35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Appreciation Review – 2-Day Family Tour to Lake Manyara & Tarangire National Park
Appreciation Review – 2-Day Family Tour to Lake Manyara & Tarangire National Park
We had an absolutely unforgettable experience with Utukufu Travels and Adventures during our recent 2-day family tour to Lake Manyara and Tarangire National Park. From start to finish, everything was perfectly organized, comfortable, and tailored to meet our family’s needs.
A very special thank you to our tour guide, Mr. Exaudy, whose professionalism, knowledge, and warm personality made the trip even more enjoyable. His deep understanding of the parks, wildlife behavior, and local culture brought each moment to life. He was incredibly patient, attentive, and engaging, especially with our children, ensuring everyone felt included and excited throughout the journey.
Thanks to Utukufu Travels and Adventures & Mr. Exaudy, as our Guide, we came away with not just beautiful photos but lasting memories. We highly recommend their services to anyone looking to explore Tanzania’s natural beauty in a thoughtful and well-guided way.
Asante sana for an amazing adventure!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent Experience!
This was my first time travelling to Africa and I must say that the entire process from booking to post-travel was seamless and exceptional. I met Dion, Lucia and the Go Touch Down team at the New York Travel Show in January 2025. I was reluctant about travelling solo, but they put me at ease. I chose to travel in June, and the team communicated with me the entire time. They answered any questions or concerns I had, they provided all of the details I would need to know such as itinerary, meeting times and places, travel guide info, emergency contacts, etc. They made suggestions on where to stay on day zero (I flew in a day early to ensure I wouldn't miss any connections) and offered to book my local flights (I flew to Cape Town). They took my dietary information and any other details from me that would make my trip comfortable. When I arrived at the Royal Morubisi River Lodge in South Africa, I was treated like a superstar! I was very impressed with the hospitality and kindness of the staff. The lodge itself was beautiful!! Clean, contemporary, rustic, elevated decor. Definitely five star. The chef was magnificent! The food was one of the highlights of the trip. I looked forward to having 3 course meals every day, served on a beautifully decorated plated table, just simply classy. The safari was a dream. We saw 4 of the big five (3 of them on day one!). It was truly an incredible experience. I only wish that I saw more of Johannesburg other than being on the game reserve, or that there was more entertainment at the lodge. Next, I flew to Cape Town. My driver was so cool! And very protective. At first, I was being difficult because I'm not used to people being so kind to me and protective like that. But I later realized that that is just how they are. They are hospitable, kind people and they wanted to make sure that I was happy and satisfied. Also, because I was travelling solo, they wanted to keep me safe. I respect that! I leaned in, and he became not only my driver and guide but also my bodyguard lol. Cape Town was so gorgeous!!!! The mountains, the ocean, OMG. I only wish that I was there during the spring or summer season. June is off season, winter, so it wasn't as packed as I hear it gets. But none-the-less still very beautiful. I can't wait to go back. Strangely, I felt at home. It takes a lot to impress me and I must say Go Touch Down delivered!
Perfect Destination - Diani
HBT Tours booked our family vacation at Diamond’s Leisure Hotel & Golf Resort in Diani, Kenya. We Loved the All Inclusive menu, the free water sports activities (kayaking & surfing) and the friendly team. Thank you for the excellent pick HBT. 👌
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Family trip
It was amazing trip with UTUKUFU TRAVELS,it's recommended to other tourist for safari trips
CR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Organized and strategic
The safari experience with Geff was absolutely incredible.
His team —our driver and our amazing chef— made this an unforgettable adventure.
Everything was wonderfully organized: the meals, the places we stayed, every detail was beyond expectations.
If I had to recommend it a thousand times, I’d do it with my eyes closed.
CY
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Experienced bird guides
10 days Birds and general wildlife photography tour to western Uganda
We are a family group of four adults and from 20th to 30th June 2025 we visited Uganda for birds and wildlife photography. We chose the Wide birding Eco Tours Ltd after checking the reviews on the internet. The itinerary was prepared by Mr. Davis according to our requirements. We visited the Lake Mburo National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable N. Park, Queen’s Elizabeth N. Park Budongo forest and Murchison falls N. Park. With the help of Mr. Davis we have seen and photographed many birds and animals. We took several boat trips in which we had the opportunity to see and take photos of birds and animals such as the shoebill, the African fish eagle, many species of king fishers, bee eaters and various water birds. Furthermore we took photos from a real close distance of elephants, hippos and crocodiles.
Mr Davis is an experienced bird guide. He knows all the birds knows where to find them, and has good connections with other bird guides.
In general we had 10 wonderful days in Uganda full of action travel enjoyment.
Thank you Davis for taking such good care of us
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic Itinerary, Great Service, and Amazing Trip
Claire really provided superior service in helping me out with a tweaked itinerary to squeeze in as much as possible in the 7 days I had to work with. Spent two nights in Victoria Falls with the great folks at the Ilala Lodge Hotel, 2 wonderful nights on the Chobe River at Muchenje Safari Lodge, and 2 great nights down in Khwai on the Okavango Delta at the Mmatsebe Tented Camp. Trip included transfers from Victoria Falls to Kasane, round trip charter flight down to the delta from Kasane, and then a transfer back to Victoria Falls for my flight home. Claire made everything seamless, provided great notes along the way as I wanted to try to maximize game sightings, and worked to get me back over to Victoria Falls vs going home through Maun, which was a much more expensive flight book endeavor. The final detailed itinerary including contacts, timing, and an app to have everything readily available was great and everything went perfectly according to how it was scripted. No issues anywhere along the way with the transfers, checking in at lodges, or charter flights with Mack Air. Really couldn't have asked for a better trip and Claire really selected three great stays for me along the way. Each were like staying with family and really enjoyed the folks and food. Game drives around Chobe and Khwai were really special. Lots of elephant, zebra, impala, giraffe, painted dogs, hyena, crocs, hippos, a group of lionesses with two cubs, two male lion brothers, another pride of lions with a single male and lionesses, and to cap off Africa's Big 5 for me, a male and female leopard down in the Okavango Delta. I have pics that would make the BBC and Discovery Channels jealous, lol. Would definitely recommend visiting with Claire for your booking needs and this itinerary worked really well for my time and inbound and outbound flight options.
IN
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Mark is professional tour organiser and help his clients to the best of his ability.
Did Okavango Delta safari for 2 nights and 3 days tour. Services (occomdation, food and mokoro & walks) were excellent and guide could explain well.
The tour was reliable and staff (guide, chef and support staff) looked after me well.
CO
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Exceeded Expectations
From the very start I knew this company was the best choice for my safari trip. Brian, my tour consultant, was always extremely helpful, answered all my questions, texted back quickly (both before my trip started and also during the tour when I had concernings), and made sure everything was according to my needs. Even when I had to make a couple of changes to my itinerary, he was understanding of it and rearranged everything.
I booked the 7-day Kenya and Tanzania Safari on a budget fare, which was so much more than I had expected for the value I payed. All accomodations were comfortable and clean, but the highlights for me were Nyati Safari Camp and Simba Camp, which offered two completely different but great experiences. Overall, the food was good, especially in Tanzania because of Erika, the amazing cook that travelled with us. As for the vehicles, they were in good state, comfortable and didn't have any problem at all with them, except for a couple of windows that were hard to open.
Both my drivers, Simon in Kenya and Jonas in Tanzania, were extremely skillful in spotting animals, answered questions about wildlife and local culture, and gave extra information about the animals and their behavior. Jonas even prevented I got scammed once. They were both respectful around animals and tried not to get inappropiately close to them (which, I learned, not every driver cares about), although they would sometimes drive somewhat fast when approaching them, and that could be worrying.
In sum, the whole tour was beyond-satisfying and I got to live this incredible experience without any disturbances or complaints. On the contrary, I'm just thinking about when I'll be able to go back again.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Uganda an amazing country
My husband and I did a 9 day tour of Uganda with Dav Safaris at the beginning of June. It exceeded our expectations. We arrived in Entebbe mid afternoon. I must say I found the whole process at the airport challenging and funny. After experiencing immigration queue jumpers, a whole family pushing in in-between my husband and myself, so I needed to wait for him to be processed before finding our bags, having our finger prints scanned and then trying to access our bags from the carousel where people blocked the carousel with at least 3 trolleys each, I thought to myself this is going to be an interesting trip. It also took me a couple of days to get used to seeing people (rangers, security guards and the like) walking around with machine guns. Just a heads up, you can only have 1 person at an ATM at a time. Well we started our trip with a visit to the rhino sanctuary, seeing so many rhinos up close was great and you could tell that the staff are very passionate about the conservation of and ultimately reintroducing them back into the wild of Uganda. With our tour covering Murchison Falls National Park, a boat ride on the Nile in Murchison National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, a boat ride in the Kazinga Channel , chimpanzees in Kibale Forest, gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Lake Bunyonyi, and Mabamba Swamp, we were able to see a large range of animals and birds. The animals seen included elephants, giraffe, rhinos, hyenas, lions, leapord, Jackson Heartbeast, crocodiles, Cape buffalo, Shoebill Stork, Thompson Gazelle, Civet, shell-less tortoise, warthogs, hippopotamuses, baboons, black and white Colobus monkeys, chameleon, chimpanzees and of course gorillas. Uganda is a bird lovers paradise, we saw at least 75 different bird species and we weren't even looking for birds. The people were warm, friendly and welcoming. They all seemed extremely happy and genuinely thankful that we chose their country to visit. The landscape of Uganda is gorgeous. Uganda has something for everyone and if you are only going to visit 1 country in Africa I encourage you to make that country Uganda.