35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about South Africa by lollipop_lass
Plenty of National Parks with accommodation, lots of private game parks with luxury accommodation. Travel is easy with world class airports, long distance buses and plenty of car hire available. South Africa is very proud of its conservation/wildlife facilities ... And rightly so.
CA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The Best Tour Operator in Tanzania
We had a great time with Northern Circuit. Mike is awesome - although we booked our own flights after the safari, Mike went out of his way and rushed to the airline to help us reschedule our flights after our flights were cancelled. We were so worried but Mike saved the day.
Our tour guide and cook during the safari were amazing as well. I have nothing but good things to say about the duo. They allowed us to take our time with pictures and would nudge us when we were being slow. NCA is an experienced operator and I will definitely be booking with them again!
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An Unbelievable Experience Made Even Better by Shaun Taylor!!
Armed with only knowing we wanted a private safari for our family, I feel unbelievably lucky, grateful and even blessed that I stumbled upon Moriti Private Safaris. The experience my family and I had is one that I need a dozen thesauruses to even begin to describe.
Throughout the entire pre-trip process, Shaun was always responsive to my myriad emails with which I deluged him! I was completely confident that our trip was in good hands when we landed in Johannesburg. What an understatement that was! Shaun made the entire trip - not just the safari part- an amazing, laughter-filled, personal experience!
Making cheetahs purr, being mock charged by elephants, kissing a hippo, seeing all types of amazing animals (the big and the small) including the elusive ones (leopard & civet), understanding tracks and what animals made them, getting to knowing the flora (and that elephants LOVE raisin bush!) was only PART of our adventure!
The camps where we stayed were fantastic but Nyeleti was outstanding. Completely private, no one else around, and absolutely beautiful! Shaun is the only guide who has access and it is truly special. And have I mentioned the food? The chef (chef! not cook!) that works with Shaun is brilliant!
Shaun went above and beyond for us, as I'm sure he does for everyone. Shaun will do what he can to make sure you see as many animals as possible, but not at the expense of the animals. His knowledge of the animals and experience in the bush is only exceeded by his absolute love and respect for all creatures.
I could fill pages with this review but in sum, this was an amazing experience made even better by having Shaun with us. We started as strangers and ended as family. If you leave this experience without becoming friends with Shaun, you're doing it wrong.
We will be back and we will only use Moriti!
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
the experience in the park was great, we saw chimps on both treks.
As visitors, we had the experience of being bounced around from car to boat to park without anyone really telling us what was going on. The personal touch, that we have had with other tours was not present. We never met with Joshua and never felt like our business really mattered. With the exception of the last meal, which we bought ourselves, the itinerary was followed and we enjoyed our time with the chimps. I hope that future tours are less impersonal, otherwise I would recommend saving some money and doing this trip on your own.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent private camping safari in Tanzania with African Heart
We wanted to use special-camp sites (nicely private but cost more and have to be reserved) for our Tanzania trip, to replicate a fantastic experience we had in Bostswana. All the TOs we contacted except African Heart discouraged us, pushing tented camps. I can now see why - this is a heck of alot easier for them (basically Motel 6s in the Serengeti). Peter Reijmes from African Heart accommodated our request and arranged a great trip - Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Lake Myanyara, and Tarangire, with a hotel stop before and after. Our guide Josephat and cook Barongo were excellent company. The trip was brief due to our time constraints but did not feel rushed, and we saw lots of wildlife in different environments, as we hoped. We skipped the Masaii visit but went to a weekly market when our tire was being fixed, which I highly recommend. Email communication was more like 48-72 hours rather then 24 but reliable. We wanted to be camping alone under the stars in Tanzania and African Heart helped us make it happen.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great mini-safari designed specifically around wildlife viewing including birdwatching
The specially designed tour perfectly combined a chance to see mammals large and small (elephants, lions, giraffes, hippos, antelope, jackals, and more) with birdwatching. Our guide was helpful, knowledgeable about the area, friendly and patient with our requests to start early, stay out late, go to distant parts of the parks we visited, and to stop a lot for bird spotting! He was also a really good driver over rough terrain. The vehicle was clean and comfortable to spot wildlife from, and the lodge we stayed in was amazing.
US
Experience level: over 5 safaris
Customized plans for individual choices
Have had 3 South African trips with Rhino Africa. Used the same agent (S. Myburgh) each time. Every trip thoughtfully planned to my requests. Able to secure requested ranger and tracker pair. Notified when exchange rates were favorable to make final payment. Questions/requests quickly attended to via email. CC payment on line. This is a superb company.
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Due to our excellent driver and guide Hamid evrything was organized wonderful.
The communication with our guide was super. The picking up evrywhere was without delay, the service in the car was excellent, the property of the car was great. It was convenient. We didn´t exspect so much service and friendlyness and were positiv surprised.
The safari was great. Our driver was engaged to show us all animals and we even saw the baby lions.
It couldn´t be better.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Superb safari and well organised
Our trip was arranged by Carel Verhoef at discoverafrica.com and was perfectly organised. We flew into the Masai Mara from Nairobi and all flight connections and transfers were arranged for us and went like clockwork. Carel was also very generous with his advice having lived in East Africa for some years – he is a mine of useful information.
My wife and I have had this trip to see the wildebeest migration on our bucket list for some time and we decided to go this year to coincide with our wedding anniversary. For that reason we were looking for something special yet reasonably priced and Carel helped us find Mara Ngenche. What a spectacularly good choice that was.
We stayed for 5 nights the camp and were extremely well looked after. The staff are fantastic. Our waiter, Steve, learnt what food we liked and didn’t like and was always on hand with a glass of wine and also taught us some Swahili! The Masai guards who escorted us to & from our tent especially Musanga, Karbolo & Lindeni were always on hand, very polite and interesting. Almost everyone speaks excellent English.
The game drive vehicle that we used was completely open at the top and sides and was very comfortable. We had some fabulous sightings with Joseph, our very experienced driver/guide. He was excellent at anticipating the animal’s movements to ensure good photos. In one afternoon we saw the Big 5 and on another occasion 4½, as we could only see the leopard’s tail that time.
The position of the camp on the confluence of two rivers was so relaxing and we often sat on the deck watching the 30 or so hippos all day, even though they didn’t move very much. Breakfasts and lunches were served under the trees beside the river. Dinner, served in the restaurant, was four courses and was beautifully prepared and presented.
Overall, it was a fantastic trip and the staff at Mara Ngenche made it more than special. When it came time to leave, my wife cried because she didn’t want to go. Of all the holidays we’ve had over the years, this has been our most memorable.
CL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A great 6 day safari to Tanzania
We just completed a 6 day small group departure. our driver Goodluck was very good and the accommodation throughout the Safari was good quality. We saw all the big 5 and the best moment was to see a family of cheetah in Seronera. Good advise and support from safarihub.