35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Last Request Made Possible
I contacted Daigle tours with a late request as to whether a day out could be arranged for me. Samwel responded quickly with details on two options. Due to the late booking, some flexibility was needed on how I was to pay for the day and Samwel agreed to pick me up early and stop at ATMs to collect the payment in cash.
The day went really smoothly with hand over between different guides and using different modes of transport - something that I could not have arranged myself within the time frame I had.
Thoroughly enjoyed my day in Zanzibar and would recommend Daigle Tours to others. I hope to do norther circuit safari one day and would contact Daigle as my first contact to arrange this.
QA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Reliable, Knowledgeable, safe company.
I highly recommend working with Daigle Tours. They were very easy to communicate with via e-mail prior to the tour and even in Tanzania they sent e-mails to confirm pick-ups. All transportation arrangements were on time and always had a sign with my name on it. The safari was such an amazing experience and our tour guide was a huge credit to this. He was very knowledgeable and informed us on the daily schedule. He did everything he could to try and find the animals my husband and I were eager to see. My only advise is to not do a day tour from DAR to Mikumi National Park. The drive can take more than 5 hours due to traffic and it is not safe and if we had chose this route it would of ruined our experience. Spend the extra money and stay a night in the beautiful wild!
My Pilanesberg Safari
Had a great safari. Saw many African wild animals.I met a lot of interesting people and I would definitely recommend this safari to anyone.
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unique and incredible experience
Such an awesome experience. The guides are so professional and know lots of things of the animals!!!
DE
An exciting and very professional safari
Our safari was great. We enjoyed it a lot and had a really great time with our guide and our cook. We really appreciated their work. They were very friendly, very helpfull and very professional. The guide always knew where to look for the animals and the food war very good. We were very satisfied with our trip. We travelled with two children and they had a great time, too.
AE
Amazing Experience, Knowledgeable Tour Guide, 5 Stars!!!
Where do I Start?
Colm at Kennedy Safaris made our entire journey a very memorable experience. He organised our full tour, visiting the most beautiful sites Uganda has to offer.
This trip had everything, from visiting the gentle giants in Bwindi, getting within 10 feet of a lion pride in Queen Elizabeth Park or exploring the Volcanic lakes on foot with breath taking views.
Transportation Vehicle = 5 Stars
Food & Accomadation = 5 stars
Tour Guide = 5 Stars (Thank you so much Charles)
Overall the trip of a lifetime, and myself and partner were so happy we chose Kennedy Safaris as our tour operator.
IL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great adventure with wounderful guide!
The guide was great and kind and succeed in finding all of the amazing animals we wanted to see. Also, the company answered us fast at the mail, and as well helped us in buying bus tickets to Uganda and helped when my girlfriend didn't feel well.
So what do you wait for? Just book a safari and enjoy :)
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Simply Amazing!
Service provided was exceptional and I would recommend BigFoot to anyone visiting Kenya. The staff are extremely friendly, communicate very well and go above and beyond to ensure you have an experience of your life.
The safari was amazing, our driver/guide knew exactly where to go and the right time. We spotted both big and small game.
MY
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
We had a really good time on my safari, thanks to the great services and customer care.
Really amazing people! The staff took good care of my son when he got ill on the trip. The kids loved it!
Zanzibar
This review is only about Zanzibar - see Mwema review elsewhere (and maybe a different Tanzania review).
We had a short visit to Zanzibar prior to a Serengeti safari. Zanzibar was everything I imagined and then some. The weather, dry season period, was terrific, not overwhelmingly hot. Lots of clouds, came and went, maybe a little night rain one night. The old city, Stonetown, is a small maze of narrow streets, Arab-Indian-Swahili architecture, and small "squares". A guided tour is useful, but it won't help you much orienteering - you will get lost on your own (but so what). The tour, tho, helps sort out the architecture - who brought what, and why they built it - and helps fill in the details. We also took a spice farm tour - we could've extended that, there was a lot to learn there. I envy one of our friends who took a spice compounding class at another place. We also had a too-short snorkeling trip to Mnemba island. Several more days of this would've have been fantastic. There is evidence of coral bleaching on the reefs there - sad. There are turtle reserves here and there on the island - we didn't know that until too late - if you go look into this and see if you can include a visit. We didn't have time to visit the south part of Unguja island or the Jozani forest.
The bad side of Zanzibar - it's a hustling town. It seemed like every time I stopped to look at something or opened my book, someone would show up to sell me a tour or a souvenir. Our guide said that many of these people just take the money, buy drugs, and live rough on the other side of the Creek road; on the other hand I met a few Somali refugees who'd clearly had a terrible struggle. Nevertheless, the constant interruption gets tiring. There's also a hustle at the airport - as soon as your cab shows up, a porter shows up and your bags are whisked into the gate. He's as demanding as NYC cab driver for a good tip, and one for his girlfriend running the probably fake security check before the gate. Oh well. He did get us to the right gate - things are very informal and low information at the Zanzibar airport, so sorting that out was worth something.
A note about Tanzanian visas - we got them on entry at Zanzibar airport. But unlike what we were told prior, and what others experienced elsewhere in TZ, this port of entry is credit card only, no cash!