BR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Knowledgeable, Reliable and Friendly
The company is reliable, and its head, Barack, is very knowledgeable about local history, lore, and safety issues. Also extremely friendly!
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Extremely informative !!
Our driver Alan Martin was excellent in information service and safety. He was above excellent. Kennedy and his lovely wife was most accommodating. I love the hearts of the Kenyan people. I continue to pray for them. Best company thus far on my mission trips to Kitale. Will definitely use them again and again. See you in 2020. Hello Martin aka Walter. Lol. Rita Martin.Elevate Church
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Super friendly and extremely helpful staff that supported us even beyond the tour that we booked
Great experience, great driver and super helpful and suppportive staff throughout our full journey
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Adventurous Awesome Great Maasa Mara Safari
Our driver and guide were very caring felt safe and generous-hearted. As a women travelling alone with kids this was particularity important . Food was great and the Maasa Mara view was spectacular. Meet and greets were very smooth. definitely worth it going to make it a yearly trip
ES
Great
Great experience with Encounter Africa Safaris, Simon (the guide) did a great job, I will recomend it!
CH
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Truly the best memory of Kenya
We were rather late in finding out where we want to go in our vacation, and contacted the agencies through safaribookings.com just about 10 days beforehand. Isaac from Best Momery Safaris was among the first who responded with a well organized trip plan with comprehensive details and a very competitive price. Even though, Best Memory Safaris has an excellent review record, we hesitated tom make the payment transfer, and tried to negotiate a payment scheme with Isaac. Surprisingly and maybe too good to be true that we were offered to pay when we arrive in Nairobi just the day before our trip started. Everything there after turned out to be nothing less than excellent! Our 10 intensive safari trip is well organized: the driver is skillful, punctual and efficient, hotels are nice clean and comfortable, people we met are descent, kind and service minded, the Natur and and the animals are incredible. This is so far the best memory safari for our family!
MT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A fabulous experience of a lifetime
For me, Compass Odyssey means meticulousness and diligence, reliable and highly professional. It's from quotation and initial booking stages that CO gave a glimpse of their dependability. Darren was extremely fast in answering all our queries, and his response was always well detailed. He strived and managed to tailor-made our South African tour to our preferences and liking.
The tour is extremely well organized, with excellent local guides, and extremely well selected accommodations. Garth, Mortimer and Chic were remarkable. Besides their professionalism, they have always managed to adjust the program according to our liking, and have always made us feel welcome. I have particularly appreciated Garth’s initiative to include a bird watching activity which was out of schedule. Chic was really informative and was always willing to suggest dining options. Mortimer, together with his wife and son, did a great job in coordinating our tours and cross border arrangements. I must say that we have greatly treasured the ‘Tour of the Township’ with Mortimer’s wife, and would have really wished to visit the local school which were told that was closed (being part of the excursion we have brought several dictionaries and English literature books for the kids and it was rather disappointing that no one advised us beforehand that the school was going to be closed). Notwithstanding this, we have managed to fulfill this time with another equally amazing activity, feeding the vultures.
Our tour was an excellent mix of culture, history, tradition and wildlife experience. We have gone through several distinct ecosystems – the wine lands in Stellenbosch area, safari destinations of Kruger & Chobe national parks, the waterfall wonder at Victoria Falls, to the dramatic cities of Cape Town and Johannesburg.
We went foe this tour in search of Africa’s rich tradition, diverse wildlife and beautiful scenery, however thanks to Compass Odyssey we left with a collection of new experiences, expanded horizons and a fresh perspective of life.
RU
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari for the best price
We booked safari on safaribooking.com a two mounths before the trip. The trip was excellent! Early in thr morning we were brought in our hostel in Dar es Salaam and went to Mikumi. There we changed a car and went to park. We saw many animals: buffalos, elephants, crocodiles, hipoos, etc. Our driver Bob new the park and showed all animals and told us different things about the park. We had a night in camping, it was also excellent. Thanks to this safari organization, yhey make our trip very interrsting! We got new emotions! Of course I'll recommend it to my friends.
BE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Brilliantly arranged
I arranged very last minute a trip to Tanzania and Zanzibar, 3 weeks before departure to be exact. That's why I asked Tanzania Specialist for help. It was impressive to see how professional, friendly and efficient these guys work, especially with the short time of preparation. Everything was perfectly arranged and we got holidays we will never forget.
BE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good safari for a reasonable price: 5 day budget camping Safari for +- €800
Communication via mail and whats app. This went very well though its maybe a good idea to use an online paying program in stead of just making a deposit.
Safari itself was well organised. We were picked up from a hotel and brought to the hotel of Meru slopes in Arusha. This hotel was basic but clean.
Next morning we left at 6 am and drove to the first camping site in Serengeti. We did not do safari the first day and that was a disapointing because we thought we would see already animals. Camping site in Serengeti was beautiful but toilets en showers were dirty.
Camping site in Ngorongoro was nog nice. A lot of people, very dirty toilets and showers, very cold at night.
The food during the safari was very good.
We saw the big 5 and the great migration so that is of course the most important and a big succes.
Our guide and chef were very friendly.
The safari car was a bit to old and not so comfortable..
Overall we enjoyed it very much. A very reliable company!