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65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A wonderful family holiday celebrating our 50th anniversary
I spent two years planning this trip, communicating with John Muhoho frequently through email. We had lived in Kenya in the sixties, so we were trying to recreate experiences for our children and grandchildren. The entire planning experience was an adventure, as we tweaked and adjusted the schedule to work everything in and keep within the time frame of our grandchildrens' school holidays. Everything about the trip--the travel, the hotels and lodges, the driver-guides--was perfect, and we could not have had a better time. The personalization of the service was incredible, as we met with some old students and returned to the schools where we had lived and worked. So this was a very personalized tour, with a lot of interaction. But we started with a schedule put together by CKC and adjusted it for our family. I have no doubt we would have had a similar exciting time without the "tweaks," so I would recommend CKC for the professionalism of his work and his staff as well as the ability to work with a client to plan a perfect holiday.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experiance with Jesse and Naenda Safaris
You may have decided to go on Safari, which is by itself a life-changing experience, but now you have to choose a tour company. I highly recommend Naenda Safaris. You can trust Jesse, he is a terrific guy and runs a small business. Being a small business, you are going to get the best they have to offer. This is unique and special when compared to the other tour companies. It is better to deal with people running their own operation than with hired drivers of a huge company. You will get the best service, and make life long friends at the same time. When I make it back to Tanzania, it will without a doubt be with Naenda Safaris. Can't wait to see you all again Jesse!
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful First Time Experience!
This was a well planned Safari from the beginning to the end. There were no unexpected surprises with expenses or anything. Lodging and food was great.
A true safari experience!
We picked Safari Infinity because they were giving us better lodges and Lucia was quick with her responses and very helpful in planning the trip as per our preferences. The experience was great, be it animal viewing, food, lodging or the guide. Lucia gets an extra star because she emailed my mom everyday about my well being as I was out of network for 5 days!
Our guide, Fazal was also great, he had so much knowledge about animals and predicted their behavior accurately and spotted so many of them for us.
We told our guide before we started what all were top of our priority list: Big Five and more cheetahs. He made sure we saw all that. We didn't mention we were keen on seeing a hunt, and I really regret that. We were stalking a cheetah as it was about to hunt, but had to leave as it was getting dark and we had to report to our camp.
IL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The Only Way To Safari
This amazing tour was tailored made to our interests (animals, culture, people), family ages (kids and adults), travel dates (during school vacation) with a great guide. Personal care and follow up were available at every stage by the organizers. We felt very pampered.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a lifetime, made perfect by Journeys Discovering Africa
My mum, sister-in-law and I visited Uganda and Kenya in January 2014 - a two-week trip focussing on gorilla treks in Bwindi and a safari on the Masai Mara. Patrick at JDA started planning the trip with my mum many months in advance, providing helpful, insightful, friendly and knowledgeable advice right from the start. It was the first African trip for any of us, so we were starting from zero and Patrick helped to shape our trip into the most magical adventure. He asked the right questions, made sure he understood what was important to us (and what wasn't), worked with our budget and our available time, and basically got every single part of the trip absolutely spot on. The hotels/lodges were perfect - location, comfort, friendliness, wow-factor in every case. The treks (gorillas and chimps) and the safari drives were unforgettable. Our driver/guide in Uganda (James) couldn't possibly have been nicer or more helpful - he felt like an old friend by the end of the first day. All the other JDA staff were equally kind and professional - it was clearly important to them that we had a brilliant time.
I can't say enough about how wonderful our trip was. We will truly remember it forever - I'm very thankful that my mum found JDA and would certainly recommend them to anyone else planning an African adventure.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience!
Hi there,
we booked a 7-day-safari (Amboseli National Park, Nakuru National Park and Masai Mara) and a 4-day-Mount Kenya Trip with Bushtroop Tours & Safaris and we can highly recommend the company.
The sales manager, Jaqueline, was very professional and efficient in providing responses to every query we had.
Our driver (Anthony) did a really great job. He has a huge knowledge and tried everything to make our trip unforgettable (and he succeed :)).
We were also happy with our Mount Kenya guide (David) even if he wasn't as well organised as Anthony.
To sum up, we would book our next trip with Bushtroop again.
Exceeds expectations.
We had a 8 day safari. It was excellent, everything went very smoothly and the food was very nice.
Robert was an excellent host, he even accompanied us on our transfer to Nairobi to ensure everything went well.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An Amazing Trip....A Safari Company
Hi, we are an Australian family (mum, dad, boys aged 15,13 & 11 and 2 grand parents) that have just completed a 10 day safari with Safari Infinity. We visited Tarangire, Lake Maynara, central and western Serengeti and Ngorongoro national parks. First, I would like to say that the Safari was everything we expected and more. The Tanzanian people proved to be most hospitable. We saw the Big 5 and much more. The geography amazed us on how different it was between all the national parks.
We are so grateful we chose Safari Infinity. Lucia promptly responded to my many emails over the organisational stage, far better than any of the other companies I contacted. This was one of the main reasons we went with them.
Once the safari started we were in a 8 seater jeep. Our driver was Eric who basically became part of the family. He had great temperament in dealing with people, always smiling. His ability to position the jeep for prime location happened time and time again. His ability to find the animals and read their direction was incredible. We witnessed one live kill by a leopard, 2 failed attempts by lions, and found 3 other all ready completed kills. He was patient with our 1million photo shoots.
We stayed at the following accommodations (mix lodges and camps) and were very happy with them all, Lake Duluti, Oliver's Camp (Tarangire), Escarpment Lodge, Lemala Explorer Western Serengeti, Mbalageti Safari Lodge, Lemala Ewanjan, Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge, and Mount Meru Arusha.
Thanks again Safari Infinity for the trip of a life time!
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
OMG, I had one of the most unforgettable experience of my life.
First time travelling on my own, I had some apprehensions but after speaking to Mark Cahill, prior to the trip, put me at ease. From the moment I exited the airport and saw someone holding a sign with my name on it and then greeted with a big smile, I knew I was in good hands. Erusta, our tour guide, was very knowledgeable. The resorts were fabulous. Being with your first Safari of the season, I didn't think I would see much via animals, but OMG, there were animals everywhere. This trip was something I will talk about for a long time to come. I will tell those that I know to put it on their bucket list and that they must book with Odyssey Safaris.