35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfectly organised with excellent communication and support!
We are family of 11, aged between 3.5yrs to 72yrs from two different countries. Our trip involved three countries, 5 different flights at 5 different places. Skywide perfectly managed to book all the local and international flights, pick-ups and drop-offs, hotels, tours, meals and online check-ins until we safely come back. As it is a family dream holiday our expectation was high. Being a big group of family, our priority was to find a tour operator with details and good organisation expertise. Skywide was the perfect choice from the beginning - accurate, speedy, pleasant but polite, reassuring, eyes for details to accommodate my family with high expectation (my family travel a lot, so they know what they want!). Skywide was always quick in responding, with different means of communication, any of my requests regardless of how big or small the issue was. They never just guessed their responses but found the right source to clarify any questions. We went through all the details through emails many times and made sure that we understand what's involved with the programme - everything matched as promised. No hidden things that cause any extra expenses and provided all the support that we requested through out the trip.
We loved both of our safari trip in Amboseli and Tsavo with knowledgable tour&driver guide. The beach holiday followed was perfect to relax after the busy safari tours. We liked their programme as it has both safari and beach holiday. The hotels they put us in were excellent and comfortable.
Most of all, there was not even a single mistake moving us around and everything went perfectly as planned! I even checked the hotels and flights all by myself and I felt that the total cost was honest too.
I have already recommended Skywide to my expats friends who are looking into tour operators for their own holidays and shared my totally fabulous experience. I feel so lucky that I found them!
NO
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing guide Mohammed, Nice memory for life❤️
100% perfekt, good service, guide use a good time withe us. Tanaxania we love you
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent guides; a small local company
Re: Safari to Savuti and Chobe (6 days - mostly camping) with Tony Mobile Safari. We were booked with them through another tour operator but I now wish we had found them and booked directly ourselves. It is good to support a smaller, local company and I believe we had a better experience than if we had been booked with a larger, more commercial one. Our guide was Vincent and we also met the owner, Tony, as he was guiding others who camped with us. Vincent was very knowledgeable about the animals and the environment. Vincent and Tony both obviously have a genuine passion for Wildlife conservation. They were very skilled at spotting animals as well. Finally, they both had a unique sense of humour! The staff Jackie, Eddie and Ben were all great, too. The food was very good and the chef even accommodated a request for vegan food! The tents and bedding were warmer and more comfortable than I expected, too. The sleeping pads and bags were actually more comfortable than the beds at the lodges! Everyone was very friendly and the camp felt totally safe, knowing that we had very knowledgeable guides nearby. If your priority is to have as much time seeing the wildlife as possible and you'd like an authentic experience, you should consider camping with Tony Mobile Safari as opposed to booking a more luxurious option.
NO
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic driver, nice accomodation, well organized
Everything was well organized. We had a great driver called Peter who really did everything to accomodate us. The lodges were nice and the food was good, but could a little more variation. The Safari itself gave us everything we could have asked for.
IL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience!
Service was goid, slept in a nice lodge and the 3 day trip was arranged wonderfully. I recommend!
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic guide perfect for gorilla and chimp tour
Our guide, William, was very knowledgeable and shared a lot of information about the people and culture in addition to the wildlife. We did the 5 day gorilla habituation and chimp trekking. The drives between the parks were very long (the first one, advertised as 9 hours, took us 12), but having a fantastic guide made them enjoyable. We were able to pass through many towns and villages and get a feel for life in Uganda. My mom needed to make frequent stops, and William accommodated us and was very kind and helpful to my mom (he called her "Mama" the whole time). One tip: I brought a mini bluetooth speaker which we used during the drives as the vehicles have no radios.
CA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very accomodating and knowledgable. Good sense of humor and well spoken.
Great experience and all the parks we visited were wonderful. The staff at the places we stayed treated us very kindly.
IN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
My African Safari: A journey in Tanzania with African Celebrity Tours and and Travels
Watching Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, since childhood and dreaming about Serengeti. Have always wanted to visit this destination. Once we reached there, discovered a very clean country in Tanzania with great hospitality. It was a very short tour of just 6 days with 5 complete days of game viewing. Muli and Livin of African Celebrity Tours and Travels were our contacts in Tanzania. They ensured as guests we have a detailed plan and communication about the tour and our destinations. Livin further ensured that we were able to see all the wildlife crossing Serengeti. The stay and travel was very well arranged with proper timing and support. We saw the Big 5, Livin has great knowledge about wildlife and updated us about the various quirks and was patient with us as we were randomly stopping the car to take pictures. Was delighted to see the attitude of these wild animals, it just speaks of: " Do whatever you want, we don't give a damn... This is our home." They just went on about their lifestyle, without being perturbed by the existence of humans and cars around. Untamed Africa...we also saw a lion stealthily following a herd of Thomson Gazelles and a herd of zebras to make a kill. It was fantastic. Ngorongoro is the 8th wonder of the world since, over there about 100 species of wildlife co-habit with peace. It was fantastic to see the variety in one place. My favorite though is Serengeti with endless savanna grassland, golden grass stretching far and wide and all the wildlife scattered in it. I wished to visit a Masai Village, and even though it was not on our schedule Muli and Livin squeezed it in our tour to give us that experience. I also got a Swahili hairstyle done thanks to Livin who managed to take out time for the same in a salon and asked negotiated a fair price. They make customers happy and know how to delight them with their support and care and respects their wishes. Had some great experiences, shots and videos. If you truly love nature and wildlife this is heaven. Assante Muli and Livin! This is the best holiday I have had and I will come back for the African magic again to you guys.
CH
I had a beautiful adventure discovering Amboseli National Park, with its abundance of animals.
My trip was expertly organized and booked by Esther, and Wachanga drove and guided me throughout the safari, sharing his expertise and knowledge.
IT
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
... everything was excellent!
I went on a one-week-long safari with my two sons, Giulia and Gian Luca. The experience has been much more than positive. The organization was perfect with no problems at all. Our guide, Elisante, was kind, careful, excellent in his knowledge of italian and english language: a really pleasant travel companion! Hope to have one day again the occasion to go on a safari with the same tour operator and the same guide.
