FR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful Tour Operator !
We spent a very good week in Zanzibar (3 adults, 2 kids) between the Indian Ocean and Stone-town. With this tour operator, what you ask is what you get ! Fun for kids, culture for adults and great time for everybody !
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience and great operator - why you should go with a small operator
We booked a trip for the two of us a while ago and it was amazing. A friend of us who lives in Mwtara in an NGO recommended us and he was absolutely right !
The guide was very knowledgeable and was telling us stories all the time, making it even long trips very enjoyable. He recommended where to go, when to go, where to look... Both the jeep and the Camping accomodation was very comfortable and authentic. We are so glad we went with them and not with a much bigger operator !
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Kikwetu is your number one safari planner.I'd use it again,and I'd recommend to anyone.Asante sana!
Our safari in Kenya was such a success, thanks to Kikwetu Cultural Adventures for putting it up in a wonderful manner. We were traveling in a group of four and we enjoyed every bit of it, from the welcoming Kenyan people to the stunning wildlife. It was great to taste the delicious local dishes in Mombasa. We enjoyed the lifestyle and culture of the Masais in Samburu; the women in beads, the morans and many more. Our guide spotted the big five in Masai Mara with ease. Thanks Kikwetu Cultural for your professional services. We will link you up with our friends.
FR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
True Customer Care and Professional Guides
I booked a 4-weeks tour with Trans Kibo Travels including Kilimanjaro + Mount Meru climbing, safaris and Zanzibar trip.
Despite high constraints on my travel dates, the tour operator managed to organize my trip as per my wishes and within a short delay. I had sent a request for quotes to more than 10 other companies located either in France or Tanzania (Arusha and Moshi). Trans Kibo Travels was the most competitive one in terms of offer and prices. The communications by email were sufficient to plan everything and questions were answered quickly.
From airport arrival in Tanzania to my return in France, all the schedule has been respected, no issue with the transfers. Trans Kibo Travels employees and their manager were available to fix all issues. For instance, they provided me with a warmer sleeping bag (required for Kilimanjaro climbing) and an electric plug adapter, all this for free.
The safaris went fine, we saw all the big animals and the guides were friendly. Food was provided in sufficient quantities and quality was fine.
Concerning the Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru climbing, substantial tips had to be paid in addition to the initial cost. This was expected but it would have been better if this cost could be including in the initial bill for an easier budget management.
In summary, I would say that Trans Kibo Travels is a reliable company which is focused on its customer wishes. I am fully satisfied of the experience lived with them.
The beauty lies in nothingness.
The Makgadikgadi pans is a magical place where the beauty lies in the vast open pans where nothing goes on for a very long time. I enjoy Botswana in the December because of the rain fall and the bits of green coming out as well as the bird life. In the Makgadikgadi the bird never stop chirping because when the sun sets a different set of birds come out and the bird sounds never stop. During December there is a lot of rain thus there is a lot of wet pans which makes the driving very tricky sometimes (I almost rolled my bakkie in one instance) but the worst is driving on a wet pan is the rust, the pans contains salt and that salt goes in everywhere and there where it lies it makes rust. After you have driven the pans and admired the baobabs go to a place called "planet baobab" for some R&R (swimming, nice lunch) before going to the Makgadikgadi nature reserve. When going to the Nature Reserve go to Tree island first and spend the night there for these camps are very well looked after and there is no other camper close to you to spoil the sounds of nature. The nature reserve is loitered with elephants and what one must do drive all along the river and just relax and look around, you will be bound to see some animal life there. When exiting the reserve one can use the ferry or drive 30km up to exit the top. The fairy costs around R250 per car to cross the river. If you feel adventuristic drive thru the river (before you do this walk thru first and keep to the right). All and all this is an amazing place and one must go and enjoy the full journey that this place has to offer.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Northern Tanzania Experience
We had a five day safari in Northern Tanzania with Zohar African Safaris end of december and it was very, very nice.
Luckily a friend of ours, who has been to Tanzania a couple of months before us, had given us the recommendation to contact Zohar. The planning of the trip was great, because Lilian tailored the trip to what we were interested in and picked cosy places to stay overnight. The price for everything seemed very reasonable to us. From the moment of our arrival we felt really well-cared about and our experienced driver/guide Matthew was very friendly, informative and helpful and after a couple of days we felt like good buddies. The days in the National parks have been marvellous, we couldn't even imagine to see so many animals, from lions, big herds of elephants, giraffes, hippos, wildebeests, zebras, impalas, hyenas, jackals, leopards, cheetahs and many more to the cute little gazelles and the funny pumbas. Besides the animals we also really enjoyed the landscape which changes a lot from park to park and one morning we even made a bicycle excursion to a village with great views and interesting information about the local life. When we had questions during the trip, Matthew and Lilian were responsive at all times and helped us a lot, especially to spontaneously organize our further trip to Zanzibar.
In total we can highly recommend to go on safari with Zohar. They are very professional, kind, helpful and take good care of their customers. To us it was a unique positive experience.
Niels and Claudia from Germany
CH
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A week in paradise
We had the perfect safari in South-Africa: the only thing we needed to take care of was our plane ticket to Johannesburg. As of the moment we arrived, everything was perfectly organized: somebody was waiting at the airport, quick transfer to the little plane (wonderful experience) taking us to Ngala. When we left the plane, our ranger was already waiting for us, and drove us to the beautiful lodge. Delicious food, extremely friendly people, we have seen the most amazing animals and birds during our 3-day stay there. We were sad to leave Ngala, but Kirkman's Kamp (also 3 days) was another wonderful experience - the "and beyond" organization stands up for its name, it is truly an "and beyond experience"! Everything is included, if you don't buy anything in the souvenir shop, there is no additional cost to the package price (there are no "hidden costs" - mini bar, all beverages, meals, bush aperos, ... are included)
Ute from Roho Ya Chui is a great travel agent, and she was extremely helpful, all questions we had before leaving were answered quickly! We can warmly recommend her!
IE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Prefect trip to Kilimanjaro - pro and fun
When we decided to climb Kilimanjaro, we did not want to be part of a big group but be just the three of us.
With Mohagany, it has possible! Besides it did not reduce at all the pro organization and the effort involved to give us the best kili experience.
We also learnt at lot about people, the history and flora of kili.
We had a short timing and everything went according to the plan.
To conclude we had one of the best trip in our lives!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very Friendly, accommodating and knowledgable guide.
Should fill petrol and those type of things before fetching the client.
UA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Vic falls April 2014
Overall, great thank you for helping to plan and arrange for activities and accommodation in Vic Falls.
All the requests were addressed promptly during booking.
What was even better, that despite couple of last minute changes we got booked into everything we wanted to experience in Zimbabwe :)