50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best safari & 50th birthday ever!
We had a party of three adults private safari. From pre-planning suggestions to the actual airport pickup to our 7-day safari with accommodations from hotels/tent lodge to airport drop-off, the entire trip was excellent with no real issues. Starting with Letson; the communication between him and my wife prior to arrival was unmatched. His responses were quick and informative each time, even when my wife felt like we were bugging him. He even came by the hotel the first night to ensure we arrived, all was well, and if we had any questions or concerns.
Next was Agustine, our tour guide. He’s a little soft spoken 😊…but we couldn’t have gotten anyone better! It was my wife’s 50th birthday and her name was on the side of the vehicle, some water bottles, and the wine! Awesome personal touch! Agustine also set up a birthday cake/candles and the employees sang and danced at the lodge dinner that night. He asked for my phone and took videos/photos of us as we celebrated. He set up our picnic lunches on the Serengeti and a sunset champagne/wine toast as well. Everyday was better than the day before and it kept getting better. #1 rule on safari - Trust your guide. We were so excited about seeing a black lump off in the distance that was an elephant, Agustine was not excited at all and basically said: yeah, yeah, let’s go. :) Then we’d go and 10 mins later there were 5 elephants right next to our vehicle. 😂 We saw 4 of the big 5 the first two days. Leopard in a tree. elephant and lion in a standoff, with the other 7 lions, and 2 babies nursing, laying under a tree a few feet away. We didn’t see a rhino until the 5 day at the Ngorongoro crater. We saw a great crossing with the wildebeest and zebras. Saw many hippos, crocs fighting over a wildebeest lunch, a lion eating a zebra, cheetah hunting a wildebeest but it eventually gave up, cheetah from the ground and hot air balloon, a serval…along with countless “normally” seen animals. We heard crazy noises at night at the tent lodges and zebras eating right outside our screen at 3am. Agustine knew where to go and took us there. He ensured we had great views but was also respectful of the other vehicles present. He drove multiple hours each day taking up to and fro. The roads are ROUGH. Washboards like you’ve never seen and you drive fast over them…the fact these vehicles are still in service is incredible and a huge shoutout to Toyota. If it was your typical American vehicle, it would fall apart day 1. Agustine was on time everyday and gave us instructions if needed. We are generally go with the flow travelers, so we did whatever he told us to do and it worked amazingly well. We visited Tarangire, central/northern Sarangeti, Ngorongoro crater, and Lake Manyara. Agustine was amazing.
Letson also set up the flight from Arusha to Zanzibar for us.
We had no complaints, you’re in the backroads of Africa with nothing guaranteed. Thanks again Agustine, you were excellent!
IE
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Godfrey is very courteous, helpful and friendly
Godfrey immediately showed consideration and kindness to help me (75 years old) into the van when picking me up at the hotel...he was also considerate in giving me a few extra minutes at the stop on the way. Friendly talk during the drive was pleasant too. Thank you, I enjoyed the experience 😊
CA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Overall great operator. Transfers to airport was perfect. Driver Theodore did a great job.
Overall great operator. Transfers to airport was perfect. Driver Theodore did a great job.
CA
20-35 years of age
Theodore was amazing, great experience
Theodore was excellent, professional, great driver and very friendly!
IN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Once in Lifetime Experience with Gorrila Trek & Akageri safari which Peak Safaris made Unforgettable
We booked Peak Safaris for a one night stay at Bwindi National Park, Uganda, for the gorilla trek as well as Akagera National Park, Rwanda. Jennifer was awesome and very responsive. Provided us timely information and helped with booking. Our guide for both the visits was Viktor. We had the best time. Viktor's sense of humor, timeliness, support in clearing customs, guiding us through transit from Rwanda to Kigali, made a long journey truly memorable. We will always remember his stories, jokes and we cannot recommend peak safari and Viktor highly enough. At Bwindi, we stayed at Bewza Lodge, which was top notch with excellent support from all staff. Akagera national park was amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a once in a lifetime trip for us and everyone, specially Jennifer and Viktor made sure it was unforgettable.
CH
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful experience
Wonderful experience! The guides and the other support workers were all very professional, kind, and ready to help and support whatever our problem was! The experience was great we did the Rongai Route and we could reach the top in only 6 days without Problems! There were very few people on the Route and we felt really in Connection with nature. The Equipment was good and Food was amazing. The group was very good organised and we didn’t have any Problems. Our guides were John and Joseph and we had very good experience with them till the top!
MX
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Adventure and fun only with Wild Serenity Safaris
I loved the trip it was one of the best experiences of my life, truly unforgettable and this team made it possible. The way they organized everything so that it went off without a hitch, and the incredible people we met everyone was so kind. Our guide, Julius, took wonderful care of us; he always had a great attitude and was a wonderful person. He explained everything to us, answered all our questions, is very intelligent, and was always very kind and attentive to us; the places where we stayed overnight were also very welcoming, with very friendly staff and excellent service; Malick and Shedrack were super attentive to us, very kind, and always very charismatic, and they also guided us very well.
CN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It’s a great journey.
Samora Explorers delivered an absolutely fantastic safari experience. Communication was smooth and responsive before and during our trip. Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable about wildlife and local Maasai culture, and always on time. Great value for money, highly reliable and well-organized. I would strongly recommend them to anyone visiting Tanzania for safari.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great safari with Melita and Robert
I had a wonderful safari with Robert on the first day in the open jeep and with Melita in the closed jeep for the other 3 days! We saw lots of animals, including the big 5 and they were both very knowledgable with animal facts. They both drove well and ensured we got good sightings and photos. Would recommend the company and the guides.
The accommodation at the start of the trip (SG premiere) I have a slight issue with, the rest were all amazing, especially for mid-tier accommodation (one did change from the original itinerary but was also lovely). Suricata Bomba lodge is extra nice too.
AT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great tour operator to explore Tanzania's national parks
Very attentive tour guide, thanks to Melita! The safari was an incredible experience and I would recommend it to everyone