35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A beautiful experience in Kenya..for my very 1st Safari in Africa!
I got a 10 day safari courtesy of African Touch Safaris, through the travel manager, Susan.
A truly remarkable experience as we toured the masaai mara game reserve & thereafter a 4 day visit to Mt. Kenya. We stayed at the amazing Mt. Kenya safari club. A truly 5 star experience!
African Touch gave us vip service from start to finish. The driver guide Hesbon was funny, knowledgeable & quite interesting, lotsa stories and an overall remarkable experience in Kenya.
African Touch Safaris comes highly recommended for all your holidays in Africa.
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great touroperator, best welcome and service
We went on a 4 day safari to Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater. A friend gave us the tip to contact Robert and we were very happy we did so. Robert arranged everything very well, the pick up, a welcome with open arms, the stay before and after the safari and all that is necessary things to make the journey the best as possible. The service comes from the heart and he takes all the interest in his customers.
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Arrangements were as we requested for our private safari.
The guide was very competent and knowledgeable. The hotels that we used in Tanzania were excellent.
Highly recommend this safari.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Safari Title says it all - Simply The Best
We were collected in Johannesburg by our guide for the 4 days, Alban Rolando, and driven over the High Velde and down the escarpment to Hazyview, although this took about 7 hours Alban was a font of knowledge and made the drive very interesting.
A bit more on Alban, he was an extremely interesting and well educated person who really knew his subject of the animals, their habitat and Kruger, he proved to be great company over the 4 days for myself and my wife.
We changed vehicles in Hazyview to an open backed Safari vehicle and headed into Kruger at about 3.30 on our first day, the game drive finishing at 6.30 (Dusk) followed by a lovely dinner in our lodge.
The accommodation in the Rondials is a bit basic but fine, you do not spend a lot of time in it.
The next day was full, off on a game drive at 6.00, breakfast at 9.30, continued drive until 1.30, lunch at lodge and back out at 3.30 to 6.30 on another drive.
Our final morning in Kruger consisted of another early morning drive followed by breakfast and then back to Hazyview to change back into our air conditioned mini bus.
Throughout our stay in Kruger Alban demonstrated his absolute command of his knowledge of Kruger that he had developed from living there for a few years earlier in his life. Our viewing of the animals, including the big 5, was exceptional.
The next phase was a 1/2 day tour of the escarpment, God's Window and the waterfalls. I was scepticable about this phase of our trip, as I really wanted Safari not sight seeing, how wrong could I be, this part of our trip was fascinating with some unbelievable views and well worth the time spent doing it.
We then arrived at another Lodge, Shiduli, in a private game reserve. This was very luxurious but now we were in a safari vehicle taking 8 people and with Shiduli's guides, I found this a little tame after the open wilds of Kruger and the in depth knowledge and experience of Alban. But after saying that we did see a lot of game and enjoyed some lovely meals and pampering.
After our final morning game drive and breakfast we then departed, driven by Alban back to Johannesburg.
I have been very pleased with Themba's organisation throughout the period from booking the trip to finally being delivered back to our hotel in Johannesburg. I get the impression that it is a small family run business that points their guests' quality experience to the forefront, I would imagine that from talking with Alban that all of their guides will deliver a similar level service to their guests, which is very important when you are spending 3 to 5 days with them.
I will have no hesitation using Themba Tours again and recommending them to my friends
BE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Magical discovery of wild animal environment
Very nice safari experience with the Northern Circuit Adventure. The team was great, it wasn't too expensive and the experience gave me enough wonderful memories to last a lifetime
I warmly recommend this tour operator. I warmly thank the entire team for allowing me to enjoy these wonderful days!
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience
Highly recommend Wildlife safaris for a great experience. The guide (thanks Sue!) was good, friendly and knowledgeable; the drives in the park were well chosen and we got to see lots of wildlife!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Reliable, value for money and excellent service.
Excellent team, wonderful service and true to my expectation I received value for my money. Me and my friends had such a wonderful time during my recent visit to Kenya. Great safari that we just cant wait to take again. I highly recommend Wild Race Africa Safaris for their warmth and kindness.
Well done guys
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A tour operator like no other!
Planning for a safari in Uganda or East Africa, I would evidently opt for Asyanut safaris and incentives.
When planning my first safari, I was a bit worried about lodging, tickets to the parks and generally how much I would spend at the end of the trip. Surprisingly, when I contacted Asyanut, everything was managed from packaging to execution at pocket friendly costs and I was left with only one big task which was to enjoy my self to the extreme with no worries of transport, lodging, tickets and food plus more other burdens.
And when it comes to staff, wow..! Asyanut has the best staff I have ever met, so welcoming, well trained and very Interesting hence making you feel at home.
Uganda is such an amazing country to visit with lots of adventure: scenic environment, amazing animal species, tree species, endangered mountain gorillas, butterfly species and many other adventurous creatures you would not wish to miss and it is so much fun when you choose the right tour operator.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Second safari with Right Choice Tours & Travels...
...we shall come back again. We met George and his team in february 2012, and they just did the best job, we could imagin. So we came back for the Migration in 2013, it was again a great safari, and the rest of the trip, 14 days from Nairobi to Naivasha, Masai Mara, down to Mombasa by train, stay at a nice beach hotel in Mombasa and back to Nairobi by plane, was just perfectly organised. Best value for money, we strongly recommend and shall come back.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic safari! Well worth booking with Shadows of Africa!
A friend and I enjoyed a spectacular safari with Shadows of Africa in January 2014.
Honestly, we were a little concerned before arriving in Tanzania as we had booked purely based on online reviews, however we soon realised we'd hit the jackpot!
We opted for the 5 day camping/lodge private safari as we were really keen to experience sleeping in the national parks. It was truly amazing!! It was very exciting to be woken up at 3am to the sounds of a wild buffalo chomping grass by our tent! A male (huge!) elephant also walked through our campsite twice to have a drink from the large water tanks!! Nothing quite like being that close to such a magnificent creature!
The safari trunks are well cared for. As are the staff. They seem very happy with their employment conditions and are mostly long serving staff. Our safari driver was great! Lots of knowledge and always happy to go put of his way to give us the beat experience. We also had a personal chef cook all our meals which were all wonderful! He even made us chapati on request and was happy to take us for African cooking tutorials :-)
The company is run by Natasha, who is the most wonderful hostess! She went above and beyond to ensure we were experiencing the best Tanzania has to offer. She checked in on us (by phone or in person) everyday. She was even so kind as to organise for us to be dropped off at a local orphanage for a little extra experience for no extra charge!
While Natasha is a very modest lady I must boast that she is extremely generous. Natasha funds a local orphanage which cares for 50 children. The money she raises from her safari company helps feed, cloth and shelter these children AND (if this isn't enough) she also pays to send them all to a private school to give them the best chance in fulfilling their dreams!
Shadows of Africa is a wonderful company. You are not only guaranteed a fantastic experience, but the money you pay is being injected back into the community to help the generations of tomorrow have a bright future.
Hope this helps! Happy travels :-)