AE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Amazing experience and a must do for all nature lovers
We just completed a 4 day Rwanda gorilla safari with Africa adventure safaris and highly recommend any nature lovers to do the same trip. William look after us really well and the experiece will be with us forever. Next time Uganda!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
GREAT safari company: It Started in Africa delivers it all!!!!
Four of us (friends/colleagues) took a 10-day journey with It Started in Africa. They organized the perfect trip for us - Tarangire, Ngorogoro, Serengeti, and Lake Natron/El Donyo Lengai climb. We can't recommend them highly enough - from the first contact with Joao by email to our final sad goodbyes at the airport - we had nothing but great service and warm interactions with everyone. ISiA really delivers what they promise, without exception. They were honest, open to our special requests, and very accommodating of our adding and changing the itinerary (before departure). They helped us book other portions of our travel (Zanzibar) and everything went perfectly. Best of all, our guide Isaack is one of the most generous, kind-hearted, funny people we've ever met. He took such good care of all our needs, and most importantly, he is a brilliant and talented guide to the wildlife and parks of Tanzania. His expertise was extraordinary. He knows every bird, every animal, and explains their habits and habitat with great flair. His driving skills were equally astonishing. And, everywhere we went he talked with people (locals, other guides, our hosts in the different camps) and though most of that was in Kiswahili, we felt that he is known and respected, and shares information with all sorts of people. We felt completely safe in his hands, and always cheerful. His humor and affection for people, places, and creatures were tremendous - we miss him and want to go back for another journey with It Started!
All four of us are quite experienced travelers - we travel to many places in the world as part of our research jobs (a great privilege, we know!) and often are tour leaders ourselves, for students and other researchers. We understand how hard it is to ferry people around and keep them happy: It Started has all the skills, and knowledge, and patience to take good care of their customers. We all highly recommend this company. All their guides are good, we are certain, but Isaack was a star. None of us will EVER forget the ten days we spent in his care. THANK YOU, dear Isaack! And Joao, Mathias, Bernard, Dickson, as well.
Seronera - in central Serengeti
Seronera in central Serengeti is truly a magical place you want to be while on safari.
There are abundant number of animals to see including the big five, as well as many different species of birds.
The landscaping is also beautiful....
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome vacation in an amazing country, excellent customer service from MAKASA
What an awesome, unforgettable vacation we had. Makasa organized a well planned, designed, and executed trip. Communication is the key to its success. Makasa represented itself very well to its customers, starting with Selma.Selma provided details in our inquiries quickly and openly, paid attention to our concerns, hence level setting our expectations. The effort that Selma put in designing our trip, the selection of accomodations, the schedule that would help us save money without sacrificing the quality of safari experience showed her depth of knowledge of the safari business and
the excellent and commendable customer service skills she possessed. The entire process of closing the engagement did not feel rushed. She empowered me in some ways that made me comfortable with the decisions I made. It was truly a delight to deal with her. Thank you so much for your patience.
Makasa is very professional in the services it provided. Airport/hotel pick up was on time, keeping us updated on changes in our domestic flight. Game drive and guided tours were spot on. David, our guide demonstrated his vast knowledge of wildlife and the national parks. We observed that he has established a good connection with other guides, instantaneously sharing information with each other on where animal action is taking place. He has good communication skills, easily established camaraderie with us. He looked after our needs and was flexible with our requests thus making us feel safe and comfortable during our trip. He kept the vehicle clean and in good running condition. He managed to interject fun in our trip, gave us quizzes after lectures on wildlife,exchanged banters with us, making the game drive more engaging.
Makasa should be proud of the excellent customer service it provides to its customers. I highly recommend this company.
IT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Simply amazing! Wonderful safari, perfect organization and no problems!
Me, my wife and my children of 10 and 12, have done a fantastic safari with this italo-tanzanian organization. We were a little bit worried about this experience..the first in Africa for our family but Roberto has been very professional and replied immediately by phone to all our questions about safari. Our guide, Ibrahim, was simply perfect, always on time, excellent driver, excellent discoverer of animals (we truly have seen all the animals), very nice with us and our children...in conclusion an excellent person! All was exactly how scheduled...no problems, no delays, nothing to complaint. Our best compliments to Savannah Explorers...keep it up!!!
NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
MAKASA...Wow!
It was with some apprehension that we booked our safari with MAKASA as we usually book our holidays through a Dutch based operator. Well, what can I say...it was a "once in a lifetime" experience, which will most likely have a follow-up due to this unforgettable journey through culture and nature! The booking went smoothly, the reception at the airport was warm and friendly, the accommodation and meals were meeting our expectations, the transport was comfortable and offering a good view to the wildlife and the guide was "one of a kind". Friendly, correct, knowledgeable, patient, helpful, and going beyond what was required. Tumaini met all our requests and all our questions with equal care and I can assure you that we asked him a lot!! When contemplating a safe and well cared-for safari...go MAKASA!!
CZ
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Everythig....more than we hoped for.
We did 3 day safari to Selous. On one day we saw 4 of big five (Rhino impossible to see). Driver Samuel and chef both great guys. Excelent service in hippo camp. Saw a hippo in the river from our own Veranda.
Highly recommended
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing safari experience
My family and I went on a safari in northern Tanzania this summer. Our trip was more than what we expected, thanks to the experienced and knowledgeable advice of our tour consultant, Baraka and our tour guide, Juma, aka “Bush Baby”
Baraka was very helpful in setting up a customized itinerary for us, which focused on places we wanted to visit, animals we would like to see, and level of accommodations we would like to stay; and a guide who is the best for traveling with family with young kids.
All these exceeded our expectations, and “Bush Baby” was a right fit for our family to have such a great safari experience.
Everything went perfectly all the way so I cannot do more than recommending Good Earth big time!
BE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Totally excellent safari and highly recommendable company !
I did many safaris in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana and Namibia in the past, together with my safari-guide former husband. The safari I did now in July 2014 with Northern Circuit Adventure is definitely right up there at the top of my list.
As a single mother of two children, ages 15 and 12, I needed to be budget conscious and was not afraid to go for basic camping. The director, Michael, was always quick, efficient and very patient in answering my many emails of questions for a tailor-made safari, always going out of his way to satisfy my wishes and budget. He gave us a very welcome warm meeting at the airport and provided us with a 6-day safari taking in Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park and Ngoronoro Crater.
We travelled together with my sister, accompanied by wonderfully patient, competent and friendly guide Elias, our excellent cook Gabriel (best pilau rice I ate in the whole month in Tanzania ! and plenty of other delicious food) and trainee-cook/fun companion for my children, Sweetbart. They were all extremely pleasant and dealt with the couple of much-to-be expected vehicle problems (considering the terrain we travelled and amount of kilometres covered) with totally efficiency, ingenuity and calmness.
We saw an amazing amount of animals, including 3 leopards in 2 days, a pride of 12 lions, herds of elephants passing within 2 metres of our jeep, etc etc. If you can only afford to do one safari in your life, I can assure you that THIS is the place to come ! The lesser-known Tarangire National Park and Lake Manyara National Park are also teeming with wildlife and worth a visit.
If it's luxury safari you are after, perhaps Northern Circuit Adventure can also organise that, but in any case, I highly, highly recommend them and am extremely grateful for all they have done for us. THANK YOU !
CN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic!
It was a great experience traveling with Bramwel for a 3-day Safari in Ngorogoro Crater, Lake Manyara, and Tarangeri. The beauty of landscapes, animals, and Masai culture is breathtaking. Our guide, Mark is very nice and experienced. He know the animals well and helped us spot all sorts of animals, ranging from lions, giraffes, elephants, to baboons and even bush babies. Our amazing chef, Josephet was feeding us well. We had the best food for these three days since we got in Tanzania after 2 months. The campsite we stayed in was beautiful, clean and comfortable, they even had hot shower! The manager William was super nice and helpful, and most important of all, he gave us a good price.
I would recommend it to anyone and I'm planning on going on a Kilimanjaro Trekking with them.