50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
In a land of plenty with an excellent tour operator...
We were planning a holiday trip to Uganda but were not able to get good reviews of tour operators who can provide us a tour plan of our choice. I accidently got Safari Wildz contacts and chose them for our trip. To my wonder they made our plan as we wanted, provided a very spacious vehicle with a very nice Driver named cosmos. They even took care of our meal preference (strict veg) throughout the trip. We thoroughly relished our 5 days tour with them. It is an unforgettable experience. Thanks Ruth, Karen and Cosoms for making our trip a great success. Honestly I am recommending SAFARI WILDZ to those who are planning to visit East Africa. You will no go wrong with SAFARI WILDZ. Cheers....
ID
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The greatest adventure I've ever had
Hi Kathi. So at last we're home in the mountains. The few days we spent in Singapore were great to wind-down after our hectic trip and helped to get over the dreaded jet-lag before resuming our "normal life" in Bali. Now I'm ready to give you some feed back as promised:
Let me start by saying everything was absolutely fantastic. From the moment we stepped off the plane until Rhys dropped us off back at the airport, the programme went like clockwork. we really don't have one bad (or even average) thing to say about the organisation of our 4 weeks in Africa. Every pick up was on time and conducted by friendly, courteous drivers, every hotel and lodge was top class, all the activities were exactly what we wanted and the guides were superb. Therefore, if in the following comments, we rate something as the best, it in no way reflects badly on anything else. So here goes:
Best overall hotel : The Robertson Small Hotel. This place just balanced the old world charm with modern... Read more amenities so well, it was perfect.
Best Overall Lodge : LeRoo La Tau. Sitting on the veranda watching the animals at the river was absolutely breathtaking.
Best Meal : Yanti - Dinner at Savuti lodge, Me - Dinner at Baia, Cape Town
Best Experience - Chasing a cheetah through the swamps at Savuti and Yanti's birthday party at LeRoo La Tau.
Best game drive - Chobe Lodge
Scariest moment - Having a six foot croc swim under our small transfer boat on the way to Okavango camp
Worst night's sleep - the first night on the Rovos. The track in Zimbabwe and Botswana is not good and we would recommend strongly anyone making this trip to take some sleeping tablets or stay up drinking all night.
Best breakfast spread - The V&A Cape Town.
Most unusual - Elephant dung birthday cake at Leroo La Tau
Obviously the highlight of the trip was the mobile safari. I can safely say its the best time we've ever had on holiday. If I had to change anything I would possibly have taken this leg last, because although Cape Town and its surrounds are beautiful they can seem a bit "normal" after having spent ten days chasing game in a Landrover. Our guide Rati, who stayed with us throughout the safari was adorable. Always happy and smiling but beneath was a professionalism and safety awareness that kept us all at ease. Every lodge and all the hosts and staff were brilliant. Yanti's birthday party at LeRoo La Tau was the best she's ever had.
Victoria Falls is a must see and the Vic Falls Hotel is a masterpiece of colonial architecture even if the service was not quite as good as we received in the lodges and other hotels in SA. Our walk with the young lions was a once in a lifetime experience.
The Rovos was great, except for the first night as mentioned above, We loved getting dressed up for dinner and the food on board was magnificent. The chef and his team worked wonders considering the space and logistic issues of preparing food on a train. In my view the standard on the Rovos beats many a "top rated" restaurant I've eaten in around the world. I'm not sure that it's the "most luxurious train in the world" (as per their advertisement) but we would certainly travel with them again.
Magnificent Cape Town and its surrounds. Exceptional scenery, marvelous old towns and villages, superb wines, great weather and the most courteous and jovial guide. We loved the tour. It was just the right pace with no pressure to do this or that, just wake up in the morning and chat with Rhys about what we fancy doing today. Perfect. The only regret is not coming in Spring, but then we had to leave something for next time.
Kathi, that's all I can think of at the moment. Sorry if it's a bit "all over the place". We were absolutely delighted with the whole trip and we will definitely come again and we will definitely use your services again when we do.
All the best Jeff and Yanti
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A Life Changing Experience in Tanzania
Our trip was so well planned and perfectly met our expectations for the kinds of things we wanted to do and experience. The trips leaders/guides/drivers met our every need and took such good care of us with personal attention and sincere care for our well being. The leaders also were so full of knowledge about Tanzania; we learned so much! Everyone we met there was so welcoming kind and generous. It was an amazingly wonderful trip; we are so glad we didn't pass this up; we want to go back.....but only with Viewpoint Adventures. As a not-for-profit business, we are assured that our money is well spent and any revenue they generate goes to help those in need in Tanzania, especially Bashay School and Shalom Orphanage.
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
The third perfect time. One time with Kaeser and two times with Sage.
I will come back, see you and your perfect team again. Thank you very much, bye Miki.
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari Travel in the hearth of Africa
We are two zoologists and our trip goal was to travel as much as possible in order to visit numerous parks and see a lot of animals! this goal was totally achived!we had the chance to personalize our tour directly with Mr. Otieno with some changes in the budget so to stay more days in the beautiful Masai Mara and also achieve a beautiful boat tour with lots of birds in Lake Naivasha and a tour for the flamingos in Lake Nakuro. In Kenya food was exceptional, the tend camp was confortable and quiet and our guide, Ochien, was careful, prepared and also very kind!Our trip to Uganda was incredibly long, but we had the chance to move by car through wonderful landscapes and make a beautiful trekking in the forest with mountain gorillas. Sammy and Godfrey have been very cautious on the wild roads and helped us throughout the trip!In Tanzania it was a real adventure!Arusha, Serengeti and Ngorongoro have gone beyond our expectations, we saw a great wildlife and we experienced the tends!The equipment was perfect, Sammy and Mike have been very professional and we had a lot of fun!Definitively something to try!
ES
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Customised safari with great guide and wonderful hotels. Great experience with them.
We had a perfect 3 weeks honeymoon experience with this agency. Nothing to regret. They even took care of us when our flight coming back home was overbooking and we had to expend one extra night in Nairobi.
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Three perfect and amazing weeks for discovering South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho
Preparation of the safari was very easy : Biwakwango was able to understand our expectations very quickly ! During the trip, all reservations were ok and were in accordance with the descriptions given. We followed the many advices given by Biwakwango and we have never been disappointed (roads, view points, accomodations).
IE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
African Welcome Safaris organised the holiday of a lifetime for me and my wife in South Africa.
From my initial enquiry in February 2013 to the thank you letter when we arrived home in September Kathi Simon of African Welcome Safaris was more than helpful in arranging the holiday of a lifetime for me. I am lucky to have travelled extensively but never before without a problem or two. Our tour was amazing from the beginning in Johannesburg to the end in Cape Town. I am planning to return to Africa in 2015 and will be contacting African Welcome Safaris to organise it for me.
Trip of a Lifetime
Amazing experience from beginning to end.. Excellent communication when booking the safari with prompt responses and informative answers to MANY questions that we asked. Made us feel comfortable as we were booking this trip online from the USA. They made an excellent recommendation for B&B prior to pick up as we travelled from Cape Town to Joburg the day prior to leaving for the safari. On time pickup from B&B. Tour guide.. Susan Wilson was AMAZING... Extremely knowledgable about all aspects of the trip from travel from Joburg to Kruger National Park. Excellent experience with her for our 3 day, 2 night trip. Knowledgable to all wildlife and the park itself. Accommodations in park were nice, well maintained and clean. We will use Wildlife Safaris when we book out next safari.
CA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Out trip was an amazing experience and exceeded our expectations
We took a tour going to Samburu,Sweetwaters,Nokuru, and Masa Mara. The lodging and food was fabulous. Our driver James made sure we saw all the species of animals and made sure the trip was one we will remember for the rest of our lives. I would highly recommend odyssey safaris to anyone looking to take a safari.