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50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Serengeti National Park by Gary Ellwood
This is THE park, the place to go to see the real life scenes that you've always imagined. Lions, elephants, cape buffalo, giraffes, zebras, antelope, all just yards away. You fill your days searching for leopards in trees, cheetahs in the tall grass, wildebeest on the move, hippos in their pools . The anticipation as you drive of what's around the next turn pulls you through the 10 hour day, which always seemed to end to soon. This is the park your dreams live in.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Ngorongoro Crater by Gary Ellwood
This sanctuary of wildlife is untouched my much of modern man's hands. You can experience natural Africa as it has existed for centuries. It is quiet, serene, a true window on the African circle of life. No shops, no people, no footprints. Just wildlife like it is without us intruding. Even the very early drive in to the crater took us through 20 minutes of mist and fog, to emerge in this magical cauldron. The images live in my mind still …
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Lake Manyara National Park by Gary Ellwood
Lake Manyara was our first game drive on our visit. We saw elephants, baboons, wildebeest, warthogs, zebras, and giraffes, all in our first 2 hours of being there. It was a great introduction to our week long safari. Make a point of stopping at the cultural center a couple miles outside the park. Local crafts by local artisans. great gifts, and a good way so support the local folks.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Everything we had hoped for. All the animals, and the overwhelming beauty that is the Serenegeti.
Visiting the Serengeti evokes dreams of animals everywhere, close up experiences with them, big orange sunsets over vast plains, and the lasting memories that play in one's mind forever. Our trip there was all these things and more. Yes, we saw the big 5 twice over, with a close proximity that was astounding. We have come home with all the photos we dreamed of. I will admit, the drive across the high desert to the Serengeti was a bit rough, but it is Africa.
Four things stand out, if you are considering this adventure. The accommodations and meals were beyond excellent. The time spent with the Masai people was soul stirring. The simple beauty of the Ngorongoro Crater was stunning; a singular place of beauty in this world. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, was our guide, James Saituti. A modern masia, James was so very knowledgeable about all the animals we saw. He knew the terrain well, and put us in all the right spots to see everything. Indeed, more than most of the other travelers we met. We sat in the middle of the Wildebeest migration, and saw a cheetah make a kill. He took care of us like were family. Our suggestion is simple: hire Shadows of Africa, request James, and have the time of your life.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Everything we were hoping for.
My wife and I did a 12 day safari starting the last few days of August and the first week of September and it was outstanding. We visited the Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Amboseli and Tsavo East. The Mara was definitely the highlight of the trip. The wildlife there was amazing, especially the Mara triangle, although Narok county was good as well. We definitely enjoyed our experience in Kenya
OM
An amazing adventure
Our trip was excellent , the wildlife was wonderful, from the Elephants of Etosha to the very smelly Seals at Cape Cross , we saw various animals everywhere throughout our tour and 120 species of birds without having to look very hard. the scenery is spectacular and ever changing from mountain passes to the changing colours of the desert.
We booked a bespoke tour with Safpol Safari's and they sub contracted out locally based Fire Lily Tours, Wilfried our guide , and owner was excellent with wonderful local knowledge of Namibia , and always ready to stop for us to take pictures, our vehicle was a large 4 wheel drive with plenty of boot space. All the local people we met on route were very friendly helpful.
The weather for us was very good, as we live in the middle east, the generally warm days and cool sometimes cold evenings were perfect.
Accommodation was generally very good as was the food, but as we rarely got to stay more than one night because of our itinerary and lack of more time, we didn't get the chance to look around most of the venues - arriving late afternoon and departing at 08.00, because of the travelling distances involved.
The experience was wonderful, the people and whole country are a highlight, just beware when planning the distances involved, we averaged over 300 km a day on top of our site seeing.
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under20 years of age
one of the best experiences
Went to Tanzania few weeks ago with Safarihub , ( along with my boyfriend ) and we had a blast , the Hotel was simply amazing , we stayed for 8 days , Food was quite good and our driver was super funny , Saw all sorts of amazing animals and beautiful landscapes , i will come back for sure .
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a life time! Amazing safari adventure!! Planning and execution by Jessica was flawless!!!
We had an incredible 3 week journey through Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa. Jessica was phenomenal! She is extremely knowledgeable and very easy to work with. She listened to what we wanted to do, made excellent recommendations and customized our trip to meet our wishes. The customer service and follow-up was world class (and I am a very tough critic!). There were a few things she guided us towards and all of them turned out to be spectacular. There were also a few things I was stuck on doing based on my own web research. Jessica told us about the pros & cons of some of my choices, but I still insisted. Everything she recommended turned out to be fabulous. Everything she warned me about turned out to be true. She batted 100%. I learned her personal knowledge/experience was much more reliable than the (extensive) web research I did on my own. We cant say enough good things about Jessica & Dancing Zebra. If you are thinking about going on safari I highly recommend you talk to her!
CA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Perfectly curated and executed for our group preferences.
If you are going to book a safari, book through Mama Tembo. We did a 3 week family safari driving through Zambia visiting national parks and taking in the culture. Leslie was able to perfectly consider the needs and wishes for our entire group (4 people aged 35 - 75). We all had the trip of a lifetime and were able to have an incredible shared family experience. We look forward to going back to more safaris in the multiple other countries where Mama Tembo organizes Safaris.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The best decision ever !
When I first spoke to Samuel I didn’t know that it would lead to an absolute life long bond .
Samuel not only heard my idea and thoughts behind planning the great migration safari but was also always flexible and went above and beyond his line of duty to ensure that he tailored the most customised itinerary for one of my most memorable trips ever !
All the arrangements were seamless.
Our guide and driver Paul was the true Ambassador of tukio safaris.
He was knowledgeable, kind and had great taste in music.
He ensured that we saw some of the most incredible wildlife which included amongst many other spectacular moments like cheetahs going for a kill to a gifaffe giving birth. The hotels were beautiful and the food was simply superb.
Paul is so full of live and he looked after us like his own.
I wholeheartedly recommend Tukio safaris for all the travel plans in Kenya .
