20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Easily The Best Bush Experience Of My Life :)
If you are considering a trip to South Africa or a trip to the bush I'm telling you you have to do this trip. I have been going to Kruger and surrounding reserves with my family since I was 7 years old and this is my favourite lodge by far. Firstly, Joshua and Michael are both absolutely brilliant! They both are great teachers if you want to ask anything about the animals, the area, photography or editing. The communication from their company from the time I enquired about the safari through to post-trip communication was really good. The food was absolutely delicious!!!!! I was most surprised at how gorgeous the rooms are (you should check the photos on the website). My bed was really comfortable. There was plenty of time between game drives to rest properly. One afternoon I was studying on the porch and I looked up and there was a leopard drinking at the water hole about 30m in front of me. The whole lodge is very peaceful. I'm convinced that the staff at Djuma are the best in Sabi Sands (Thanks Taxon!!). This was easily the best bush experience I've had. I went twice in 2015 and I am going again this year. Can't wait.
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Spiritual Adventure with Popote Africa Aeventure
We are a couple of 71 who summited Mt. K. Sabino and his crew went out of their way to accommodate us in every way possible. We had two guides and ten porters in the mountains who guided us safely to the top. We couldn't have done it without them. I can write a book about them. What an experience we had in Tanzania! They arranged our safari as well as a trip to Tanga area (mountain area and beach). We stayed away from touristy places, as we wanted to experience some local scenery. We did some hiking in these areas as well. Sabino took care of everything; he knew exactly what we wanted. He can make your dream come true. I highly recommend this young company. Their price is reasonable, so we were able tip everyone generously. If you want a local company, this is the best.
CA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Thank youfor the once in a lifetime experience visiting the gorillas and the excellent tour guiding
Arranging a tour through the internet is always a bit risky so I was more than pleasantly surprised by the excellent and dependable service with Rwanda Eco Company and Safaria. We were picked up from our hotel, and escorted on our organized and very exciting trip that had been personally set up to meet our needs and interests. Thankyou for an amazing experience!
Greatest Wildlife Diversity in a Single Location
Of course I missed the Wildbeast migration, but I didn't miss the stylish giraffe walks and lion-gazelle live hunts that I only see in the National Geographic series. The accomodation, food and transportation was all catered for by my travel company, Helinas Safaris. And the memories with the amazing guides are bound to remain intact for the next century or so.
Review about Kenya by Joseph
The animals are so many for my eyes, I can't get enough time to see all of them. And the green environment, perfect place for lovers of adventure
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Magnificent Botswana
My wife and I and adult son had an 8 day safari tour organised by Cuan at African Ubuntu Safaris. We started with an overnight stay at Victoria Falls at the amazing Victoria Falls Hotel. The afternoon was spent at the falls, followed by a cruise on the Zambezi River, and an evening at the Boma.
The following day we travelled by mini bus to Botswana where we transferred to our boat for 2 nights on the Chobe river. Everything was organised for us, the boat was excellent, as were the staff. Food, drink, and river safaris were fantastic. In particular our guide/Captain Martin was unbelievable. His knowledge of the area and animals made this part of our trip memorable. We saw hippos, elephants, buffalo, giraffes, baboons, Impala, and the elusive Leopard.
From Chobe we travelled to the Okavango Delta to Kanana Lodge. This too was a great place to stay. Glamping at its finest. Terrific staff, food, morning and afternoon safaris, plus many more activities. an abundance of animals to see, and it was here we saw our first lion. We stayed here for 3 nights, before transferring to the Central Kalahari region.
We stayed at Deception Valley Lodge for this part of our safari. Accommodation was nice (perhaps not 5 star as previous, but still very good). The food here was excellent, the best we had. At this lodge for 2 nights, with the highlight being the tracking of Lions. 3 prides were in the area, and we managed to find them all. Another great 2 days.
Cuan from Ubuntu Safaris organised our whole trip. 3 different safaris for 3 completely different experiences. Everything went off as planned, light aircraft flights, transfers, all went perfectly to plan. I would highly recommend going through Ubuntu Safaris for a tailor made safari experience.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic trip to South Africa - Tammy handled all the details beautifully
Almost two years before our trip to Johannesburg and Madikwe, I contacted Tammy Harding at Pembury. I let her know the type of experience we were seeking for hotel and lodge, our preferences and our budget. She pulled together an itinerary with several lodges in our price range and offered advice that only someone who knows the area can. We'd been to East Africa on a tour, and wanted a more customized and less frantic itinerary. I'm an obsessive travel planner, so it's difficult for me to trust someone with a big trip that's really special. But while I can put together a US or European trip on my own, I wanted an expert for South Africa.
I'm so pleased we decided to work with Tammy. All the elements of our trip (airport pickup, hotel, lodge, road transfer to lodge) went exactly to plan. We rested in Johannesburg for a few days after the 15-hour flight, spent five days in Madikwe, and one more night in Jo'burg before heading home. It was a vacation that will always be with us.
On top of her expertise, Tammy was a pleasure to work with, and I didn't feel like I was bothering her by asking lots of questions. And when I had to cancel our originally-planned trip because of illness, she took care of the details. Once I was well again, she put the trip back in motion.
Highly recommend working with Tammy for your South Africa travels.
Safari to Tanzania - including visit to Ruaha River Lodge
Amazing experience, and incredible customer service all through the entire process. I recommend Ubon Safari. They worked with our group to set up the perfect itinerary. The communication was clear, timely, and precise. And they delivered! The trip was fantastic.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Flying Safari with Gorillas and Big Game - Wow!
My partner and I traveled to Uganda primarily to see the mountain gorillas in Bwindi. The safari that was put together for us by Experience Uganda was perfect, Kevin was very quick to respond to our enquiry and was very professional in addressing our questions and concerns. It was clear for us that Kevin had a wealth of knowledge about Uganda and his recommendations turned out to be brilliant. For example taking breakfast in 'the bush' on our final morning!
All aspects of the safari went very smoothly and we really enjoyed meeting Kevin and Leslie and their friendly team at their hotel in Entebbe on our first night. It put our minds at rest and from that moment on we relaxed and enjoyed a wonderful and exciting safari. The gorillas were simply incredible, the lodges and food were of very high quality and the professionalism of everyone we met was not to be faulted!
We highly recommend Experience Uganda and we are already planning a return visit with friends of ours in the near future!
BE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Neil is awesome
With our group of volunteers, we had a great time with Neil (the tour operator). Every day there was a splendid breakfast, perfect to start the (early) morning! At first safari seemed boring, because we were very unlucky in finding the big 5, but Neil knows so much about nature, about birds and of course about the big five. I would even go back, just for his hippo imitation, so funny! I would definitely recommend Jewel of Africa Safaris to all of my friends!