PH
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best Experience for a First-Time Safari Trip for a Solo Backpacker
I was very happy to find a joining budget safari tour operator for my first trip to Africa, and I was even more reassured of the possibility of a good trip because communication was always clear, complete, and current through our email thread.
Given an arrival schedule that wasn't ideal, the tour operator was also able to assist me from when I arrived at the airport until the offices opened up. I was very fortunate to click with the guests I was grouped with, and we were very comfortable and had so much fun with everyone in the group the entire time. That, of course, included our tour guide - Zak. Aside from having a great sense of timing during the safari tour (he'd always find ways to reroute so we can get to the animals we really wanted to see before everyone else, or at least have a great spot for photos!), he also had an awesome personality that made all of us at ease during the whole trip. He was very accommodating to our preferences while making sure we were keeping within the rules of the park. I highly recommend the operator and guide to anyone visiting Kenya!
IE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing, professional,highly recommend.
Excellent, Safari, throughly enjoyed it. Well worth it. Well organised.
Would use this company again.
Thank you
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Elijah was a very knowledgable guide with a great sense of humor!
Very professional and unique, would recommend. Walking tours were exceptional!
VN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great and unforgettable in my life
I had 8 nights trip in Kenya and Tanzania with Wildebeest safaris.
Andrew is driver and guide in Kenya. He is very nice, he always tried to help us can see the wild animals life as much as possible. He can understood what we want and supported us immediately. He made our trip to be great and unforgettable.
AL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience
First time to experience safari in Africa and it was the most beautiful one :D 4 days in different parks. Saw a lot of animals. The guide was friendly and helped us to understand better and to make more adventurous our trip. After safari more 4 unforgetable days in Zanzibar. If i could do one more time this trip, I definitely will! Thank you guys
35-50 years of age
Excellent communication
Rade gave us excellent communication thought out trying to sort our safari for 2019 all of the accommodation looked lovely but it was only the payment side as to why we didn’t book if we could have paid with a secure payment we would have booked there and then unfortunately they are in the process of doing this but if this doesn’t put you off I recommend this company highly .
IN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Fantastic arrangements & memorable trip
Wild Portrait Safaris was recommended by my photographer cousin. James Muchina was absolutely to the point regarding the planning, bookings and making arrangements. Despite having our own ideas, he suggested and tweaked our plan little bit and we found that was a good decision. Right from pick up at Nairobi airport, to the stays, game drives, it was a fantastic and memorable trip. He is a perfect guy to go to if one loves the wildlife and is keen to have full day safaris. His knowledge of the animals, their moves was wonderful. Could get a lot of good photographs due to his well anticipated car driving on the games. Would be him again definitely if Kenya is repeated!
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience
Hi everyone! I and my wife went to Tanzania for a honeymoon and of course we decided to do the most important thing - to conquer the top of Africa. Our friends have recommended us RUPIA ADVENTURE company. We discussed our climbing and safari remotely. I think prices are rather high but as a reward we got a better quality compared with competitors. RUPIA ADVENTURE company has a new equipment: tents, sleeping bags, even their safari car is new and very cool! During the ascent the team took care of us. Surely they were earning money but they did their work well. It is not so easy to find such good team. It is a chief’s merit! I have some tips for those who are going to conquer Kilimanjaro, firstly, don’t doubt, it is very cool! Secondly, choose only RUPIA ADVENTURE! We do not have any bad emotions or any remarks. Everything was great!
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Magical experience!!
Thank you so much East point safari for such an amazing holiday plan you offered. It was indeed beyond my expectations and we really enjoyed.Every moment was worthy capturing! Your coordinating staffs and the services were upto the standard.The staff's were so much helpful and gave the guide to the excellent. You provided the best vehicles and our rooms were very comfortable. Thank you for the best kenyan meals and everything you guys are worthy a second visit. From my family we say, thank you so much.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best Trip Ever! Perfect Planning From Journeys Discovering Africa
BEST trip ever! We are fortunate to be able to travel a lot due to our line of work and we always plan fairly independently. However, Africa was proving to be very tough to plan independently, so we enlisted Patrick from Journey's Discovering Africa. He was awesome. He listened to what we were seeking, presented options with good details on each option, and is actually the reason we ended up seeing the Wildebeest migration! My husband really wanted to see that, and once Patrick learned that, he suggested pushing out our travel dates by a few weeks for maximizing chances. He was excellent in his attitude and advice and expertise. Even if we hadn't seen the great migration it would have been a phenomenal and best trip, but the great migration was icing on the cake!
Our guides, (Raphiele for Tarangire and Ngorongoro) and Jairo (for Serengeti and Lamai Serengeti) were fantastic! Raphiele was our guide up until we went to the Serengeti, and he was great: energetic, enthusiastic, respectful of nature, got us up and out very early, fun to hang out with, good attitude, and very knowledgeable about the animals and behavior and finding the good spots. Same goes for Jairo... he really knows the Serengeti! It was fantastic to be with him: he literally found us amazing sitings with no other people around ... and he knew how to get us into the heart of the migration and was spot on for timing with the wildebeest crossings, which we witnessed in full! It was absolutely surreal and incredible to witness, both thrilling and heart-wrenching. I've never seen anything like it, and never will again. Just a once in a lifetime. Jairo was also really good about being super respectful to the animals and nature. He really knew how to give the animals enough space that we weren't totally encroaching or making the animals wary. He knows animal behavior very well and was so good about explaining it. He just knows so much about the Serengeti, it was obvious he knew how to survey the land, and what circumstances were happening that suggested what animal was nearby. He had an incredible instinct and eye for detail. We really appreciated that he let us witness some amazing sites (lion feedings etc.) but he also didn't do things that would make the animals skittish, so we got to enjoy watching and photographing without being disruptive. Nomad really was the perfect outfitter for us, from guides to lodging and the people hosting at the lodges. We loved it. We really felt like we had the "best guides ever" :).
We absolutely will touch base with Journeys Discovering Africa again for a future trip we hope we are able to do (Botswana, Namibia, Uganda, etc.) in a few years, should we be so fortunate. And I've already recommended Journeys Discovering Africa to friends who saw my posts on social media and started asking who we planned our trip with. You really nailed it for us with Nomad as guides/lodging and the itinerary, thank you so much! Special thanks to Patrick at Journeys Discovering Africa, and to Raphi, and Jairo from Nomad!