KR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Queen Elizabeth National Park by Douglas M. Holden
So many elephants!
KR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Murchison Falls National Park by Douglas M. Holden
Big, beautiful park!
KR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Mabamba Swamp by Douglas M. Holden
Great entry tour nearby EBB airport - lots of birds!
KR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Lake Mburo National Park by Douglas M. Holden
Excellent facility and experience of giraffe, up close and personal!
KR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Kidepo Valley National Park by Douglas M. Holden
A most beautiful park, ringed by mountains!
KR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Kibale National Park by Douglas M. Holden
Beautiful rain forest
KR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Bwindi Impenetrable National Park by Douglas M. Holden
Incredible gorilla experience - very expensive, but not a lot of introduction or information. *Ride 4 a Woman is an incredible, active community that supports local women in many ways - truly wonderful.
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very pretty scenery and an abundance of wildlife
Tour guide was Mowalla. Excellent guide, knew the area and where the wildlife was expected to be like back of his hand. Very impressed by the scenery and by the abundance of wildlife. The Tanzania area was much larger than I expected. Took a lot of driving to cover all the areas. I over packed for cooler weather. Pleased to enjoy the winter weather of 70-75 during the day and good sleeping temperatures in the 50s at night. Sounds a little cold at night but with the bed covers was actually pretty nice. Only rained one time and not much on that one rain to effect anything or any part of the Safari tour. People on tour and the tour guides in particular were very conscious of keeping things clean and picked up. Tour guides were also very helpful in notifying other guides when special animals like the lions and leopards were spotted helping others see the animals too. Sometimes the radio chatter was a bit annoying but when you realized the chatter was letting other guides know of spotting the animals it wasn’t so annoying after that.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Tanzania - Awesome and Beautiful
My wife and I did extensive research on which country to visit to go on an African Safari and we chose Tanzania. The country abounds in wildlife. We saw the Big 5 along with several other African wildlife.
Why we chose Tanzania is because the game drives were during the day. We would leave in the morning and return at dinner time. Whereas, other countries have their game drives split up in the early morning and again after dinner in the evening. Plus the range of environments from the savannah to the rain forest, there is such a variety.
Tanzania is near the equator and it's days are almost exactly 12 hours with sunrise at 6:30am and sunset at 6:30pm each day. Plus, the average temperatures are very comfortable, spanning from highs in the low 70s to lows in the mid 50s. We chose to go after the rainy season. June was a good month. It only rained a few times and even then it was an isolated shower for a very short amount of time.
Coming from the USA we were not required to get any shots. We did take the anti malaria pills.
The food was wonderful. Just don't drink the local water. We drank bottled water.
The people are amazing. So kind and polite. I learned Tanzania is like the neutral country in Africa. They don't have internal conflicts like other countries in Africa. We felt very safe at all times.
We were in the north part of the country and didn't get to see the southern part, like Dar Es Salaam and the cost, which is stunning.
I could certain go on about how amazing Tanzania was. We're looking forward to returning again someday.
KR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Uganda is heaven on Earth ~
The nature of Uganda is beautiful. The animals, mountains, rain forests, rivers, lakes, savannas, and BIRDS! I was not a big birder before, but the sheer cariety and abundance of bids is spectacular *download the free App: Merlin Bird id
I booked with African Adventure Travellers and worked with Brenda to set a preliminary itinerary. Then my guide & driver, Huzaima, refined it and made my safari something special. It really was like going on a 15-day road trip with a friend. He knew what I wanted to see and do and made every effort to make it happen.
Uganda is also a special place for its people. Everyone, everywhere I went from the national parks to local markets were exceedingly open, warm, welcoming, and friendly. Everybody is so quick to smile and wave, say hello and strike up a conversation. Uganda is a magical place in my heart and I cannot wait to return!!!
