US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing guides and professional service
After much research with many companies, my friends and I decided to go with Godfrey with African Traits and we could not have been more happy. We hiked the Lemosho route (7 days) of Mt Kilimanjaro and did a 5 day safari. We compared many companies for not just cost, but also the services included, guide's experience, route options, quality of group gear, quality of meals, success rate, handling medical emergencies, and how they treat their porters.
Our first impression of Godfrey via email was very positive. He answered questions promptly, thoroughly, and with all the information we were looking for. He personally picked us up from the airport, which was so reassuring when traveling to a foreign country. We immediately could tell he ran a quality company, with great vehicles, excellent English, and booking us our hotel room. He even drove us to town to find a sim card for our cell phone and told us to wait in the car so he could get a better rate then if they charged us the "American" rate. He constantly was looking to help us in all of our needs.
The next day, he met with us to further review the hike itinerary, answer questions, and get any personal gear that we did not have. We felt so comfortable and ready for the hike after getting this additional gear and confirming the type of food and drinks we would have on the hike.
The hike was amazing. Our guide and assistant guide went above and beyond to provide an experience that we will remember for a lifetime. For example, our assistant guide offered to take one of our camera's to take pictures of us. This was SOOO helpful, especially on summit day, when you are so tired that you don't want to do anything but get to the top. The also let us know what to expect each day, what to wear, and did a medical check each night. The group gear was top quality, the meals were fantastic (actually better than all the restaurants we visited), and the porters were amazing.
We also did the safari with African Traits and it was incredible. We decided to do tent camping, but the last night we stayed in a lodge. (The lodge was 5 star, and the tents were...tents.) In the tent camp sites, we had lions visit one night, baboons steal our powdered milk one afternoon, and zebras grazing one day. Very much in the middle of it all. We always felt safe and our guide told us how to keep safe as well. But if that is too much nature for you, go with the lodges.
We saw every animal you think of when you think African safari: lions eating a wildebeest, a cheetah stalk and kill a gazelle, elephants, zebras, giraffes, hippos, black rhino, leopard, jackels, hyenas, ostriches, baboons, fox, antelope, warthog, impala, widebeest, birds of all variety, crocodiles, pink flamingo, etc. And not only did we see these animals, but herds and flocks of them walking right next to our vehicle. The vehicle was a really nice Toyota Land Cruiser Safari. It had a pop-up roof with 8 seats (we only had 5 in our group plus the guide.) We never had vehicle problems, but other groups that we met had flat tires multiple times. Our guide was very knowledgeable about the animals and culture. The cook was great for all our meals.
Seriously, you should contact Godfrey with African Safari. You will have amazing experiences with his company!
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
amazing, great value
An incredible 3 weeks that I will never forget: 19 day combination tour. This is a budget safari offer...no champagne or fluffy bathrobes -- exactly what I was looking for. Three weeks on the road, mostly one-night stays in each place, seeing incredible sights, incredible wild life. We opted for the accommodated version (most meals with the group on the road and at the campsites) -- accommodations were mostly awesome (one dud, but let's face it... options are limited in some areas). Food was good and tasty... but again, I'm here for safari, not 5-star meals.
We camped two nights. Equipment was perfectly fine... easy to set up, take down, comfortable.
Best: itinerary, wild life, fellow travelers
Least: We were the only ones who were accommodated/in lodges, so there were some disconnnects. But they are fixing that -- 2017 tours will be either all campers or all accommodated.
Visited August 2016
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Horrible experience... Do not recommend!
Please avoid and avoid!!!! No customer service and they are running their " office" in a hut in their garden. Really scary!!! Suing them now so cannot too much!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A company that totally lives up to it's name - truly extraordinary!!
I am normally loathe to recommend people or businesses because I feel that everyone will have a different point of view or perception of what is good or excellent. I make an exception regarding Extraordinary Africa because however you look at it everything they do is exceptional.
Communications were timely, detailed, incredibly helpful and well presented. They really understood what I wanted and they went the extra mile to deliver it. The levels of service from Extraordinary Africa and everyone they booked for us was exceptional. The trip exceeded all expectations. I'm sure we will be back again as a family and it will definitely be with the help of Extraordinary Africa.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best Safari Company in Tanzania
Gideon Tanzania Safari is the absolute BEST safari company. They are dedicated, friendly, knowledgeable, and trustworthy. I wend on a 10-day safari with then in January, and it was one of the best experiences of my life. Gideon and his team are amazing!
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great budget experience
We booked a budget safari for 6 days and the mount Kenya trek on Sirimon route. Everything went really great from the very first day. During the safari, our guide Joshua was really helpful and gave us all the information we needed. This enable us to see the Big 5 of Kenya. Our mountain guide Joseph was also great in all aspects as well as our cooks Douglas and Nafali. I absolutely recommend Jocky tours.
HT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
awesome safari
it was just great. they were on time to pick me up. the service was good. the driver was very nice, he managed to take us a far as possible to see as much as possible. we have seen the big five and many more. for the price it was just perfect. loved it!!!
SA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
enjoy and learn
I was with the family 4 adults and 3 children, it was amazing experience, we spent one day in Kilimamoja lodge ( i would say best safari lodge), then three more night in agnata camps which give you the flavour of wild life in africa, we went to tarangire, serengeti, and Ngorongoro crater. I cannot compare the experience of the safari to that of other trips I have been to. A lot of this because of the brilliant effort given by our safari guide ( Mr Captain) who ensured we witnessed the already impressive wildlife in the most exciting fashion.
Thanks to him and SafariCare
The accommodation and staff were spectacularly suite
it was really an amazing experience
KW
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Like a dream
My son, who is 12, and I travelled to Kenya in July and August 2016. I was very overwhelmed trying to decide on a tour operator for Kenya. But then I found Wildebeest Safaris LTD. Noah Kuti got in contact with me immediately. He answered all my questions, no matter how dumb. Payment was easy too. When we arrived, we had a driver waiting to take us to our lovely hotel for the day. The next day, we met our guide for the week, Eustace. Eustace is amazing. He was professional, intelligent, kind and fun!
Africa has been a dream of mine since I was 10 years old. Wildebeest Safaris made this dream come true. Our vehicle was just like in Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. Our lodging was perfect, actually it was better than we expected. And we saw the Big 5!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
First class service
All of the communication from headoffice was personalised to suit our requriements. Then from the moment we were picked up to the moment we were dropped off, the service from Kombi was fantastic. Our guide was super flexible to our requests, yet made sure we saw all the animals as he was super knowledgeable - both of the animals and of all the other guides! We got such first class treatment every day. I couldnt recommend them more.