50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Safari and Cultural Experience
I had an amazing safari with Zohar African Safaris this spring. Lilly put together a tailor made itinerary on short notice and was so knowledgeable and helpful. Ken in the United States facilitated and gave incredible input to Lilly and my guide which helped make the trip so memorable. My itinerary was a combination of wildlife viewing and cultural excursions. We visited the Maasai, Datoga and Hadzabe (Bushmen) tribes - all different and all fascinating. We went to three different markets that cater to locals rather than tourists and I learned so much about everday life in Tanzania. My guide had a gift for being able to make conversation with anyone so there were also numerous impromptu cultural times including fishermen at Lake Eyasi and a local woman preserving the fish and others from her village.
And the wildlife - I don't know where to start. I expected to see the usual safari animals like zebras, elephants, lions and wildebeests but I had no idea that I would see so many species large and small. My guide’s spotting ability was amazing and allowed me to see hundreds of birds, small animals, footprints, plants, and more. His experience in animal behavior allowed me to capture photos I would have never gotten on my own. He sensed when we should wait a few more minutes because the animal was getting ready to make a move and he was always right. As a solo female traveler I felt completely safe and taken care of by my guide and the rest of the Zohar staff. My guide and I spent a lot of time together over 12 days and he was professional, knowledgeable, helpful, patient and funny.
I hope to return to Tanzania soon and would choose to travel with Zohar African Safaris again.
FI
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Kilmanjaro via Lemosho Route and safari with World Tours and Safaris Tanzania
We booked our climbing trip and safari from World Tours and Safaris Tanzania last August. All details were smoothly agreed by emails. And almost everything went according to plans.
Kilmanjaro was spectacular. We had booked a seven day trek but it should have been eight days. We both are in our late 60's and they knew it. Perhaps they could have warned us about the tightness of our timetable.
The five day joining safari was marvellous. Lake Manyara was quite empty as expected but Serengeti was full of animals. Finest moment was when we found a sausage tree were three leopards were eating their prey (antelope). Ngorongoro was, as expected, lively. We saw rhino, buffaloes, eland, mating lion, and much much more.
The arrangements were almost perfect and the abundance of animals compensated for few inconveniences in the safari. We had two tire punctures due to worn out tires and secondly the Jeep was overbooked.
Altogether everything went smoothly, we were picked up at Kilimanjaro International Airport when our plane arrived late during night and correspondingly dropped there when we left Tanzania.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Adventure in a confortable environment
Thanks to Laurence, we had a wonderful experience in Kenya.
En safari provide us helpful tips, great driver and car and a super guide for our trek.
They were really open to flexibility, they had good advice, everything was just perfect.
Thanks again.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Kombi is an excellent tour operator providing outstanding, personalized services at great prices
I went on a 10 day safari with my parents in one of Kombi's VW camper vans. We had an amazing time traveling around Uganda in the very unique vehicle. The directors of Kombi Nation Tours, Steve and Rachel, provided excellent service during the entire process of organizing the tour and during the tour itself. They were available full time during the organizing process to answer all my questions and tweak the tour itinerary. Since I live in Uganda Steve even made the time to meet with me in person in order to get a better idea of what kind of trip I wanted, where exactly I wanted to go, and what I wanted to see. I really appreciated such dedication to making my tour the best it could possibly be. The personal touch Kombi provides by being available and personable puts their services over the top and in my opinion makes them much better to work with than other larger tour companies. As I was very impressed and pleased with the services Kombi provided while organizing and finalizing my tour I knew the tour itself would be perfect and it was. We enjoyed every day of our tour and had no problems. Rachel called our driver/tour guide every day to make sure things were going well and she was also in touch with me via e-mail to make sure everything was fine. On top of the great services Kombi provides their prices are much lower than other tour companies. I highly recommend Kombi Tours to anyone planning to travel in Uganda. They can arrange all different types of tours from long to short and budget to high end/luxury. Kombi is reliable, professional, reasonably priced, and just generally awesome.
CA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very nice and organized company. The staffs are really welcoming. respectful and honest.
Its one of the largest. Great and experienced bilingual operating staffs locate
d in arusha one of the most known side sakina.The management is very reliable and well organized company assisted by not only the staffs but the managing director too Mr Richard Reward Kilonzo I highly support and recommend thus tour company to everyone going to Tanzania.Best rates no hidden fees.And the most important good customer care .Transportation was fun too being picked direct from the airport to the hotel then our tour started and ended so wonderful.
DE
20-35 years of age
Best experience!!
We had an awesome time with Umang and Chris on the Safari in Ruaha. We saw so many animals (e.g. lions 2 meters away) and the landscape was incredible. We would definetely recommend Gazelle Safaris as they do the best they can to make sure you are having a time you will never forget in your whole live. Two thumbs up!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Thanks to kikwetu, it was a pretty safari in the Amboseri all the way to serengeti!
I long to enjoy the maasai manyattas this coming vacation.
Hassle Free, great dining and close encounters with many wild animals!!!
Landed in one of the cold months, needed good wind barrier - warm garments early morning and night game drives - freezing in the morning. (The Guides etc had various blankets too aboard their vehicles..)! Left the vehicles to go on "foot" at a couple of places which definitely was a great experience .., got quite close to two Leopards on one occasion due to being quiet and down wind.. Simply fantastic to be there and see them approx 30 meters from where we stood! Saw many other animals too but the Leopards really will stay with me!!!
The food we had was great, dined on a different variety of meat each night, always a good selection of sides and puddings and at the places we stayed the service was second to none.
All our transiting to fro went without a hitch and well on time thanks to Robert...
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
2 days safari in Tanzania
It Started in Africa made me spend a beautiful safari in Tanzania. They just have been honest, flexible and professional, three features that made my time with them unforgettable. They are really dedicating to the customer and for me it has been impressive the starting communication by mail where everything has been with full transparency and open to my desires. They really know how to treat travelers.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic Short Safari to Ruaha
Gazelle was very flexible & responsive in planning the tour. Very clear about cost & method of payment. They arranged a wonderful safari lodge & places to stop en-route to the park. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable about the wildlife and the park itself. We saw just about all of the animals we'd hoped to see and some we'd never heard of! I'd highly recommend them as a safari operator.