RU
20-35 years of age
Review about Lake Nakuru National Park by konowalownn
too many tourists
RU
20-35 years of age
Review about Masai Mara National Reserve by konowalownn
the best national park
RU
20-35 years of age
I remember it for life, visit only during the rainy season
wild places there are very few, Wild animals should be observed early in the morning, watched a lot of cheetahs
Unlike any place on Earth
We stayed at Sussi and Chuma on the Zambezi River. We didn't care about visiting the falls, but we did go boating on the river each day, late in the afternoon, early evening. We went to see animals in the reserve earlier in the day on land with a guide.
While the animals in the reserve were amazing, the scenes on the river were unimaginable. We saw massive crocodiles and hippos everywhere. We saw animals on the banks of Zimbabwe although we did not visit Zimbabwe. Only after we returned home did we realize how dangerous our adventures had been.
A hippo had been hit on the road that ran through the reserve one night. The locals used it to feed the poor. While on the river one evening, we saw the carcass lowered down to the crocs on the banks. It was something you could never imagine seeing and put life in America into sharp perspective.
RU
20-35 years of age
Fantastic and unique opportunity to encounter the majestic mountain gorilla!
After one long day drive on the bumpy Ugandan roads, all available accommodations provide clean rooms and friendly customer service, local food and even cold beers! Next day after early morning birding in the garden, the training comes on how to behave with and approach to gorillas. Then the hiking and gorilla tracking comes, which is almost certainly rewarded with the actual sighting them! This is the most fantastic 30-60 minutes of the entire trip but no doubt, it worth the efforts!
Review about Uganda by Ferenc Kis
Beside mammals, the avifauna is just incredible diverse, be prepared for many new species on your personal list!
US
35-50 years of age
Review about Tarangire National Park by Alice Chen, San Francisco, USA
Wow, so many elephants, this is truly prime elephant country, especially when you look at the horizon and see a herd of over two hundred elephants in the distance! We also saw two leopards, one with a kill in a tree, and our camp (Taragire Safari Lodge) is totally unfenced so lots of gazelles wandering around. However the landscape was a bit dry and not that pretty, and maybe because it was at the end of our safari but we didn't see many "new" animals except for dik dik of which there were quite a few. However it's a great park and probably best visited at the start of a safari, not the end.
US
35-50 years of age
Review about Ngorongoro Crater by Alice Chen, San Francisco, USA
Wonderful microcosm of wildlife, with so many types of animals within such a small space! Unfortunately there were lots of other vehicles there too, but with a little bit of work you can avoid most of them. We saw a pack of hyenas chasing a cheetah here -- priceless!
US
35-50 years of age
Best park of our safari!
Three friends & I booked a private safari and visited the Masai Mara (3 days), the Serengeti (3 days -- 1 in the western area & 2 in central area), Ngorongoro Crater (1 day), and Tarangire (2 days). Without a doubt, our favorite area was the Central Serengeti -- although it didn't have the masses of wildebeest and zebra as the Masai Mara (since the Great Migration was in the Mara during that time), the sheer variety of wildlife and animal interactions in the central Serengeti was astounding.
In our two days in the central Serengeti, we saw two cheetah hunts (both unsuccessful), five leopards (including a mother with two teenage cubs in a tree), ostrich dancing & mating (not to be missed), hippos fighting in the Retina hippo pool, and so much more. The other safari areas were wondeful as well, but the central Serengeti was the real highlight and highly recommended, any time of the year. However make sure you have a great guide as our Tanzanian guide had so much more bird & wildlife knowledge than our Kenyan guide, and that made a huge difference in the enjoyment of our trip.