20-35 years of age
10/10 local tour company for Kilimanjaro
My husband and I had the best experience with Nafika Tours in September 2025. We did the 7 day Lemosho route for our honeymoon which was sufficiently challenging and very scenic.
We cannot stress enough the professionalism of the guides (Aloyce and Efitah), cook (Arnold), kitchen hand (Jackson) and all the porters!
Our safety was the priority of the team with daily oxygen checks and monitoring of our water. We always felt safe, well fed and comfortable.
All the tents and equipment was clean and in great condition. We were even provided with hot water to clean twice a day! Absolute luxury on the mountain.
The energy and positive vibes throughout the team was infectious and made the trip so special! Singing, sharing stories and supporting one another all the way to the top.
The food was excellent from start to finish and there was so much! Arnold even made us a cake on the mountain to congratulate us after we made it to the top.
Thank you to Elias and all the Nafika team for your professionalism and giving us the most incredible trip we’ll remember forever!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic
Clare at Wild Wings was our travel coordinator. She did an outstanding job coordinating our 15-day trip. We had an amazing time thanks to Clare's flawless coordination! All the numerous pick-ups and transfers were flawlessly on time! Overall, this trip was outstanding and is a memorable one for us. We started our trip in Cape Town with local tours to Table Mountain, the Western Cape, Robben Island, and wine tasting in Stellenbosch and Franschhoek. Then drove up the Garden Route to Knysna via rental car. After we flew to Johannesburg and travel to Kruger. After Kruger, we went to Sabi Sands (private park) . We saw the big 5 at Kruger in 2 days, and at Inyati Game Lodge at Sabi Sands, within 2 hours. Thanks to our whiz tracker Joel and driver Omega. We highly recommend Inyati. We absolutely love Inyati and would return there again. Victoria Falls was awesome, seeing it from both the ground and from the air on the helicopter flight. We also enjoyed Chobe Game Lodge in Botswana with the boat and land safaris.
Hindsight is always 20/20😊. If I were to plan this trip again, I would do a day or two less at Knysna (we did 3 nights there) and a day less at Kruger. I would add a day more at Inyati at Sabi Sands and 2 days in Zambia. There is always next time...
CH
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Outstanding Safari Experience
Outstanding Safari Experience with Kili Tanzanite Safaris
I booked my safari through Safari Bookings and compared several operators. Eventually, I chose Kili Tanzanite Safaris, and it was absolutely the right decision.
Booking a safari from abroad always involves a certain level of uncertainty — especially when you have to send deposits to a company you don’t know personally. From the very beginning, Andrew made me feel completely confident and comfortable. His communication was clear, honest, fast, and very professional. He was always available, extremely friendly, and flexible, and he tailored the entire safari exactly to our wishes.
The price–performance ratio was excellent — honestly, the service we received was even better than expected for the price. Everything was delivered exactly as promised, from airport transfers to accommodation and daily planning.
Our guide and driver, Jerry, was simply outstanding. A very cool guy, extremely experienced, and highly professional. You could immediately tell that he knows the parks, the animals, and the people very well — everyone knew him. He is truly a role model for what a safari guide should be. Thanks to him, the safari was perfectly organized, relaxed, and unforgettable.
Our itinerary included Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, Arusha, and we stayed at the Four Seasons Serengeti as well. Everything ran smoothly — pickups, drop-offs, timing, and changes along the way. The team was very flexible and always adapted to our preferences.
Overall, this safari exceeded all expectations. I can highly recommend Kili Tanzanite Safaris to anyone without hesitation. If you are looking for a trustworthy, professional, and fair safari operator in Tanzania, this is the one.
Five stars from me — absolutely deserved.
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing experience
I did the mount kenya by sirimon and chogoria road and seriously it was definitely the best experience of my life. Samy, Patrick, and John did the three-day hike with me and were incredible!! They took such good care of me, making sure I had everything I needed! Especially Patrick, who cooked me three excellent meals a day.
I will never forget it. Thank you again!!!
NL
under20 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing, kind, respectful and the best tour gide ever!
We were with a group of 6. We went for 5 days. (Last day was a visit to the Kilimanjaro waterfall). The tour was absolutely amazing! We saw all of the big five and many other animals. Our tour gide was Bakari and our private chef was Devdi (Dave). The tour gide was a really kind man who really loves his job. He is really experienced and tries his best to give you the best view possible to make nice photo's en videos. He makes the Safari really interesting and explains everything you ask him. Devdi our private chef was an amazing cook! He made us breakfast, lunch and dinner! He really prepares the food with love and does his best! A really kind man also. In terms of service it's easy to book and comminucate with the operators. The tour costs around €1000 euro per person. But it depends for how long you go. Overall GREAT EXPERIENCE!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Efficient, knowledgeable, excellent customer service
We booked our Zimbabwe trip with Cultural Vibes Travel & Tours following a recommendation from Nhongo Safaris in South Africa. Tongesai is a great communicator, and the booking process was quick, easy, and well organized. We were happy with the quote provided and were able to easily pay online. Tongesai was waiting for us at Victoria Falls Airport to take us to our accommodation. He has arranged an amazing whirlwind 48 hour visit, that was packed with a sunset cruise on the Zambezi, Morning Game drive, he accompanied us on an amazing walk of the Victoria falls and arranged an African experience dinner in the evening.
It was so memorable, and everything we wanted! Overall, it was an fantastic trip, with a great guide, and we would highly recommend it for anyone considering a trip to Victoria Falls. For our next visit, we will definitely be reaching out to Tongesai and thoroughly recommend to all our friends.
NZ
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Hakuna Matata- means no worries. Made everything work
I thought the itinerary had to be pretty fixed but we had an issues with visas and were not able to get our entire party into Uganda to begin the safari. Dav worked with us and reorganised the entire first day. Our guide, Godfrey, was a great communicator and made what was a stressful beginning seem like it was all in a days work.
We upgraded a couple of the lodges and feel it was worth it (try Buffalo Lodge). Dav delivered on everything they promised. We think that the game drive in Murchison was the best but we missed at least one of our Murchison drives due to a late start. The gorilla trek was amazing.
There are three things we would change. We would try and spend more time in Murchison, we would miss the Kanzinga channel boat cruise and one the last day if you are staying at Itambira Island Resort you can’t fly out from Entebbe until late in the night. We ended up changing our plans at the last minute (at our cost) to stay closer to Entebbe as we had to fly at 4.10pm. The trip from itambira to Entebbe is 9+ hours. Even then it was touch and go to get to the airport.
Dav is a very professional company and they made everything run smoothly. Our guide answered our 100s of questions. The 4*4 was comfortable and always clean.
NZ
under20 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Super excited experienced and accomodating, and wonderfully friendly.
Our guide Isa was absolutely spectacular fetching us from our lodge and even checking we were fine to get there from the airport initially, despite our short 3 day trip he managed to squeeze everything out of it for us making above and beyond effort to make our experience memorable; organising a Mokoro river trip, local village tour, tracking lions, stopping at any hint of interest on our drives, and sharing his valuable knowledge about all the animals we saw. Our campsite team were also so lovely our chef Ollie making us delicious food every day and even going far enough to create amazing gluten free meals for us. As well as a wonderfully set up site by Victor and Calvin boiling even boiling water for us to shower with in the evenings.
The setting and experience of the totally wild safaris was like nothing imaginable making you feel safe and comfortable and looked after in the breathtaking surroundings of the reserve with animals wandering through the camp site so close and the wonderful calls of animals can be heard during the night.
I could not recommend Isa and his team more enthusiastically, after this experience I can honestly say there is no better way to spend your time in the reserve and surely not many who would create such a memorable experience in Botswana.
Thank you Isa, Ollie, Victor, and Calvin
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Perfectly met my expectations
I chose the six day safari option at Tremisana Lodge. Great choice this. Not luxury accommodation, but nice enough little chalet to myself, with decent size bathroom and bed with mosquito net. And a lovely pool in the middle. Meal;s were all good too. Totally met my needs. it seemed best to fit the time I had available before I needed to be back in London and the amount of time actually out on game drives. And was a reasonable price. But of course what you actually get and what it says in the brochure can be different things. However, I have to say I was almost totally satisfied with absolutely everything on this trip. And I am not that easily pleased!
I mean usually things are fine and you shrug your shoulders at a few minor things that are disappointing. But this was brilliant in almost every way and I certainly fancy using the same company, Viva Safaris, again. Booking was easy - I got lots of helpful whats app messages leading up to the trip. Organisation was spot on in every respect. The main guides were great and head guide Luke just superb - balance of knowledge and personable without overdoing it. The itinerary was cleverly put together. I finished up being a very happy customer. And it was the right length for me. I felt ready to go home at the end but enjoyed everything in between. Saw all the big 5 in one day at the Kruger, and there were two trips to the Kruger itself, other days taken up with drives and walks around the lodge area and reserve.
AT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
excellent tour operator
Oscar and his team from Zambezi Expedition took exceptional care of us throughout our 8-day journey across Botswana. We made several last-minute requests, including additional safari game drives in Chobe National Park and changing one day from the Okavango Delta to the Moremi Game Reserve. Even though we asked for these changes only one day in advance, everything was handled flawlessly and helped make our dream safari a reality.
All safari guides and drivers were extremely kind, professional, and knowledgeable, and they did a fantastic job throughout the entire trip.
