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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Champion Delivers an Outstanding Performance!
First, this experience was absolutely phenomenal. This is a premier guide service. In keeping with the quality of the service, the guide's name was Champion.
The trip started off at Tarangire. According to the guide, who used a food analogy to describe the sequence and build-up of destinations included in the trip, Tarangire is the appetizer. Many giraffes, elephants, zebras, and myriad animals at this park. Driving around in a modified Toyota Land Cruiser, it is very easy to see the animals and maintain a panoramic view (360 degrees) with the pop-top. The vehicle has windows throughout, easily accommodates 6 pax in individual seats, contains a cooler with waters and refreshments, and is quite comfortable during the 12 hour game drives. Overall, the vehicle was exceptional!
Next on the menu was the entree, or main course...Serengeti National Park. Driving through Ngorongoro (to get to Serengeti), there were giraffes, zebras, hyenas, gazelle, impalas, leopards, and many other animals. The vehicle traverses the bumpy roads with relative ease and comfort. Many opportunities for photos, pitstops, and washroom breaks. Additionally, the Maasai villages are accessible to travelers. Highly recommend visiting the Maasai as they have a complicated but intimate history with the Ngorongoro crater and surrounding lands.
Arriving at the Serengeti, 4 of the Big 5 sere seen within a few hours (Lion, leopard, Elephant, Buffalo). The Serengeti is a massive area and the game drives offer stunning opportunities for photos and natural animal encounters. Because of its size, there were only a few animal encounters that attracted multiple vehicles. The cheetah photo attached attracted 5 other vehicles for viewing, however the guide positioned the vehicle in an excellent spot in order to capture many outstanding photos. He consistently navigated to spots that would offer the best positioning for photo opportunities. Regardless of the animal and regardless of the number of vehicles present, Champion consistently found the best spots to park the vehicle and demonstrated an uncanny ability to find or wait for the special moments. Lions sleeping in the trees, pride of lions with 9 cubs, leopard sleeping in the grass, wildebeest crossing a river, family of elephants on a morning walk, rhinos grazing, and many other once-in-a-lifetime moments.
Next was back to the Ngorongoro crater for dessert. All of the Big 5 were seen within an hour (Leopard, Lion, Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo). The crater offers indescribably beautiful photo opportunities and animal encounters. The landscape photo attached was taken in the central part of the crater. The scenery, the number of animals, and the diversity of animals is undeniably breathtaking. All of this made possible by Champion.
Overall, I strongly recommend Serengeti Smile and offer highest marks and support for Champion. He truly made the trip a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Sincerely grateful for his knowledge, driving prowess, hospitality, kindness, and safety-conscious mentality.
Here is a brief list of the animals seen:
- Leopard
- Rhino
- Lion
- Elephant
- Buffalo (cape and water)
- Cheetah
- Hyena
- Giraffe
- Grant Gazelle
- Thomson Gazelle
- Topi
- Waterbuck
- Zebra (common)
- Wildebeest
- Impala
- Hippo
- Crocodile
- Baboon
- Vulture
IE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic company who catered for our every need.
Sasatrip organised our visit to Zanzibar followed by a safari in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro. They really listened to what we wanted and made sure we were happy with everything. We stayed in Zanzibar for our first week and visited the Slave Museum in Stonetown and the local markets. We had lovely relaxing days at some of the local beaches.
The second week was spent on safari and to see all the animals in their natural habitat was amazing. Our guides Mike and George were so knowledgeable and helpful and there was no question they couldn’t answer.
We had such a great experience that we are planning another trip to Tanzania next year with other family members and we will book with Sasatrip again.
IE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Our Masai tour guide was brilliant, very kind and informative and took lots of nice pictures of us!
Great day out, we saw lions, leopards, monkeys, giraffes, impalas, elephants and lots more. Very good value overall I would say.
AE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great service - super friendly and helpful
Myself and a colleague were in Rwanda for a business trip and decided to take advantage with a few days in the national park.
The company was very communicative and easy to deal with. The service from Sufiani as our guide / driver was also great - very helpful, friendly, and knowledgable from the outset, picked us straight up from the airport and solved any issue or request we had over the 3/4 days. Would definitely recommend 👍
Hopefully will be back with the family at some point, and would defintely use again.
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Our trip was really great: very good good, fantastic gamedrives, great guide (Jamie)! 5 stars!
The trip was well organized and we had a lot of fun during the five days! Our guide knew a lot about animals and the nature and we had a lot of great sightings. The food was delicious and the three nights in tent comfortable.
Good value for the money. Thanks for all! It was unforgetable!
CN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
professional patient and nice
The driver is very nice, he picks us up on time every day, and we see many animals. The overall cost of the trip is also very worthwhile, which is super cost-effective.
CO
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very good service
I went to a two days gorilla trekking from Rwanda to Uganda. The car was comfortable and the guide was very friendly. The picking up was on time and the trip to Uganda was pleasant. The hotel was amazing, with great views and the guide was always with us, answering questions and guiding us. The gorilla trekking was challenging but worthwhile. It is an amazing experience and the agency was very attentive during the booking process and after.
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing experience in Uganda!
My girlfriend and I decided to go with East African Jungle Safaris based on the glowing reviews and some online recommendations, and we were not disappointed. This was an extraordinary trip, with the gorillas and chimpanzee experiences as highlights. Fred, the owner was great, and very responsive. Our guide, Eddie, was professional, friendly, and very accommodating of all of our questions and requests. The lodges we stayed at were great and the itinerary overall was a good mix of doing a lot while also getting some time to relax at the end of long days. I would highly recommend going with East African Jungle Safaris!
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Perfect host and perfect driver
We highly recommend this company for value for money, excellent drivers, and good accommodation. The tour did not disappoint and the Parks were amazing. Serengetti, especially, was full of animals.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Can absolutely recommend
We had a brilliant time on Safari with our guide Harrison. He’s an excellent driver and has a great personality.
We learned so much about Kenya from Harrison on this trip. The pictures that we took on this trip are absolutely stunning, again all because of our great guide who knew exactly where to find the animals and always keep his distance to not scare them away. Very responsible and respectful.
Also a big thank you to Bernard for helping us organizing the trip and booking the beautiful camps for us.
Hagyko Safaris did an amazing job!