20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent from start to finish!
My husband and I joined Chris and his son Simon for a 8 day camping safari for our honeymoon. Where do we start, we had never been on a safari before, but enjoyed camping and thought why not!
Well it was an excellent experience from start to finish, everything was perfectly organised, Chris and his family work consistantly day and night to deliver an amazing experience for their guests.
The 'Chuck Norris' safari van was spacious, comfy and gave us a great view of Kruger which was head and shoulders above the other safari vehicles in the park. The truck catered for all safari necessities from fridges full of beer and cold drinks, a library, white board for animal sightings, coffee maker and a toilet!
There was a fantastic selection of very tasty food during our tour, from breakfast on the go to full evening meals everything was freshly prepared by Chris on his trusty braai!
All the camp sites facilities were clean, the tents Chris provided were spacious, comfy and took minutes to assemble with plenty of room for bags.
Lastly of course the animals, we saw so much wildlife whilst in Kruger. Chris and Simon went out of their way to try to find the animals the group wanted to see, sometimes we were driving in the park for upto 6 hours a day as new animal kept popping up along the way!
An amazing time, we are planning our next trip already!!
FR
35-50 years of age
4 days safari booking...
Landscape, wildlife, accomodation....Unforgettable....they was vacation dreams. All is sammery in the over post...
IT
Amazing safari in Tanzania
In four days we visited Tarangire, Ngorongoro e Serengeti: it was an amazing experience due to the contact with neture and wild animals in their habitat. We were able to observe all kind of animals che abbiamo potuto osservare da vicino grazie alla nostra guida, Arida, thanks to our guide, really knowledgeable and lover of the animal world. Arida Arida was able to show us all the mythical BIG FIVE (lion, rhino, leopard, cheetah and bufalo), as well as zebras, giraffes, gazelles, antelopes, ostriches, hippos, crocodiles, eagles etc.
I advice to stay at least one night in the Serengeti in a tended camp: it is a fantastic experience sleep feeling around animals! The great availability and the timely and complete information of our guide were fundamental: thanks to them we were able to observe the increasingly varied landscapes, the Masai villages, see animals in their natural habitat.
I would strongly advise to choose Bestday!
FR
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best vacation ever.
We had a great trip (19 days) organised by Makasa Safaris .Our guide Kaleby was a very good flexible and friendly driver .Seen a lot of wild animals the big five in the different parks and reserves. The lodges, tented camps, the food, everything was good organised.
PL
The best safari operator
We've had the best safari experience with SafariBook Evolution I can imagine. The operator is reliable, very carrying of guests, reception is easily reachable in Arusha. Our guide was extremely friendly, communicative and with an amazing eye for animals and our cook was a food-magician (on the safari, I've had the best pumpkin soup ever). Also, we saw the Big Five, so our trip was complete in every manner. We strongly recommend SafariBook Evolution!
CZ
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent experince, fantastic tour quide
We were with James on trip 08/2015. We were on gorillas (in Bwindi), chimpanzees (Kyambura Gorge), 2 days safari (QE Park) and many more. Everything was absolutely perfect, James takes care about us and he did everything for us, he explain us a lot about Ugandan poeple, nature, habits etc.
Please note, you have to order your gorillas trip few month in advance, permits are very limited.
I can absolutely recommed this quide, he is one of the best in Uganda!!!
Martin
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing safari
Thank you Zohar African Safaris for everything, our guide Sammy was professional, fun and helpful and we were able to visit every thing on our itinerary! The hotels/tented camps were first class. 5 stars, definitely recommend Zohar!
US
My Amazing 9-Day Safari
I had booked a 9-day safari with Authentic African Safaris.
I were guided very well by Murtaza at the USA office. The safari details were fully customized as per my requirements, with fine tunings done by Murtaza, as he has years of experience in the business. His knowledge of the country and the park encouraged me to use them rather than the other company that was recommended to me by my friend. Also dealing with a tour operator, with their local offices in USA was a piece of mind!
On arrival at Kilimanjaro Int. Airport, we were met by the driver who transferred us to the overnight hotel. We stayed at the Arusha Coffee Lodge, and the place was just out of the world. the first glance of Africa and we knew that we had made a great decision to come to Tanzania and this was going to be an adventure of a lifetime!
Murtaza's brother came to meet us and that was another relief! One of the owners coming to see just the 2 of us! they really care about each and every client.
The lodges and the food was just a touch above the best. Tarangire Treetop, Manor at Ngorongoro and in Serengeti - the Migration Camp and the Pioneer Camp - the experience was just amazing. My wife is a vegan, and i had informed Murtaza beforehand and he took care of it all the way, from the packed punches to the dinner at the camps. The food was just delicious, an African touch to all the food made it all worthwhile.
All in all, we are very satified with the tour. Our guide Felix had a third eye somewhere, he would see animals miles away! Very knowledgeable, and spoke English very well. He had a great sense of humor!
In short I have no problems is suggesting that anyone using Authentic African Safaris, will get a great service.
Safari to Tanzania is expensive. This is due to the fact that all these camps are located in the middle of the bush, and the infrastructure is not like the western world. Thus you pay a premium for getting all the comforts in the middle of a jungle surrounded by animals. You would go to Europe for the same number of days at a much lower cost - but then can you compare Europe to African Wildlife? There is no comparison.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best holiday of our lives, and we've been to over 30 countries. Special beyond words
WOW!! I honestly don't know where to start.. my husband and 5 year old daughter went to Kenya for a 5 day safari - we went to Amboseli, Lake Naivasha, and the Masai Mara all very beautiful and amazing
1. Noah, the man who responds and organises all the tours was amazingly patient and so very helpful!! I'd send him an email, mind you we are 9 hours behind and I'd get emails straight away, he answered all our questions, we forgot to see about getting a car seat for our 5 year daughter until we arrived in Africa. I emailed him from the airport and when Eustace, our fabulous guide, showed up the next day car seat was in the car! My husband realised the day before we were leaving Kenya he forgot his credit card at the hotel in Lake Naivasha ( we'd stayed at 3 nights prior a bit annoyed with the hotel that they didn't call us or Noah as we'd booked through them but definitely not Wildebeest's fault!) so Noah sorted it out got our card to Nairobi. Eustace got it to us before we left for the airport- mind you he had to leave his house early in the morning to get to the courier office to pick up the card, then get to our hotel as the traffic was terrible he abandoned his vehicle got on a moped taxi to make sure we got it before we left for the airport at 9AM. Amazing customer service!!
2. Eustace, our lovely guide, he was so nice and very patient as we had our 5 year old daughter who can be a bit difficult. Every morning he'd have a smile on his face waiting for a new day. He was knowledgeable about the animals and the places we were, very well spoken, and now very much loved by our daughter and our family he made our trip so very special. My little one was desperate to see lions, her favourite animal, and every time we stopped to talk to another guide he'd ask if anyone had seem some.. We were very lucky and saw a mating pair in Masai Mara- we were the only jeep around for a while totally amazing!!
3. Lodges- we stayed in 3 different lodges during our 5 day safari - all were beautiful, clean and had wonderful beds!
4. Journey- we drove to all our destinations and I now see why people fly in and out of the safari camps the roads are horrible but of course this isn't Wildebeest's fault… However if we hadn't driven we wouldn't have seen the great divide and have fond memories of Nairobi traffic, going off road on the highway because there was a huge hole in it, seeing camels, cattle, goats, and chickens as road blocks, and getting our Kenyan massage! ( riding on an unpaved very bumpy road for about 3 hours!)
I highly suggest using this outfit the customer service goes above and beyond. The pricing is so very competitive!! I don't know how they did it but one of the hotels we stayed in was roughly $600/night we stayed 2 nights our whole safari was only $2500 for 2 adults and 1 child…. We considered that a fantastic deal!! When we head back to Kenya, this is definitely who we'll be using!! Fab time!!
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fun trip and true adventure
First of all I'd like to thank Steve Sr. Manager of safari booking. He is really good experienced manager. He helped me to going through step by step booking my trip even he helped me to search for my domestic flights and hotels etc... He was really careful about if anyone vegetarian or any food allergies in our group. That was a huge plus for me before start our trip to Tanzania.
Once we arrived to Arusha they picked us up from the airport as promised to our hotel. Next morning driver picked us up from our hotel on time and we met our game driver James and our stomach doc.
James is very experienced driver and a guide. I cant even ask more than his unlimited good mood and smiley face friendship and did not take time how he blended into our group :-)
During Safari he gave us all the information about where we are and the animals that we have questioned. He played very well. Knows where to stop for good view that we can take pictures clearly.
We had all the safari experiences that we can in 4 days.
Our cook (stomach doc) had feed us very well with a lot of food... He was careful about vegetarian (me) and cook separately. In the morning our coffee and tea was ready at the table. Food always ready at the time he told us with least 3 courses meal and dessert.
Thank you Safari booking and Thank you James from bottom of my heart.