US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Discover Africa Is The Best!
Our first Africa safari trip was even better than we had hoped for, due in large part to Discover Africa's excellent tour operator, Matthys van Aswegen. Matthys was unbelievably patient in helping us plan the trip we wanted, arranging for everything beforehand, and answering our endless questions, which I am sure he had heard a thousand times, as if he was hearing them for the first time. Discover Africa came very highly recommended to us by Sabi Sabi, one of the premier lodges in the Sabi Sands Game Reserve, which gave us confidence that they were not only a reputable company, but that they really knew what they were doing. And they did! There were absolutely no surprises on the trip, all reservations were confirmed ahead of time, the Sabi Sabi Selati Camp where we stayed was top-notch all the way, with an extraordinary staff, knowledgeable guides and trackers, and food and accommodations that were absolutely five-star. We will definitely work with Discover Africa again for our next Africa adventure. Thank you, Matthys, for helping us have the trip of a lifetime! John Chiego
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Some of the best service I've ever experienced
The safari with East Africa Wild blew my expectations out of the water. I chose them because Paul was so communicative, helpful, and friendly over the phone. In person was even better. Paul helped me with the entire itinerary, picked me up from the airport, and joked with me like a friend. The stay in Masai Mara was beautiful, the tent was great with mosquito nets, the Masai staff were friendly, and the 3-course meals were delicious. And that's not to mention all the crazy animals I saw! I can't recommend this company enough.
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
perfect
very fast the answers before the departure to my questions; then the safari was perfect: we saw all animals and we were so close to them!! expecially our guide, maurizio, was kindly, knew all things about animals, nature, population, ecc... and always open to our request. Also the accomodations were always very good.
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Moremi Game Reserve Camping Safari
We booked with Mogalakwena Safari Tours for Moremi Game Reserve, 4 nights camping, tenting accomodation was excellent, the food, the land cruisers and the tour guides were a top notch.
For the first two days, it looked like it will bore as we saw a few animals, but on the third day, Mr Soloman sedimo the tour guide made our trip memorable as we saw a pride of lions, elephants,warthogs and wild dogs, and enjoyed the mokoro trails in the afternoon.We leave to Germany on high.
Thanks to the whole teama
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent service, amazing safari
We would like to highly recommend Naomi and her Team. She has made all our wishes come true and she has reacted perferctly to all our changes which we made at short notice. She gave us the best price-performance offer compared to approx. 20 other companies. Communication and realization were very smooth. We would also like to thank especially our driver, Francis. He does his job with heart and sould and has given us a lot of unforgottable moments during our Safari. Thank you very much. Tanja and Drago
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very reliable and high level of customer service
The tour itself was very well arranged. The team of guides/porters is very experienced and carry a high level of customer service. (To be honest: This surprised me a lot!) The over-all communication was fast and questions where clearly answered. I would recommend Kilimanjaro Bound to people who prefer to deal with, and support, a local company with a team of mountain enthusiasts.
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Fantastic self drive holiday in Namibia and Botswana!
We had previously used this company for a self drive holiday in Namibia and knew just how good our latest trip would be. We were not disappointed, as expected the accommodation was fantastic, the scenery breath taking and the people unbelievably friendly. For anyone planning a trip in any of the countries covered by this company, we would suggest you stop looking for alternatives and use them! We had some issues with one of the lodges and on our return these were dealt with comprehensively and to more than our full satisfaction. That said even these issues could not detract from the holiday of a lifetime. Thank you all so much!
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
100% perfect
We 100% recomend Encounter as they are very professional, reactive to all our emails and provided us with the service that we booked without any bad surprises. All went perfect. Special thanks to our driver Simon. He is a save driver and also great trip companion with very entertaining conversations about Uganda and any other theams. Thanks!!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent guide and service made our safari memorable
We could not have asked for a better safari guide than Armand from Wild Wings. He was attentive, good humoured and engaged at all times, as well as being knowledgeable about the animals, birds, plants and everything else we asked about. Armand is clearly passionate about his work, and committed to pleasing his clients. When some of our fellow tourists, who had their hearts set on seeing a lion, missed a sighting due to a cancelled flight, he made every effort to find another, and was openly delighted when he succeeded. When it was just the two of us, he adapted to what we wanted, for example he was happy to stop longer to watch birds.
We also liked having a separate chef to cook for the group. The food was excellent - something which couldn't have been achieved by a safari guide who had just spent a full day on the road, as some safari companies require. It was great to have dishes with a South African flavour.
Setting everything up by e-mail is not always easy, but once we arrived in Africa we were very happy with how our tour was organised, both in Kruger and beyond. The accommodation was more than comfortable and matched what we expected. All the timings worked out, and the range of different safaris provided a good contrast. The bush walk organised by the national park was disappointing, because the rangers were not especially interested, but their night-time safari at Satara was excellent. The WW recommendation to visit the Chobe River in Botswana proved to be exactly right.
NL
20-35 years of age
Fabulous experience and memory for life
Fully prepared and full of expectations we, mother and son, arrived in Tanzania for our Kilimanjaro expedition and safari organized by African Wildcats. Both surpassed our expectations! The Kili expedition was of course tough but such a great experience. We were escorted by Saidi and his crew and they all did a fabulous job! So kind, caring, experienced, wise and sensible. Amazing food, thank you Paulo. We loved the singing of our crew, especially when they joined us, singing, in the last part of our way back to base camp at the end of summit day. African Wildcats decision not to start summit day at midnight is a really good one. It helps you climbing and enjoying this tough last climb and makes sure that you'll have the whole summit, under the sun in the snow, to yourself. No one else on the summit makes the feeling of invincibility even bigger.
After 6 days on the Kili, we had a few relaxing safari-days with our very experienced guide Ole. He guided us to the right spots. We saw many animals and often really close. The Sangaiwe tented lodge, where we stayed the first night, is exceptionally beautiful; almost a pity we only arrived there at the end of the afternoon.
Thank you African Wildcats, for this fabulous experience and memory for life.
We will highly recommend African Wildcats Expeditions to anyone planning on visiting Tanzania for the Kilimanjaro expedition and safari.