NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
7-day safari in Tanzania northern parks
We can highly recommend Usambara. People are dedicated to making your journey an unforgettable experience. Thanks to our driver we've seen all big animals species and also some more rare ones like a caracal!
They make clients feel special. Alex, with whom we've had most contact in advance, came especially from Dar to Arusha to Welcome us! We selected this tour operator as it provided best value for money, and we were not dissapointed. In the end what really makes your trip is the quality of the guide and the accommodations you stay in. These accommodations were carefully selected by Usambara. The Tortilis tented camp in Serengeti really stood out. We've had one hick-up when our car broke down, but this was generously compensated with a nice day trip after our Safari had ended.
PL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great experience, excellent guide, perfect service !!!
We took a trip to Kilimanjaro, and then few days safari. It was already our second time being in Tanzania with Richard, and it was unforgettable experience. He is a perfect guide with great knowledge about Africa and its nature. Everything was well organized, with comfortable accomodation, and perfect services. The whole trip was great, and we will sure come back again. Thanks to Richard we fell in love with Africa...
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
awesome
Fareen at Wild Destination ensured all our travel and accommodation arrangement were completed on time. Furthermore, she ensured we were taken care of at our destination.
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great experience with an amazing guide
We traveled for two weeks with David, our amazing guide! He was very able and experienced and he knew a lot to tell about Uganda. He also was a very good spotter, he spotted many animals from a big distance. We stayed in some beautiful accommodations on very surprising places. The combination between nature, culture and safaris was perfect. We would recommend Grassrootz to all our family and friends. We had an unforgettable trip!
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Who cares about the agency, it's all the same
First of all, I'd like to say that any agency you book through (at least, in the "low prices agency") it's all the same : you will be put in a group with other people who will do exactly the same tour, but that will have book through another agency.
Good things about Spot Kenya Safari :
- was answering quickly
- good price
- give you the itinerary you want
Bad things :
- Told me that I could pay with American Express, and it was then not possible (once I was there !)
- Gave me a very expensive price (900 dollars for 6 days), that I had to bargain to arrive to 700 dollars. People travelling with me had a 680 dollars immediately, without bargaining through another agency.
Then the trip was very good, good driver, many places seen, good hotel ... but this does not depend from Spot Kenya Safari I guess, as the people I was travelling with were with another agency and had the same tour.
NL
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
A Dream Came True it was very beautiful
We have 13 days with John don a safari
From the first day to de last day was a
wonderful experience from Arusha via
difference natuur parken to the Serengeti
In the Masai people and the Bushmen people
Flora and Fauna the Lodges and the food
It's all been Perfect
Thank African Wildcats Expeditions
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very bad experience with this company
Very unhappy with Richard Kilonzo and his Safari company:
We booked a 7- day Safari with Richard Kilonzo. To start with, we arranged that somebody from his company would pick us up at the bus station and take us to our hotel; nobody came. Someone from the bus station that didn' t work for him took us to his office. The entrance to the office is embarrasing, full of mud and puddles. He showed himself very friendly the very first day. Not like that the last day when we came back from Safari, that hardly had time to speak to us.
We were supposed to spend a full day driving in Ngoron- goro crater, from 06.00 a.m. until late in the afternoon, as it was written in the planing that he had sent to us when booking the Safari.
Our surprise was that the night before going into the crater he told us that it was not possible to spend the whole day. We could only be inside the crater for 4 hours (from 06.00 until 10.00 a.m.) and then we had to go out of the Park. The problem was that he should have paid one more day fees for us (we were four people in the jeep) in the crater, but he did not. He told us that "laws have changed lately" and he could not do anything, so if we wanted to stay more time in the crater, we should pay the extra- charge. If you look in the Official Website of the Parks, since so many years, the entrance- fee is paid for a 24- hour stay; if you want to stay longer, you have to pay another entrance. He lied to us. So after all, we could not be in Ngoron- goro crater for longer, which is one of the best Parks in Tanzania.
Moreover, the last two nights we were supposed to sleep in Tarangire campsite. He tried to convince us to sleep everywhere else, telling me that in that campsite there was no water (I do not know why), but finally, after my insistence, we slept there.. with hot- water showers. The last day or the Safari we were supposed to have a morning- drive game in Tarangire before coming back to Arusha, and what we really did was to have breakfast in the campsite and inmediately come back to the city; no game driving our last day of Safari, as it was written in our initial planning. He told us that we didn' t ask for the driving that morning... Why have I to ask about something I have already paid and it was included in the Safari plan??
Another german couple came with us for 4 days in the Safari. Richard changed their plans almost everyday, even every 2-3 hours sometimes the planning changed...
I would not recommend at all this company for a Safari in Tanzania. You cannot trust this man absolutely. He sold us a Safari that we haven´ t really done. I strongly recommend every tourist to look for another better and more reliable choice.
NG
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A wonderful experience touring Tanzania's northern circuit
I was looking for a trouble free trip with my family and we found it with Flash. Our booking was straight forward and simple. The itinerary turned out to be prefect. We visited Tarangire, Natron, southern and Ndutu areas of the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro crater over our 9 day trip.
This was our 11th safari and what really makes or breaks a experience is your driver/guide. We couldn't have been happier with Malik, he attended to all of our needs and had a special eye for capturing 'the right shot'. I have been receiving a steady stream of complements on my photos. I was also very pleased with Malik's driving, you do a lot of driving on safari. I noted other operators guides really giving their clients quite a 'thrill' as they were whipping down rough rocky roads.
Bottom line I'd be happy to recommend to others to consider booking with Flash.
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good itinerary, good guide, good accomodation, good food, good transport - a seamless performance
We were a family group of 6 ranging from 73 to 10! Each of us were equally thrilled by our holiday. Our guide was outstanding - well-informed, amusing, patient and a good driver. This is not to mention his eye sight which rendered our binoculars almost redundant. The staff at each stop were charming and the food was of a remarkable standard. Whilst the lodges were splendid nothing could beat the camp in the Serengeti which of course we had to ourselves. We saw almost every conceivable animal all at very close range and managed to complete nearly 80% of the bird book. Go!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Efficient and pleasing.
I have just had the most amazing trip of my life to the game reserve, Thanks to the efficient and friendly booking assistance of our travel agent. I love the bush and I love wildlife and for me it fed my soul and helped dissipate a years worth of stress.