FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Just what I expected and more !
I discovered this young company totally out of random researches and consider myself lucky ! My trek to the Kili was fantastic (Rongai route). I was really well taken care of by Sylvia before and after Kili (she picked me up at the airport with Martin ; they drove me to my couchsurfing adress, picked me there the next day, took me back there after the trek...). As for the trip itself I couldn't dream of a better one especially thanks to my my guide, Ernest, whom I found absolutely delicious, nice, careful and professional. I really enjoyed my week in his company and since he speaks good English we had great discussions all the time.
Concerning the preparation, Joao (mail contact) was a delight and always ready to give all the informations you might need (and even more sometimes). I highly recommand this young company, and also to check out the homestay experiences they offer aswell (I stayed as a volunteer in Majoe village). Thanks guys !
SE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Formidable and mind-blowing gorilla adventure
I came across gorilla tour booking safaris travel packages on the internet, and I just liked them because the prices were affordable on our side. On our arrival we were picked by a nice guy, Henry, who gave us a brief history of the Pearl of Africa Uganda. He knew the routes so well because we reached at the exactly agreed upon time. We went to Bwindi Impenetrable forest where we had the memories of my life: Seeing gorillas play was so formidable and mind-blowing for us-we never imagined that they enjoy themselves.
Our communication with gorilla tour booking safaris was really awesome. We made a wire money transfer for gorilla permits and accommodation booking; they bought them and sent us scanned copies: we really had a very constructive communication on all matters from food to accommodation, and the tour. They demonstrated such a high level of professionalism, and we enjoyed it.
HK
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An Awesome Lifetime Experience in Tanzania
Me and my friends went on for Safari and trekked Kilimanjaro with the team from African Scenic Safaris. Amanda has assisted us a lot starting from our initial enquiry and planning very efficiently. We went trekking for 6 days and the guides were professional and we made to the top. The food, the tent, the people were all great and all these were important to make our trekking success. Our guides were Ami and Daudi, and they talked and shared a lot with us during our trip and made it much more fun! We went to Safari afterwards for 4 days. The team rearranged the schedule for us so we could catch our flight on the last day. Although our schedule was a bit tight, we were able to see the big 5 and migrations of the wildebeest.
This was my first time to Africa and it has just been awesome. The team of African Scenic Safaris definitely provided what you needed and served us the best. Not only treating the clients well, they also address the potters fairly well. I highly recommend people visiting Africa to join the Safari and Trekking with them! :)
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
An excellent adventure, lots of great mammals and birds, guide and support staff were the best.
My Letaka 6 night mobile safari was part of a 3week trip to Southern Africa. I needed to keep costs down, which is a bit tricky in Botswana, but Geraldine at Letaka was really good about working with me on that. The Letaka mobile safari was great. We saw dogs, lions, leopard, lots of elephants, many other mammals and a long list of birds. (Also a couple of good reptiles.) It's warm and a bit rainy in January so the logistics got a little challenging for the staff but they pulled it off very well. The trip exceeded my expectations. I would highly recommend Letaka.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A trip to remember !
Kenya budget safaris were the perfect company for me. Our booking went quick and easy. We were met at the airport and taken to meet our safari-people.
The wonderful Esther was the lady fixing everything for us. It all went quick and smooth. A truly sweet and lovely lady. Our driver Stanley was such great fun! He has a lot of knowlage and founde a lot of animals. We learnd a lot about Kenyan wildlife, and had a blast. The tents were a good sulution for people on a budget. Simple, but good. The food was nice. All in all we had a very good trip thanks to our safari-people :)
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A beautiful/lovely holiday arranged by TailoredMadeSafaris that ensures every detail to serve us!
With a lot of preparation in advance Tailor Made Safaris (TMS) gave us a beautiful holiday. We wished it would never end. TMS is good organised and works with one mission in mind: To ensure a lovely and careless holiday with the finest game drives in great parks with beautiful places. Careless by making it easy to travel through this part of South Africa by using a personal made travelbook, navigation, telephone and personal contact during the trip. TMS selects the best places to stay and the wishes of the customers are their command!
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Victoria Falls Tour 4 days
All went smoothly. It was a very nice tour. All the guides were very good.
CA
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent variety and quantity of wildlife.
We used lodges varying from primitive and rustic to 4-star class. A guided kayak trip out of Maun was based in ordinary 2-person tents. The Footsteps lodge was cabin-sized tents with plumbing, but the Little Kwara lodge was much better appointed. The food at both lodges was very good. The guided game drives produced many great close-up wildlife sightings and the guides were usually well trained and very friendly. Our weather in May was unusually cool, getting down to near freezing some nights. The days were comfortable, but the temps for dawn game drives required a jacket on top of a sweater. The clothes that we took were not quite warm enough for comfort in these conditions. The upside of the low temperatures was that we had no trouble at all with bugs.
Our favorite memories came from dawn and sunset game-tracking walks with the local native guide on our kayak trip north of Maun.
We had a superb safari, well organised and with an excellent guide and driver.
The whole trip went well, from the earliest contact with Kikwetu. We couldn't have had a better guide than Isaac Oumar, who is an expert on the habits of the wildlife and culture of the area. Together with our very competent driver Robert, they were able to predict the best places to view even elusive animals like leopards, lion prides, and a broad range of animals by predicting their hideouts and behaviour. We thoroughly enjoyed their company and learnt much about the region. I would now like to do other tours led by Isaac who is an expert on the whole east coast even beyond Kenya I believe.
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
A class act all the way. Perfection down to the minute details. Could not have been better!
We booked our 14 day Africa itinerary with Africa Untamed through Pam Blair in California on a friends recommendation. We live in Florida so this was a long distance internet relationship. All of our many questions plus tweaking of the itinerary worked out by Pam and AU were answered and attended to quickly and painlessly. We chose to arrive in Africa via Johannesburg to access Victoria Falls and Botswana wildlife. The arrangements for this portion of the trip was coordinated by AU and their contacts with Victoria Falls Anytime. We were met at the airport by Jean our quide, who treated us like royalty! The choice of accommodations and activities was excellent. Jean our guide was wonderful, knowledgeable, entertaining and outgoing. WE learned a lot about Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana from her.We are experienced travelers but could not begin to have done this on our own. On arrival at Nairobi we were spotted in baggage claim by an agent for AU and whisked thru customs to meet Elphas Ongong'o owner of AU who delivered us to our lovely hotel the Fairmont Norfolk. Again more royalty treatment as Elphas took us to a fine restaurant for dinner and came in the morning with Simon Muriuki who was to be our guide and host for the next 4 days. Elphas told us Simon Muriuki is probably the best guide in Kenya and we could not agree more! His vast knowledge of his country and it's animals was amazing! As a result of his commentary, we knew more about the animals, than some of our other quides!. We set off for the 5 hour ride to the Samburu Simba lodge seeing a great cross section of Kenyan countryside. Two days there followed by a day at Sweetwaters Tented camp with Simon as our personal guide and spotter provided us with amazing photographs of a variety of animals, including the big 5, close up. Thanks to him, we have some very amazing photographs! Flying an hour plus and two intermediate stops from Nanyuki to Masai Mara Game preserve gave us a birds eye view of the various levels of agriculture and wilderness. Our "home for 4 days was the luxury tented camp Il Moran. We got to finish the tour seeing and photographing the big 5 plus all the other animals, again capped by a balloon ride and gourmet breakfast where the balloon landed in the plains within the park. Our flight back to Nairobi again encompassed two intermediate stops' Once again we were met by Elphas who delivered us back to the Fairmont for a rest and repack and our final ride back to the airport to start our 48 hour journey home. AU, Elphas, Simon, Africa as well as all the accommodations and activities met and often exceeded our expectations. We were sad to see the end but very glad we did it!