a VERY GOOD knowledge of the park.
He knew his way around and we successfully saw a lot of animals including rhinos, giraffes, buffalos, antelopes, zebras, wildebeests, crocodiles and to top it all off, 2 prides of lions.
The safari tour definitely lived up to our expectations and Peter definitely showed us some Kenyan hospitality.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
6 days enjoying the kenyan experience
We want to thank you for the wonderful trip we made. Everything was excellent. Paul was of remarkable kindness and an outstanding guide. Thanks to him, we could see many animals. He knew how to even see the invisible. Without him the journey would not have had the same flavor. He speaks perfect French and explained to us the names and habits of all animals. All lodges were impeccable. We preferred the Masai Mara and Samburu for the number and variety of animals. We have only one hurry is to go back. thanks again
Brigitte and Joël