US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Chobe National Park by Tina
Too many tourists at the same time; camps are a bit farther;
GI
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great locations, lodges and passionate guide
It was very easy to arrange our tour with Lion King Adventures. They were quick to respond and gave us great options. When we suggested alternative options they accommodated us. Everything was taken care of beautifully and professionally, including transfers, although it would have been useful if they also allowed us to book flights through them rather than separately.
Guide on safari was very knowledgeable and passionate, but was slightly reluctant to take our request for change of itinerary on board (e.g. we wanted to chill one afternoon by the lodge rather than go on safari again) but this was mainly because hew wanted to maximize our safari experience.
Recommended.
NO
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Visits to the parks where amazing, resorts can be improved, driver where excellent
The content of the safari tour met our expectations and we enjoyed it. The standard of the camps was lower than expected.
Our driver Edward Som was very helpful and had good knowledge on how to find the best spots to view the animals.
DE
Wonderful and fascinated tour
We had great days on our safari. The communication before was very kind and everything worked well. We were picked up at our Hotel and afterwards dropped off at our other Hotel like we wanted.
Also the tour was good, our guide was really courteos und caring. We saw a lot of animals and had a wonderful time which we will never Forget. Therefore we would kindly recommend Tammy tours to go in a safari.
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good times
We had a great time. The organization of the safari is correct and respected. The guides are very nice. The safari itself was quite extensive and the accommodation was surprising for us.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good Budget Safari
Had a great few days in the Mara, Peter our guide was friendly & knowledgable. Rhino camp was good, food not the best but it was fine, it is a budget Safari after all! The price went up just days before we travelled but we were given the option of a different camp for the same price. Overall we enjoyed ourselves greatly and would recommend.
MT
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Satisfaction
Satisfied with the communications from the first sms. service from the tour operaters was good. The only difficulty was the Mitingi camp about the food service and the cutting of electricity.
BE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
it was an amazing experience, everything was well handled and the safari was super
this was our first multiple day safari. the booking was really easy, there was good communication and enough information for our trip. the lodge was beautiful and the game drives were amazing.
US
Great Value for the Money
We picked AMT as it had good reviews and was within our budget. They were great with communication leading up to the safari and set us up with a great guide, Simon. We had an amazing tour and wonderful time with Simon at the helm. We had tented camps and electricity every night although internet was hit and miss.
We missed our tour of Hells gate due to political protests, and AMT was kind enough to refund the national park fee to our guide as part of his tip. There was some communication errors on our tour, but we did everything else on the itinerary.
Masai Mara is not to be missed. : )
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Tom the tour guide was a legend! - amazing experience, good value for money!
Communications:
The communication was very good! Our agent responded very quickly and answered all of our questions. Also, the agent was very flexible about the payment and met us at an agreed-upon destination to collect a deposit, which saved us a lot of effort. We paid the remaining amount upon arrival. Great!
Service:
The service was satisfying. We got picked up at our hotel (even though they were a bit late). We arrived in time at the Masai Mara and had a very nice chat with our fellow travelers on the bus. Another big benefit was that not all seats on the safari van were taken which was splendid if you are a dutch boi with long legs (or any other national with long legs). At our arrival at the camp, we were served lunch, which was really tasty and then rested for an hour after. Then we headed out for an evening safari, which was an amazing experience. However, it was much shorter than described in the description and we spent a long time waiting to be granted entrance to the park. Dinner was also very nice, however, there were not many veggy options.
The second day was a full day game drive. It was amazing! We saw long bois, bouncy bois, bity bois, sleepy bois, many stripy bois and emo bois. We also saw parts of the great migration! It was great and was a dream come true. We also went to Tanzania for a photo stop, so I can cross that country off my bucket list ;-).
On the third and last day, we headed out very early (6 am) to meet with a Masai. We went to an amazing place to watch the sunrise. Then we headed to their village and they gave us a tour. They were very welcoming, they even allowed us to wear the Lion Head hat, which is a traditional thing in their culture. Afterwards, they tried to sell some souvenirs to us, but there was nothing special so we didn't buy anything. After that, he brought us back to the camp and we drove back to Nairobi.
Point for improvement:
First, I think that more time in the park on the first day is a must. We only spent 1-2 hours, which was not what we were promised. Also, we had to explicitly ask for the tour to the Masai village, and our driver initially planned that we sleep in on the last day to take us back to Nairobi. That was not the plan!
Second, we had to go with a different van back to Nairobi. Not only were the people not amused to host us in their van, but the driver was also mad at us to have to drop us off and initially insisted to drop us off somewhere in Nairobi and that "we can take an Uber back to your location". In the end, he dropped us off at our place, but you could feel that there was a hostile atmosphere in the van. Not our problem...
Lastly, more time in the park (as described) would be great. At least living up to promises.
All in all, it was an amazing experience for good value! I suggest this safari to everyone who doesn't have much money but would like to do a big safari!