20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing
The trip was amazing, on the way to the safari you see alot of landscape and mountains and good nature so you Will enjoy the journey. Also the driver Will make sure you are comfortable and answer all your questions and tell you everthing you need to know about the animals. We had a little bumpy Ride when we came to the park but the driver was kind also too slow down the pace so it was a very good service.
JP
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Thank you for a valuable experience.
At first I thought it was a bit expensive, but I am really glad I booked it because it is such a valuable experience.
Driver Fadhili drove well and helped us find animals on safari. Thank you!
My first time in Africa was magnificent and I spent precious days that I could not experience in Japan. I would like to go to Tanzania again and to visit other African countries.
Polepole is the best!
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent
The trip was excellent. The people that took us around were very helpful, Charley Black was our driver and he answered all of our questions.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Hans is a excellent Guide
Hans was a excellent Guide and do Everything for us to See all animals!!!!
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Worth the. Money. Hans is an excellent guide đź‘Ťđź‘Ťđź‘Ť
Excellent tour. Hans our guide did an excellent job showing us the species of the Serengeti.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Hans is an excellent Guide. He is very friendly and follows every wishs!
It was an Amazing experience!! Hans Show us almoust all Spezies of Serengeti. It was so much fun!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
great trip,but be careful when reserving
Tough to provide a review for this one - on the one hand the actual trip went really well, and we had a fantastic experience with Paxton (our driver). Would really recommend him, he’s great company and really knowledgeable.
On the other hand the organization was a bit trickier - they were responsive, 24/7 but also sneaky. When organizing an addition to the safari, we were given quotes that included park entry fees that were double the official ones. When confronted about this they did not back down, and tried to justify them with bogus “late booking fees”. I ended up booking that part with another operator.
Similarly, on a separate safari organised by my partner, they tried to sell “driving out of the park” as a morning safari.
Would very much recommend doing your own research and asking questions when booking
SG
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Trusting and Reliable Tour Operator that provides us a Once-a lifetime Experience in Botswana!
It is Martin's words of assurance, his knowledgeable background about Botswana and his active communication that ends my months of searching for the right operator for our trip to Botswana. We told him what we hope to see during our 9 days 8 nights stay at Botswana and he crafted out 5 nights at Moremi and Khwai, followed by 3 nights at Mababe campsite. He took into consideration of my husband's medical concerns and suggested us flying into Xakanaxa and exit by Khwai and we were glad to be given the opportunity of our live time to ride the 5 seater plane by Mackair and we were simply thrilled. We even spotted a troop of elephants from the plane.
Once there, we were greeted by Pilot, an experienced guide and tracker who came personally to pick us and we started our game drive immediately. During our stay, his crew, namely Elena, Pauline (the talented chef) and Sruu took good care of us, ensuring that we were kept warm during winter times, making sure we have warm and delicious food and keeping our tent clean and neat whenever we returned from our game drives.
We listed what we hope to see at Botswana and Pilot gave us more than we wanted. His active communications with the other trackers as well as his years of experience of tracking animals made it possible to see more animals. His driving, to others, might seemed too fast and reckless but we knew that he did not want us to miss seeing the animals in action. That is what game drive is all about. He always checked on our safety during the rides.
We saw wild dogs, cheetahs and lions attempting to hunt, abeit failed, leopard cautioning us to stay away as he had an impala up on the tree, close encounter with herds of eleplants, cape buffaloes, impalas and visited a den of hyenas with a gamily of at least 11 living there. The list goes on. As we were staying in the tent, we had lion, elephant and hyenas visitations at night but that added further excitement to our experience. Over at Mababe, it was quieter as the animals spotted were fewer but Mababe gave us a totally different experience. The wide, vast plains were unique, raw and so remote that we felt we were the only humans walking on this side of the Earth. Over at Mababe, it was our first sightings of the African wild cat and Genet too.
Pilot and his crew gave us a treat on our last night, whipping out their local dishes, dancing and singing around the campfire.
Thank you for the unforgettable memories and excellent services.
AE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Cyrus was our safari tour guide and was incredibly knowledgeable and friendly.
Cyrus made sure we had the best safari experience. He did everything to ensure we were having fun at all times. He made every effort to ensure we saw as much wild life as possible. I would love to do the safari tour again. Couldnt recommend highly enough.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible experience, flexible scheduling, & responsive
We did the 8-day Lemosho route + 4 day safari with Almighty Kilimanjaro. Everything was perfect!
Responsiveness + service:
They met us at the airport, took care of any kind of driving need (including little things like going to the market for a toothbrush or driving us to/from dinner in Moshi). We were given a briefing before Kilimanjaro and another before the safari which really helped answer any remaining questions we had. We had a day off in between & decided we wanted to go to the hotsprings - the company was able to book us a driver to do this the day before & took care of us the entire way. We also did a coffee plantation tour the morning of our ride to the airport and they took care of our luggage, managing our time, getting us there, taking us to lunch, and then driving us to the airport. Anything we needed, they were there to provide, always responding on whatsapp within a few minutes.
Safari:
Our safari guide was Emmanuel and we cannot say enough good things about him!! He's a good driver, knows everything about the animals, trees, plans, landscapes, etc. He will even answer all the hypothetical questions of one animal against another you can think of for you :D. He is always in contact with seemingly everyone in the entire park and knows exactly where to go to maximize our number of animals. We saw the big 5 which included countless lions (right up against our door! :O). The hotels were great especially in Serengeti and Ngorongoro - we saw zebras and giraffes right outside our balconies! Emmanuel would also sit with us at dinner when he stayed at the same hotel as us and learning about his life, views, & country really made the trip unforgettable.
Kilimanjaro:
Our lead guide was Ombeni and he and his entire team of guides & porters were great! He happily answered all our questions, reassured us about conditions on the mountain, checked in on us, and helped us any time we needed it. He also gave us story time during our shorter acclimitization hikes in the evening which was a great time to hear about his views and learn more about Kilimanjaro. There was lots of singing and dancing and this really encouraged us up the mountain and was great on the way down too :).
A few things I think might have made it even better: the guides spending more time with the clients - sitting with us at dinner or drinking tea, some icebreakers so we can get to know each other (I would have expected after 8 days that they knew our names and we knew theirs), the food was great, but after 8 days it was a bit repetitive :), and the final day restaurant we went to - it would have been great to get restaurant food instead of more mountain food (even if we had to pay for it, we really wanted something different at this point).