20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Highly Recommend
From the day we started planning our safari, Oscar safari team were very keen on details and information provided. They did extremely excellent than we expected, we highly recommend this safari company
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing!
Together with my husband we have booked an 16-day trip towards Zanzibar & Tanzania. With Paradise & Wilderness you receive a perfect combination of beach and safari. The Dream of Zanzibar hotel is an cosy hotel with the most amazing staff. And during the 5 day safari you can find adverture and breath taking nature. The company will take care of everything. Improvements: earlier communication of the planning :-)
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very exclusive experience, very nice and competent staff.
We did a four days, three nights safari in Okavango Delta and Moremi Game reserve.
We booked only one month in advance and the team was very quick to help us organise, very flexible and responsive.
The experience was amazing. The camps were very comfortable, the food was great, the guides and the staff were very experienced and showed us a lot of things.
We faced a car breakdown and the team was quick to send another vehicle and mechanics on the spot.
We could not do the boat tour because of a breakdown as well. This was replaced by a nice game drive.
We were not expecting such a long transfer from Okavango Delta to Moremi game reserve. We would suggest that clients are told in advance about the length of transfers so that they can reflect on whether they want to keep the format of the trip as is or adjust it to have less transfers (e.g. only going to Moremi). It did not impact our experience as such but maybe to have it in mind if you travel with kids for example.
Otherwise it was a very amazing experience. Recommend 100%.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Outstanding
Kuda was our private tour guide for a 10 day trip commencing in Zimbabwe to Botswana. No detail was left unturned. Kuda has exceptional attention to detail. Our 13 year old son bonded quickly with Kuda, and our son never wanted to leave Kuda's side. Kuda is very well educated in all topics and we spent many a hour learning all we could from the wealth of knowledge that he is. He has a great sense of humour too. Kuda is incredible asset to the company. Once we finished our tour with Kuda, we commenced another tour in South Africa to Kruger National Park using a different tour company. It was cramped, felt like we were sardines packed into a van driving lengthy distances, tour operator was more like a driver versus a tour guide. I mention this to highlight just how incredible Kuda made our African holiday into a lifetime unforgetable experience. If I could, I would magically have Kuda educate our son full time as no other schooling is required. Thank you Kuda !
IT
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
beautiful, pleasant, a journey within a journey. fun and surprising. made to measure.
particular locations. excellent guides always present and available. all the services offered were of great quality. this is a 100% satisfied trip.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great communication, amazing tour guide, very competitive price, amazing safari
I found Serengeti Clarity through "Safaris by Ella". I emailed and whatsapped Frank and he was very responsive and easy to communicate with, arranging a phone call to find out our needs. He created a tailored safari based on exactly what we wanted whilst also giving his recommendations. Prices were the best I found after getting quotes from a few Tanzanian companies and some international companies.
Greeted by Frank and our tour guide off the plane in Arusha. Very friendly and welcoming staff, quick and easy to make final payment, introduction and we were off towards Serengeti!
Our guide Kelvin was incredible. He was so kind, generous and went the extra mile every day to make sure we had a good time. He was very knowledgable about flora and fauna and seemed to know every other guide in Serengeti and seemed to be a popular man which we could understand why!
Lunches were amazing and worth paying for luxury in my opinion as our lunches looked a LOT better than other safari groups.
We did 5 days.
Day 1 - Central Serengeti - long drive from Arusha but an amazing evening watching the sun go down with some wine on the savanna
Day 1 accommodation - Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge - 10/10 - great food, amazing staff, amazing location, stunning hotel.
Day 2 - North Serengeti - drive north for a few hours then observing the great migration. tried to watch a river crossing but too many predators (crocs and leopard) prevented the wildebeest crossing.
Day 2 accommodation - Baobab luxury camp Mara River - amazing luxury camping, awesome experience in the middle of nowhere, great food.
Day 3 - Central Serengeti - managed to observe Wildebeest river crossing before driving back for a game drive in central Serengeti and an early finish for some R&R.
Day 3 accommodation - Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge - 10/10 - great food, amazing staff, amazing location, stunning hotel.
Day 4 - Drive to Ngorongoro crater. Amazing day and Kelvin went the extra mile to give us the best experience possible seeing Rhino close up with the lead Crater Ranger after helping out some other tourists who had crashed and were injured.
Day 4 accommodation - Lake Manyara Serena Lodge - Was great, very similar to Serengeti Serena but not as good food but still no complaints at all. Beautiful pool.
Day 5 - Lake Manyara Safari - this was great, had some amazing close ups with Elephant. Then drove to Arusha and stayed in Gran Melia hotel which was STUNNING and great food.
If I were to do the safari again, I would have done days 1, 2, 3 the same. Maybe would have stayed in Ngorongoro crater Serena Lodge after day 4 safari then the next morning finished/driven to Arusha to have an extra day in Zanzibar on the beach or whatever else you want to do. Lake Manyara was a good Elephant experience but otherwise we didn't have any other new experience.
We saw the big 5 and had amazing encounters with all of them which was amazing.
First 2 days we got back quite late to the hotels and felt like we couldn't enjoy the luxury accommodation we had paid for but the last few days Kelvin made sure we had more evening to relax.
In summary, I would highly recommend Serengeti Clarity but would recommend 4 days as I suggested above. Kelvin was an incredible guide and exceeded our expectations, our accommodation was great and would recommend upgrading to luxury and food was very good all week.
UA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Reliable tour operator
We are grateful to Jorge (our tour designer) for scrupulous arrangements for our safari tour. When I've checked our email trail, I found we exchanged more than 70 emails starting from April. Jorge remained responsive, flexible and very supportive during the preparatory period.
During the 7 day tour we visited Masai Mara, Nakuru lake and Amboseli and everything went super smooth. As we were travelling with a 5yo kid, we paid attention to security and safety aspects first of all. And there were no such concerns during our journey at all. We were also lucky to have James as our guide who made our journey so exciting. He, like a magician, pulled some rare finds, literally, "out of his sleeve”. He spotted for us all big five animals and also a number of others which are rare to see. We also enjoyed watching lion and cheetah moms with cubs which was a dream of our youngest traveler. James is a very professional driver and experienced pathfinder. He also made our transfers and game drives less tiresome and more comfortable for our youngest family member.
We are very grateful to the Spirit of Kenya team for such amazing experience!
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Jocky Tours made our safari trip fun, informative, and easy to navigate!
From the first day, Jocky Tours picked us up from our hotel, we met at the office to complete our trip payment and to meet our guide John. From there we went to Masai Mara which was a long journey, but John was very friendly and taught us a lot about the area and the different towns and villages we passed along the way. He made a long drive fun and informative! At the park he was an excellent driver and guide. He new exactly how to maneuver the jeep so that we got the best view every time and when other jeeps saw an animal for a few minutes they would drive off to the next location. John was more patient and we would stay behind and because of this we saw the animals up close and in person more frequently than other groups of visitors!! This allowed us to see some amazing animals in action and we saw nearly every animal aside from the rhino which are very rare here.
We then got transferred back to our Nairobi hotel and picked up the next morning by a new guide- Rodger- to go to Amboseli national park. The camp that Jocky helped us book (Kibo Safari Camp) was absolutely a hidden gem (would rate 10/10). Rodger and his intern Tribon were so nice and extremely knowledgeable about every plant, animal, and question we had to ask (we asked a lot!!!). We had a lot of fun together and also learned a lot of Swahili words and fun slang surrounding Nairobi culture. They were a pleasure to spend our days with at Amboseli and we will never forget our trips.
Thank you to John, Rodger, and Tribon(- good luck finishing your studies to become a safari guide)!!
We highly recommend to book with Jocky Tours! Asante -Brian and Kelly
IN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Passionate and Friendly. Jeff is an awesome guide and really did great work as a guide.
The tour itself is great and includes everything one hopes for. You get to visit multiple national parks and get a chance to stay in tents within parks/reserves and see all the animals really close.
AE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Once in a life time experience
I travel a lot and often I do my own research and explore myself, this is the first time I use a tour guide and I am so glad I did, absolutely great experience, communication, food, scenery, and knowledge all 10/10.
Thank you Noel & Team for making this a truly memorable experience.