35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Botswana by Eric Donnelly
The only thing I didn't see on my wish list for this trip was Cheetah!
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Serengeti National Park by Code Redsniper
excellent park but too much tourism here.
BE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Ruaha National Park by Code Redsniper
hard to do better than this
BE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Ngorongoro Crater by Code Redsniper
excellent natural wonder but very crowded; you're never alone standing by the animals
BE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
I hope to go there again for certain. Wild, remote and extremely beautiful
wildlife; excellent (though no rhino), we came upon 10 wild dogs (saw them 3 times in four days), saw over 50 lions on one day. Scenery; extremely beautiful accomodations; (ruaha river lodge); excellent but very poor management. Food; very good, guide; very good, but sometimes going off road and not always taking care for wildlife. wheater; very sunny but humidity is quite high
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Tanzania by Code Redsniper
From all the national parks I visited in Africa (been to Kenya, Tanzania, South-Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, Uganda), Selous Game Reserve is together with South Luangwa (Zambia) the best seen so far.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Ruaha National Park by Marion
Plenty of animals, lovely birds, beautiful scenery. The rainy season brings out wonderful flora and more birdlife. Exciting to see a different Africa!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Katavi National Park by Marion
Absolutely superb. Hardly anyone is there and you are completely at one with nature, it's peaceful and full of hundreds of animals!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Selous Game Reserve - An exciting, adventurous safari.
Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
Six of us visited Rufiji River Camp in September 2012. We were welcomed by Karl and Sally with a welcome drink, given a quick show around the lounge/dining area and escorted to our tents to freshen up. These were extremely well set out, quite large and comfortable with a veranda overlooking the Rufiji River. We went to the dining area to meet Karl for a brief safety talk and be given our different safari options after which we enjoyed a simple delicious lunch.
That afternoon, went on a river cruise where we saw lots of birds, hippos and some crocodiles. Quite often elephants are seen on these cruises, but we were unlucky this time. It was very peaceful and enjoyed the beautiful sunset on the way back. We decided to have a full day safari the next day as you get to see more of the area and the opportunity of seeing many more animals. Well, we were delighted to see Lions and cubs very quickly around a kill, lots of Elephants, Greater Kudu, Giraffes, zebras, a beautiful fully grown male leopard lazing away in a rock shelf, more lions, impalas, jackals, lots of gorgeous birds, especially the Lilac Breasted Roller and very specially, after waiting to see wild dogs for eight years, we came across these wonderful dogs. There were ten in all with pups. We watched them for at least 20 minutes, such a privilege as they are so rare. We also went on a walking safari and had to stay still for about 15 minutes as a small herd of elephants were in front of us heading for the river which was very exciting. Our Guide then told us about all the trees and bushes that have special medicinal properties which are still used today by local people. He also pointed out the spoor of different animals, it was really fascinating. We walked for about three hours and it went so quickly! We had the same guide during our stay who was excellent. Being seasoned safari folk, we even learned details of the fauna and flora we hadn’t heard before as he was so knowledgeable.
The scenery was lovely, still green as it wasn’t long after the rains, quite different from other parts of Africa where sometimes it is extremely arid and dry. The weather was hot and dry in the day, turning chilly at night.
The food was excellent and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay, only wish we had booked for longer. We would certainly recommend staying at Rufiji Camp in Selous for a great experience; they look after you from start to finish, never having to worry about anything.
Marion and Rod
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Tanzania by Marion
Southern Tanzania has a vast diversity of wildlife and birds, beautiful scenery and exciting all without fencing.