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65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A sister reunion that could not have turned out better!
I began planning this vacation to Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zanzibar-Pemba Island with Aina from Magical Gorilla Adventures almost two years ago. After reading a variety of company reviews on Trip Advisor, I was content to begin with their company.
From the beginning, Aina was personable, efficient, and responsive. When I protested the cost of her first suggested package price, telling her that our group wasn't looking for luxury, she quickly made the switch and cut the price in half. And the accommodations she booked for us were still charming, clean, and more than comfortable. Our favorite place in Rwanda was the 5V Lodge, and the Matawi Serengeti Lodge in Tanzania. But we enjoyed all of our stays immensely.
I can't say enough about our drivers/guides. Innocent (Rwanda) and Godfrey (Tanzania) became part of our family during this time together. We laughed so much with them, shared so many stories, and they were so good at their jobs, that we will never forget their contribution to a very special sister's vacation!
When Aina went on maternity leave early in 2025, Kolo took over our booking and carried it off like a champion. He stayed in tough with our drivers, making sure we made our flight times, that our hotels were expecting us, and that our drivers were the first to know if the itinerary had changed. We are deeply thankful for the crew from MGA. They made our sister's reunion the best time it could possibly be!
CA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A smooth and amazing experience
This was definitely an unforgettable experience. Naomi was our contact person. She is very friendly and responds very quickly. We asked for a 6-day safari quote. She is very considerate and has provided different versions of the quote so we can compare and decide. And a huge thank you to Evans, our tour guide. He is friendly, professional, knowledgeable and has great driving skills. This was our first time to Kenya and first safari trip. He had shown us so many different birds and we even got a photo of an owl with pink eyelid. I still don’t know how he found it. The owl was sleeping and looked like a tree branch from distance. We also saw hyenas, lions, leopards, cheetah and of course so many zebra, topi, gazelle, wildebeests, elephants, giraffes, gerenuk, jackals and more! It was a safe, fun and happy experience and we highly recommend Antonio Safari.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
They astutely guided us throughout many parts of Kenya and we had a great time and felt safe.
Awesome experience with Kentau. They astutely guided us throughout many parts of Kenya and we had a great time and felt safe. Highly recommended.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Best tour operator in Namibia!
People Tours had several advantages:
1. The best thing about them is their guide Luke. He is very very well informed, a nice human being and also good for a well rounded chat while you are on the road. He is very very passionate about Namibia and goes beyond extra to ensure you will have a great trip. I think my #1 reco to visit Namibia is to do it with Luke.
2. Aina was the one helping plan the itinerary. She is very responsive and was quickly available on WhatsApp to help plan the trip.
3. A plus is People tours also own the baggage delivery service for airlines. Our bags were delayed by over 24 hours. But we didn’t even check on the baggage as the entire thing was well managed by People Tours. Highly recommend them
ES
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Sensational, great people, great experience.
From the very beginning of planning Happiness at Safari Soles, was super comunicative, polite and was able to answer all of our thousands of questions. She put together a safari with exactly what we wanted to do and see and within our budget. We even had a change of the number of friends coming along and even that did not cause a problem. She just adjusted things and we recieved a new estimate that very day.
In regards to the guide, Junior was in our opinion SUPER. He was very aware of our interests and was extreamly eager to ensure we were able to do and see all that we had in mind. He was personable and informative, flexible and patient with us. We will be keeping in touch as we feel like we made a new friend in Junior.
As far as lodging goes. Even though in the estimate they sent us, there were photos of the lodging, it doesn't come close to reality. The reality is way better! We felt as if we were in luxury accomodations, but paying a mid range price. The food was absolutely amazing, no matter where we stayed. Even the picknics were not of the boxed kind (as I saw other companies provide), they were freshly cooked and portions enough to fill us and more. There is nothing like spreading the table cloth over the hood of the Range Rover and pulling out a full meal with wine and beer and eating under an acacia tree! Really memorable. In one of the tented camps we stayed at, our hardest decision was to either shower in the open air shower or to take a bath in the room with views overlooking the valley. Absolutely incredible.
At night, the tented camps are watched over by the Massai. Other companies, might employ different people but I found it great that they employed local people.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very helpful and friendly and go the extra mile to tailor your South African safari dream
Amazing service throughout. Good value for the money spent. And very reliable tour operator.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
not happy at all with tour operator
I had very bad experience with this company owner Albert. Always on phone if you ask or say anything does not like at all. Very means very rude. I did not select directly somehow our tour operator from Kenya select him. So our group did not have any choice. Personally i suggest if you have different tout operator please ask them who is coming for safari drive in Serengenti. I am giving my honest opinion.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful last minute safari
Gems of Africa, and Lindo specifically, did a GREAT job planning our last minute Safari, and it couldn't have been easy as our plans changed multiple times. The transfers were on time and drivers were friendly. Best of all they booked us at the Ivory Tree Game Lodge, beautiful accomodations, that included several drives and a full board for a reasonable price. (Other companies quoted much higher rates for the same lodge.)
Lindo, thank you so much for arranging such an amazing experience!!!
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Desmond was great! He was so informative and fun. He made our experience an amazing one.
We truly loved our experience. The tour was informative, fun and overall so wonderful. Our driver to the park was kind and patient. And our tour guide was both informative and down to earth. He made the safari exciting and really tried to cater to what we wanted to see. I would recommend this experience to anyone.
