CA
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Way beyond expectations
From the moment we arrived at the Kilimanjaro Airport we were well looked after by Hazina Africa. The itinerary was well laid out, and it allowed us to fulfill all the goals we had set for our trip. Being very enthusiastic amateur photographers, we were incredibly satisfied by the photographic opportunities and experiences that our INCREDIBLE guide offered us. Accommodations were superb; everything was organized and well-prepared for us. This trip gave us experiences well beyond what we had expected. When we return to Africa there is no question that we will be using Hazina Africa again.
AE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Tanzania
I am travailing with Wildness Safari from 2007. Every time the arrangement was perfect. They are the specialist in Tanzania. And particularly The MD Mr Ahmed Khan. He is just superb.
FR
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Beautiful perfect travel organization of Regional tours
Thanks M. Maturaf Maanfou. We have met when we arrived in Zanzibar and we were received at his office in Stone town. For the safari we recommend MBilal Mabera which is a very good guide who speaks perfect French and English and has great kindness. Our stay at the Zanzibar beach Mapenzei went perfectly in a word. Everything was perfect.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Africa Keys...the best
I went to the mara in January with Africa Keys and everything was just clockwork.
Their cars, driver-guides and choice of accomodation was excellent throughout.
And the Manager was always free to receive our calls whenever we needed clarification.
I will definitely tell my friends to book with Africa Keys.
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.
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Very friendly, reliable, flexible and well organized - another phantastic experience with SKS
Communication and service: very, very friendly, endeavoured and patient with all our changing ideas,
always on time, great pick up and many transfer services even in the middle of the night
Living up to expectations and safari tour: great planning, very good and safe driving, beautiful and well chosen accomodations at reasonable rates, wonderful game sightings from leopards to chameleon.
Maurice and Aaron are wonderful safari guides with great respect for all animals and very friendly at all times. They accepted and fulfilled all our individual wishes and made valuable suggestions (where to go or where not to go). They stopped patiently for each bird or even zebra number 255 when we asked for.
All in all we were happy that we booked SpotKenyaSafaris for the second time and we can highly recommend this tour operator.
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
LU
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Safari to Serengeti National Park
We had a nice safari with Lilac Adventures, as it was a private one, we could manage ourselves
the planing during our trip. We saw a lot of animals, driver and guide knew how to manage
everything, only negative point, we had a very old Land Rover, which broke down 3 times,
flat tire, engine out of order, but although, each problem has been resolved by the team.
Nice Serena lodges with luxury standard during our whole stay.